On May 17, 8:54 pm, "John W." <worthj1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 16, 8:26 am, CL <flot...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > On 05/16/2011 03:56 PM, Declan Murphy wrote:
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> > > On May 16, 11:16 am, CL<flot...@yahoo.com>  wrote:
> > >> On 05/16/2011 10:14 AM, chuckers wrote:
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> > >>> On Sunday, May 15, 2011 11:45:19 PM UTC+9, Fustbariclation wrote:
> > >>>> It's getting a bit chilly for my summer jinbei - I'm in the Southern
> > >>>> Hemisphere.
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> > >>>> I was wondering if anybody knew anything about winter jinbei. Is there
> > >>>> a different design? What material(s) are they made from?
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> > >>>> Most importantly, is there somewhere I can buy them from mail order
> > >>>> (on-line ideally)?
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> > >>> Not really winter jinbei but I think you might want a samue or hanten.  I just packed away my hanten for the season.  Use it every winter.
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> > >>> I will stick with jeans though.  jinbei/samue don't really do it for me.
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> > >> When you look for hanten, make sure you don't fall for the "lined happi
> > >> coat" scam some places lay on you.  I looked at some online sellers and
> > >> think you ought to demand they pay for the KY jelly.  They can afford it
> > >> at the markups they are charging -- US$ 65.00 (JPY 5,300) for a hanten
> > >> that you can get at the local Komeri or Kasumi for JPY 800 is a very
> > >> good deal ... for the seller.
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> > >> Then you'll need your white cotton long underwear bottoms and tops, plus
> > >> three pairs of fuzzy socks, to be worn simultaneously.
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> > >> The ultimate winter accessory, though, is a kotatsu, kotatsu cover,
> > >> kotatsu chair (adjustable, of course) and a case of 1.8 liter bottles of
> > >> mugi-jochu and a 2 liter hot water pot for your oyuwari (umeboshi
> > >> optional, although they put quartered cucumber slices in it in Hakata).
> > >>    What you need to do is locate all of them in front of the TV with the
> > >> refrigerator (filled with cup noodle and beer) and microwave in easy
> > >> reach.
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> > >> A nineteen-year-old kotatsu mate, or several to be installed on a
> > >> rotating basis, is a very much added plus.
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> > > I still haven't bothered obtaining a kotatsu. Other than hori-kotatsu,
> > > everytime I've sat at one its been uncomfortable. Never enough leg
> > > room, no support for my back, etc etc. Do you have an unusually large
> > > kotatsu or something?
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> > Ooookaaaayyy ... honesty time ... I don't think I like where this is
> > headed.  Actually, I don't have one.  Mine went out in the trash in
> > pieces many yonks ago.  One of my regular lady companions when I first
> > moved here was in the habit of turning on the kotatsu, grabbing the hot
> > water pot, a bottle of shochu, her box of toys, dropping all of her
> > clothes in the genkan, and crawling under the covers.
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> > The Monday after one especially cold Friday and Saturday night, when
> > we'd spent the whole weekend humping our brains out, I had a small
> > problem with being able to sit at my desk.  Seems as though I'd passed
> > out under the kotatsu heater after excesses of shochu and girlfriend
> > (not necessarily in that order).  She didn't want me to get cold so,
> > before she crawled into the futon in the other room, she cranked up the
> > rheostat to "broil" raising blisters across my entire backside and upper
> > thighs.
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> > The doctor though it was hilarious and called my bucho to let him know
> > I'd be late getting in to work and describing my problem in graphic
> > detail.  My boss passed the details along to the art department, which
> > produced some fairly accurate drawings before I arrived.  By the time I
> > got to work, everyone on the floor I worked on knew what had happened.
> > The upside was the number of young ladies who lined up to volunteer to
> > take me home and nurse me back to health ... which was also the
> > downside, since the lady who had caused the problem in the first place
> > worked on a different floor in the same office and heard about the
> > offers within minutes of them being made thanks to our staff secretary.
> >   Keeping in mind that Japan is where PMS was raised to a professional
> > sport, the outcome can easily be guessed.
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> > The kotatsu went out that week but the gomi people would not take the
> > metal box with the heater element.  I have it out in the storage unit.
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> Thank you for opening up to us. I feel we've really bonded.

I would think sometimes that there are grounds for arguing that too
much has been shared.

> One key reason I'm looking forward to going to Japan at Shogatsu is
> the opportunity to sit on the heated carpet with the kotatsu cover
> spread over me. That and the kashikiri onsen.

I fixed your post.