Newer, more expensive homes, condos, and apartments do have central heating. But most Japanese have to use stoves in winter. They use kerosene, gas, or electric stoves and heaters, sometimes a combination of several types.
Many traditional homes are built without much insulation. And inside there are sliding walls made of rice paper. This type of home is hard to heat. But small rooms, like the ones in most apartments, are easy to heat.
Many people still use a traditional heating method called kotatsu. It's a floor heater, usually charcoal or electric, under a square frame shaped like a low table. On top is a quilt. You sit with your legs under the warm quilt.
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