My dorm room

Everything fits in my dorm room! It`s just big enough...

Note the small step next to the door, a place to take off your shoes, and a throwback to days when the Japanese house was lifted off the ground, so you had to step up into the house. Even on the 8th floor of a dormitory, this convention has worked its way into the demands of a reasonable space. Of course, it also helps to keep the place cleaner.

You can see from this plan how much wall area is dedicated to storage space. The odd figure in the lower right corner is to show that if you sit on the window sill, you can`t put your feet on the balcony wall/railing. This was probably intentional.

On Sundays, elementary school kids play baseball in the park next door to the dorm. So much for sleeping in! Currently the sun is rising at about 5:30 am or 6 am and setting at about 5:30 pm, and cooler winds have started to blow. For the last three weeks it`s been nice and hot.