Never Leave Your Bed Again With This Awesome Japanese Invention
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This is how the Japanese stay warm in the winter, or how you can stay in bed all day! The kotatsu consists of a blanket placed between a low table-frame and table-top, with a heat source placed underneath the blanket. With your legs placed under the blanket, someone wearing traditional Japanese clothing would have warm air come through the bottom of their robes and exit around the neck, heating the whole body.
The origins of the kotatsu can be traced to the 14th century Japanese irori, or cooking hearth. By the 17th century, irori dug into the ground, called hori-gotatsu, resembled a fixed kotatsu. Modern kotatsu, which are moveable, are referred to as oki-gotatsu. Since most Japanese homes have little insulation, kotatsu serve as effective space heaters during the cooler months.
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We used to sleep under this when we were child in iran. Members of family sit around it and grandmother told the story until everyone sleep.
We called it KORSI
Yeah your right.that was so cozy. Specially in "Yalda" night. The perfect way to keep warm on cold nights.
This is no Japanese invention. It's a traditional Iraninan thing. It is called Korsi.
In Spain it's named "mesa camilla"
Fascinating that you don't think multiple cultures around the world could invent the same thing and called it different names. Look up dutch oven. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotatsu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotatsu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korsi
Japanese already had this in the 14th century AD.
I like the idea but wonder how safe it is with the heat source under a blanket.
The heat source is under the table and it's safe. The Japanese have been using them a very long time.
Hussein, who cares? Doesn't matter who "invented" the kotatsu. What does matter is how awesome the Japanese are making them NOW.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CB0QsARqFQoTCLy7pKn07sgCFccqJgodqs8DIQ&biw=1280&bih=913 More than 2000 years Iranian are using this, called KORSI ... Don`t you believe? Go to link above ...
Totally safe. The heating element is attached to the underside of the table and covered by a grate that is itself covered in heat-proof material, so you can't even burn yourself if you touch it. And it doesn't get very hot to begin with, because the blanket is such a good insulator it doesn't need to.
I have one that I bought while I was stationed in Japan in 2006. Never had any issues with the heat source.
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I can guarantee it would be illegal in the UK at least.
In UK everything that is not suited for safely use for 3 year old is illegal. So that is not surprise.
We used to sleep under this when we were child in iran. Members of family sit around it and grandmother told the story until everyone sleep.
We called it KORSI
Yeah your right.that was so cozy. Specially in "Yalda" night. The perfect way to keep warm on cold nights.
This is no Japanese invention. It's a traditional Iraninan thing. It is called Korsi.
In Spain it's named "mesa camilla"
Fascinating that you don't think multiple cultures around the world could invent the same thing and called it different names. Look up dutch oven. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotatsu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotatsu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korsi
Japanese already had this in the 14th century AD.
I like the idea but wonder how safe it is with the heat source under a blanket.
The heat source is under the table and it's safe. The Japanese have been using them a very long time.
Hussein, who cares? Doesn't matter who "invented" the kotatsu. What does matter is how awesome the Japanese are making them NOW.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CB0QsARqFQoTCLy7pKn07sgCFccqJgodqs8DIQ&biw=1280&bih=913 More than 2000 years Iranian are using this, called KORSI ... Don`t you believe? Go to link above ...
Totally safe. The heating element is attached to the underside of the table and covered by a grate that is itself covered in heat-proof material, so you can't even burn yourself if you touch it. And it doesn't get very hot to begin with, because the blanket is such a good insulator it doesn't need to.
I have one that I bought while I was stationed in Japan in 2006. Never had any issues with the heat source.
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I can guarantee it would be illegal in the UK at least.
In UK everything that is not suited for safely use for 3 year old is illegal. So that is not surprise.