Tatami Necktie

[Mulboyne]

Photo: Asahi

On sale from the 1st September for 5,800 yen. In case you are wondering, you can't actually tie it: there's a band to hold it around your neck. You can read more details in this Japanese PDF. Blogger Ampontan wrote a piece a couple of weeks ago about the efforts of the Tatami Industry Promotion Association to come up with new uses for the material.

[Taro Toporific]

Mo' betta...

An Asahi Newspaper article of March 06, 2009 describes (loose translation) this Hokkaido souvenir made of konbu--kelp seaweed as a black necktie that’s good enough to eat.

Originally Posted by Mulboyne

Photo: Asahi

On sale from the 1st September for 5,800 yen. In case you are wondering, you can't actually tie it: there's a band to hold it around your neck. You can read more details in this Japanese PDF. Blogger Ampontan wrote a piece a couple of weeks ago about the efforts of the Tatami Industry Promotion Association to come up with new uses for the material.