Well with the weather warming up, it has now got to the stage where we can no longer rely on just keeping things in the cupboard to keep them fresh. So we figured it was about time we upgraded our fridge. The fridge on the left was the one we got for free when we arrived in November. Basically a bar fridge, plus a small freezer. The fridge on the right is our new Sanyo fridge which is actually better than the one we had in Australia. Plus we also bought an Air-conditioner for the bedroom. The other bonus was they took away our old fridge for free (some times you have to pay 3000yen for that here). Plus the guy who installed the air-conditioner told us he lives up on the cold mountain so we were able to give him 2 of our gas heaters (we had three given to us when we arrived, but only one gas point. This also saved us money not having to pay to get rid of the heaters we didn't use), now with two (there was already one in the living room) reverse cycle air-conditioners and a new fridge we should be right for summer. Add those two air-conditioners and our gas heater and next winter should be much better.