Kyoto/HdB - where we're staying

Joules and I will be staying in Kyoto until the end of September. We're staying at Haus der Begegnung, Kyoto International Student House. The main house is for students and there is an annex for visiting researchers and lecturers. Our room is a self contained studio flat and once we unpacked and I bought some bits and bobs it looked quite homely.


The main house has a computer room, where I'm sitting now. There is also a pool table, where we play 9 ball, a ping pong table which sees some serious matches - which I sometimes manage to win, and the obligatory vending machine - fave drink Mitsuya Cider (applely lemonade). There is a lounge area with TV, DVD player and stereo, though we can't watch our DVD's - PAL/NTSC issues!


Outside there are 2 garden areas, one is a Japanese style garden which is lovely for sitting out in reading, the other garden is for sport and drying laundry, which is itself a bit of a sport on rainy days.

The location is really good. It only takes Joules 5 minutes to cycle to his office and it's a 10 min cycle into town for the cinema and karaoke etc (but you're probably never more than 10 minutes from karaoke in Japan).