Cycling all around Japan
14 Nov 2025 | #japanI recently sold my roadbike, so it is a good time to look back on the around 10,000 km that I rode it during the last 5 years.
Read moreI recently sold my roadbike, so it is a good time to look back on the around 10,000 km that I rode it during the last 5 years.
Read moreWe just built our house in Tokyo. In this post I will cover how we got internet.
Read moreBuilding a home is often the biggest purchase of one’s life. But most people are not experts in home construction, so to avoid being cheated by the builder, some people hire a 3rd party company to inspect the house to ensure no corners were cut during the construction.
Read moreWe bought land in Tokyo last year and just finished building our house. We are financing both the land and the house with a mortgage, and just run into some delays with the mortgage. This won’t affect much, but it makes the interest on the bridge loan about 50,000 yen higher, and makes the mortgage of the house start later.
Read moreLast week our house was finished, and we had the official handover (家の引き渡し) yesterday.
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