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So much catching up to do. A few entries ago, I’d promised to give more pictures of our apartment so you could get a better idea of where we’re living. I also took a few pictures inside the Nova Branch that I work at.

First – Step through our Front door. We are in an apartment, but it seems more like a duplex, because there is only the one apt. just above us in our building.

Here’s the hallway with the front door at the end. The No sandals outside is to remind Chris not to use his inside sandals outside.

After stepping into our hallway, to the left is our Sink, Washing Machine and Shower/Bath (below)

The toilet is in it’s own little room. Kind of nice.

Our kitchen is linked with our living room (the little area that Chris was sitting in in the last set of photos)

Out the windows/sliding doors on the opposite end of the front door leads out to our little Backyard/Garden. It’s really nice to have our own little place like this because land is so sparse in Japan. We haven’t done anything with it, so it’s super overgrown right now. We’ve been waiting partly because we’re thinking about trying to find a different place that’s less expensive. The Nova apartments are more expensive than they should be.

More of the backyard (above and below)

MY SCHOOL BRANCH

This is the small office for our Staff. Another picture just below.

Voice is a special type of lesson, where students just come in and practice casual conversation based on random topics that usually us teachers have to come up with. This is the voice room.

These are the classrooms. Not what most people would picture. But keep in mind that the largest class I ever have in these rooms is 4 people.

Another view of the Classes