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A fifth-generation tatami craftsman near Nagoya, Japan is bucking tradition. Tatami, or a woven straw grass mat, is a symbol of Japan’s storied past. Usually laid down in square or rectangle patterns ...

For three generations, the Morita family has been wrapping, stitching and trimming modular blocks of woven grass, known as tatami, in Tokyo's old downtown. But now, beset by cheap knockoffs and ...

Most tatami mats are a natural golden color, but those made by Mitsuru Yokoyama may be jade green, pink or even black. Tatami color swatches by the master maker Mitsuru Yokoyama. With its fragrant ...

On a crisp winter’s day, Toshiyuki Namigai, who runs a tatami business in Tokyo, spreads out sheets of woven materials of varying thickness as he speaks with a regular customer — Anton Wormann, a ...

KYOTO--Remarkable tatami mat mosaics are on display at the city's Komyoin temple. These tatami are not like the mats found in Japanese homes. They are more like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. One of the ...

If you imagine a Japanese room, chances are you think of something like the picture above: a simply furnished room with sliding "shoji" doors, a "tokonoma" with a hanging scroll, and a tatami mat ...