Our Japanese home

Welcome to our Japanese home. We moved into it on January 10th and 10 days later I finally have everything where I want it. We were very happy to see our shipment arrive to the apartment one hour after we moved in. In case you haven’t made it to the earlier portions of the blog it took 6 weeks to arrive in Shanghai compared to 8 days in Tokyo. The name of the building is the Atago Green Hills. It is owned by the same company who created the Shanghai World Financial Center (mentioned in a previous entry). It is located in the Minato-ku ward of Tokyo, which is the south central part of the city.

Our apartment has a small bathroom, kitchen, living room, bedroom, and balcony. Though much smaller than our apartment in Shanghai, I (and I am sure Anne) likes this one much better. Why is less space better? Well, it is all about the little details. The Japanese are know for paying great attention to the little things. For example, the floors in our kitchen and living room are heated. We can control how hot or cold we want them to be. Though it may not sound interesting to most of you, after a week you will find yourself missing it.

Here is a video clip of our home. Don’t blink; you will miss one of our rooms.