Hotel rooms in Japan are very tiny— like barely room for the bed, so we opted for an AirBNB to have a little more room. We felt like we got a true Japanese experience in our quirky place. It was a “duplex” which meant we had the third floor apartment and the fourth floor apartment with separate entrances and of course, no elevator (this was difficult to accept when we arrived with our luggage after walking a lot that day). The location was great—walkable to Akihabara (electric town) and Ueno Park. Convenience stores were nearby. Minutes away from the action, but calm on our actual street.
I shared this room with the little three boys. It was a traditional tatami room with tatami straw-like mats and cushions on the floor.
This was the tiny table in the 3rd floor apartment (no table at all in the 4th). No countertops, no shelves, no beds, no couches, no sit-around-the-dinner-table, no seats except these stools (and the toilet!). Where am I supposed to sit? Where am I supposed to set things down?
Garfield and Calvin and Hobbes were the few books we packed.
Here’s the kitchen/living area.
Another complicating factor that made this area even more cluttered was that I wasn’t sure how the trash worked. Japan has very specific trash-sorting laws that vary by region. Instead of trash and recycling like in Lexington, there’s “burnable” and “not burnable”. But what makes something burnable or not? I’ve read conflicting things. I’ve read that plastics are not burnable. But does that mean plastic wrappers? Or just bottles? Or thicker things like spatulas. Paralyzed, I just didn’t throw anything away for awhile.
The washing machine was on the balcony! And sadly, mo dryer. Carter was excited to wash his clothes after dealing with handwashing on the cruise.
The doorways were a little short for him!
Video games is one thing they all bond over
One of my nightly trips to My Basket, a small grocery store a few minutes away
It’s crazy how many people live within a short radius of our place. Tokyo is the largest city in the world! That window on the left across the street, I could see into from the bathroom one night. There was a meeting with people sitting around the table.
Good morning, Tokyo!
Getting all out ducks in a row…
At first, we weren’t going to let them keep all the ducks they found on the cruise, but they enjoyed playing with the. so much that we let them tag along on our adventure
The little kitchenette (there was also a microwave on top of the mini fridge)
Working on developing our “Japan legs” — lots of walking and lots of stairs!
I appreciate the little sprigs of green here and there
No comments:
Post a Comment