Comments on: It’s high time for Kotatsu table!

By: kirin

kirin — Wed, 02 May 2012 11:37:48 +0000

In Japan. But overseas, I'm not sure. I don't know either if you can simply import it and use it in your country. Maybe you need an electric transformer and a plug to match your country's outlet.

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 01 May 2012 03:38:16 +0000

Where can I get this one?

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By: kirin

kirin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:03:30 +0000

You know what? Our life has become westernized and so we have less tatami rooms today. Most of us put a mat for kotatsu underneath, and we place the kotatsu on the wood flooring or carpet flooring room.
If I ever have a chance to live in one of the Scandinavian countries, I'd bring Japanese kotatsu and let Scandinavian people experience it. ^ ^;

By: Keekii

Keekii — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:16:20 +0000

I'm from Scandinavia too (Denmark), and my house gets so cold in the winter that I would love to own Kotatsu! But I have wooden floors, not tatami, but I think it could work with a soft blanket underneath.. regretfully, I haven't seen anything like it here as well, and I think importing one would cost me a fortune T-T *sob*

By: kirin

kirin — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:48:06 +0000

Aha! ^ ^ you're from Scandinavia…that must be so freezing in winter…I wonder if there's no Kotatsu importer there. You can buy a set of Kotatsu and transformer in Japan and send it by sea to your home. I wonder if it really works but you'll become popular among local people who will ask you to let them explore Kotatsu in your house! ^ ^

By: Tinny

Tinny — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:47:10 +0000

Oh, I have wanted a kotatsu for years and years… I first saw one in the anime Azumanga Daioh, and ever since I have wondered why we haven't invented something similar here in Scandinavia!

We have very cold winters here often, and that's why we have strict regulations on how much insulation houses must have. Many houses have heated floors too, but the most common way of heating is electric radiators or radiators that have heated water circulating in them. These are usually enough, but a kotatsu seems so nice and cosy… I would fall asleep in it every night, I bet!

By: kirin

kirin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:12:28 +0000

Come travel in Japan during winter season and have that experience, as well as Onsen or hot spring! It's a bliss!!

By: Hellolynn

Hellolynn — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:30:34 +0000

same as mintz…tis is certainly something we miss out living in tropical country i can sense dat bliss and happiness when the whole family is gathered around kotatsu enjoying a hot pot of shabu shabu in winter >_<

By: kirin

kirin — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:40:31 +0000

Usually when we use Kotatsu, we put a cotton mat on the Tatami mats which is larger than the table size or diameter of the table or even more than Kotatsu blanket. Some people put zabuton (Japanese style cushion, flatter and harder than western cushion) over the cotton mat and sit on it. So we don't have to worry about the seams of Tatami.