Home Sweet Home

Day 3

Let me take you on a tour of our apartment.
In a previous post I showed you the street and outside of our building. Come inside, and ride the elevator up to the 10th floor.
Welcome inside:



Please take off your shoes and store them in the foyer.
Let's walk through the foyer and down the hallway



On your right, you will find the kitchen, a hallway to the living room and dining room, and the laundry and shower room.






I forgot to take a picture of the shower, but it isn't attached to the wall like in America. It is attached to the middle of the wall, but the tub is on the edge of the wall, so it works better if you hold it over your head to wash out the shampoo.

On your left we have the guest room and the toilet room




The toilet has a washlet attached to it, and the sink is on the top of the tank, so when you flush the toilet, clean water comes out of the sink and back into the toilet.

At the back of the hallway is our room


Go back to the hallway that takes you to the living room and dining room.... you will find the kitchen on your right, and behind that, the dining room. On your left is the living room, and behind that, the office. So basically the office, living room and dining room are all in a row.










The interesting thing about the kitchen is that it has a stove top with two burners, and no oven. Just so you know, this is a large apartment for Tokyo standards. It is rare to have enough space to have a stand up table, and to have two bedrooms plus an office is a real luxury.

We ordered hamburgers. Really great avocado on top.

Also, Elena, the maid came. The interesting thing about the laundry is that your clothes come out wrinkled, so ironing is a necessity. Elena does this, and many other things, for us.