Apartment Tour

My apartment has some shelving. The box in the upper left corner is what allows me to continue living. Central heating/cooling is pretty uncommon here, so instead people use these awesome air conditioners, which are effective for a closed off room. I can't wait for fall so I can let the thing rest.

Nearby, rice is grown. They harvested (is that the right word?) it recently so the green has given way to barren emptiness.

The view out the front window of my apartment.

Upside-down pants. Rarely does anyone have a dryer in this country, so things hang.

You can see my low table and my "recliner" (the square the green thing ... I need a new chair).

This is my fridge. Shown here at actual size. But really, that's a regular standard water bottle, so you can see what we're dealing with. My friends had bigger beer coolers in college.


The kitchen. Now much to it. Looks like I need to do the dishes. Toward the back you can see the two burners that make up my "oven." There is no stove. I have a rice-cooker (at right) and a sweet toaster oven, so all is well. Also, you can drink tap water.

Not pictured is the "bedroom" which I use only for storage (I sleep in the main room with the air conditioner). Also not pictured: The toilet room, the shower/laundry/washroom area, and the steps leading up from my outside door to the second floor. Also not pictured: The spider who lives on my veranda the little tiny frog who was sitting on my bicycle one morning.

So that completes the apartment tour. In a couple hours I'll head for Nagoya ... for a couple hours before heading back. I'm beginning to curse the unfortunate planning of this Nagoya jaunt. If I had it my way it would have been an overnight but for some reason it had to be a Monday. Still, it will be good to see these people.