tatami rooms
Straw mat chambers
Tatami rooms are traditional Japanese rooms with floors covered in tatami—thick rectangular mats made of woven rush over rice straw.
The mats dictate the room's proportions and uses: you sit, sleep, and eat at floor level, removing shoes before entering.
The ryokan had beautiful tatami rooms overlooking the garden.
Room sizes in Japan are often measured in tatami.
- shoji screensLatticed paper room dividers
- strawTube for sipping
- low tableShort horizontal furniture piece
- tea ceremonyRitualized beverage preparation
- floorIndoor walking surface
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- Japanese culturesamurai, kabuki, sumo, origami, tea ceremony
- Japanese Architecturestorehouse, shoji, shoji screens, tea house, tea room
- ryokanryokan, futon, futons, kaiseki, onsen
- Kurashikiwhite walls, warehouses, storehouses, willow trees, canal boats
- Zen Buddhismzazen, Zen masters, Zen monks, koans, zendo
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tatami roomstile floors
Flooring of fitted squares
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