OK, so we arrived safely in Japan - Narita international airport, Tokyo to be exact. Apparently there was some accident/plane crash at the airport before we arrived and we were one of the lucky ones to not be delayed or cancelled. Didn't realise what a big deal it was until we were watching TV in the terminal and saw the plane crash on the news. Wow.
We were picked up by Jen and Ayako and they drove us over to Ashikaga-shi...it took about two hours. We were both pretty tired but it was really interesting seeing all the new sights. So many lights and stuff.
Didn't really get a good look at the apartment when we arrived because it was dark and we were tired. When we woke up the next day we had a look around. It's literally in the middle of rice fields...which are in turn surrounded by more city/suburbia. I'll upload some photos soon. It's a good area actually. Very close to stuff but also very quiet. There was a guy accross the laneway going over his tennis-court-sized vege patch/'farm' with a tractor. As in full-sized tractor. It was weird. Anyway, the apartment is actually quite big. Three main rooms (bedroom (with tatami mats and a HUGE cupboard), lounge room, Kitchen/dining room/laundry) and then a seperate toilet and seperate bathroom with a shower and a bath. The ceilings are high, but the doors, for some reason, don't make use of that height and are quite low. Go figure. We have a little patio/veranda thing which both the bedroom and the lounge room open on to. Oh and the coolest thing is the intercom. We have a video-audio intercom! It's pretty cool. There is also a lot of parking space outside.
Saw a few nice cars...well 90% of the cars are 'nice', as in newish, shiny and good looking...but I mean I saw one of the new Nissan 370Zs and an RX7 FD something arather. As a side note, I can now say I fully understand the term 'econo-box'. These cars in Japan really epitomise the word. There is this whole class of small 2 or 4 door car that is very square, boxy -straight lines everwhere. They are EVERYWHERE. There are also a whole range of econo-box vans and trucks.
Anyway I've had enough of blogging for now. Will write more later, though don't expect so much from now on haha.
We were picked up by Jen and Ayako and they drove us over to Ashikaga-shi...it took about two hours. We were both pretty tired but it was really interesting seeing all the new sights. So many lights and stuff.
Didn't really get a good look at the apartment when we arrived because it was dark and we were tired. When we woke up the next day we had a look around. It's literally in the middle of rice fields...which are in turn surrounded by more city/suburbia. I'll upload some photos soon. It's a good area actually. Very close to stuff but also very quiet. There was a guy accross the laneway going over his tennis-court-sized vege patch/'farm' with a tractor. As in full-sized tractor. It was weird. Anyway, the apartment is actually quite big. Three main rooms (bedroom (with tatami mats and a HUGE cupboard), lounge room, Kitchen/dining room/laundry) and then a seperate toilet and seperate bathroom with a shower and a bath. The ceilings are high, but the doors, for some reason, don't make use of that height and are quite low. Go figure. We have a little patio/veranda thing which both the bedroom and the lounge room open on to. Oh and the coolest thing is the intercom. We have a video-audio intercom! It's pretty cool. There is also a lot of parking space outside.
Saw a few nice cars...well 90% of the cars are 'nice', as in newish, shiny and good looking...but I mean I saw one of the new Nissan 370Zs and an RX7 FD something arather. As a side note, I can now say I fully understand the term 'econo-box'. These cars in Japan really epitomise the word. There is this whole class of small 2 or 4 door car that is very square, boxy -straight lines everwhere. They are EVERYWHERE. There are also a whole range of econo-box vans and trucks.
Anyway I've had enough of blogging for now. Will write more later, though don't expect so much from now on haha.
EDIT: A few photos
Our apartment complex:
Pokemon noodles!:
Kitchen/dining room/laundry:
Front enterance and bathroom:
To bedroom (left) and loungeroom (right) from kitchen area:
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