On: What We Can Learn from Japanese Prefab Homes

[Clewza313]

The traditional Japanese solution is not to heat the house, but only the table you're sitting at.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotatsu

Even these days it's common to use gas heaters that are turned off for the night, meaning that it's freezing cold particularly in the mornings.

[nottorp → Clewza313]

Umm... ouch. To each their own, I suppose.