Height(s) of luxury
I'm staying in a mansion. That's right, a mansion. But before you get all excited, no, I haven't been adopted by Daddy Warbucks. 'Mansion' is the word for a regular old apartment in Japan. It sounds a lot swankier than it really is. They are given super posh names too. The block of flats I'm staying is is called 'Royal Heights'. In Japanese script, 'ロイヤルハイツ' (Roi-ya-ru Hai-tsu). The nearby apartment building is called 'Calm Heights' and just down the road is my personal fave, 'Jaunty Heights'. How could a name like that fail to put a spring in your step as you left for work in the mornings?

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