Category: Living information
How Safe is Your City from Earthquakes?
Most people don’t think of Shizuoka as a dangerous place, but according to the Headquarters...
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Average Rents in Tokyo by Area
Tokyo is one of the world’s most expensive cities, and rents can be astronomical, but if...
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Happy Pineapple Day!
On August 7 this month, I found a huge bunch of about 15 bananas for only 120 yen at my local...
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Moving on the Cheap in Japan
Moving in Japan can be as expensive or as cheap as you want it to be. From full-service movers...
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Uniquely Japanese Job Interview Questions
On the surface, Japanese job interviews are a lot like Western ones, and the interviewers ask you...
Read MoreThe Joys of Condo-hunting in Japan
My wife and I are looking to buy a condo, and we found a couple of really nice-looking ones in Yashio, a station about 20 minutes from Akihabara on the Tsukuba Express train line. One of the ones we found, a place called Comfill...
Read MoreStuff I Wish I Knew About Japanese Preschools a Year Ago
If you’re a parent in Japan, I’d like to tell you about a few lessons I learned the hard way related to Japanese preschools: 1. If you want to go to a private preschool, call the school the day your baby is born...
Read MoreNo More Mikan Roulette
After years in Japan, I decided it’s time to stop playing mikan (aka satsuma orange) roulette and figure out how to get a sweet, tasty orange. According to this homepage (link is in Japanese only), there’s more to a...
Read MoreUrawaza – Japanese Living Tips
An urawaza is a helpful hint or secret technique for doing something. I recently found this interesting site, the Urawaza/Ura Jyouhou Blog (in Japanese only) which has some uniquely Japanese ones. How to stand stably on the...
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