Our New Home, Part 1

Goodbye Navy Lodge! Bern and I have been searching for our new home and finally decided on a great apartment in Yokosuka. It's so close to everything...we are only about a 10 minute walk to base and surrounded by many shops & restaurants. Our new place is also located between two of the major train lines which is super convenient. It's a two bedroom, one bathroom apartment with a balcony. The kitchen has no oven which is the norm here in Japan. Instead, they have a fish grill which is right below the stovetop. The bathroom has a western style toilet....the funny thing is that after you flush, the new water filling up the bowl first comes through a nozzle atop of the toilet in order for you to wash your hands. Our washer & dryer are also located in the bathroom as well...
Here are some pics:

Here's the view from our balcony:

And the view from our front door which faces the bay front of the military base:

So the best part of our new apartment (atleast in my opinion) is the Tatami Room. It's a traditional Japanese room with straw mats on the floors and shoji screens for the windows. We are not quite sure what exactly we are going to do with the space yet, maybe an office or another spare bedroom. But jokingly, I told Bern that I was going to make it into my personal dojo...well maybe semi-joking! haha

Right now, the Navy has given us loaner furniture & appliances to use while we wait for all of our household goods arrive. Once we get fully settled in, I'll make sure to post Part 2 of our new home. But as you can see, we have plenty of room for family & friends to stay so please visit if you can! We would love to have you here!