Japanology Plus explores Japanese life and culture. In this five-minute digest, we look at Kotatsu: low tables with a heat source and a quilt. For generations, people have gathered around them in ...

"Good find!" Shopper shocked after discovering unique feature of rare table purchased at secondhand store: 'I did not know ...

Reports said the man, living in snowy Fukushima region, found the bear on Monday evening lying under his kotatsu, a low table ...

a day after it was found under a traditional Japanese "kotatsu" blanketed table in a living room in northeastern Japan, local police said. The resident, a man in his 60s, discovered the animal ...

NAGATORO, Saitama Prefecture--A popular winter tradition here, “kotatsu-bune ... a traditional Japanese foot warmer that uses a single charcoal briquette (mametan) as a heat source.

MegaHouse made a Kakashi Hatake statue based on the Palm-size Naruto Shippuden figure of the character for Jump Festa 2025.

For the duration of the event, a number of the wheel’s 72 gondolas are outfitted with a kotatsu heated table, from which ridegoers can relax in the cozy warmth while admiring views of the surrounding ...

For many Japanese families, the thought of winter conjures up images of sitting at the kotatsu heated table while watching TV and peeling a mikan, also known as a satsuma mandarin, for a burst of ...

Reports said a man in snowy Fukushima region on Monday evening found a bear lying under his kotatsu – a low table with a ...