in a practice called Zabuton-wo-nageru . Throwing zabuton in this fashion has risks, including the potential for causing personal injury and damage to property.

In yose, notably on the long-running television show Shoten, comedians receive zabuton as a form of scoring, which are also taken away as punishment for bad jokes. The first comedian on Shoten to receive ten zabuton is declared the winner. Zabuton are used in rakugo by both the performer