Kotatsu?

[conuly]

How is it I never heard of these before? Why don't we have them in the US?

(Well, this guy thinks that kotatsu exist because the Japanese can't be bothered to insulate their homes properly, which could be true, I don't know. But still. I still want one!

Comments

[tsukikage85.livejournal.com]

Well, no, most people have a washing machine these days, but no-one really has a dryer.
And wait, what do you mean do clothes by hand? I'm pretty sure women aren't expected to make their own clothes for their families.

[wodhaund.livejournal.com]

...I never lived anywhere that didn't have a dryer, though I know several apartment dwellers who had neither (though honestly, that's pretty standard for apartments wherever you go, so.).

We just never used the dryer because it sucked up so much electricity. Even back in the US I avoid using it if I can, for the same reason.

[tsukikage85.livejournal.com]

I stand corrected. ^^;

[yuki-onna.livejournal.com]

I was the only one in my neighborhood who had one.

I meant to say wash.

[tsukikage85.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, this commment was a little confusing to me. So, you never lived anywhere that didn't have a washer, but you were the only one in the neighborhood who had a dryer?

[yuki-onna.livejournal.com]

I was the only one in my Japanese neighborhood who owned a washer. Dryers weren't even on the table. In other places I have lived, this was not the case.