My one year anniversary in Nishi Tokyo is on the horizon (1 year, 4 months in Oak House!) and I’d like to take this opportunity to look back and see what passed.

With help from others in the house, this is a glance into one year in the life of Nishi Tokyo:

• 1 cell phone flushed down the toilet
• 1 shower broken
• 2 holiday trees (Christmas and Tanabata)
• 3 toilet seats broken
• 3 sets of pots and pans used
• 4 showers in danger of breaking
• 6 couples were born (this is for another post!)
• 6 sofas broken (5 and 6 remain in the house – aka no legs)
• 7 group trips
• 9 umbrellas “borrowed” (and returned) from the front
• 12 “birthday” parties
• 15 fake plants
• 22 meals received free of charge (me)
• 36 birthday celebrated
• 39 new Facebook friends (me)
• 42 new comers came and unknown number left
• 48 nabe parties
• 55 accumulative kilograms (121 lbs) gained in the house (we like to eat!)
• 388 friendships formed
• 1,460 cans of Pepsi consumed (vending machine favorite)
• 1,565 bottles of Inageya water filled
• 2,600 loads of laundry
• 3,456 toilet paper rolls used (used in the kitchen as well – I know, weird)
• 8,246 meals prepared
• 12,978 cans/bottles of alcohol consumed
• 18,250 pieces of junk mail not pertaining to foreigners thrown away

Okay… I admit these numbers are sort of just pulled out of… the cracks in the sofa.

But still, a good peek into what I shared with everyone in the house!

Thanks for a great year, everyone!  Here’s to another!