aircon & heating
Air conditioners, heating and controlling them in Japan.
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Heating a Japanese apartment in winter: aircon, kotatsu, oil heater or electric blanket? An engineer runs the numbers
Heating a Japanese apartment in winter? I ran the aircon, kotatsu, electric blanket, oil heater and fan heater through ¥31/kWh to see what each really costs.
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How to control a Japanese aircon from your phone (and why there’s no thermostat on the wall)
No thermostat in your Japanese apartment? Here’s why, and how a smart IR remote like Nature Remo or SwitchBot Hub 2 gives you app control for under ¥10,000.
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Portable Air Conditioners in Japan: Do They Actually Cool a Room?
Portable air conditioners in Japan: real specs and August 2026 prices for Corona and Iris Ohyama, what they cool, running costs, and when a split AC wins.
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Why Japanese air conditioners look different from the rest of the world
Every air conditioner in Japan is a wall-mounted mini-split, and there’s a real engineering reason why. Here’s the postwar history, and what to actually buy.
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Guide to getting air-conditioner for new life in Japan
Update: 2024.Mar.24 By: Andrew Photo by Max Vakhtbovych, Pexels The winter is especially cold this year, so the thought of getting an air-conditioner pops up for that living…