Takamatsu Here I am:

I am now in the town where I will be teaching and its very nice here. The population of Takamatsu is around 0.6 million and it basically has everything except Costco and Mexican food. Sitting next to the Seto Inland Sea there is plenty of fishing and boating along with a wide varity of Udon noodles, which were first made here on the island.

My appartment is about a 15 minute train ride outside of downtown and is actually quite spacious by Japanese standards. I have a 3 room flat with a kitchen, living room, and bedroom that sleeps 5. I sleep on a futon in a room which is covered with Tatami(straw) mats. Inside the appartment I have a washing machine, which is entirely in Japanese, and outside a clothes rack for drying the laundry.

Around the neighborhood, there are lots of stores and luckily I live just minutes away from "Coop", the grocery store and the Japanese version of Walgreens. If you want to see more pictures just click here and all of my Japan photos will load up.
-Robert