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Modern electric kotatsu with a patterned quilt and wooden tabletop

Kotatsu

A kotatsu is a low table with a heat source and covering quilt, providing localized warmth and a shared domestic gathering place in winter.

Narrow Japanese apartment entryway with shoes below a raised wooden floor

Genkan

A genkan is the entry zone of a Japanese home or building where outside and raised interior spaces meet and shoes are commonly removed.