Japanese tatami mats, a home-grown tradition

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In Japan, grass-and-straw tatami mats – once a privilege reserved for the elite – have been a key feature of home design since the Middle Ages, crafted by gifted artisans. But now, with cheap knockoffs and changing lifestyles, the industry is at a crossroads. Correspondent Lucy Craft reports.

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Japan's tatami mats, a home-grown tradition

Sun May 15 , 2022
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 changing lifestyles, the craftsmen have been forced to up their game. Stitching tatami  mats at Takashi Morita workshop in […]

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