This is my dorm building at 東京海洋大学 Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology. It's on an artificial island in Tokyo Bay, so everything in the area was built in the 60's and 70's.
My room makes me feel like I'm a freshman in college again, apart from the lack of roomate. It's a western style room, with bed and desk, in contrast to the Japanese style tatami room I stayed in back in my much older dorm in Kobe (which had been built in the 40's or 50's). The main advantage of my dorm here is the A/C unit, which has been very nice at the end of this hot Tokyo summer. I often use the space on the floor between the bed and the desk for pushups and situps after jogging around the island.
My kitchen is in a hallway that connects the entrance (you take shoes off at the step near the entrance) to the bedroom. Across the hallway from the kitchen are the bathroom and a storage closet. In all, the dorm is very modern. It lacks the charm of the traditional tatami room I stayed in back in Kobe, but it makes up for that through A/C. Ants and roaches, however, are as much of a problem here as they were in Kobe, leading me to sweep and wash my floor everyday.
This is my dorm building at 東京海洋大学 Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology. It's on an artificial island in Tokyo Bay, so everything in the area was built in the 60's and 70's. 
My room makes me feel like I'm a freshman in college again, apart from the lack of roomate. It's a western style room, with bed and desk, in contrast to the Japanese style tatami room I stayed in back in my much older dorm in Kobe (which had been built in the 40's or 50's). The main advantage of my dorm here is the A/C unit, which has been very nice at the end of this hot Tokyo summer. I often use the space on the floor between the bed and the desk for pushups and situps after jogging around the island. 
My kitchen is in a hallway that connects the entrance (you take shoes off at the step near the entrance) to the bedroom. Across the hallway from the kitchen are the bathroom and a storage closet. In all, the dorm is very modern. It lacks the charm of the traditional tatami room I stayed in back in Kobe, but it makes up for that through A/C. Ants and roaches, however, are as much of a problem here as they were in Kobe, leading me to sweep and wash my floor everyday.
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