Forum - View topicINTEREST: The Wearable Kotatsu Is Even Better Than Snuggies
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Neo Paradigm
 Posts: 12 Location: Yokohama, Japan |
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Wow, that's absolutely ridiculous/amazing. It'd make getting out from the kotatsu SO much worse though. I'd love to try it out, but there's no way I'd actually ever buy one.
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Shadowrun20XX
 Posts: 1936 Location: Vegas |
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Uh oh, all the new guys gonna be saying it now. Just don't put Ai or Stealth at the end when you search. lol.
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firedragon54738
 Posts: 3113 Location: wisconsin |
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Sound like a lot of japanese are going to fuse with there kotatsu but I so want
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mdo7
 Posts: 6819 Location: Katy, Texas, USA |
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Well you're not alone, I like to try this too. |
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Spotlesseden
Posts: 3514 Location: earth |
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Japanese use kotatsu because most house don't have AC/heater. It's very hard in summer, and very cold in winter.
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Tenebrae
Posts: 494 |
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Ah, and I was just about to ask if their houses don't come with central heating. I guess they don't live north enough. It would be completely unthinkable up here (along with another standard, triple-glass windows). |
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Agent355
 Posts: 5113 Location: Crackberry in hand, thumbs at the ready... |
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I'd love to try an actual kotatsu. Looks so comfy! Bet it wouldn't look right surrounded by western furniture in an American house.
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TJ_Kat
Posts: 449 Location: Saskatoon, Canada |
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I understood that the idea behind kotatsu was that when combined with traditional Japanese clothing, heat would enter through the bottom of the kimono/yukata, travel up warming the whole body, and exit out the collar. Seems more sensible than spending $2000+ on one of these.
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EricJ2
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The heat went out for a couple weeks in our apartment during the recent cold snap, so the landlord lent us some small space heaters--
I aimed mine right into the space under the computer desk, turning my work desk into a nice cozy kotatsu, and never once left it. I can already see the cross-Pacific appeal of the real thing. 
(As for hoodies, I doubt even Kotatsu-Neko would go for that.) |
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enurtsol
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And no proper house insulation. The kotetsu room is the only room heated in the whole house - that's why everybody's there! 
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Mc-Taz
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Minami-ke makes me absolutely envious of the kotatsu action. Though I have to say that this thing looks pretty ridiculous. I'm sure it's an improvement over the original design, but is it worth the extra money? That one I doubt quite a bit.
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Chrno2
 Posts: 6172 Location: USA |
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Mmmmm....nah. But you can't wear it to a Giants game. Somehow I'm reminded of the old days of bringing out your blankets and dragging them on the floor. Look I want to be able to cover myself and then get up and go to...where ever. I don't want to be confined. Though it could work.
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HeeroTX
Posts: 2046 Location: Austin, TX |
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It probably tells you everything you need to know that none of the people pictured using it are Japanese.
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Mikeski
Posts: 608 Location: Minneapolis, MN |
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Pain in the neck to clean it.
Frightening if your kotatsu heater (or anything else in the house, really) catches fire. I hate being attached to my furniture when that happens. Think I'll stick with flat blankets. |
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partially
Posts: 702 Location: Oz |
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Except bizarrely the image for the kotatsu does show it in a western home. Or mansion at least. 
That image is a bizarre mish-mash of cultures, even the lady wearing the kotatsu seems to be western. |
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