Goto Kosaku

Flying Home

                   It is said there is a home flying in the sky nowadays.  I’ve never seen it, but I’ve heard of the home.  I’ll tell you about it.

                   In the home a beautiful woman lives without aging.  She is self-supporting.  She raises all her food and a few domestic animals like cows and pigs on the balcony.

                   She always gets up a six o’clock and cooks her own breakfast in the kitchen next to the bedroom.  After she eats it, she watches TV, exercises or does yoga in the multi-purpose room.  At noon, she begins paper folding, which is her hobby, in the Japanese-style room for five hours.  After doing that, she has tea time in the Western-style room and watches a movie.  When she finishes watching it, she goes to the bedroom.

                   This is her life.  I can’t believe this story, but all my friends say that it is absolutely true.  Someday I want to visit her home.

Hayashi Takahiro

My Castle

                   I want to show you my apartment.  First, when you enter my house, you’ll see a room on the right.  This is my son’s room.  He rarely cleans his room, so it is too dirty to show you.  Go straight ahead and you’ll be in the living room.  My whole family is usually in this room.  The apartment has two balconies so you can get outside.  A Japanese-style room is next to this room.  Go straight down the hall and turn right; you’ll see another room.  This is my wife’s and my room.  Probably you are worried about the toilet.  Don’t worry.  It’s in the center of this apartment.  When you want to go to the toilet, you can be there in a minute.  So make yourself at home.

Kawamura Sanae

My High-Class Apartment

                   I live in a high-class apartment, so I want to boast of it.  I has four big rooms, two balconies, four closets, a prefabricated bath, a kitchen-dining room, and of course a toilet.  When you open the front door, you can see the beautiful hall.  As soon as you walk into it, you find one door on each side.  The one to the right connects with a European-style room.  It has one closet and it my mother’s favorite room, so there are many of her books.  Open the other to the left, and you can wash your hands or take a bath.  There is another closet.

                   Walking forward, you can see another door.  It connects with a big living room.  It has another closet which holds our treasures.  In front of you, you can see one balcony and on the left, beside the kitchen, you can see the other.  The front one is our daily space.  Mom hangs the washing every day and my little sister waters the plants.  The left one is our playroom.  We often play catch there.

                   Go back to the hall and you find two doors on the right.  Next to the door of the living room there is a toilet, and the second door connects with our bedroom.  It has another closet and it’s big enough to sleep, so we can sleep comfortably every night. 

                   What do you think of it?  Whenever you want to visit, I will welcome you.

Mizoue Yuho

My Sweet Home

                   I just moved into this apartment last week, so it’s very clean but there is little furniture.  I live here with my family—mother, father and brother.  As you walk into my home from the entrance, you can see the western-style room on the right.  This is my room.  Against the wall, there is a piano.  I like playing the piano every day.  A large white dresser is against the far wall, next to my desk.  This is my favorite item.

                   Next to this room, there is a Japanese-style room.  There is a lot of clothing and many bags.  In the corner is a big mirror.  I choose my daily clothing there.  Turn left, and on the right there is the W.C.  On the left, there is a bathroom and a large modern unit bath.

                   As you walk back into the home, there is a living room.  We spend much of our time here—watching TV, talking with one another, eating meals.  I can get a relaxed feeling.  Go ahead and there is a beautiful balcony.  This is als on on the left.  There are many plants and flowers.  It has a command of the whole city.  I come here in order to get some fresh air.

                   I’m going to make my home more comfortable and useful.  This place has a lot more room than our previous one.  It is large enough for the family to live in.  I love my home.

Muramoto Nao

The Layout of my Home

                   I will introduce the layout of my proud home today.  When you open the front door, there are a vestibule and a shoe cupboard.  Many of my high heels are lined up in the shoe cupboard.  On the right, there is a Western-style room.  This room is used as a nursery.  On the opposite side, you can see a washroom.  I wash my face every morning or brush my teeth after lunch here.  In the inner part of the washroom, there is a bathroom with a bathtub.  As you walk through the hall, there ae a Japanese-style room, a living room, a dining room, a kitchen and a wide balcony.  In the living room, there is a big TV and a fasionable table, so we relax here.  On the balcony, I raise vegetables as a kitchen garden.  I cook the vegetables gathered here.  If you return to the hall and turn to the left, you can find a water closet and my bedroom.  I sleep with my husband in this room every night.  This is my comfortable home.

Nakano Shiho

The Ideal Home

                 I have an apartment near the Education Center.  I work at it and open one room of my apartment for my clients.  I take them into the room as a part of their treatment.

As you walk into my apartment, there is a bathroom on the left.  Going straight down the hall and turning left, there is a W.C. on the right.  At the end of the hall, you can see a bedroom.  It has a bed and a desk and many bookshelves.  On them, there are various kinds of books from comics to treatises. 

When you go back to the hall and enter the room behind the door next to the door of the W.D., you will be in a combination living-dining room with a kitchenette.  This room is very large and has a bit TV and soft sofas.  In the corner of the room, there is a Japanese-style room arranged as a soundproof room.  This room has an upright piano, an electronic keyboard and a harp.  This is a small music room.

  Going out of the combination living-dining room and entering the left door, you may see a room like a playroom.  Certainly there are many toys and picture books.  However, this is not a playroom.  In it I teach my clients who have slight developmental disabilities as I play with them.

                   I like my apartment because I can both work and relax.  It is the very home I had dreamed about since I was a high school student.  I spend a happy life in this home.

Nishimura Risa

The Layout of My Apartment

                   I live all by myself.  My apartment is very comfortable.  There is a bath on the left of the entrance.  Therefore I can take a bath as soon as arrive home.   Beyond the bathroom you can find my bedroom.  In the bedroom is my favorite stuffed toy bear.  The biggest place in my apartment is the living room.  I always have three meals there.  I usually make my meal.  When my friends come to my apartment, I use this room.  While I am alone, I watch the TV which is set in the corner.  Next to this room there is a Japanese-style room.  It seldom use this room, but the closet inside the room is useful.  Beside this room there is a Western-style room  Because I keep my many books there, I use this room when I study.  My home is large and fine, so I am very lucky.

Nishio Yuri

My Comfortable Home

                   Let me introduce my home, which my family has been living in for twelve years.  There are four people in my family.  My mother, father, brother and I live comfortably in this flat. 

                   My home is near a lake to which some kinds of animals come to drink water.  Walking along the lake, you will find my home, which is painted blue like the sky.  As you walk into my home, you can see a vase of flowers on the right which my mother arranges every day.  Walk forward for a few steps and you can find the door of my brother’s room on the right.  He uses the room as his study and bedroom.  There is a washroom opposite to this door.  When you go into the room, you can find a bathroom on the left.  Because we work hard in the day and get tired, we relax in the bath in the evening. 

Now, leave the room and go straight with your back toward the front door.  After a few steps you can turn left and see a door in front of you.  The door connects to a bedroom where my mother and father sleep.  In this room there is a big television, and when we watch movies on it, we feel like we are in a movie theater. 

A glass door is opposite the TV.  Through the door you will be surprised at the beautiful balcony filled with flowers which are taken care of by my father.  My father’s hobby has been growing many different flowers since we moved here twelve years ago.  On the right there is another door to go to the kitchen.  My mother cooks every day, and on holidays I make some sweets such as cookies and cake in this kitchen.

Near this kitchen, you’ll find a living room.  We use it when we eat, relax and communicate.  On the wall there is a cuckoo clock which my grandparents gave me on my first birthday.    Next to the living room there is a Japanese-style room where I study and sleep.  I like my room because this Japanese style makes me feel comfortable.

                   My home is not very big, but there are many wonderful spaces.  Because my home is near the lake, we can hear some kinds of animal cries and feel ourselves in nature.  I love my home and want to live here forever.  When you have a chance to come near here, please visit our home and have a nice time.

Shinjo Eriko

My Apartment

                   I will tell you about my apartment.  I live here with my family.  When you come to the front door, please enter.  First you can see the Western-style room on the right and the bathroom on the left.  When you turn the corner, there is the bedroom.  My family sleep here every night.  From the entrance, you go straight and you’ll go into the living room.  We always eat meals, talk, watch TV and relax thee.  There is a Japanese-style room with the living room.  My father works and studies in the Western-style room; on the other hand, my mother uses the Japanese-style room.  Finally, we have balconies outside.  We plant flowers there because my mother’s hobby is gardening.  These flowers are very beautiful.  Please come to my apartment and see our flowers.

Shiomichi Yasuko

Welcome to My Home

                   I live in an apartment.  I consider my home very comfortable, so I want to show you what the layout inside my home is like.  As you walk into my home, you can see a bathroom on your left.  It’s a little small for me.  I wish it were a little larger.

                   Next to the bathroom is a bedroom where I have enough sleep and prepare for the next day.  Go straight and you’ll go out on the balcony.  There I raise lots of flowers such as roses and pansies.  To the right of the balcony is a kitchen.  When my friends visit me, I used all my skill to cook a delicious lunch.  A dining room and a living room are there, too.  In the corner of the room, there is a TV.  I often watch TV on the sofa.

                   Next to the multi-purpose room is a Japanese-style room.  It’s filled with the small of tatami and when I feel tired, I drink green tea in this room.  Next to the Japanese-style room is a Western-style room where I listen to the radio and pop music.

                   When you are near here, please drop in at my home.  I’m waiting for your visit.

Tokomatsu Aoi

My Spooky Apartment

                   I am going to show you my spooky apartment.  There are some supernatural happenings in the apartment.  When you enter the hall, you will see a corridor.  As you walk through the corridor, you can see the door to the Western-style room on the right.  In the room, you might be able to see a raging fire on the ceiling in which a woman is being burned. 

Next to the room is the Japanese-style room; in front of the closet you can see a boy having no limbs.  When you go out of the room, you are in the living room and you can see two balconies out of the windows.  There is a kitchen next to the door to the balcony.  You can also see some supernatural beings in the corner of the room. 

Going back through the door to the corridor and turning right, you can see a water closet on the right.  There is a girl asking for help from inside the toilet.  Across from the water closet is a washroom.  There is a modular bath to the west of the washroom and a baby drowning in the bathtub.  The door to the bedroom is at the end of the corridor between the water closet and the washroom.  In the bedroom, there is a family of ghosts fighting each other and a lot of blood on the floor. 

What do you think of my damned apartment?  It is dreadful, but it looks interesting, doesn’t it?  I’m sure you want to visit my apartment.

Tsuchiya Momoko

Inside the Apartment

Welcome to my home.  Today I will guide you through this apartment.  I am looking for someone who will share the place with me.  This apartment is located in an urban area, so you can live a comfortable city life.

I live on the second floor.  As you go upstairs and turn left, there are a porch and the front door.  Opening the door and walking into the hall, you can see my study on your right.  There is a mountain of books around my desk. 

Next to the study is a Japanese-style room.  Please use it as your own room.  Your room fronts a multi-purpose room.  You can eat dinner, watch television, and play the piano there.

Out of the windows, there are two balconies—one faces the east and the other north.  You will be amazed at the nice views.  A port and a bridge can be seen in the distance.  The surface of the sea is shining all day.

A bedroom, which joins the north balcony, has a soft double bed.  Beside the bedroom are a lavatory and a bathroom.  These rooms are clean and tidy.

I am looking forward to living with our in this apartment.  Oh, I’ve almost forgot to tell you that you’ll meet a unique neighbor a gentleman named Mr. Ghost.

Washizaki Kiko

The Vacant House

                   This is a house in which an old woman used to live alone  She passed away three years ago at the age of eighty, but his house has remained as it was.

                   When you enter the house, you can see a pretty shoe box on the left.  The old woman’s favorite black pumps are still in it.  If you come down the hall, you can see a bathroom to the left.  The woman was so fashion-conscious that there are many cosmetics in there.  When she made herself up, she always looked very happy.

                   Next to the bathroom, you can see her bedroom.  She had a cute bed for her age. All the bed clothes are purple and have heart prints.  It doesn’t seem that an old woman lived there.

                   Look back to the right and you can see a western-style room.  There is a grand piano there.  The woman used to play the piano and she won the first prize at a piano contest when she was seventy.  It was the final piano contest for her.

                   When you go straight and to through a door, you’ll enter the living room.  You can see  a table on the left.  Next to it, you can see the kitchen.  She was also good at cooking.  She was good at pasta especially.  When she was young, her lover used to visit her in this house and she made pasta for him. 

                   On the right of the kitchen, you can see a balcony.  She used to watch the moon and stars from there every night, sometimes with her friends, sometimes with her lover and sometimes alone.  Whenever she saw the night sky, she seemed to have loved it.

                   When you look closely on your right hand, you can see a Japanese-style room.  The old woman loved the tea ceremony.  She died in this room, just after she drank the most delicious tea in her life.  When you come into this home, you can share in the old woman’s sweet and splendid memories.  Perhaps one you enter this house, you can meet the old woman, can’t you?