風呂敷, furoshiki, a type of traditional Japanese wrapping cloth . . . frequently used to transport clothes, gifts, or other goods.In 2006, Yuriko Koike, then Japan’s Minister of the Environment, devised a contemporary version of furoshiki:
I’ve created what you might call a “mottainai furoshiki.” The Japanese word mottainai means it’s a shame for something to go to waste without having made use of its potential in full. The furoshiki is made of a fiber manufactured from recycled PET bottles, and has a birds-and-flowers motif drawn by Itoh Jakuchu, a painter of the mid-Edo era.The above chart comes from Japan’s Ministry of the Environment. Note the tag in the lower-right corner.
How to use furoshiki (Ministry of the Environment)
“Mottainai furoshiki” (Ministry of the Environment)