Assuming apartment is required, the following 19 results were found.
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Finding a good apartment or any apartment in Japan can be a real pain for foreigners. Most apartments require a guarantor on the lease, basically someone to vouch for you. Unfortunately, that often proves somewhat of a difficulty for us foreigners...
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- Author: Mondaiji
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An example of my apartment complex earthquake alarm going off. As you'd expect it's been sounding a lot since the quake, but I don't always feel the quakes it gets triggered by. It's pretty ominous--especially when it wakes you up in the middle of the...
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- Author: Mondaiji
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The Shrine Drummerhttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/countryside/10015-the-shrine-drummer
been told that Japanese almost never complain directly. For example, a noisy neighbor would hear any complaints via the apartment building landlord. But what about a foreigner? Could a foreigner even complain in Japan—let alone about noise coming from a...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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enough of staring at pale, bare, blue-eyed me. Keeping Warm Inside Insulate the Windows If you live in an older Japanese apartment or house, you will surely freeze during winter nights if you fail to do something about your windows and heating: 1....
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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that most tenants were out of town for the holiday and having over-confidence in the thick concrete building walls of my apartment, I turned up Mike's guitar amp a little bit more than I usually would. This proved to be a grave mistake on my part. My...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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that Japan knows what they're doing when it comes to constructing durable buildings. I used to wonder why their 50-story apartment buildings all look like drab concrete boxes in want of stylish European flair. Now I know. Stylish flair comes at a very...
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- Author: Mondaiji
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and faking a French accent when I visit home from now on. Almost Out of Here My last day at AEON is 2/25, so I rented an apartment in Tokyo to continue my IT job search on the battlefield. Kayo and I went to this rental company called "Leo Palace." It's...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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reporter and they included it in their local news broadcast. Meet the Shrine Drummer There's this Shinto shrine next to my apartment. Occasionally, some dude there plays a drum around 5:30~6 am. The guy is so bad at playing that drum. It's freakin'...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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I live on the second floor of a central Tokyo apartment building. The advantage of this? I enjoy a brief daily elevator ride (or welcome stair climb) and can escape the building quickly in case of an emergency--I can literally jump off my balcony if...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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but electric power here is expensive, especially now that the country relies so heavily on thermal power. This is why my apartment is a call-back to the 1800s, complete with a trash-burning potbelly stove and a bicycle-powered Macbook Pro. Here are some...
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- Author: Mondaiji
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that the new head teacher has the exact same name. We threw a going away party for Maiko (she's leaving first) at my apartment this past weekend. I was amazed that we fit 10 people into my 22 square-meter apartment. I wrote Maiko a going away song...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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took me on a tour of Tottori today. Everything is convenient, so I don't think the lack of a car will be an issue. My apartment to be has a massive gym next to it as well as a small Shinto shrine (how's that for culture?). The apartment itself is REALLY...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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his "2 dollars!" This guy keeps coming asking for his 2000 yen. "I want my 2000 yen!" When I first moved into my Tottori apartment, I noticed that the previous tenant had covered the door peephole with a piece of black electrical tape. I always wondered...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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with a new BB gun, I took my a6300 outside to a nearby park and shot some 4K video of the surrounding trees and high-rise apartment buildings. The side-to-side pan actions looked like jello. Rolling shutter, folks! * Change the video mode from "Program...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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the worst skateboarding video in the universe. These Japanese skater boys were shooting a skateboarding video outside my apartment building, so I decided to film the "making of." Maybe they need a little more practice before going to the X Games, ね?
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Videos
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a Pizza! You're sitting at home struggling to make room for the rapidly growing coin monster taking over your 20-sq. meter apartment. Your stomach growls angrily as you lug the 4th coin bucket to the balcony. I know...order a pizza! You'll know the...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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and polished. Pay $5 for a single pear and enjoy the fruity perfection on your 5-minute walk back to your 150 square-foot apartment. 6 years ago this idea would've sounded bizarre as I loaded a $5 flat of Costco strawberries into my SUV. Sure, they're...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Maybe I'll do a concert in the park next to my house sometime. Or maybe I'll just keep my guitar amp turned up during apartment practice sessions. I used to think Japanese culture was quiet and reserved. The reality is quite the contrary. It may be...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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just continued for like 2 days. I felt like I was in the movie "The Day After Tomorrow." I was gonna hole myself up in my apartment and start burning books. There's still a ton of snow everywhere, so I'm trying to figure out a way to snowboard to work....
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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