At the end of March 2020 we moved to an apartment near our old rental house. The backdrop to this move was the growing Covid 19 epidemic. On our return from Christmas in the USA, news of the virus still lingered.
After 25 years in Japan, we finally took the plunge and bought our first (and final) property. We were enticed by the huge roof balcony overlooking the bright lights of Saitama Shintoshin.
We brought in builders to renovate the place before mov