kotatsu

is the Eastern equivalent of the Western hearth, where the family gathers around for warmth and companionship.

One could say that the kotatsu is the Eastern equivalent of the Western hearth, where the family gathers around for warmth and companionship.

is the perfect antithesis of the central heating of the West. If central heating is a rug, the kotatsu is a pair of slippers, which does the same thing more efficiently and better.

The kotatsu is, then, the perfect antithesis of "our" central; heating. If central heating is a rug, the kotatsu is a pair of slippers, which does the same thing more efficiently and better, if you, like me, prefer a cool head.

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