Today we reached a new level of cold...

Most people back home will say that it's cold when they can see their breath outside. Those same people will say that it's freezing cold when they can see their breath inside. Well, today, as I was going to the bathroom, I noticed that my urine was steaming. Nasty stuff. Seeing that kind of steam rising up toward your face. Scary!

Then again, it could be worse. Asahikawa, a city out here in Hokkaido, doesn't snow sometimes. At times it'll get so cold that it won't snow. Instead of snow, ice crystals fall from the sky. The Japanese people call the stuff "diamond dust." Very scary!