Besides traditional grass and straw mats ... can be chopped up and used for compost. Japan-based architect Azby Brown said the gold-colored floor mats are perfectly suited for human habitation ...

The tatami room, better known as 和室 (washitsu, “Japanese-style room”), is a space that features tatami mats as its main flooring element. Tatami mats are made from woven straw with a rice straw core ...

Tatami mats are used instead of a bed frame underneath Japanese floor mattresses known ... of a woven grass surface and a ...

In Japan, grass-and-straw tatami mats – once a privilege reserved for the elite – have been a key feature of home design since the Middle Ages, crafted by gifted artisans.

Ryokan design is typically spare, reflecting the traditional aesthetic of Japan ... with tatami (rice straw) mats. Rooms are modular; staff transform the sitting room into the bedroom after ...

The mats have been used as a flooring surface in Japanese houses for centuries. Although they are used less frequently today, one Niigata house was designed specifically so that each room would ...

If the whole house is tatami or if you go into the tatami room, you have to take off ... is walking on tatami (or Japanese straw mats) with shoes on. Why? Because tatami is not designed to be ...