Mark, A tremendous wealth of understanding beyond and below the history textbooks. Your insights and knowledge are invsaluable fopr those of us who wish to 'dive deep' into Japanese society, culture, and history. Looking forward to the next installment.
Thanks Robert! Going to Hiroshima was such an amazing city. Nice character. Sad and horrific history, but the people of Hiroshima have shown the world their resilience and how a can-do spirit can move their lives forward with grace. A must visit city!
There's a water ambulence -- presumably that's used in the case of taking a pregnant woman to a hospital to give birth. And of course, people have died on the island. I personally know many people on Miyajima and I never heard of people being asked to move away as they grew older, but what you said about not wanting births or deaths on the island is correct as far as I know. Of course lots of animals die and are born on the island. The no birth/no death thing is definitely Shinto -- even though there are lots of Buddhist temples on the island, too. The town government used to seed あさり (a kind of clam) and people used to go claming for them in certain seasons. Somehow I suspect they don't do that anymore. The deer are nice, but I think most of them don't realize that they are not goats. They'll eat anything. I saw two college-age looking girls taking their picture with a deer, and I had to point out that the deer had started chewing on her dress while they were trying to pose with it. Beautiful pictures, by the way. Looking forward to your next video.
@@myretiredlifeinjapan6146 I assume you are talking about the rafts that oysters are hung from. Miyajima is famous for its shrines and temples, but if go left instead of right when you get off the ferry and follow it around, there are a bunch of oyster farms(?) （かきの養殖）on the other side of the island. Of course Hiroshima in general is famous for oysters, and Miyajima has oysters, too.
New subscriber here, vacationing in Japan until February, how does the US and Japan treat you for taxes ? Does the US government still get a piece of your social security cheque ? Does the Japan tax department give you credit for having to pay tax in the US? My country does have a tax treaty with Japan. Thank you for your videos.
Thank you for your subscribing and more importantly, your comment. I'll have a new video coming out at the end of the week. Part II - Hiroshima. Regarding your question, I'm in the process of going through that as we speak. Next month, I'll be doing a 3 year (+) Assessment of life in Japan. What you mentioned above will be a topic, along with a number of major comparisons. Some good, some bad. Stay tuned to get your answer... hope to get results from accountants. By Mid February! All the best!
Not sure where (?) you're looking at (Area)... Mansion, House, Akiya? My wife doesn't recall the name of the firm. Local Realtor. There are so many. Few with English capabilities. Domicile (residency)? Banking is difficult here. I'm fortunate because my wife takes care of legal and banking matters as I did when we lived in US. Japanese go out of their way to frustrate foreigners with lots of Bullshit (procedural crap)! My colleague has bought 5 Akiya's and buys them like candy. So it depends. Sorry for no specifics! But a lot of ???
Mark, A tremendous wealth of understanding beyond and below the history textbooks. Your insights and knowledge are invsaluable fopr those of us who wish to 'dive deep' into Japanese society, culture, and history. Looking forward to the next installment.
Thanks Robert! Going to Hiroshima was such an amazing city. Nice character. Sad and horrific history, but the people of Hiroshima have shown the world their resilience and how a can-do spirit can move their lives forward with grace. A must visit city!
There's a water ambulence -- presumably that's used in the case of taking a pregnant woman to a hospital to give birth. And of course, people have died on the island. I personally know many people on Miyajima and I never heard of people being asked to move away as they grew older, but what you said about not wanting births or deaths on the island is correct as far as I know. Of course lots of animals die and are born on the island. The no birth/no death thing is definitely Shinto -- even though there are lots of Buddhist temples on the island, too.
The town government used to seed あさり (a kind of clam) and people used to go claming for them in certain seasons. Somehow I suspect they don't do that anymore.
The deer are nice, but I think most of them don't realize that they are not goats. They'll eat anything. I saw two college-age looking girls taking their picture with a deer, and I had to point out that the deer had started chewing on her dress while they were trying to pose with it.
Beautiful pictures, by the way. Looking forward to your next video.
Interesting comments. Thanks for watching. On the ride over (Ferry) was curious about what looked like farms on the water? Cheers.
@@myretiredlifeinjapan6146 I assume you are talking about the rafts that oysters are hung from. Miyajima is famous for its shrines and temples, but if go left instead of right when you get off the ferry and follow it around, there are a bunch of oyster farms(?) （かきの養殖）on the other side of the island. Of course Hiroshima in general is famous for oysters, and Miyajima has oysters, too.
New subscriber here, vacationing in Japan until February, how does the US and Japan treat you for taxes ? Does the US government still get a piece of your social security cheque ? Does the Japan tax department give you credit for having to pay tax in the US? My country does have a tax treaty with Japan. Thank you for your videos.
Thank you for your subscribing and more importantly, your comment. I'll have a new video coming out at the end of the week. Part II - Hiroshima. Regarding your question, I'm in the process of going through that as we speak. Next month, I'll be doing a 3 year (+) Assessment of life in Japan. What you mentioned above will be a topic, along with a number of major comparisons. Some good, some bad. Stay tuned to get your answer... hope to get results from accountants. By Mid February! All the best!
@ what company did you use to buy your property in Japan? I have found a house I would like to purchase in Japan.
Not sure where (?) you're looking at (Area)... Mansion, House, Akiya? My wife doesn't recall the name of the firm. Local Realtor. There are so many. Few with English capabilities. Domicile (residency)? Banking is difficult here. I'm fortunate because my wife takes care of legal and banking matters as I did when we lived in US. Japanese go out of their way to frustrate foreigners with lots of Bullshit (procedural crap)! My colleague has bought 5 Akiya's and buys them like candy.
So it depends. Sorry for no specifics! But a lot of ???