Tatami Room (Reference: Yu Aku, 2006. "BUNGEISHUNJU")

Only in a Japanese style room, or tatami room, can a person have a private conversation with the ceiling. Even if you are to roll around on a bed in a Western style room, you will never see it as a philosophical space. Tatami mats exert a fragrance. New mats possess an aroma that flows through the nostrils into your nerves, while old mats have that great comfort that reminds you of your mother or hometown."

"If you have a tatami room with cushions, you can create a closed space just for 2 people, or even a meeting space for 20 people, just based on how many cushions you have and how you arrange them. Also, you can produce the room's purpose or people's positions by changing the layout of the cushions. If you are by yourself, you may use the space to think. The relationship between tatami mats and cushions, a utility of free space with irrepressible adaptability, is so superior that they can be used for both private and public purposes. What is to be done if this is not felt to be wisdom?