So maybe you’re wondering, what does my room look like? Well, here it is:
(Notice the very high-tech clothes drying device, a standard of all Japanese households, as well as the ‘air conditioner’ aka a fan.)
((And here is a close-up of my two Sirotan pillows. <3 ))

The rest of the apartment:
(Isn’t that toaster oven so nice and shiny?)

And with this post comes to close our fridge odyssey. We ended up not getting a new fridge, like we had originally been told, but instead were shown where an ‘extra’ fridge was sitting (plugged in, in a tub in the laundry area), and were told that we could use it, and that we’d just have to clean it out “a little”. 45 minutes later, my roommate and I had finished scrubbing out all the mold that was in this new fridge, wheeled it up to our room, and plugged it in. Here are the results:

Old fridge…………………………………………………………………………………. New fridge!
(If you’re brave enough, click here for the horror that was the top of our old fridge. Do not click if you’re just finished eating. You’ve been warned.)

And here’s my roommate, Janet, as well as the view from my bedroom window: