I have a fridge!
After my little excursion this morning which just so happened to take me past the hill with the butterfly-visible-from-space carved into it, I returned to Odawara to resume my search for furniture to put in my burrow. And no, photos of the burrow are going to wait until it is decently furnished.
At first I thought finding a secondhand shop would be easy. In Sendai there were a few Hard Off's around the place filled with everything from computers to rice cookers, to guitars to telephones. However the nearest one to me here is Yokohama... 40 minutes on the train, and I'm sorry, im not taking a fridge home on the trains! I draw enough stares as it is around here, let alone the effort required to lug a fridge up the stairs to the station.
" Look at the foreigner, taking his fridge for a walk! He should get a puppy instead"
But I digress.
Most of the secondhand shops I discovered (and discovered only after walking many kilometres around the city) turned out to be a little less than my expectations. From the first one, populated by small desks and chairs and staffed by three elderly women from the community (who were drinking tea and playing with beads), to the many places that turned out to be secondhand books or games only, I was beginning to think that that brand new fridge in the department store was looking good.
Not to fear however... the last shop I visited (of course it was the last.. why keep looking after I found what I want?) did indeed have appliances... and to get a fridge, AND a microwave/convection oven, and get it delivered, and the total came to under $100, I think I did some good shopping. Wonder if I'll need to get my shoes resurfaced though...
Tomorrow I'll be looking for a desk...
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