Welcome to my humble abode....literally
So recently I decided that the place I`m currently living is a shithouse and a sorry excuse for a living. So I concluded that I would move to another cheap place in the Umeda area. So I called a realtor and he took me around.
Every place was expensive (after all this is Osaka`s up-town area) alas he showed me an apartment that was cheaper. I fell in love, I would have two roomates, both Japanese one of which can speak perfect english, a massage parlour downstairs, a non-existent kitchen (I always eat out, Japanese food is too good to miss) a balcony, a roof top garden, and a patio with a beautiful view. The price? 50K. Excellent. I couldn`t believe my luck. Yeah the landlord lived downstairs, but to have a gorgeous authentic Japanese style tatami room with Japanese carvings in the wood, Japanese paintings of mountains on the walls and Japanese furniture was just amazing.
But then the truth reared itself out of the closet...literally.
The realtor asked
REALTOR: Do you like the place?
APRILLE: Yeah! I LOVE the place!
REALTOR: There`s just one thing (he opens the closet and reveals a closet sized buddhist shrine) the landlord, he will come in here sometimes to ring this bell and pray, is that okay?
APRILLE: (dying trying not to laugh seeing as the landlord is now present) Um...yeah that`s cool.
REALTOR: Oh and one more thing...the bathroom, you can`t take a bath, only showers
APRILLE: Oh..um why not? (I LOVE JAPANESE BATH`S WHY WHY!)
REALTOR: Only the landlords can use the bath
Alright I decided that was fine, fact of the matter was I like onsens more and this gives me an excuse to actually go to them more often anyway...Moving in February 2nd this should be interesting...
Every place was expensive (after all this is Osaka`s up-town area) alas he showed me an apartment that was cheaper. I fell in love, I would have two roomates, both Japanese one of which can speak perfect english, a massage parlour downstairs, a non-existent kitchen (I always eat out, Japanese food is too good to miss) a balcony, a roof top garden, and a patio with a beautiful view. The price? 50K. Excellent. I couldn`t believe my luck. Yeah the landlord lived downstairs, but to have a gorgeous authentic Japanese style tatami room with Japanese carvings in the wood, Japanese paintings of mountains on the walls and Japanese furniture was just amazing.
But then the truth reared itself out of the closet...literally.
The realtor asked
REALTOR: Do you like the place?
APRILLE: Yeah! I LOVE the place!
REALTOR: There`s just one thing (he opens the closet and reveals a closet sized buddhist shrine) the landlord, he will come in here sometimes to ring this bell and pray, is that okay?
APRILLE: (dying trying not to laugh seeing as the landlord is now present) Um...yeah that`s cool.
REALTOR: Oh and one more thing...the bathroom, you can`t take a bath, only showers
APRILLE: Oh..um why not? (I LOVE JAPANESE BATH`S WHY WHY!)
REALTOR: Only the landlords can use the bath
Alright I decided that was fine, fact of the matter was I like onsens more and this gives me an excuse to actually go to them more often anyway...Moving in February 2nd this should be interesting...