Elementary school students in Tsuruta Town, Aomori Prefecture, experienced digging up apples stored in a natural refrigerator made of snow. The children used a shovel to break down a ``yukimuro'' (about 2 meters high) and carried out boxes containing three types of apples.
Apples stored in the snow room retain their moisture, making them juicy and sweet, and the children who tasted them on the spot were surprised at how delicious they were. One of the boys said, ``The apples in theSnow room were very juicy and tasted better than apples in. the refrigerator''