Our cool addition from Kyoto

So its summer time in Japan and we are back in Izu after a long silence. It's officially rainy season here, so we waited a week for better weather before setting off to this peaceful place. While its been pretty much cloudy and rain here and there, the temperature hasn't been hot at all. So it's a chance for us to get busy with different projects. It's really hard at times to think about which project takes priority when you look around Obachan chi's. 
One thing we knew we needed before the weather became too hot and humid was a small fridge, hence our "cool addition" which travelled all the way from Kyoto.

While getting a fridge may not be a big deal for some, when you have to live without one day in, day out eating foods which do no require refrigeration gets very unhealthy! We put off getting one because we were working on the house in the cooler weather, so we just made do with an cooler box.
Anyway, I can't praise the Japanese delivery ethic enough. We ordered our little fridge Friday evening and it arrived, from Kyoto, Sunday morning. It's reconditioned but it has been cleaned out so well with a packet of wipes as "a service." What can I say, customer service is at its premium in Japan. 

So of course when we set off to the grocery store our minds were dreaming up all the different items we desired...milk, butter, eggs and the list went on. Our little 'cubei" is our new favourite item at the moment.