The background on this page is the woven straw of a tatami
mat, which is the traditional type of flooring in a Japanese home.
(If anyone knows what the animated cat above is writing,
let me know!)
www.yongfook.com - the most informative and
most hilarious JET site, IMO, from a guy in Kumamoto-ken Mark in Japan - updated frequently; this JET lives in
Chiba-ken Sabine's site, from Hyougo-ken