Mikan is a type of tangerine. When it first comes out in the fall it's pale orange, almost yellowish with a touch of green. Mikan gets sweeter and turns a deeper orange as the season gets colder. It's common to hear "The mikan are getting sweeter, aren't they?" throughout the season.
A kotatsu is a low table with a heater underneath, a comforter over the top, and a table surface on top of that. You sit with your legs underneath it (I seriously could not picture all of this until I saw it in Japan). In the winter everyone gathers around the kotatsu to stay warm, the cold being tempered by the sweetness of mikan.
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