"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 ...

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.

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 ...

For the duration of the event, a number of the wheel’s 72 gondolas are outfitted with a kotatsu heated table, from which ridegoers can relax in the cozy warmth while admiring views of the surrounding ...