Blanket suggestions? Any tips on staying warm?

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1. Electric blanket

2. Turn on the gas stove 24/7
   Way more ecological and cheap than using A/C or a stove. Another idea might be just boiling a large number of big water pots then place them in your room for really convenient slow releasing warth , that should work as an humidifier against the dryness of japanese wintern.
   Just be careful to not step in any if you wake up in the middle of the night for a toilet trip.

3. I always liked my [Costco Sherpa fleece throw](https://www.costco.co.jp/c/Life-Comfort-Sherpa-Throw/p/1324443). It was soft and warm.

4. Embrace the kotatsu life.

5. girlfriend and/or boyfriend.

6. Learn to knit or crochet! You’ll be buried in blankets soon.

7. You should try 着る毛布（a wearable blanket）.

8. Buy an electric rug/”hot carpet” (ホットカーペット). They’re not so expensive. I picked one up back in January or so and I wish I had gotten one several years ago.

9. Hot carpet, kotatsu, or my favorite—yutanpo (hot water bottle).

10. I wear several shirts, sweatshirt, and the like and top it off with a wool hat and a bench coat. If I’m going to be sitting at the computer for a long time, I’ll wrap a blanket around my legs.

11. Fashy hot water bottles. Plenty on amzn- don’t smell of rubber like some other brands

12. I’ve been using the Fuku Fuku Nyanko wearable blanket from Hapins, highly recommended.

13. Thiccccc blanket from Ikea and electric bedsheet under normal sheets, feels good man.

14. My weighted blanket is the best! I got it at a home goods store. Keeps you warm and feels like a hug.

15. The warmest ones from Nitori. Sorry I dont remember the exact names but my wife and I bought a pad and a blanket which can be used as a comforter cover, and we never use the heater at night.

16. Enough Strong 9’s and you won’t notice the cold.

17. Electric blanket (turn it off right before bed for safety)

    Warm cozy pajamas

    But personally when I’m squeezed between husbando-san and the cat I feel like I’m in a pressure cooker already

18. I got one of the N warm or whatever they’re called from nitori blankets and it’s surprisingly warm. It makes a huge difference when I use even just a single n warm blanket vs 2-3 regular blankets of similar thickness

    Also wear heat tech under your pajamas/clothes. Really helps.

19. Heated mattress pad on the bed, thick fluffy blanket on top.

    The blanket is essential, it insulates and keeps the heat in, even after you turn the mattress pad off.

20. There’s a kind of insulating blanket that you put on the mattress. With the futon on top and the warm blanket below, you’re body heat stays trapped between the two. It’s pretty awesome.Also, there’s a gel filled bag you can get at drugstores that you heat in a microwave. It’s basically a hot water bottle made of plastic. You can warm your feet by putting it under the covers near your feet. The futon above and below you hold the heat in. You can also consider weather stripping any windows or getting heavier curtains. Some windows have shutters which help to stop air flowing through gaps.

21. I have a silly trick if you’re on a budget or in an emergency situation. The bottles of tea that are in the hot section of the konbini. If you fill the empty ones with water (maybe 6-8) l, microwave it, and put them under the blanket, it would last the night. Once my AirCon broke in the middle of the night. All hotels were sold out in the area. So I had to become creative.

22. I don’t have a kotatsu, but I use a kotatsu blanket as my bed comforter.

    Under my bedsheets… an electric carpet.