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Finding a kotatsu stateside?

Postby Osakadave » Tue May 31, 2011 9:12 am

Anybody have any suggestions on finding a real kotatsu stateside? My online searches seem to lead only to "Kotatsu" style coffee tables without the heating element. Slowly but surely my new apartment's getting decked out with the comforts I miss, and a kotatsu would be just the thing for this next winter.
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Postby Samurai_Jerk » Tue May 31, 2011 10:48 am

Osakadave wrote:Anybody have any suggestions on finding a real kotatsu stateside? My online searches seem to lead only to "Kotatsu" style coffee tables without the heating element. Slowly but surely my new apartment's getting decked out with the comforts I miss, and a kotatsu would be just the thing for this next winter.


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Postby Greji » Tue May 31, 2011 11:16 am

Samurai_Jerk wrote:What do you live in the ghetto? Turn on the central heat.
That's why he's looking for the kotatsu. That will be his central heating system....
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Back to the question. Dave, do a google search on "Japanese Kotatsu" and you'll get a lot of hits including this oneabout building your own, which is not much of a site, but has some interesting ideas......
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Postby Bucky » Tue May 31, 2011 1:05 pm

They are sold at Uwajimaya in Seattle, but they don't have them on their website. Maybe you could call their gift department. 206-626-6248.

This spring has been so cold my wife still has our Kotatsu set up at our house.
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Postby cstaylor » Tue May 31, 2011 1:18 pm

Samurai_Jerk wrote:What do you live in the ghetto? Turn on the central heat.

Just buy a photo of one and put it on your wall next to the thermostat. :wink:
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Postby John Dillinger » Tue May 31, 2011 2:36 pm

So as not to start another thread, I was wondering where you could find a traditional futon for sale online. I'm tired of slat beds, and the simplicity of a futon seems appealing.
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Postby FG Lurker » Tue May 31, 2011 4:21 pm

Osakadave wrote:Anybody have any suggestions on finding a real kotatsu stateside? My online searches seem to lead only to "Kotatsu" style coffee tables without the heating element. Slowly but surely my new apartment's getting decked out with the comforts I miss, and a kotatsu would be just the thing for this next winter.

If you find one make sure it has been approved for sale in the US. It's been so long that I forget what the mark is, in Canada it would be the CSA. If it hasn't been approved and it burns your house down you may have problems with your insurance company.
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Postby waruta » Tue May 31, 2011 5:34 pm

UL (Underwriters Laboratories) mark maybe?
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Postby FG Lurker » Tue May 31, 2011 7:52 pm

waruta wrote:UL (Underwriters Laboratories) mark maybe?

Yeah, that is what I was thinking of. There may be others as well.
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Postby Osakadave » Wed Jun 01, 2011 10:24 am

John Dillinger wrote:So as not to start another thread, I was wondering where you could find a traditional futon for sale online. I'm tired of slat beds, and the simplicity of a futon seems appealing.


I found mine on ******.com. There are a couple of different kinds there.

Edit - LOL There's a filter for Jeff Bezos' books and stuff site?
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Postby Samurai_Jerk » Wed Jun 01, 2011 2:03 pm

Osakadave wrote:I found mine on ******.com. There are a couple of different kinds there.

Edit - LOL There's a filter for Jeff Bezos' books and stuff site?


So I take it you do live in a place run by a scumbag slum lord who won't fix the heating. Otherwise I can't think of any other reason for needing a kotatsu in the US.
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Postby Osakadave » Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:17 am

Samurai_Jerk wrote:So I take it you do live in a place run by a scumbag slum lord who won't fix the heating. Otherwise I can't think of any other reason for needing a kotatsu in the US.


No, I don't need it. It'd just be nice to have one.
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Postby Samurai_Jerk » Thu Jun 02, 2011 12:45 pm

Osakadave wrote:No, I don't need it. It'd just be nice to have one.


To me the kotatsu is the ultimate symbol of everything wrong with shoddy Japanese housing. I fucking hate those things. The cobination of a freezing cold head with sweaty balls and feet is not appealing at all.
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Postby Screwed-down Hairdo » Thu Jun 02, 2011 4:24 pm

Samurai_Jerk wrote:The combination of a freezing cold head with sweaty balls and feet is not appealing at all.


Yeah, but only if they belong to the same body...
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Postby Coligny » Thu Jun 02, 2011 7:31 pm

Samurai_Jerk wrote: The combination of a freezing cold head with sweaty balls and feet is not appealing at all.
Screwed-down Hairdo wrote:Yeah, but only if they belong to the same body...

I'm surroundeded by maniacs...8-O
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Postby FG Lurker » Thu Jun 02, 2011 9:21 pm

Coligny wrote:I'm surroundeded by maniacs...8-O

That's why you fit in here so well. :D (I'm also kinda surprised it took you so long to notice...)
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Postby FG Lurker » Thu Jun 02, 2011 9:22 pm

Samurai_Jerk wrote:The cobination of a freezing cold head with sweaty balls and feet is not appealing at all.

Don't have a kotatsu but I don't dislike them. Always kinda thought of them as the living room version of an onsen...
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Postby Greji » Fri Jun 03, 2011 12:51 am

FG Lurker wrote:Don't have a kotatsu but I don't dislike them. Always kinda thought of them as the living room version of an onsen...


A little while ago, ahhh, when I was in college, during the winter, my room, sized about a mat and a half, of course had no heat, but I did have a kotatsu and on extremely cold nights, I actually slept stuffed half way underneath it and have no embaressment and/or qualms about admitting it.
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