Ladies Night Out

Today we woke up early and had breakfast because at 10:00 am Fujita mom and her 2 girls are coming over and we are all going to a new store we have never been to, and after that going to a Burger joint to eat lunch and then head off to the science museum. It was the usual morning telling the kids a hundred times to hurry up and get ready or they are going to stay home. We walked the recycle garbage to the corner and put it at the drop off point.

At 10:08 am Fujita arrived and we took off to go to Asahikawa, it took about 30 minutes to get to the store we were going to, this store had a little of everything and also reasonable prices. We finally found Evan a helmet to wear while he is riding his bike, Yasuko picked up a few other things that we needed. After that we went to the Hamburger place called Mos Burger. I had a shrimp burger and fries and drank a melon soda, It was really good, everyone else had regular hamburgers except Achi (one of Fujita's girls) she had a sausage on a stick and a piece of chicken.

After we finished eating off to the Science museum we went. It was $4 for us adults and the kids were Free, there were all kinds of exhibits and fun things to do, we just let the kids run wild and do what they wanted to do. The highlight of the trip to me was the cold room, where you could experience temperatures of -30c (-22 degrees F). We put on these large coats and went in the first room which was -5c (23 degrees F), then we took the next step and went in the -30 room.

Once we were in there you could immediately start feeling the moisture in your nose start to freeze, we took wet towels and held the corner while we spun them around in the air, after about 30-45 seconds they were stiff and in the shape that they were when they were spinning. Next we all got straws and blew bubbles, the bubbles would rise a bit and then start to fall, you could catch them in your hand, as they would be frozen.

We were told by Fujita-san that it regularly gets -25 to -28 where we live and sometimes -30, but it didn't get that cold last year. So now I kind of know what to expect, it is very cold but with heavy clothes and skin covered, it is bearable. A new adventure awaits haha. We left the museum at 5:00 pm and stopped by the store on the way back to get something for dinner, Yasuko has ladies night out tonight so I will be playing Mr. Mom!

We are having salad, rice, pickled vegetables, eggrolls, and fried fish, Yasuko will probably be out late, her and about 8 others are going out to eat and drink.

Temp : High - 61
Low - 45