Well I’m still working on adding photos so here are a few. The first one is taken from the kotatsu room looking into the kitchen and the second shows the sink, stove, cupboards and counter space – all of it! The door on the right is our entrance from outside.

No description of the apartment would be complete without telling you that I can touch the ceiling in every room. Doors are also much smaller than we are accustomed to. For example, the door separating the tatami room from the kitchen is 5 feet 9 inches tall and less than 23 inches wide! We have lots of friends and family members who would have difficulty squeezing though! Wide sliding doors separate the other rooms, however. These take up no room and when they’re open, the place seems quite spacious.

the tatami room during the daytime

the kotatsu