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 ...

"Kotatsu" tables have a heating element under the tabletop and come with blankets to cover users' legs. The kotatsu sleds recently debuted at Rokkosan Snow Park in Kobe's Nada Ward to commemorate ...