枕がえし · Agano and Kashiwazaki, Niigata · 1935
The alcove at your head when you lie down, at your feet when you wake
What the record says
You go to bed with the tokonoma alcove at your head, and when you wake the alcove is at your feet. This is called the makura-gaeshi, and it is said to happen in certain particular houses.
Our summary in English of the record as catalogued; the original card is in Japanese.
In our articles
Makura-gaeshi
枕返し（まくらがえし）
From Niigata in 1935 to Ibaraki in 1998, people recorded going to sleep facing one way and waking facing the other. The culprit changes from house to house; the reversal never does.