LIFE & RESIDENCE
In this article we are going to look at Japan’s postal system and introduce some key post office vocabulary. There are around 24,000 post offices in Japan, which are operated by the Japan Post company (called 日本郵便 or Nippon Yūbin in Japanese).
Although rules for trash and garbage disposal can vary across Japan depending on the prefecture or locality, generally speaking, domestic trash is separated into burnable and non-burnable waste.
In the following article we will give a brief introduction to the driver’s license and permit options available to long-term foreign residents in Japan.
Do you prefer to pay with cash? Or do you prefer go cashless?
I’m in the latter camp.
Which is to say, I don’t feel that there’s much merit in using cash.
Sometimes (as is a bit of a theme with some of my articles), you're on a budget because – for example – you just moved to another country and you're only starting to settle in.
Welcome back to The Case for the Kominka. In this part, we'll be going further into the many distinguishing features of old-fashioned Japanese houses, starting with some of their unique rooms.
This is the second part of our list of common Japanese social taboos that you should avoid when you visit Japan.
Introduction
In Japan today, brick-and-mortar bookstores are on the verge of disappearing. The reason can be found on the internet.
