Ruins of "ondol" Korean underfloor heating system found in west Japan

Ruins of "ondol" Korean underfloor heating system found in west Japan

The remnants of a smoke path stretching from a fire hole to the building under an "ondol" Korean underfloor heating system are shown to the press in Takatori, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on July 30, 2015. They are believed to have been made by people from the Korean Peninsula in the late fifth century. ==Kyodo

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