Moving In

Well I've gone and done it moved out of the hotel and moved into the apartment moved in on the 4th July, independence day in America and a little bit of an independence day for me as well thank you very much.

The day before i went round all the off houses i could find and Aladdin's cave, couldn't find a lot did mange to by myself a TV and stand also a fridge and Microwave not forgetting a Kettle to make tea oh and a coffee table, there was actually lots of thing to be had but did not fancy a lot and did not want to rush into anything.

The apartment was totally empty in the photos you can see the TV and fridge but there was nothing and i mean nothing even had to buy some of the light fixtures, courtesy of Hard Off

As you have probably noticed from the photos one of the surprises of the apartment is that it has a Buck Rogers toilet seat which i couldn't remember, it's a pink one though not sure what that means.

The other slight down side i never noticed before is in the Kitchen area, the cupboards above the sink are so low that i know I'm going to bang my head all the time, in fact I've already done it a few time, on the plus side it should encourage me to find a Japanese lady to do the cooking think banging the head would not be a problem then.

Anyway i digress had always planned on buying a new bed so on the day i was moving in of i went to a store called Nitori, if you know me you know i like leaving things till the last minuet, wanted to get a double bed and needed something to sleep on pretty quick.

The bed i wanted was not in stock surprise surprise so i ordered it, would be deliver on the 11th, that's what they said and have come to accept that if you are told something like that in Japan then it happens, unlike other places i can think of.

So anyway i had a bed on order but nothing to sleep on tonight, so i start looking round at the single beds. To cut a long story short found a cheap single bed frame and a mattress that i though i would get, i could get everything in the car so did not have to worry about them delivering it.

When it came time to buy, no mattress in stock, decided not to bother with the mattress and hit on the idea of a Futon on the frame. yes this will work i thought

For anyone that doesn't know Futons are traditional sleeping mattress that you lay on the floor, very popular in Asia, I've slept on a few in my time but they can be a bit uncomfortable if you're not used to them.

I'm told that now almost 50% of Japanese house holds now use western style bed, if you're wondering who told me it was the guy that had been with me all the time in the shop who spoke really good English, he'd lived in California for over three years. You don't really think it would have been this easy to go into a Japanese shop order beds and stuff with out being able to speak Japanese do you, come on now.

Anyway thanks to the guy from Nitori no not Del Monte, i even got him to help me out with finding an Internet service provider who by the way said he would come round at 10am the next morning Saturday or so i thought but it turned out to be 10 on Sunday morning, am sure it was me who got it wrong.

So anyway i had a bed now and i was sorted, it was Friday night i was going out and i didn't really care how hard the bed was, not until the next morning anyway.

More to follow just a couple of shots from the balcony of my apartment, at the front and back.

The view from the back is of a school yard and swimming pool. Think the kids are up to about 12years old as they all look real small and seem to have games and things on every Saturday morning, starting way to early for me coss it gets get pretty noisy especially when they're playing Baseball, seem like they to do some kind of chanting, the other photo is from the front

Actually I'm quite enjoying it all for some strange reason it reminds me of living in a bedsit or flat when i was young which seems like a long time ago sometimes, more later.