The House - from Peyton



This is our rental house in Kyoto. It has many cool and confusing features.



The table which is on tatami mats has a part in the middle that goes under ground and is for you to put your feet since you sit on the ground. It is big enough to fit under.


This is our stove. It might look like a scale, but it is not. All of its buttons are in Japanese, which makes it harder to use. When you turn it on or do certain things it talks to you. 



Located around the house are flash lights on the wall. When they are on the wall they are turned off. When you take them off the wall they turn on.



The shower is very nice but also confusing. You shower next to the bath tub instead of in it. You have to turn on the water heater which is in Japanese. You turn the nobs on the faucet to direct the water to the bath tub or the shower and the other nob does something else.


There is also a small bedroom with two beds on the ground upstairs.




Comments

  1. GrandmaJune 2, 2024 at 6:47 AM

    Peyton, have you published more than about the house? Your Mom mentioned some great pictures you were going to share. All we (grandpa, Aunt Kristin and i( can find are your Mom’s and your house stuff.

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    1. LynetteJune 6, 2024 at 7:33 AM

      Peyton did one on the monkeys and another soon to come out on wrestling.

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    2. LynetteJune 6, 2024 at 11:12 AM

      Oh, and one on weird stuff in Japan is from Peyton too.

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  2. GrandpaJune 2, 2024 at 10:06 AM

    That was an interesting house. Your houses in Europe will probably seem ordinary by comparison.

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  3. nalineeJune 3, 2024 at 3:48 AM

    fascinating house! can't imagine having to clean up under the dining table. and i have always found japanese house furnishings interesting. the talking toilet was the strangest for me!

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