LONDON (Kyodo) A Scottish entrepreneur has specially designed a tartan aimed at Japanese consumers and is hoping to use it to market a wide variety of products.

David McGill from Edinburgh has just finished work on the "sakura" (cherry blossom) design, incorporating the colors pink, white, green and brown.

The colors are supposed to represent the cherry blossom trees that are much loved by the Japanese, who pay great attention each year to when exactly the blooms arrive.