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1)     This is Kim, who I lived with for a couple of months in Nagoya.  She was why I was there, basically.  Everything else was incidental.  We broke up not long after I got home, but that's all water under the bridge now.  I have fond memories of Nagoya and my time there.  I'd like to go back one day.

 

 

2)     I loved that our toilet had a window on it, even though it was too small to see through.  Presumably it was there so someone could notice the light on from the outside and avoid the embarrassment caused by premature door-opening.  I'm not entirely sure why it appealed to me so much, but it was the first thing I latched on to when I arrived.  "Ah," I thought, sleep deprived and not really seeing the world terribly well, "now I am in a truly civilised country."

 

 

3)     I was nearly flattened by a truck the first time I saw one of these.  The public art I was exposed to in Nagoya wasn't terribly inspiring, but these were way cool.  The bug in this one is the same as a species of a skater I saw whizzing about on a nearby lake.  I like bugs and this guy looked quite cheerful despite being run over every day.  It was right outside the apartment in the middle of a T-intersection.

 

 

4)     The apartment I lived in was fab.  (See entry #7.)  The reasons for liking it were manifold.  It was near a pink supermarket that sold lots of fun stuff.  It was much more spacious than I had been led to believe possible in Japan.  It had tatami mats and sliding doors.  And, best of all, the ceilings were really low.  Here's me being a giant in one of the doorways.  I felt like I could single-handedly take on entire basketball team.

 

 

5)     Here's me being a giant again in the bathroom.  Note the low basin.  Note the back-breaking stoop.  It was all good.

 

 

 

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