Second, diners who opt for the standard shabu shabu course (6,800 yen per person for parties of two to four) will also be seated at a high-legged kotatsu table. This course comes with two appetizers, ...

I'll never forget my first winter in Japan when I heard that some Japanese people sleep under the kotatsu. The kotatsu, as you may know, is a small table with a heating element under it and a ...

Another kotatsu sled is also set up for photo-ops. Yuta Tokuhara, who visited with his family of four from the same ward, smiled and said, "I'm glad my children were happy." Visitors can ride the ...