20 ways to be comfortable in the Japanese winters... without breaking the bank!

Winters in Japan can be brutal, especially when you are not used to it. This video introduces twenty tips to make winter more pleasant and less painful in Japan.
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00:00 - Japan is cold! 20 tips to survive
00:22 - keeping yourself warm
05:35 - keeping your bed warm
07:50 - keeping your home warm

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[quietlywandering]

For house warming you could combine some of your ideas. Hang sheets of bubble wrap like curtains. (windows or genkan) They can be rolled up and stored when not being used. Easier than sticking stuff to walls or windows. 2 overlapping layers will work, three is better. They also let light in which is an aesthetic bonus. Just a thought.

[gregh]

i was looking at a house for sale in osaka and right after i went thru the front door i noticed it was colder inside the house than outside. It was a 3 story surrounded by other houses and got zero sun to warm it. Japan houses are probably why hawaii is their number 1 tourist destination. Even worse than no insulation is the 3rd story of all the houses i've looked at don't have a bathroom on the same floor as the bedrooms and you have to navigate down a crazy steep staircase in the middle of the night to use the bathroom

[wavehuntersjapan]

Another tip is to turn the heating down a notch or three and point an electric fan up at a wall to push the warm rising air round back down to where you are sitting…makes at least a 2 degree difference

[ccw]

RetireJapan becomes DIYJapan? Good tips for me since I'm coming from a tropical zone. Thanks friend.

[wavehuntersjapan]

Sleep on the ground floor in the summer, move upstairs off the cold ground floor in the winter…ifyou live in a house

[wavehuntersjapan]

Go swimming….keeps the core temp up for a few hours

[wavehuntersjapan]

Japanese houses are mostly designed for the summer….but longjohns and vests…recommended highly.

[wavehuntersjapan]

Hot water bottle…long johns…think what your grandparents/great grandparents did

[torajp]

Bro Japan is not that cold. it is just most houses have no insulation (at all!).