So does anyone has or is getting a Kotatsu?..

just 80 dollars? must be used cuz im seen them for way more >.< every person who likes japan needs one, good for family bonding and stupid shit like that.....xD

I have a kotatsu. They are popular outside of japan too. Like Lambey said whole sets are around that much. Thats how much a good cheap one would run you. as for making your own? get a coffee table and rig it such that you can attach a blanket top to it. Then hook up the heather underneath. Cheapest option.

Hmmm.. I know kotatsus are regularly all wood, but perhaps it might be nice if the top was glass? If I were to get one myself and I could customize it, I'd probably want the top to be glass. Just get a normal table put a nice/puffy, fancy blaket over it, and put on top a heavy, glass square. I think it'd be easier to clean because it's glass, and you could always make sure the top was always disinfected too. That's just me though~ Don't know if that would work like it does with an office desk that has business cards and stuff underneath that top glass layer.

I meant like table, on top a blanket, and on top of a blanket a slab of glass that's the same dimensions of the table's top. So the heater would be under the wooden table's top. I know that they have slabs of marble that chocolatiers use when they want to temper their chocolate so maybe they sell some glass too? That's just me though. >.<