So yes: I moved! I have a 1K again (translation: 1 bedroom + 1 "kitchen", and to prove it 1 door in between), but this time I have two or three new Tokyo features!!
Shot looking through the bedroom
My "shoes off" area + storage, GENKAN 玄関
(My old apartment also had a GENKAN--not a new feature.)
My "not quite a kitchen"
(My old apartment also had 1 burner, but it had an ounce more counter top space. Not a new feature.)
So what's new? First up, a "Unit Bath"!
Shower while on the toilet, if you like!
My previous apartment had a seperate room for the toilet. Actually.. the toilet room took a lot of space, but I realize now it provided one important feature: dry toilet paper. Hopefully I won't ruin too many rolls due to stray showering.. Getting a shower curtain would help... (add that to the list)
And what else? The astute observer already asked--why's there a ladder? ==> Loft!
Shot looking back towards the kitchen
Floor 2: computers, underwear, and empty suitcases
Note the rail on the upper right--that's where the ladder hangs when not in use. (It's also how you trap people from being able to get down.) Eww... bad idea.
Taking a peak from the top of the ladder
The loft is empty now, but it'll be my little computer room soon. A bed would fit up here, but the girl who showed the apartment thought in summer it would get pretty darn warm up there (the angled roof is facing south). Also, I wouldn't want to navigate the ladder if I was extremely tired, or otherwise impaired, just to crawl into bed. .. also, I'm really groggy in the morning.
The ceiling light, and a window for light that tilts open
I'm on the 2F in a neighborhood of 2F, so the roof & skylight get a lot of sun. Nice!
There's also a balcony/veranda, where my AC, gas on demand water heater, and ... WASHING MACHINE now reside. Not much space for anything else. I'm planning a laundry post soon, so stay tuned.
... so what else is new here? Quaintness!
Old folks playing morning croquet
Bakery and (mostly) pedestrian shopping* street on the 5 min walk to the station
*enlightened shopping. (There's a video game store, and a CD shop.)
Old Japanese house view from balcony
Note the sign where I can chain up my bicycle. I should add, there's a convenient 7-11 about 100 meters away (T: a meter is about a yard), and, luckily, it's not directly visible. (No glare from the sign at night) ... (which on second thought probably wouldn't matter since there's huge glare from a light illuminating the next building's exterior stair-case.)
So, that was the 1 hour blog post tour of the apartment. Any questions?
8 comments:
wow, it's really a long time since the last post. With the loft (in fact the ladder, I guess), you get the chance to make your apartment artistic.
lol...
Looking forward to more posts about your new life in Tokyo
-- midi
I LOVE it! It looks larger than I would have thought, but maybe it's still not that big? It's super nice, though. Now, is the bathroom yours alone? You don't share it, right? And I love the loft feature - that's a huge bonus space. Will the washer get wet outside? And that's ok?
So you have your own bathroom, your own balcony, and your own washing machine? This is serious "moving on up."
TMM
For the record, my old apartment had a bigger balcony on the 9th floor and my own bathroom--with a separated toilet room... so, the new apartment is more like a step over than a definitive step up.
But yeah, I'm looking forward to getting some photos on the wall, and some furniture delivered! Just 2 days away.. :)
who did you order furniture from? TMM
GORGious!!! Wow - you have room for sleeping bag guests! that's so cool -- love the quaintness quotient - when can we come?
Yomama
T: Ikea. Above is "before furniture." The "after" photos will appear soon.
Mom: Come visit any time you want! Just give me about a month's notice to clean up...
Looking forward to seeing the your 'post furniture' photos of the apartment! Dad
yeah, me too.
Consider this a promise/warning--more blog posts will happen once I get internet at home. I've been so busy with work when I'm at work that blogging rarely comes to mind. But I've got loads of content to dump on you guys, so... sorry for the wait
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