Mini size of KIRI Place Mat While enjoying the texture of natural wood, Enjoy your tea time It is a paulownia tea mat that uses the "stile" used for the door of the paulownia chest. By assembling it with its own dimensions that have been researched for many years, we have reduced the shrinkage and warping of paulownia. Paulownia, the lightest tree in Japan, is thinly shaved to a thickness of 6 mm to achieve an astonishing lightness of about 90 g. The surface is coated with urethane, which is stain-resistant and can be washed with water.