chair

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Koohii stories:

1) [ikmys] 11-6-2007(156): To the Japanese, the first time they saw a chair, it looked like a strange use of wood! Probably why they still like to sit on the floor…

2) [Earthlark] 15-2-2011(29): Http://www.pooktre.com/.

3) [Katsuo] 6-10-2007(14): A strange kind of tree grows in the shape of a chair.

4) [blannk] 29-10-2009(8): Traditionally a wooden chair would have been a strange object in a Japanese home.

5) [KanjiVirtuoso] 29-4-2012(1): Wooden rocking chairs must've seemed pretty strange to those seeing them for the first time.