Okie JET

The Apartment

I must be one of the luckiest JET in all of Japan. Not even kidding. I have an amazing set up. I have so much room...in fact, too much room. It's more than I even needed in the States. It's beautiful though.

This picture was when I first got here. It's a bit messy, but I'm still just moving in and Mark, my predecessor, is just moving out.




This picture is a look out of the back of my apartment. I actually have quite the balcony. Right now I've started a garden. But this is where I have to dry my clothes. There are not very many dryers, which leads to alot of speckles on shirts. But it's okay. The mountains are really close. There is a beautiful breeze that comes through this little valley area. But that pretty much looks over the city of Tadotsu, not very big, but really nice.




This is the view from my front door. You can't really see the mountainous islands in this picture, but they are gorgeous. I do have that scrap yard down there, but I can't complain in the least. That sandy bit down there is a soccer field. To the right is a nice park; further down is an indoor swimming pool. All very nice. However, right over the rail there is a cementary...just a little creepy, but I'm okay until I start hearing Thriller. And yes, that's my bike with the basket. I know what you're thinking, and I've already beat myself up. But it's amazingly useful when I go to get groceries or anything else. Plus, everyone, and I mean everyone, has these fun little baskets on their bikes.

posted by Christopher Brashears at 8/14/2006 08:21:00 PM