Shyam Guthikonda

Recently I’ve begun searching for apartments in Tokyo for a tentative move. In Japan, the tatami mat is widely used as the unit of measurement for apartments and other living quarters. From a Western perspective, it can be a little hard to grasp exactly what “15 tatami mats” is. Below is a little converter application that I wrote, to aid me in my search for real estate

* Tatami mat sizes vary slightly by region. Edoma (江戸間), in the Tokyo region, are around 176 x 88cm. Kyoma (京間), in the Kyoto region, are around 191 x 95.5cm. For more information, see Wikipedia.

You can download the properly formatted source code here.