Notes: The Japanese aesthetic is much less exuberant. It is sometimes characterized as simple or peaceful, although....

Text: 仕覆 (shifuku, tea bag knots)

Annotations: I'm going to get all pedantic here because I need reminding myself regularly and I don't think it will hurt you... 8)

仕覆 is Kanji(漢字), Chinese style ideographs (characters). Note: If ever you're looking at text that looks Chinese but see this の swoopy thing, it is a dead give away that you are looking at Japanese and not Chinese.

shifuku is Romanji, Japanese rendered in Roman (Latin) characters.