Inemuri

Inemuri ( Japanese 居 眠 り "to be present and sleep") is the usual public form of nap in Japan . It is not uncommon in Japan to “sleep” during a conference, a break or on the train. However, this type of sleep is so shallow that you can still perceive your surroundings enough to get off at the right stop, for example.

The word Inemuri is made up of i [ru] ( 居 [る] "to be present") and nemuri ( 眠 り "sleep").

literature

• Brigitte Steger: Inemuri - how the Japanese sleep and what we can learn from them. Rowohlt-Taschenbuch-Verl., Reinbek 2007, ISBN 978-3-499-62194-9 .

Web links

• The globalization of the nap in Die Zeit 34/2004
• Strategic nap , taz from July 15, 2007
• The Japanese art of (not) sleeping bbc.com