{"id":28214,"date":"2019-11-09T15:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-11-09T15:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gogonihon.com\/?p=28214"},"modified":"2023-05-31T01:52:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T01:52:34","slug":"how-to-use-a-japanese-air-conditioner-and-heater-remote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gogonihon.com\/en\/blog\/how-to-use-a-japanese-air-conditioner-and-heater-remote\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use a Japanese air conditioner and heater remote"},"content":{"rendered":"

Japan\u2019s weather can be variable across the year with its 52 micro seasons. What\u2019s more, with the country stretching from Hokkaido to Okinawa, there\u2019s a range of temperatures from city to city<\/a>. It\u2019s no surprise then that air conditioning is common throughout the country, but how exactly do you use a Japanese air conditioner?<\/p>\n

As you might expect, many elements of air conditioning are similar to units available in other countries. What you may not realise is that central heating isn\u2019t as common in Japan as it might be in other countries. While the Japanese make good use of cooler building structures in the summer months and kotatsu<\/em> tables<\/a> in the winter<\/a>, many modern homes also have an air conditioning unit that both heats and cools.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve put together a useful infographic to help you figure out what buttons to press so you don\u2019t end up in a mess.<\/p>\n

\"Japanese<\/p>\n

Instructions in kanji<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Now let\u2019s work through the kanji so you can see how to get your room warm when you\u2019re cold, and cold when you\u2019re warm.<\/p>\n

\u51b7\u623f<\/strong> (Air conditioning<\/strong>) – This, as you might expect, will give you cool air. Once selected, you\u2019ll then be able to adjust the temperature and the fan. As cool air sinks, it\u2019s worth adjusting the fan towards the ceiling to fully cool the room.<\/p>\n

\u6696\u623f <\/strong>(Heating<\/strong>) – As hot air rises, we recommend pointing the fan down to heat the full room.<\/p>\n

\u9664\u6e7f <\/strong>(Dehumidify<\/strong>) – You might not expect this setting but you\u2019ll find it very useful in the warm and humid summer months. This will help remove some of the moisture from the air when it\u2019s particularly humid. This is worth doing, particularly if you have a small space and need to dry laundry in your room.<\/p>\n

\u81ea\u52d5 <\/strong>(Automatic<\/strong>) – As you would hope, this monitors the temperature in the room and works out what to do by itself. The perfect option if you\u2019re sharing a room or office and want to avoid arguments!<\/p>\n

\u98a8\u91cf <\/strong>(Fan power<\/strong>) – Depending on the temperature, you might be keen to get your room as hot or cold as soon as possible and this is the button to do that. If you press the button repeatedly, you\u2019ll gradually increase the power of the fan.<\/p>\n

\u98a8\u5411<\/strong> (Fan direction<\/strong>) – As mentioned with some of the other points, this one is useful for making sure you get the right flow in your room. Similarly to the power button, you\u2019ll need to click through the options with this button until you find what you need.<\/p>\n

\u6e29\u5ea6 <\/strong>(Temperature<\/strong>) – With most air conditioning units you\u2019ll find that there are some restrictions in what temperatures you can have for both hot and cold. Once you\u2019ve selected either cooling\/air conditioning or heating you\u2019ll then be able to set the temperature.<\/p>\n

\u505c\u6b62 <\/strong>(Stop<\/strong>) – As you might expect, this one does exactly what it says.<\/p>\n

\u304a\u3084\u3059\u307f <\/strong>(Sleep Timer<\/strong>) – The sleep timer allows you to set the air conditioning unit to turn itself off.<\/p>\n

\u5165<\/strong> (Timer On<\/strong>) – This allows you to set the start time for the timer. The timer controls vary from unit to unit so it may be that you have one timer button to set a length of timer. This is worth checking before you get too carried away.<\/p>\n

\u5207<\/strong> (Timer Off<\/strong>) – This allows you to set the end time for the timer.<\/p>\n

\u53d6\u6d88 <\/strong>(Cancel<\/strong>) – This allows you to cancel any programmed timer without cancelling the rest of the program settings.<\/p>\n

\u30b5\u30a4\u30f3\u30ea\u30bb\u30c3\u30c8 <\/strong>(Reset<\/strong>) – This allows you to cancel anything that you might have programmed accidentally.<\/p>\n

As you can see, once you\u2019ve worked out how to read the kanji, it\u2019s as straightforward as the air conditioning unit you might have at home. There might be some variations from unit to unit, but you\u2019ll be fine if you have the basics.<\/p>\n

Was this article helpful to you? If so, you\u2019ll probably like our other articles in the How To section on our blog<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Japan\u2019s weather can be variable across the year with its 52 micro seasons. What\u2019s more, with the country stretching from Hokkaido to Okinawa, there\u2019s a range of temperatures from city to city. It\u2019s no surprise then that air conditioning is common throughout the country, but how exactly do you use a Japanese air conditioner? As […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":28242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[402],"tags":[666,690],"class_list":["post-28214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","tag-language","tag-living-abroad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogonihon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogonihon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogonihon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogonihon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogonihon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gogonihon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogonihon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogonihon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogonihon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogonihon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}