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hot water. Or rather, the console that allows you to get it. Japanese tenements generally have seperate gas water heaters for each separate apartment. (For that matter, I have yet to visit a Japanese house that isn't set up the same way.) Anyway, whenever you need hot water you hit the 'on' button and set the console to the water temperature you want (mine has a relatively limited range of 36 to 40 degrees). Then you've got to run the hot water tap for awhile and wait for enough gas to be burned to heat the water in your tank to the desired temperature. A little indicator lamp usually comes on during the heating process and goes off again when the water's reached the appropriate temperature and is ready for use.
Of course, the water tanks aren't insulated, so if you end up heating slightly more water than you use, there's no way to keep it hot until you need it again. I live on a pretty tight budget, so whenever possible I turn the heater off halfway through and take my chances that I won't be finished getting the grease off that pan before the already heated water runs out. Furthermore, the time and money consumed by turning the heater on for stuff like washing my face or hands is so disproportionate to the task that I just suck it up and deal with the cold. Consequently, I now have an insanely high tolerance to ice water--usually the only time I use it is for long showers.
That will be all.
hot water. Or rather, the console that allows you to get it. Japanese tenements generally have seperate gas water heaters for each separate apartment. (For that matter, I have yet to visit a Japanese house that isn't set up the same way.) Anyway, whenever you need hot water you hit the 'on' button and set the console to the water temperature you want (mine has a relatively limited range of 36 to 40 degrees). Then you've got to run the hot water tap for awhile and wait for enough gas to be burned to heat the water in your tank to the desired temperature. A little indicator lamp usually comes on during the heating process and goes off again when the water's reached the appropriate temperature and is ready for use.
Of course, the water tanks aren't insulated, so if you end up heating slightly more water than you use, there's no way to keep it hot until you need it again. I live on a pretty tight budget, so whenever possible I turn the heater off halfway through and take my chances that I won't be finished getting the grease off that pan before the already heated water runs out. Furthermore, the time and money consumed by turning the heater on for stuff like washing my face or hands is so disproportionate to the task that I just suck it up and deal with the cold. Consequently, I now have an insanely high tolerance to ice water--usually the only time I use it is for long showers.
That will be all.
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on 2009-03-31 10:52 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2009-04-01 02:49 am (UTC)That's what gets you off?
::runs::
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on 2009-04-02 07:28 pm (UTC)*licks lips*
Worried?
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on 2009-04-03 04:42 am (UTC)no subject
on 2009-04-03 11:02 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2009-04-04 05:14 am (UTC)The more you guys tell me about your sex life, the less I think I understand what goes on...
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on 2009-04-07 10:12 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2009-04-08 02:35 am (UTC)And I'm saying, anytime you feel like coming over. On a related note, I would love to see you guys's (o.O) reaction to some of the shit the Japanese sell in the porn stores...
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on 2009-04-09 10:19 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2009-04-14 01:49 pm (UTC)But to give you an idea, one of the first things I saw my first time in Kyoto was a vending machine selling handcuffs and bondage magazines. That's right, a *vending machine.*
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on 2009-04-14 10:34 pm (UTC)