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Recreation: Tsukuba University dormitories

This page is dedicated to those who come to Tsukuba University, and especially the Monbu-kagakusho foreign students who arrive here every 6 months. Note that this is not representative of all Japan. These photos have been taken in 1999.

	This was the room of a very good friend of mine... The room is about 9M2. It is equipped with broken furniture (bed + desk + wardrobe.), 30 years old that you are not allowed to get rid of. It generously features a sink with cold water. The ceiling is falling apart in dust. The heating is provided in the morning and in the evening, but in some rooms it sounds like an helicopter from 6 AM (impossible to switch off) and it is shut down for 1 week in december, as well as allother facilities.
	The convenient place (Literal translation)
	The washing machines The machines usually work well. But the evacuation system is not reliable, so the room get flooded quite regularly. The machine use only cold water. The room is crowded with abandoned clothes.
	A nice balcony view from the common room ...
	The corridors The corridors are full with abandoned things, bins, shoes and whatever doesn't fit in the room.
	Where we were supposed to cook Nobody uses this place anymore.
	The bicycle garage This is to illustrate a strange custom held every year in march: The people in charge of the dormitories go through to the corridors and throw every things away from the heights. The floor around the dormitories gets covered with broken things. A few weeks later, a group of cleaners come to pick up the pieces, where they can.
Where are the shower?	Showers are not included in the dormitories. You have to go to a different building and pay 170 yens. Then, you can cue for the ofuro (common bath) or for one of the three individual showers of the campus.

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