
This is a photo of the best and worst purchase I have ever made in my life. It is a kotatsu. For those of you unfamiliar, a kotatsu is a Japanese heated table. The top of the table comes off, you put a blanket on in the cold seasons, and then put the table top back on. There are small space heaters underneath the whole table and when you stick your feet under there, it’s a toasty oven of pure bliss. It’s great on heating bills because I don’t turn on my heat, just my kotatsu. It’s the best and the worst purchase because it’s fucking awesome yet it’s so awesome I never want to leave the thing and end up missing school because who the fuck wants to get out from under a toasty oven of pure bliss? Not this bitch. My advice to you, is that you should totally get a kotatsu but only if you have the will power and self control to not get trapped under there. It’s so addicting, I even sleep under it sometimes…
From the overwhelming amount of notes about this, I will answer a few questions:
- I bought my kotatsu and kotatsu blanket in Yokosuka, Japan at a department store called Home’s.
- The table cost around $200 (American) and the blanket was about $50.
- I keep it at the lowest heat setting and it’s perfect for me. I haven’t burned myself on the heaters and doubt that I could get burned unless I stick my fingers in the coils. I sleep under there sometimes with the heat on and the worst that happens is that I sweat in my sleep until I wake up and turn the table off.
- I’ll have to measure the dimensions of the table for you guys, but it’s one of the larger ones. I would guess that it’s 3ft x 2ft and about 2ft high. I’ll update later when I get the correct measurements.
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