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アリが10匹！haven’t seen many but I’m sure they work grueling hours

I’d love to talk about those things as I’m a mechanical engineer myself but I’m not in a position to at this time :( I gotta stick with simpler topics until I get more TH-cam traction :) and I need to upload more lol Japan has so many cool electronics companies

Yeah I was a big proponent for these things and I used them a lot, but as soon as they jacked up the price, I’ve only used it for very specific occasions like when the trains stopped due to an accident a couple stations from my house. If you’re here for a visit though, it’s a fun way to get around and see the city. Be careful though! As in any country there’s inattentive drivers and pedestrians

In this specific one, it’d be in the tub. If the toilet was in a separate room, it’d be either or!

Tokyo and much of Japan has many 24 hour institutions such as Anytime Fitness which is prevalent throughout! I'm mainly exercise through bouldering so I only manage once or twice a week unfortunately.

There's a couple ways to say it. 自営業(Jieigyou) is the most direct translation for self employment.

I wish people would start saying グラウンド. Ass will get a chuckle out of any english speaker jaja

There's many companies that offer transformers but to be honest I wouldn't risk transferring vintage electronics overseas. Too much variability.

@@JapanReality , my local enthusiasts whom I know and who owns some foreign vintage technics like computers, game consoles (at one museum I see the working NEC PC9800, it uses transformator to work). At me, foreign Wii and Wii U works via "Robiton" transformator from 220V to 110V flawless, however, because they are powered though their own transformators that making direct current of even lower voltage. Actully, at Japan there are both 50hz and 60hz exists at different area, so, Japanese technics should normally work at European networks as there are chances it will work stable on 50 Hz. There are also a lot of Japanese professional audio hardware gets distributed unofficially by enthusiasts here and that supposed to work with Japanese plugs on 100V, but they works normally here with 220V to 100V or 110V transformators.

Hi! Thanks for asking. I definitely took the safest, most predictable route as a foreigner. I graduated University in the US with an engineering degree and worked a couple years stateside for a Japanese company. I used that experience to catapult myself into a company that required a high level of interoperability and cultural understanding between Europe/USA/Japan. Along with a high level of Japanese, I had engineering experience to boot which made me more valuable than a local Japanese hire. I'm definitely in a niche position, but to generalize the steps, I'd recommend the following. An office job requires some type of university degree. In Japan it doesn't depend on your degree but more so the school to which you went. I'm unaware of your background nor citizenship status, but there has to be something that differentiates you from the rest of the pack, other than Japanese proficiency. And the last (unfortunately) is luck. I wanted to live and work in Japan but I did not expect it to happen so soon. I got lucky. My original plan was to continue working in the USA, gain more experience, get an MBA from a top 10 USA school, and then attempt my move to Japan. I'm not a career counselor so apologies if this was all information you already knew. Cheers!

Probably late to your response but the machine will probably deny your 5 and 1 yen coins

I hear Japan is actually pushing for the 3 prong design to become standard which is good

I’m not well versed in this category but I’d assume it’d be somewhere between a scooter and 原付き, a 50CC moped. You’d need a license plate for it to drive legally although many people don’t

Yes!

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I didn't know about the inspection until after I bought my car lol. The biennial inspection is lumped with Shaken usually. I am curious though, the sticker that's on your windshield with the year, do you only get it changed every 2 years during Shaken? To fully comply with the law that isn't strictly enforced, the sticker should be changed by an approved entity after doing the yearly inspection. Thank you for the cost breakdown! It really does pay to get a kei car. I have very slight regrets about not getting a cheaper car.. but you live and you learn! Also I'm super envious of 0 yen parking.

@@JapanReality jea man, only get it changed with shaken. other than that nothing changed. maybe different prefectures enforce it differently?

@@TheARTY50 Not too sure, but I'll explore that possibility once Audi stops giving me free 1 year inspections :)

日本に来たらぜひ食べてみてください！まじで飽きない味です！

Even I thought the same lol

Although there is a 7km/h mode on the newer models, I’d recommend not riding on the sidewalk. A scooter is perceived as a vehicle somewhere between a bicycle (which are socially accepted to ride on sidewalks) and cars (which are not). I don’t like riding on fast multi lane roads but the good thing about Japan is that there are so many tiny streets with no sidewalks that you can take that are 30 km/h for cars which makes it pretty safe to ride!

@@JapanReality nice to know, thanks for your reply.

Yeah! It was actually 180,000 yen. Pirelli tires with the exchange rate and dealer up charge (I should have gone somewhere else and gotten different tires).

For scooters of this caliber without requiring a drivers license, yes

Unfortunately, you can’t plug in the fork thing directly into a type B plug socket. You’d have to buy one of these adapters where you can attach the fork. www.sanwa.co.jp/product/syohin?code=TAP-AD1RN Best of luck!

@@JapanReality Ah, alright, that's the sort of adaptor I was looking for. Couldn't find it. Thanks!

Because you become component of company would never escape forever.

Currently they’re speed limited to 20 km/h and you must ride on the road. If you ride on the sidewalk, you’re limited to 6 km/h. Some of the newer scooters offer a 6 km/h limiter. And lastly, you can only pick up and drop off from the marked zones. Hope that helps!

Leave it dangling..

Glad I could help! But my estimates are probably double what you’d deal with with a Japanese made car. If you’re from a deregulated country like the USA, all the inspections may seem like a hassle.

Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, and Hiroshima definitely offer the best ease of access when it comes to public transportation, hence why everyone visits those locations, but if you’re looking for a Japanese feel and just exploring the country, rather than seeing the main temples, check out Kyushu, and Shikoku as they were pivotal in early Japan. The more north (Tohoku and Hokkaido) you go, the later they were colonized and may have a North American, car centric feel. Each city, especially in the south has their own cultural significance. Look up Kyushu and Shikoku on google maps, look up the cities and there are definitely interesting places and scenery it can offer.

haha! I appreciate it! It's because I haven't posted much... which is changing soon!