Made with woven straw these mats are a key element of traditional japanese architecture.
What are tatami mats made of.
Tatami mat has a gentle firm and hard surface.
A tatami mat is a traditional japanese straw mat made from rice straw and rush grass.
The soft covering of the floor mats is woven soft rush straw or igusa straw and the very material that makes tatami so characteristically comfortable to sit walk and sleep on.
The edge of the rush grass covering is bounded with a plain border fabric called heri that is made from the hem material.
That is because it is the most tatami like style.
Perfected over 1300 years handmade japanese tatami is the most versatile flooring available.
With proper care our tatami last up to 20 years.
And we recommend tatami with border installed.
The inside is filled with rice straw while the outer layer is woven rush grass.
A tatami 畳 is a type of mat used as a flooring material in traditional japanese style rooms tatami are made in standard sizes twice as long as wide about 0 9 m by 1 8 m depending on the region.
While today modern homes use a range of flooring types many homes will have at least one tatami area that can be used as a sitting room or as a bedroom by spreading out a tatami mattress called a futon.
Tatami sheet is the material that covers the surface of the cut place tatami not only you can make your own tatami floor with a little bit of creativity you can create beautiful artwork such as rugs and tapestries.
Tatami mats are a traditional flooring unique to japan.
This gives it uniform stiffness a soft surface and an extremely long life expectancy.
Would you like to experience japanese culture on the tatami.
If you want to continue to experience the real japanese culture let s choose a rectangular tatami rather than a half size tatami mat.
Tatami are covered with woven soft rush 藺草 igusa straw the core is traditionally made from rice straw.
Today tatami is made by machines but for the most part of its history people wove the igusa straw by hand.