Before we leave for Kyoto, here are a few photos of our tiny rental apartment in Tokyo.

The apartment is in the middle of a very ordinary residential district in Ikebukuro, near Kanamecho station. We’ve got views of the skyscrapers in the business district around Ikebukuro station. Closer to us, there are roof terraces of the houses around us.

The apartment is tiny. The whole apartment is smaller than my bedroom at home. We have room for a double bed, a pentry, and a bathroom behind the pentry. And a washing machine.

When we open our suitcase, we can barely step past it. There is a small table with two stools, but it’s so narrow that we would be hitting each other with our elbows if we both tried to sit there at the same time. Breakfast is instead served at the stools, next to the bed.

Breakfast today: 1 egg sandwich, 1 onigiri, 1 lemonade.