Category: Journey

Back to Japan after making a trip back to the United States.  

I wanted to accomplish a few things while in Southern California.

• Family and Friends
  • My daughter’s birthday is in July and I wanted to spend time with her

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The one thing that I now regret not doing before moving to Japan was learning Japanese.  

My parents never pushed us to learn Japanese, in fact, Japanese was never spoken until my Grandparents moved back to the United States when …

I had done research on shipping some of my personal belongings and furniture in advance.  All of my research was done through the internet, and I checked references online.  

I had settled on one shipper based in the United States …

Keys in hand, it’s time to move in.  I have been in Japan for almost 5 months now but have been leery about buying too many things for my apartment.  

Luckily, I had a friend who had offered to store …

I actually had this trip planned some months ago, but it was timely, now that my long-term housing in Japan was finally settled. Itwas time for a little vacation/relaxation.  

I met Tom and Jane over 40 years ago and now …

Upon my arrival, I knew it would take a little time to find a long-term apartment so I decided to find a short-term accommodations, which is called a service apartment.  

A Service Apartment is rented month to month and is …

When I arrived, I visited and investigated several Banks here. All required that I be in Japan for at least 6 months before they would open an account for me. I’m not exactly sure why this is, but like many …

There are several things that you are not able to do in Japan without a Japanese Telephone number.  

I found that having a Japanese number was necessary to open a Bank Account here in Japan as well as Rent an …