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Well, I finally got around to taking some pictures of my place, for those of you who are curious to see just how small a Japanese apartment can be. This is my living/bed room, or approximately half of it, I suppose. You can see my futon folded up there on the right. When I unfold it at night, it stretches from wall to wall. I can actually put my feet flat on one wall and my hands flat on the other. The room is about twice that long. Here is the other half:
 
Through the door to the left is my kitchenette:
 
To cook anything more complicated than a bowl of instant ramen sometimes requires a carefully sequenced shifting of pots or plates from one place to another.
 
Through the kitchen is a long narrow hallway which leads to the front door:
 
Off of the hall is one door, which opens into a small space which holds my washing machine.
 
And finally, off of that space is the door for my tiny cellular bathroom:
 
And that's it for the inside. I have a small balcony just wide enough to stand on, with a somewhat less than exciting city view:
 
This month there is additional excitement off my balcony to the left-- They've been knocking down a 6-story building, a chunk at a time, it seems.
 
Here's a view of the fun from the next street over:
 
Luckily, I'm already up and around by the time the construction starts, so it doesn't really bother me. I suppose another building will go up, hopefully a little more pleasant to look at than the rust-stained wall that was there before. My view certainly doesn't compare to the one I had last year in Tottori:
 
 
I do miss Tottori sometimes... 懐かしい。。。