Its cold now. I know I commented on this last time, but I'm going to say it again. Of course, this is all comparative, the temperature is probably only 7 or 8 degrees or so, but its been raining, so it feels a little chillier.
Japanese houses don't have central heating (maybe they do in Hokkaido, but I'm told around here C.S. is a rarity), so after a few months of natural air-con (i.e. opening the windows) it has once again become too something to do that.
So, last week on went the air-con and my skin instantly dried up. Nice. Now starts my twice annual hunt for good moisturizer...
My students have been telling me about something called a kotatsu, from which it seems people rarely stray during the colder months. This is actually just a low table with a heater attached to the underside, so it performs the dual function of keeping food warm and one's tootsies toasty. I'd seen pictures before, but it only twigged what these things actually did last week, so this is in effect a public service announcement. The beauty of it you see, is that in addition to the heater, people put a futon over the table as well, to keep the hot air in. I mention this, because as Jack posted a video of the first log fire of the season at the Mapledurwell ranch on his blog a couple of weeks back, I have been feeling a yearning towards warm winter nights. I'm obviously not allowed to burn stuff here, so I'm going to investigate the Japanese option on Monday.
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