Japan Times

Well, after much deliberation, calculation and counting of yen, I finally made the plunge and moved to a larger apartment. It's nice.. It's very nice. I've got a balcony I can actually stand in, a closet I can actually put stuff in, a washing machine and internet included. Only downside is that is an extra 5 minutes away from school, which brings my one way travel time to about 30 mins by bike every morning; good exercise though. Here's a few pics to compare and contrast..

First, my old place..

This is the room in general.. it has a very efficient rectangular shape, which means that once you put a bed in it, there's no room for anything else. The door on the left leads to the bathroom.

This is the "kitchen", which is in fact right next to the bed. The black box in the bottom is my fridge/freezer. The freezer was just large enough to hold one small ice cube tray.

The closet here is about 2 feet wide, so I was glad that there was extra storage under the bed. Still not the same as a nice big closet though.

And my balcony, which was pretty convenient for hanging my laundry to dry, but I couldn't use it for anything else. The shot you see is of where a hornet's nest used to be. One of my first tasks when I moved in was to kill all the hornets and get rid of the nest.. charming, no?

And now for my new place. Let me start by stating that my new place has two separate areas, and I'm exceptionally glad for that. The kitchen/bathroom area is separated with the main living area with a door.

The main living area has space for a bed (which I'm not using right now, because it's hard as a rock), as well as a small table and some walking around room..

My fridge and microwave do take up some space in the main room, but its very worth it. You can see here the doorway into the kitchen/bathroom/vestibule area

and lastly my kitchen with actual shelves to put my pots and ingredients in, and a real stove (no hot plate that looks like it came from a grade 10 science class)

And that pretty much sums up my move. George and Wheezy would be proud I think.

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