A famous festival of snow sculptures is held annually in Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan. We visit the site of a giant snow sculpture being created and talk to the team's supervisor, Mr. Morioka. As he knows just how cold it can be to work outside in Hokkaido during winter, he has a pub owner cook warm lunch for his team.

We also visit a family-run Somen noodles plant. Winter is the best time to make Somen, so it's very cold inside the factory. But the family has a frugal lunch to warm their bodies up.

We go to Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, to a research facility of a national museum. Mr. Kawada makes animal specimens there. Although some specimens are for display, most are used to preserve information on animals for future generations. For lunch, Mr. Kawada eats instant noodles because the containers are perfect for drying specimens! In another segment, we visit a fu wheat gluten factory where a young man learns the art of fu making to one day take over his father's role as the company president.