When you sleep alone

…Hokkairo (heat pads or pocket warmers) comes to the rescue as winter is creeping into Tokyo.

Although temperatures at night are hovering around eight degrees, I still feel it’s too cold to sleep comfortably without some heat assistance. A month ago, the BFF in New York tasked her boyfriend, when he swung by Tokyo for a friend’s wedding, to bring back 30 days’ worth of these cozy buggers.

From what I understand, hokkairo contains a kind of metal that creates heat when it is exposed to air.

I slip one of these babies into the futon when it gets icy, but the instructions actually warn you against doing that because it’s too hot on bare skin. I don’t have that problem because I wear fleece PJs to bed now. Oh, and the sticky side stays stuck on the mattress so I don’t really see why it’s so dangerous.

There you go, if you are a trailing partner whose corporate warrior lover is always away, a packet of hokkairo per night could make you feel a little less miserable.

The kangaroo has been away for five weeks and Tokyo does feel a little lonesome without him. He’ll return next Thursday and I’m sure the next seven days will whiz past.

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