Hokkaido Man

It's minus thirty degrees in Asahigawa.
Middle of Hokkaido, the second biggest city in Hokkaido after Sapporo.
Toyota tests their cars up there for the cold.
In 1912, it was minus 42 degrees in Asahikawa. I told him that, but he already knew it. He knew all about it and explained it to me so excitedly that I hardly understood a word. No-one else had ever talked to him about Asahikawa.
He's going back to Asahikawa after he retires. He's been in Nagoya as long as me - for 18 years. Before that, he was in Tokyo, working as a salaryman but his heart is in Asahikawa.
If you can just put up with the cold, the food is great and the people are good. Yes, there are many good people. I'm going to Asahikawa.