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Floor mats in traditional Japanese homes are called Tatami Mats.
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Japanese tatami mats give special Oriental feel and aroma. These mats are beautiful and traditional floor covers that are believed to bring forth a flow of good luck into the home.
In traditional Japanese homes, tatami mats are a kind of rush flooring, and for sleeping on.
The places to purchase Tatami mats are many and varied. The best place to start would be Amazon. If you are on a tight budget, a good place to try would eBay.
Yes, and those individual mats are the basis for room sizing in Japan.
The mats placed on the floor for the Japanese Tea Ceremony are call tatami mats. The size of the mat depends on the area of Japan: in the area around Tokyo the standard measurement is 1.76m x 0.88m (Edoma tatami); in the Nagoya area the size is 1.82m x 0.91m (Ainomai tatami) and in the Kyoto region the size is 1.91m x 0.955 (Kyōma tatami). Therefore, although the sizes differ, the mats are always in the same proportion.
The Tatami Galaxy was created in 2004-12.
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