This is Hotto Motto, a store that sells takeout boxed lunches. They are very cheap and taste it. When we had just moved and were eating out because we did not yet have a stove, we tried here once and never went back again.
This is our local post office. It is less than a five minute walk from our apartment and, while small, is a full service post office.
This building is our hospital. In Japan most doctors have a small hospital or clinic. This one is across the street from the post office, which means it is very close to home. They are specialists in external medicine, intestinal medicine, dermatology, and rehabilitation. The doctor we see is very good, spending a lot of time with each patient to explain things in a way that the patient understands. Apparently they have a lot of elderly patients, which is good because it means they have a lot of experience with us old folks. Next week I will be going there for some tests, if they are negative I will have a minor operation and and be hospitalize for about a week. I think I saw somewhere that they have 22 beds here.
This is a beauty shop named
Art's Hair. The Art here being the art from artistic, not Arthur. This is typical Japanese English. Because of the way English is taught in schools here and the overall lack of input, this type of strange language is quite common.
I think that, when they first painted this building,I would not have liked it, but now that the paint has aged I find it quite appealing.
This is a standard Japanese mailbox. They are always red and have the post office mark, a T-shape with a line above it, in white.
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