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 ...

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

"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 ...

MORIOKA -- A train equipped with "kotatsu" heated tables has begun operating this season on a rail line running along the coast of the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate. The Kotatsu Train ...