New home

Me and Kazumi went to Kuchan today to look for a new place to stay (one that's a bit closer to the offices of my new job). And we found one.

First we had a look at an apartment above a 7 Eleven in Niseko. The place was very spacious, but had no air conditioning and wasn't very clean. Marks on the walls, bit smelly toilet, ... So we decided to have a look at 1 more apartment (there were only 2 available in the area).

Over the phone we were told that this one had "bad light". So we weren't expecting too much. However, it turned out to be a very nice one. A little bit smaller than our current apartment, but lots nicer than the more spacious one above the 7 Eleven. This one is clean, has air conditioning, toilet with washlet, ... The light indeed isn't the best in the world since the windows are facing the wall of our neighbours. However, this has as an advantage that the rooms won't heat up so much during summer either.

Rent is 61000 Yen/month and 67000 Yen/month during winter. It's more expensive during the winter because someone has to come to clean the parking lot. Yup, you read that right. Clean the parking lot. Because there's lots and lots of snow in winter.

I'll have to get used to snowy winters. I did experience some snow in Belgium, but you cannot compare that to the amount of snow they get in this area of Japan. 2 meters of snow versus something like 5 cm in Belgium...