he was asked to install tatami in her apartment.he wanted the maps to add something different to her living room. >> translator: i chose this tatami because i wanted something that looked different depending on lighting. it's come out better than i could have hoped. >> reporter: the owner of this inn wanted to add some modern spice to the 90-year-old building. he turns to yamada. over 400 tatamii mats later, th propertyty has a completely different atmosphere. now he is moving on to the next big thing. he's working on designs that use small hexagonal maps to form celebrity faces. >> translator: we're only just scratching the surfaces of what we can do with tatami. we want to take it further and do even more. >> reporter: yamada has created an english language website selling firmly on overseas customers. for him, it seems like the natural next step in the evolution of tatami. nhk world. >>> all right. let's have a look at the markets. anchor: france says the coronavirus situation is deteriorating very fast according to health author