We bought a 4-year-old second-hand minivan (Toyota Voxy) last year. Since it is turning 5 years old soon, it was up for the biannual vehicle inspection (車検, shaken), which we just completed recently.
Read moreWe bought a second-hand minivan last year and took out optional insurance for it. Since it’s been almost a year, the insurance is up for renewal.
Read moreWe bought a second-hand minivan earlier this year and recently finished building our house in Tokyo with Ichijo. So when we moved in, we had to update the address of the car.
Read moreWe recently bought a second-hand minivan from a Toyota dealership and in this post I’ll share our timeline. Each section will start with the time remaining until we got the car.
Read moreWe recently bought a second-hand minivan and in this post I’ll describe what I learned about car insurance, and our experience signing up for one.
Read moreSo 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.
Read moreSo 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.)
Read moreWe 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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