Progress.

The mune-age ceremony took place on September 7th as scheduled and all went extremely well,with a head count of over 80,including a lot of children,perfect weather,and best of all,nobody fell off the roof.I was not able to attend but received numerous reports and photos.Also,one of the carpenters videoed the ceremony from the roof,and I have to say that the view from up there is stunning；views of the coastline,the town and of Mt.Unzen,an active volcano over in Nagasaki prefecture.Shame we cant live on the damn roof!

In my previous post,I made a couple of mistakes in regards to the proceedings；Kenichi made a speech in front of the building team and about fifteen relatives who all sat and had a bento lunch earlier in the day,not later on before throwing mochi,as I previously stated.Also,the “little plaque” that Kenichi had to write and then was attached to the rafters in the roof,was not so little as you can see by the photo below(and this is only one side of it) .Emilie was not impressed by Kenichi’s valiant attempt,as is very obvious!

Since the ceremony,the team of carpenters has been working all day everyday,and the windows and exterior doors,as well as the walls,are complete.On Saturday,I was able to attend Emilies sports day,and afterwards,we went to see the house,the first time for me.And I was blown away!We could go inside and walk arouund.The stairs havent been built as yet but I didnt trust myself on the ladder,so have yet to see upstairs.The wiring was being done and electricity will be connected tommorow.As houses are built from the outside-in,from now onwards,work will progress regardless of bad weather.The
completion date is for sometime in November.

Finally,some photos.The ones taken from a distance were taken by my friend who works at the home opposite.You can see the full scale of the land,and the area in front of the house where we will have garage.It was also reasurring to see that the garden at the back cannot be overlooked at all.As for the style of the exterior,we went with a western look to the disappoimtment of those not living in Japan,lol! I dont want to defend our choice,but we had a limited range of exterior colours that we could have(no light colours due to the proximity of trees leading to a moss problem.) Also,we are a mixed race and bilingual family which reflects in our daily lives and our style.I miss England,and by having a western style house,I feel closer to my roots and a feeling of familiarity and security.Kenichi always wanted a western-style house to be unique,although they are pretty common now!But the interior will be unique to us,that I can assure you!To be continued…

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