Just for Fun: Old Fashioned Winters

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As of March 20, winter is officially over. This year it snowed only twice in Tokyo, insignificant amounts both times. Didn’t winter used to be colder?

Here are some words that stand for ways to keep warm in the deep, freezing winters of yesteryear. See if you can guess what they are.

1. Pechika
(a) a kind of down vest (b) a stove

2. Utampo
(a) hot soup served in an earthenware pot (b) a kind of hot water bottle

3. Kotatsu
(a) double thick mittens (4) a quilt covered table with an electric heater attached

4. Chan-chan-ko
(a) a hot pot dish favored by sumo wrestlers (b) a coat worn indoors

5. Kairo
(a) a muffler wrapped around the head and neck (b) charcoal burning hand warmer

(See comments for answers, please.)

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