It has settings to vary the force and direction of the blown air. On the other hand, the house has built-in heat only in this room. It is one of the baffling inconsistencies in this house and one of thousands such inconsistencies in this country. The stove sits on the cabinet next to the sink and is as close to a Coleman stove as I care to have in my house. It is only eight inches high with four burners, a small toaster oven built in, and no cooking oven.
Every Japanese household has one.
Making rice with a suihanki is super easy. First you buy the rice at many times the price it is in the States. Put the rice in, wash it in cold water, fill with fresh water to the line, close the top, and flip the switch. The rice cooker does the rest. The rice can be stored in the suihanki for a couple of days without losing its quality.