Rice-straw matting, the traditional covering for floors.
a straw matting used as a floor covering in a traditional Japanese home
No Japanese house is complete without at least one tatami room. Tatami are mats made from straw and covered in rushes, usually measuring 90 x 180cm ( about 3' x 6'). Shoes are not allowed on tatami floors, and stepping on tatami in the sight of a Japanese person is a great way to reinforce the ignorant barbarian stereotype.
The vinyl-covered foam mats that make up the competition area in judo.
traditional mat made of bound-straw
The traditional woven straw mat used for floor covering in Japanese architecture.
Rice straw mats used in Dojo's and Japanese houses
Mat - specific type of. As used for Kumite and in Judo.
Japanese straw floor coverings in rectangular mats
dojo mat where aikidoka practice
the mat used for practice.
Japanese -n. A mat, about 3' by 6', made of bundled straw and used for flooring in traditional Japanese architecture. The size of a room is often referred to in terms of the number of tatami, e.g., an eight-tatami bedroom.
Rice straw mats used in dojos and japanese houses.
mat for sitting upon the floor
A mat woven of straw and sewn to a thick base, traditionally used in the flooring of Japanese homes. Tatami evolved over a long period, starting out as a thin, easily folded straw mat where people sat or slept. Later, more layers of tightly woven rice straw were added to the core to increase comfort. The core was then covered with woven rushes, and the edges were hemmed with cloth.
(Pronunciation: "tah-TAH-mee") Thickly woven mats of rice straw and rushes used to cover the floor in traditional Japanese houses.
Flooring of straw mats used in tearoom
The mat that marks the competition area in judo, usually made of pressed foam and 16 square meters in area.
Japanese flooring. Made of woven straw, and traditionally packed with straw (though nowadays sometimes with styrofoam), tatami are made in individual mats of uniform size and shape, bordered by brocade or plain green cloth.