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It`s cold in these houses again here in Japan. You may think I`m exaggerating the cold and mock my feeble, weak body when compared with colder climes in Europe or America but it is the style of the houses which makes the difference.

In Japan, a a country where it is warm enough that you can wear a T-shirt for a good 8 months out of the twelve and for three of those months it is unbearably hot, houses are designed to reduce the heat inside.

That is why in the winter I can do as I did yeserday and drink a perfectly chilled beer without having to put it in the fridge and also why anenglishguyinnyugun who lives in a still colder part of Japan can wake up to find his olive oil has frozen.

It`s comforting to know that in around two months it`ll be warm enough to dispense with the table heater and in another couple of months I`ll be moaning about how insufferably hot it is but scant consolation.

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