The price of a second-hand car in Japan

So we recently bought a second-hand minivan. I thought the price of the car will be simple: there might be some negotiation, but otherwise it should be a simple number, right? Well, it’s more complicated.

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How to buy a second-hand car in Japan?

So we recently bought a second-hand minivan, and in this post I’ll cover the various options on how one might buy a second-hand car in Japan. (This is based on my limited research, so I could have missed somethings. Feel free to correct me in the comments.)

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Choosing our family car in Tokyo

We recently bought a minivan for our family, living in Tokyo. In this post I’ll cover how we chose the type of car that we bought.

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Garden structure (carport, bicycle shelter) rules in Tokyo

We are building a house in Tokyo. The house design is finalized, and the constructions is ongoing, so we are finalizing the garden design. One common thing to put into the garden is some sort of roof over either a car or bicycles, often referred to as カーポート(carport) and サイクルポート (cycleport). We just learned that there are rules about these.

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Designing our house

We recently wrapped up the design of our house. I will share how it went in this post.

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