The importance of kitchens

Looks like we've found our new apartment. It's not cheap, but it could be a lot worse. The only problem is it doesn't have a kitchen as such, rather a living room and kitchen combined. Typically, of course, I'd never thought about this before, but it probably is useful to have the kitchen off in a little cupboard like space away from the dining area – not a modern design perhaps, but it does mean the cook can make mistakes in private. The open plan idea does give the opportunity for cooking videos, I suppose.
We will spend a little money on a new work top and we'll need a couple of new rugs, but otherwise, all is set no doubt. We're just waiting to see if the landlord is anti-foreigner (we lost one, much larger although similarly priced apartment because the landlord won't allow foreigners in – such is Japan's racial thinking).

Tags: Japan; Lifestyle; Tokyo