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My first Japanese apartment.
At first I went with the easy option and stayed in a company apartment.Given that I was moving to a new country, couldn’t speak the language, and wasn’t aware of how the accomodation system worked, this was a prudent decision.I feel like in so many aspects I was extremely lucky and somehow found myself in places and around people that suited me.Perhaps part of that may be due to “things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out”, but only partly due to this. The apartment was of a nice size, in good condition, in a nice area, with nice views. It was furnished…
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So it begins. An unlikely journey towards living in Japan.
Unlike, it seems, almost everyone else who moves to Japan I didn’t go because I was already interested in some aspect of Japan. I wasn’t interested in Japanese animation. I didn’t have an interest in Japanese music. I didn’t have an interest in Japanese food, history or martial arts. I hadn’t studied Japanese in school. In fact, I had no specific interest in Japan at all. I had a couple of friends who had watched some anime. I had even been with them one time when we were thirteen or fourteen as they watched some anime, but I had such a lack of interest I hadn’t even watched with them.…