Interesting photos from an eyewitness.
Says photoblogger barmoska living in two cities, Osaka and new York: “Many are interested in Japan often ask: how are the Japanese? As they have in everyday terms. †
Sometimes there are posts in which people not only talk in words about attending a regular Japanese apartment, but also show it in the photos. The inhabitants of the Country of the rising sun rarely call me to visit (if to compare with Russia, for example), and the reasons could be several. Personally, I think the main reason is probably all the same constraint: don’t want to show the life, the living conditions not the same, and indeed for most it is unusual…
Some of my friends from Osaka (a young couple) special systems in this regard have not, and I was able to visit their apartment and make some photos.
Just warning you — no artistic value from pictures should be expected, it’s just an ordinary the interiors of the housing, which can get some idea about the house.”
1. So, get acquainted — to the left of Kimura-San and to the right of his wife, ERI-Chan. I invite you to visit their home.
2. But let’s start with the entrance. Parked outside their car — a tiny Daihatsu.
3. Of course, they have a place in the local garage under the house, but when they go downtown for a while, throw the car near the exit.
4. The floors in the house a little, but it, unlike many other buildings of Osaka, most of the apartments of mnogoetazhki.
5. This is the emergency exit. Video phone is here.
6. Next to the emergency exit located mailboxes and even has a vending machine with drinks.
7. And those white boxes — a kind of safes for storage of undelivered packets and parcels. They are installed in all new homes. How this system works? For example, I am the tenant of apartment 601, and I was expecting the parcel from courier service Black Cat. I left my house to the store, and at this moment a courier arrived. He rang the doorbell a couple of times, I realized that I was not, and from the outside can put the parcel in one of the vacant offices of the safe. When he puts the parcel in the drawer, gaining a room of my apartment, 601, and then writes me a notification: “So and so came and found you not home, the parcel is put in a box number 1.” I come home, read the notice, suitable to use this machine, making your computer the key of the staircase — the computer sees that the key to the apartment number 601, and opens my box, which is designed for apartment 601 parcel.
8. Go ahead… This is the interior of the main hall where the main entrance to the building. Here in the cool (or warm, depending on season) of conditioning you can sit when waiting for friends.
9. Uncomplicated jewelry.
10. Video intercom main entrance, larger.
11. On the first floors of houses near the Elevator hangs a display showing the image from the cockpit. Well, for safety.
12. The picture, incidentally, of good quality.
13. The Elevator comfortable, the inscriptions on the English language even there. Indicates the next stop.
14. Some apartments have a shared balcony. Of course, they are closed with iron shutters, but the comfort it adds… My friends are lucky — all of their exterior walls of the house.
15. It looks like the entrance to the apartment is a lamp with the number at the bottom of the lamp to illuminate the floor in the dark, intercom. Left special handle to hang the umbrella or bag while you open the door. The door itself is made of metal, however, not such heavy and strong, as we have in Russia.
16. Finally got back to my apartment. I will try to explain the layout, as it will. On the right you can see the white bridge where all the left shoes is the entrance. I stand in the corridor leading to the rest of the apartment. In the hallway more straight ahead a wardrobe.
17. Now I’ve turned 180 degrees, and the hallway behind me. Left — the entrance to the small room, straight ahead is the entrance to the bathroom.
18. Open the door to the left and look inside. A small living room, Desk, TV, futon (sleeping on the floor)… on the Left (not visible) there is a large wardrobe. The lamps are all led, large diameter. Note the outlet under the ceiling — builders have provided electric and TV-sockets are even there.
19. Now look at the door that was straight ahead. Here, apparently, is a toilet. Never anywhere in Japan (except for hotels) I have not seen the United of bathrooms with toilets. Everything is always separated, and sometimes not even in the neighborhood. One more thing — by default, all new buildings are toilets with control panel with buttons on the left.
20. After photos room 17 corridor turns right. There are three doors. The door on the left is the door to the bathroom (first part). A door leads directly into the living room and kitchen. The door to the right is another small room. Let’s first take a look at it.
21. Another living-room. However, it serves as a dumping ground for all different stuff.
22. Now go right in the door with photos 20, leading into the living room and the kitchen. Immediately on the left wall behind the door is a kind of remote control of almost everything in the apartment. Joke. Left the light switches in all the rooms, in the middle of the remote control gas and hot water in the bathroom, right intercom.
23. Pass on. On the left is the kitchen, where the hostess prepares a simple lunch. In the kitchen there is access onto a small balcony. Large refrigerator side-by-side, the hood over the stove… not a lot of lockers for storage of utensils — in fact, so mind is a healthy pot. Behind the fridge, another door leads to the bathroom. That is actually the bathroom two doors — one from the corridor (photo No. 20) and the second from the kitchen.
24. The door on the kitchen balcony.
25. Now let’s look at the bathroom (from the kitchen door). A large sink, mirror, storage lockers cosmetic products. On the left wall of the auxiliary remote control bathroom functions dryers, saunas or air conditioner can be controlled from here. The door directly to the bathroom reflected in the mirror.
26. Look to the left — there is a washing machine (on special pallet, of course) and a little to the right shows the door into the hall.
27. And this is the bathroom. With a window, beauty. Notice the shower heads and floor — to Japan usually taking a shower not in the bath, and standing (or sitting) here in this rough plastic. The flow of water, of course, provided (a small flap under the bath). In the mirror shows the reflection of two control panels — one for the bathroom, the second for the other features (sauna etc.).
28. Back in the living room. If you look at the picture number 23, with the kitchen directly behind me I found another door that was the entrance to the master bedroom. Going inside did not too much embarrassed the hosts, took off out the door. The room is large, spacious… the bed, computer Desk, cabinets, and also there is an exit to the loggia.
29. The living room is a small sofa.
30. To the left of the sofa is something like a nightstand with a master’s “treasure”. Comic books, tea book, family photos…
31. They married relatively recently, last August, and before that I met a year and a half. Work, by the way, together in the same company for the posts of managers. At work met. Small wedding photo can be seen at the bottom right of the picture is it ERI-Chan in a red dress.
32. The wall opposite is a chair and a chest of drawers with festive dishes.
33. To the right of the sofa a TV and a PlayStation 3.
34. Well, as without toys?
35. On the wall behind the TV hatches supply and ventilation. The air in the apartment is very clean, by the way.
36. Air conditioning in every room are.
37. Here is the second opening onto a large balcony (shared with master bedroom). Sliding doors everywhere — which, of course, is not very good because of poor integrity in the cold season. Oh, sorry, glazing impossible, and that another room can be arranged.
38. Again, in all new houses on the balconies or loggias have wash basins supplied with water so that it was easier to care for flowers.
39. Well as Japanese house and no bells and whistles? For example, this wireless robot vacuum cleaner. In Russia, by the way, vengeance for sale.
40. Arrived lunch time. The owners were treated to what God has sent… on this day, he sent them a large assortment of sushi, cold water with ice and a few rolls.
41. Here it is not.
42. But it has trescal all.
43. A small digression to the question of what the Japanese fans to hang anything on the phone — that’s one of the master phones.
44. Kimura-San is fooling around all the time and grimaced. But seriously and on topic post, then immediately answer some possible questions. The apartment is new, and they bought her the year before in the loan. In fact, the vast majority of Japanese buildings sold on credit for a period of 30 years. The percent not very large, about three percent a year, probably even less — about 2-2,5%. The footage of the apartment — of about 90, the value at the time of purchase was around 35 million yen, is now even less. Yes, be not surprised, Japanese real estate has an interesting property to fall in price after purchase, so as the tool for financial investments this variant does not roll.
45. This is for example the Kimura-San and ERI-Chan thank you and see you soon!
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