Japanese Fairy Tales By Lafcadio Hearn, Grace James, Basil Hall Chamberlain

Japanese Fairy Tales By Lafcadio Hearn, Grace James, Basil Hall Chamberlain: "CHIN CHIN KOBAKAMA THE floor of a Japanese room is covered with beautiful thick soft mats of woven reeds They fit very closely together so that you can just slip a knife blade between them They are changed once every year and are kept very clean The Japanese never wear shoes in the house and do not use chairs or furniture such as English people use They sit sleep eat and sometimes even write upon the floor So the mats must be kept very clean indeed and Japanese children are taught just as soon as they can speak never to spoil or dirty the mats"