It really is chilly!

"Chilblains are less common in countries where the cold is more extreme because the air is drier and people have specially designed living conditions and clothing. "

Yeah right! In every developed country except Japan it would appear. I have been self diagnosing with my friend Google and I reckon that my fingers are not suffering from dani bites, but from chilblains. I have never had this issue at home, and the weather here at the moment is not that much colder than Adelaide gets in the depths of winter. The only explanation can be the poor heating and insulating of houses and schools, and the massive overheating of trains and department stores. Apparently chilblains are encouraged by rapidly heating yourself up after being very cold, although it isn't helped by poor circulation in the extremities. And you do get that often in Japan, where you are shivering your arse off on the train platform, and then sweating inside your clothes once you board the train because the seats are heated and you've got 6 layers of thermals on. The solution; wear gloves all the time and try to avoid warming my fingers up too quickly when they are cold.