The move in begins with a total mess...
There are on toilet, kitchen, tatami room, and balcony. Tatami room is a room with Japanese style flooring (see following pictures). Long before I think of to pursue my phd (coming to Japan not even cross my mind at that time- life really unpredictable), I've been thinking of to create such Japanese style atmosphere in my Malaysia house, so now it's something like a dream come true...
At Hokkaido, room heating system (at the left of above picture) is essential, you don't need to ask whether they have heater, because it is there just like toilet. What you need to ask is what kind of gas they use, because that's what determine the amount of your bill during the 6-month-long winter. The white sliding doors (shoji in Japanese), can be opened to the left or right, freely. Shoji is used as room divider. The kitchen area (in the 1st pic) is right behind the 3 pieces shoji. While the area behind the 2 pieces shoji is a 'store room'.[Note: Distortion in the above picture is a result of Photomerge process in Photoshop; this process combined 6 photos into one to produce such panorama image, as if it's captured using wide angle lens.]
See, futon and many other stuffs are hinding there:
BTW, futon is Japanese style bedings. You lay it on the tatami floor only when going to bed, and keep it away other times in order to empty the room for other purpose.
That means you'll have your room space if you can maintain the discipline of folding and unfolding the beddings - an extreamly challaging task for male... as for me, so far so good.See, the room looks quite big when without futon:
Notice the lamp, also very Japanese; a shoji lantern!Through the door-window is the balcony and night city view...
The toilet is like a hotel isn't it? It's located right behind the kitchen in the 1st picture, and at the left of the pic is the entrance door.
4 comments:
Nice apartment! I miss my tatami room back home. I cannot sleep just on futon anymore, though... I need mattress or I have a sore back all day next day.
Enjoy your new life in your new apartment ;)
Interesting! While I am going the Japanese way of bedding, this Japanese is going the English way...
This apartment look really nice. How much is the rental?
Yen 45,000 = RM 1,500 ++
I was staying here previously:
http://sircheng.blog.friendster.com/2008/05/the-place-that-i-live-in-japan/
Monthly rental only Yen 14,000
That is with rental about 3 times higher... but I think worth it as the room space larger more than 3 times, with nicer view, closer distance to campus and city centre, and what I really appreciate is the sun light coming into the room... I really mean it, just did sunbathing the last weekend :)
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