Oh no. What’s that warm sensation in my crotchal area? I thought I was over this.

So you guys know about electric blankets, right? Well, they have something in Japan called a hot carpet. Somewhere in between a hot carl and hot celtic league action, a hot carpet works the same way that an electric blanket does, it’s just on the floor.

Fools, don’t you realize that your searching for dark matter is futile, master chew-chew has spoken.

There are two models of hot carpet: hot pad only or included with a carpet. You could decide to get the “hot carpet only” model and proceed to sit/lay directly on it while it is in operation, but since they didn’t make hot carpets for comfort it will definitely not feel good. When combined with a rug, it makes you want to burn your furniture – not for warmth – just to watch it burn. It seems as though hot carpets also transfer a feeling that chairs and couches are unnecessary; I don’t know if this is a defect or if it’s a plot by Japanese manufacturers to start an anti-commercialism revolution, I’ll get back to you on that.

Crazy conspiracy or not, these things are great; it saves a ton on heating (most places just have electric heaters or small kerosene heaters) and it still manages to keep you warm and toasty, as long as you like/don’t mind sitting on the floor. Given that it’s quite common to sit on the floor here (even when they might have a sofa), there’s a hot carpet in almost every domicile. Even though they’re so ubiquitous I managed to have no clue as to their existence until just a little while ago (FU everyone else). Yet, because they aren’t too expensive (1.5 m2 pad is just ~$35 or so) it was easy to try one out, even if it would have ended up as a wash. However, with the west’s obsession with central heating and resting your ass on something besides straw mats I doubt that there would be many people in North America or Europe that would be interested in this.