Category Archives: Tips!

Tip! Buying cooking knives in Japan

Anyone who cooks even slightly, and probably many people who don’t, gives at least some thought to buying a knife or two when they come to Japan. It wouldn’t be stretching the metaphor too ...

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On Japan Post and how to have a package re-delivered!

Since moving to Nagoya I have, I'm sure like many other expats, become fairly reliant on the Japan Postal Service and they just never let me down! I think I've mentioned before how ...

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Moving to Japan Tips: The Language Question

The subject of learning Japanese while one is living here can get a little heated. There are those who don't want to learn the language at all, for various reasons and there are those ...

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Moving to Japan Tips: Stuff. To Bring or Not to Bring…

As with any house move the greatest stress, I find, comes with the juggling act that is needing to leave packing to the last minute because, frankly, you are using your stuff to live! When moving overseas, particularly for a finite amount of time based on a project or some such, there is (more often ...

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Moving to Japan tips – House hunting

Now that the sea shipment is unpacked and this move which feels like it's taken 4 months is over, I figured I'd write a post which would have been great to find at the beginning of the process. I guess a couple of qualifications first: 1) I am in Nagoya, I'm sure that there are many ...

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