It’s been really cold over the past week. And here in Hiroshima, when it’s cold outside, most of the time it’s cold inside too. Central heating isn’t a thing, and even when houses have heating, they’re generally not well insulated. Hiroshima is just the wrong temperature: it’s normally not cold enough to need central heating, but when it’s like this it’s too cold without. I suppose it’s like a reverse Goldilocks principle.

Let me tell you how cold it’s been: yesterday, my curtains had frozen to the condensation on my windows!