Vintage Keyaki Wood Japanese Hibachi - Coffee Table With Copper Inset & Drawers. A truly beautiful and unique table. Hibachi tables come with a copper insert that are designed to be filled with sand to take the burning charcoal on which to heat the iron kettle, or tetsubin for tea making.

This carefully crafted object is fitted with drawers to keep tools, tea, cups, tobacco, dry food, etc. Thus, the hibachi in this form, were used the heat a room, was used to warm sake, prepare tea for guests, or cook small meals and came to replace the older irori in urban dwellings.