I've had it! I'm not going to sit around freezing to death in my uninsulated Japanese house again this winter.
No more of those cold winter rains that get under your skin, no more hanging onto the heated kotatsu for dear life, and no more braving indoor breezes! I would leave my rabbit hutch and head to someplace warmer. I'd head north.
Some say this defies logic. But if I'm going to be cold, I'm going to be cold properly: in a place where I can experience yukimizake and drink sake while watching the snow fall outside. Watching the rain is not the same.