Exactly this. And if you take offense, which you probably will unless you have already come to the same conclusion, consider just accepting it for once and swallow your pride. It isn't the end of the world to accept a little humility into your life.
My home in central Tokyo has virtually no insulation and no heating, mostly we rely on passive solar to keep us toasty during the day and at night we bed down carefully. If it is 0°C outside at night we will never go below 10°C as long as the day has been fine. For bad weather days (rarely but it happens) we have spare heaters to bring out (electric or kerosene).
An engawa (縁側) is the covered or indoor space between a garden and a room. A nure-en (濡れ縁 or 濡縁) is the the outside floor or space meant to become wet in rain. While an engawa is usually permanently covered in tatami or high quality floorboards, the base or deck of a nure-en is spaced to allow water to drain properly and often of a more rustic or even sacrificial design. When the nure-en boarding is placed perpendicular to the wall it is cut straight, but when parallel to the wall or interrupted, boards are often staggered in a pleasingly rustic manner. The most rustic nure-en is just plain bamboo poles parallel to the wall and then it is often called chiku-en or take-en (竹縁). Popular with clergy and samurai or those with philosophical aspirations.
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