Will Miss #462 - the blending of the old and new

Tatami beds, an interesting blend of the old with the new. 

Photo courtesy of Luis Poza at BlogD (used with permission). 




I used to do desktop publishing, editing, and writing of textbooks that included CDs with dialogues for people studying English. One of the questions related to a portion of the dialogue which asked a foreign visitor about a notable point about Japan and the answer was