The head of the Human Resources Office in Mito Plaza Hotel had made arrangements for an apartment for me for the 2 months I was going to spend interning at the hotel. We went with the general manager Mr. Hashimoto (GM from now on) and the front desk worker to finish the paperwork for my apartment at Leopalace21, pay the deposit for the 2 month stay and to get an internet connection for my apartment. It was a lot of difficult Japanese for my brain that had just stayed awake for 24 hours haha.
Afterwards we went to see Mito Plaza Hotel. As a custom I would spend the first night in the hotel guest room and move in to my apartment the next day. In a way it was good chance to get familiar with the level of the hotel, learn the layout of a double room and just RELAX.
After resting for 30 mins I headed to the western restaurant, restaurant Rose for my welcome party.
The next day I ate Japanese breakfast (和食 washoku) with GM and afterwards checked out of my room and joined the office’s morning meeting. I was NERVOUS since I had to use my immaculate Japanese in front of all these people who’d be working with me and training me for the next two months. The office was also mainly filled with higher ups haha.
After that we went with GM and Miss Kugenuma to buy me a suit! I was supposed to borrow one from the hotel, but my 180cm height turned out to be way too tall for them and there was simply no clothes for me. GM ended up buying me a suit, pants, two shirts and a pair of shoes. The suit store, Aoyama even gifted me a snoopy shopping bag after the purchase, since according to them, I was ‘cute’.
Next we went to my apartment to get me settled in. It was the first time after coming to Japan that I was left to my own devices and I happily unloaded my suitcase and turned in for the day. My on-the-job-training was going to start the next morning at 8am!!
I’m going to make yet another post to go into more detail about my apartment!
