In Japan they are an institution, for us tourists they are a double godsend because they allow you to use internet and at the same time relax and read (or watch for those unfamiliar with Japanese) interesting manga without having to buy them. In Japan the terms are interchangeable but let's see in more detail one of the favorite places of the Japanese and beyond.

Japan is known for being a country that has "care" of consumer goods, intrinsic in society with reflections in some spiritual and religious concepts related to everyday objects, which other countries around the world are starting to apply.
An example of these "cures" is the recycling and thinking about it not only as a "good deed for the environment", but as a real "business strategy". Although this system exists in other countries like mine, it is not applied in such a "systematic" way.

In Tokyo, the cosmopolitan capital of Japan, there is a place within the "district" of Shibuya where the famous Harajuku railway station is located. The surrounding area is the breeding ground of the classic "counter-fashion" that does not want to conform to the statuary rules of Japan, where a world-renowned style was born.
Harajuku is one of the most famous districts of Tōkyō, it is easy to reach thanks to the JR Yamanote line, a stop between Shibuya and Shinjuku.

 The original Japanese mascots, or as they are called in the rising sun, Yuru-kyara (contraction of yurui masukotto kyarakutā) ゆ る い マ ス コ ッ ト キ ャ ラ ク タ ー are among the popular culture phenomena that most passionate the Japanese and beyond.
The term was coined by the illustrator and cultural critic Jun Miura in 2009, who didn't stop at the name alone, he was the one who helped to determine the fundamental components of the mascots.

 Kotatsu 炬 燵 is really Your Warm Partner in the Cold Japan that can be find in all Japanese home. You can use it in cold autumns and expecially in the winters, practically Know from evryone in Japan, but in all over the world too, it is not only part of the furniture, but it is much more

 The Kotatsu is so rooted in Japanese culture, that you can't imagine how "old" it can be, in fact we can find the first signs of its appearance already in the Muromachi period, that period that goes from 1336 to 1573 a.c.