While the toasty table may sound like a great solution, you may also find yourself wondering how safe a heater and blanket combination can be. There can be some danger in using the kotatsu for too ...

operators are offering tourists “kotatsu-bune” boats equipped with “kotatsu” leg-warming floor heaters to ward off the chill in this city famed for its network of canals. The annual ...

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 the cold winter months.

“kotatsu-bune” boats equipped with kotatsu leg-warming floor heaters offer a warm respite from the winter chill. The rides are operated until the end of February. Installed inside the boats ...