To provide a mat of which the skin contact feeling is good while ensuring a high water absorbency, and in addition, which can hygienically be used.

This mat 10 is constituted of a woven fabric or a non-woven fabric into a sheet shape. At a plurality of areas on one of the surfaces (X surface), the front surface and the rear surface, areas of which the water absorbency is higher than areas having a higher water repellency are substantially arranged. At the same time, the areas of the higher water repellency are supplementally arranged between the areas having the higher water absorbency to constitute the mat 10. At a plurality of areas on the other surface (Y surface) side, the areas having a water repellency higher than the areas having the higher water absorbency are substantially arranged. At the same time, the areas having the higher water absorbency are supplementally arranged between the areas having the higher water repellency to constitute the mat 10.