Cleaning house in Japan~ after 25 years. In two weeks and two days!

Taka and I knew we needed to make this storage room of ours empty~

Ischin wanted to refloor it.
Taka was in Japan the end of September for two weeks and he went from this:

to this:

Taka did take some things to his old house where his father lives in Okazaki, 45 mintues away.

But also he brought back MANY negatives and photographs to the States.

So, I went to Japan October 12th for two weeks and two days, and finished cleaning...this room ( the "finally empty room" above with the carpet).

I did it while also preparing for a 25 year party for the English school downstairs- It also was in perfect timing for two sets of house guests visiting (Haruna and Natsumi for the 25 yr english school party and then Yuya and Armando, on the way from Yuya's moving from Tokyo to Kyoto).

Downstairs was where I had this space I used as my dressing room:
And I knew since I'm not there most of the time now, it should be emptied so it can be used. Therefore I moved out all of these clothes and things:

and THEN...I needed to move everything I was keeping into this one room- the "futon" room upstairs.This futon room, these photos show what it looks like now, stuffed with our stuff!

Ahhh, the epitome of Japan! Small quarters for LOTS of stuff!

In the far left corner (the third photo) are six plastic drawer boxes for my clothes. Behind the pink/red bag of futons on the floor, are 25 photos albums. HEAVY photo albums!

There are way too many futons saved, even though I did give away a few blankets...next trip we'll sift through the rest. In the futon room, when Taka and I go in April, we'll be able to squeeze in and sleep there. It's comfy, and our memorable are there. It's still "home"!