My first month of living here began with Airbnb.
The first day was a difficult one, with difficult access to my room and incredibly small toilet and shower, causing me culture shock.
That night, I planned to start cooking for myself and cooked rice in the provided rice cooker.
Another unbelievable thing happened.
After cooking rice once, the rice cooker broke.
I wondered if rice cookers in Hong Kong were disposable.
I immediately contacted the owner and we decided to go buy a new one the next day.
The next day, we went to an electronics store.
The rice cooker that broke after just one use was not Japanese-made but a very cheap one.
I asked the owner for a Japanese-made rice cooker, but it was the most expensive one they had.
It was at least five times the price of the broken one at the time.
The owner was reluctant to buy one, so I begged her, and she managed to buy a Japanese-made rice cooker for me.
I cooked rice in the new rice cooker right after purchasing it.
As you’d expect from a Japanese-made rice cooker.
The rice tasted just as good as the rice we normally cook in Japan, and we were able to eat delicious food every day during our month-long stay.
The next problem was in the shower room.
The shower was attached to the smallest toilet I’d ever seen, and of course the toilet would get flooded after using the shower.
The water couldn’t drain at all, and the water depth dropped to about 5cm, making it like a shallow pond.
We even had to wear rubber boots to go to the toilet.
Within a few days of moving in, we had one unbelievable problem after another.
I experienced firsthand how difficult it is to live in Hong Kong.
To be continued.
