Tatami mat is synonym of Japanese house. The aroma of new Tatami mat heals people.
Tatami has special measure calls “Kyoma”, which uses around Kyoto area and to the Western Japan.
Originally, Tatami was not spread all over the floor. It says around 1330 started to do just like today.
The measure of Tatami around actual capital Tokyo calls “Edoma”. But it calls country side measure in Kyoto as Kyoto was the capital and Tokyo was the country side as people’s recognition at that time. And it still calls like it was. It is so strange people of Kyoto.