I often tell people that the two best inventions in the history of humankind are: 1. GPS, and 2. The Japanese kotatsu heated table. For anyone who lives in a place that gets chilly during part of the ...

with a kotatsu that’s packed with storage space. The table top is hinged, and opening up the panels reveals compartments measuring 77.1 centimeters wide by 37.8 centimeters long and 3.6 centimeters ...

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.

One of the contest's winners took inspiration from an age-old Japanese design: the kotatsu, a special heated table. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. As temperatures dip and the ...

A couple of weeks ago we introduced you to kotatsu dining at Casita restaurant. After discovering another restaurant offering a similar deal, we're beginning to suspect a new trend might be ...

The Japanese heated bed table is one of those very inventions. The masterful piece of ingenuity is called a Kotatsu and it’s responsible for how some people in Japan keep themselves warm in the ...

As Japanese houses aren’t exactly well insulated and central heating has yet to make inroads, the kotatsu is an absolutely essential piece of furniture for surviving the chilly season.

The most commonly used Kotatsu today is comprised of a table with a comfortable blanket or futon topped with a flat table. Attached to the table is an electric heater, which distributes heat from ...

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 ...

KOBE -- Newly-introduced "kotatsu sleds" allowing visitors to slide on the snow while keeping warm are proving popular at a ski resort in this western Japan city. "Kotatsu" tables have a heating ...

‘Japanese or Iranian?’ asks Golnoush Niknejad, an Iranian-American journalist after reading a Bored Panda article on an “awesome Japanese invention” called ...