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Tokyo station platform to transform into sake bar with hot drinks, hot oden, and hot kotatsu
- Casey Baseel
Dec 13, 2025 - Tweet
Limited-time event returns to Ryogoku this winter.
- Japan
- (alcohol • atsukan • cool • crazy.warm • drinks • food • hot sake • kotatsu • oden • Ryogoku • sake • stations • trains)
Yokohama’s iconic Red Brick Warehouse is now transformed into a hotpot and sake tasting venue
- Krista Rogers
Jan 28, 2025
Sample some of the best regional variations of nabe and sake in a Showa-retro space at this event perfect for the middle of winter.
- Japan
- (Akarenga • community • dining • hotpot • kotatsu • nabe • Red Brick Warehouse • sake • Showa • winter • Yokohama)
Bear breaks into house in Japan, quickly begins spending winter exactly like Japanese people do
- Casey Baseel
Dec 26, 2024
Even bears can’t resist the lazy luxury of kotatsu, apparently.
Kotatsu in the Sky returns to the Osaka Wheel, Japan’s tallest Ferris wheel
- Krista Rogers
Dec 10, 2024
Visitors to Osaka over the winter should book this special service to experience the warmth and coziness of the Japanese kotatsu with stunning views.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • cozy • Ferris wheel • hot sake • kotatsu • oden • Osaka • Osaka wheel • ride • scenery • Showa retro • warm • winter)
Red Bull releases Japan-exclusive energy drink flavor for the winter
- Krista Rogers
Dec 5, 2024
Fans of the popular energy drink who also appreciate a classic Japanese wintertime flavor will want to get their hands on this new offering.
- Japan
- (citrus • energy drink • Japan-exclusive • kotatsu • limited • mikan • new flavor • Red Bull • winter edition)
New heater-less pet kotatsu is a safe way to keep your furry friends warm this winter
- Krista Rogers
Nov 5, 2024
The kotatsu was developed under the supervision of a veterinarian and uses special Heat Loop technology to trap heat.
Japanese delivery company tests ideal kotatsu temperature for cats, with live cats
- Shannon
Apr 8, 2024
If you know cats, you can probably guess the results.
- Japan
- (animals • cats • cute • experiment • funny • kotatsu • Kuroneko Yamato • pets • video • Yamato Transport)
Japan’s tallest Ferris wheel adds kotatsu and hot sake service for a warm way to chill in the sky
- Casey Baseel
Nov 25, 2023
This solves the one and only problem with Japan’s amazing heated tables.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • Ferris wheel • kotatsu • Osaka wheel • warm)
Kotatsu heated tables for sofas rising in popularity, giving Japan best of both worlds this winter
- Casey Baseel
Nov 20, 2023
Old-school winter refuge adapted for modern living rooms.
Eat at a kotatsu while enjoying the view from Osaka’s Harukas 300 Observatory this winter
- Krista Rogers
Nov 7, 2023
Enjoy your choice of two of Japan’s favorite hotpot dishes from the toastiest seats ever on top of the second-tallest building in Japan.
- Japan
- (Abeno Harukas • dining • Harukas 300 • hotpot • Kakomu de Kotatsu • kotatsu • observatory • oden • Osaka • shabushabu • view • viewing platform)
Japan’s Gaming Kotatsu Futon blanket is here to keep you warm, and gaming, all winter long
- Casey Baseel
Oct 25, 2023
Combining two of the best ways to cope with cold winter weather.
- Japan
- (Bauhutte • blanket • clever • cool • gaming interior • interior • kotatsu • video games • warm)
Will you really catch a cold if you sleep under a Japanese kotatsu table?
- Shannon
Dec 27, 2022
A Japanese medical expert answers the age-old question for us.
- Japan
- (COK • folk wisdom • health • Japanese culture • kotatsu • mythbusting)
Retro Japanese-style hotel room with kotatsu, free ice cream is both amazingly cool AND warm
- Casey Baseel
Dec 28, 2021
Staff thoughtfully provides everything you need to never leave the warm Showa-style kotatsu paradise.
Tokyo kotatsu cafe wants to keep your legs warm and your coffee VERY cold
- SoraNews24
Nov 22, 2021
Nescafe combines Japan’s favorite warming furniture with chilled sweets and drinks.
The Kotanpo is coming to save Japan from the cold this winter【Photos】
- SoraNews24
Oct 28, 2021
Designers’ goal was to make a wearable mobile kotatsu.
The world’s best invention is now even better in the form of a specially built gaming kotatsu
- Krista Rogers
Oct 12, 2021
Game enthusiasts and kotatsu enthusiasts now have something to be doubly enthusiastic about together.
- Japan
- (Board games • card games • clever • cool • furniture • game kotatsu • interior • kotatsu • table • warm)
Mr. Sato tries out ‘the Life Ruiner’, a wearable kotatsu – will it ruin his life?
- Katie Pask
Nov 30, 2020
Now you can feel the irresistable warmth of a kotatsu whenever you want, so say goodbye to productivity.
Turn any table into a kotatsu with new adhesive heater from Japan
- Oona McGee
Oct 28, 2020
Stay warm all winter with this heated furniture hack.
- Japan
- (clever • cool • furniture • heater • heaters • heating • interior • kotatsu • Nitori • telecommuting • warm • work from home)
You and your family can kiss productivity goodbye with this ginormous kotatsu futon
- Krista Rogers
Oct 10, 2020
Working from home was great while it lasted but we’re about to become full-time nappers at home.
A winter work-from-home essential from Japan: The kotatsu desk【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 1, 2020
A traditional piece of Japanese furniture gets a modern update to make telecommuting extra cozy in the cold part of the year.
- Japan
- (clever • cool • furniture • interior • kotatsu • telecommuting • warm • work from home)
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