火鉢で暖をとる

日本の冬は寒い

もちろん日本にもいろんな場所があって
北海道や新潟では（もちろん全部ではない）雪が5Mも積もったり
沖縄ではいまだに摂氏20度くらいだったりする。

ロシアやアラスカ、北欧にくらべれば暖かいと言えるだろう

それでも日本の冬は寒い

原因は「家屋」の作りだと思う

最近、やっとCentral heatingの思想が
日本の家屋にも取り入れられてきた

でもまだまだ行き渡ってはいない

原因の一つは"夏の湿度"だろう

だから昔ながらの日本家屋は隙間が多い。
夏はそのほうが良いけど、冬は寒い（^_^;）

未だにCentral heatingが普及せず、
いまだに「部屋ごとに」暖房器具を設置する。

私の実家も未だに「部屋ごとに」暖房器具を設置する

…しかも「火鉢」が現役である
都会では滅多にお目にかかれない代物だ

Hibachi is "active" in my home entrance

狭い空間を温めるには非常に有用だが…
実は結構危険な暖房器具だ（^_^;）

ご存知のように
「炭」を燃やして出てくるものは
…
「一酸化炭素」だ（^_^;）

昔ながらの日本家屋は
隙間が多いので、問題なかった。

最近の日本の建物は
隙間が少ない=気密性が高い
のだ

ゆえに「火鉢」は危険になりうる（^_^;）

でも便利なんだよねー。
私の部屋では使えないけど（^_^;）
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make warmth by Charcoal brazier

Winter is cold in Japan.
Of course there are many kinds of places, even in this tiny country.
Snowing 5 meter high in Hokkaido and Niigata
(not anyplaces of them)
Snowing up to 5 meters in Hokkaido and Niigata
(only in some parts)

It is almost 20 C in Okinawa.

As compared with Russia, Alaska or North Europe,
it is more warm in Japan in winter.

But, I could say
"Winter is cold in Japan"

I guess the reason why,
it's caused from
"structure of buildings" in Japan.

Recently, "the idea of central heating" is introduced into
the "structure of buildings" in Japan.

But still this idea does not spread through.

This might be caused "humidity in summer"

There should be many "crevices" in Japanese style house.
It works in summer,
but it works with "other direction" in winter (^_^;)

Thus, "the idea of central heating" does not spread through.
In Japanese style house, people set heating equipment in every room.

In my home, still we set heating equipment in every room.

Listen, Charcoal brazier is still "active" in my home.

You never see this equipment at city, even in Japan.

This is very useful for warmthing very tiny room.
But its very "dangerous" at same time.（^_^;）

As you may know,
charcoal burns into ......"carbon monooxide"（^_^;）

There's no problem to use "Hibachi" in old-fashioned japanese house.

Because there'were many "crevices" to make "carbon monooxide" escape outside.

But in recent japanese house,
this equipment is enable to be very dangerous.

I wanna use this in my nest, too.
But It can not be approved by regulation（^_^;）
But It might work! （^_^;）