Our apato is large by Japanese standards, and only 2 years old (10 years old is considered VERY old and ready to knock down. The building standards aren’t very high – houses go up in about 2 weeks and look like cardboard cutouts stuck together. Insulation is a plastic sheet between the inner wall and the outer wall. They aren’t built to last.)
So here’s our apartment:
- The toilet, with heated seat, bidet function and faucet above the cistern for saving water.
- The kitchen gas top, bench, fridge and the best purchase ever, the convection microwave.
- The living room with TV, coffee table, carpet rug and sofa bed.
- The living and dining, looking from the kitchen servery.
- Our bedroom with futon and built-ins. Our futon is folded up and stored in the cupboard during the day.
- Our dining table.
- Inside the bathroom – mirror, hand-held shower, bath with auto fill function.
- Through the door is the bath and shower. In this room is our cow bath mat, towels and to the right, the basin and washing machine.
- Our entry hallway. At the end to the right is our front door. The cupboard contains our shoes and slippers and a bright yellow umbrella in case of rain. We take our shoes off in the foyer and only wear slippers inside the house.
If you remember, here are the photos from before we moved in. Toshy took these photos before we knew we would definitely be living here.