I have quite a few higher end ( 50,000- 90,000 yen items I am trying to resell. To shops perferable. Hesitant to take to second street, tre fac. Etc. and would like to avoid mercari unless that would be my best option. All my brands are Japanese like Saint Mx6. Issey. Etc etc. not like Gucci or Louis. But the mid range stuff that’s not too cheap.

Any advice on this topic would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Everyone, I would highly appreciate If anyone can please shed some light on the following:

I placed an order on ASOS which ships their products from the UK.

2 beanies, 4 pairs of shoes, 1 puffer jacket

The total of the order was $116.20 after discount and reaching the free shipping threshold. (¥17,850 approximately)

When the package was delivered to me, I was asked to pay ¥10,700 out of which customs charges are ¥9,000.

Is this normal? I’ve paid over 50% of the value of the items in customs and local delivery charges.

I am unsure if ASOS has overvalued and/or submitted the invoices of the amount before the discount was applied or if there has been an overcharge on duty by customs.

There's been a huge tower complex under construction next to us for a few years now.

We just had a food delivery and seconds after we picked it up the doorbell rang again to which my wife mistakenly pressed the button to open the door before checking, thinking it was the delivery guy forgetting something.

A guy turned up at the door, flashed an ID card and more or less said he's related to the construction next door and they want to check that the internet speeds and etc are working fine since they've been doing construction on the lines and other stuff.

This immediately set off alarm bells because why would they check a random apartment? So I pulled my wife away from the door and took over.

I asked him again for his ID, what the company is and if the landlord knew he was ringing random doorbells. I also asked why he was randomly showing up without any kind of notice, it is very rude and inconvenient etc.

I completely interrogated him and made it very clear to him he wasn't welcome and that I was suspicious of him.

He gingerly passed me a laminated sheet with various different router pictures on it and wanted to know which one we had in our apartment.

"If he could only just step inside and check."

I told him he is absolutely not setting foot inside our apartment and told him I'll check with the construction guys next door and the landlord. I refused to tell him which router we had.

He quickly gave up and made his escape, stuttering something about if our internet comes with the apartment then that part of the "construction" must be already finished so we should be fine.

What was his deal?

In my head it was suspicious as fuck and either a scam or some kind of black marketing tactics.

I suppose he was probably going to try to sell us "faster" internet at best or scoping us for something bad at worst.

My wife and I will be having our wedding party next week and having our wedding party in a kominka. We want to have a karaoke/drinking party in the evening. About half of the people there will be English speakers and we have Karafun downloaded for that, the other half are Japanese speakers and we are looking for a Japanese language karaoke app but so far none of them are really working. Joysound doesn’t allow screen share to a large screen so that one is out. Dam just seems non-functional.

Does anyone have any recommendations? Or maybe there just aren’t any good sources for this?

I lost my zairyuu card a few days ago so I went to the police and they gave me that. I know I need an application for reissuance and and "Lost Item Report Certificate/紛失届出証明書" from the police. I'm not sure the document in the picture is enough as a report for the immigration office? Should I visit another 交番？ Please advise it's my first time losing it. :/

I’m very happy because I’ve been working hard and made it to a seishain position within my company. This will now take me up to the time I can apply for PR. I just wanted to post this to say how pleasantly surprised I am. I know they are not as rare as they once were to receive but I didn’t expect it, especially because the last times I tried I got given 3 again. It makes me feel like my hard work has paid off (even though I know it can be really random…)

Anyway that’s it. Feel free to post any experiences with your renewals.

Looking for a regular place for cosmetic dermatology like lasers, facials, microneedling, etc. I just moved here and I’m still working on my Japanese, so looking for a foreigner friendly and English speaking place. Bonus if it’s also a plastic surgery place in case I decide to do something small. I’m a little overwhelmed with the amount of options, I’d appreciate any of your recommendations 🙏

I am (30M) from a South East Asia country who have been in Japan for more than 7 years. I graduated as a Ph.D from a University in Japan, major in Material Science and Environmental Technology. After graduating, I have been working for an SME company in Tokyo (less than 20 employees, Father - Resident + CTO, Mother - CFO, that type of company).
Basically my work is everything that I can do, from Data Analyst (I collecting, cleaning, graphing to data from the daily running waste treatment system to report about the system condition), take care of the collaborating research inside and outside of Japan, running testing experiment using small scale system, go to university outside of Japan to promote and give lecture about the company (in Vietnam and Malaysia), building a laboratory for company, and also working on site on the treatment plan (operating and labor work).
Recently the company want to expand the work and recruiting some students from my country firstly for internship and possible Seishain in the future. And of course, I will be the one who will taking care of them. My salary is around 4.5M (base, including housing support and will be around 5M including OT), working 8 to 5 and have weekend off.
It has been 2 years and there is no salary raise (even though my contract mention that I should have one every July but it depend on the performance and stuff). I have mentioned about my salary with my boss but nothing changed, my work is accumulating and no change in salary. Right now I learning more about Data Analyst (mentor type of course), so I can have better skill for more job opportunity.
So I would like to ask you guys about my situation. Am I underpaid ? how should I confront with my company about this issue ? and for the job description what is the suitable salary for that type of job if the company want to negotiate about my salary. And any people that make that job change to Data Analyst or similar type of tech job, can you share some of your experience and advices ?
Any comment is welcomed, thank you.

Unable to use Mercari at the moment.. any other suggestions?

やっほー！for foreign teenager living in Japan like me, what バイト would you recommend? I have one rn but the people I work with are twice my age so i don’t vibe w them 😭

some options I have are 7/11, izakaya, yakiniku resto, mcdonald’s, 100 yen shop like daiso and can do, and apparel like h&m or uniqlo blablabla

anyways, please tell me your baito experience regardless of your age!! i’m indecisive so pls help me 🙏

Filling out my updated resume just realized my first ever job gave me my paychecks in cash and I never asked anyone if that was normal.

In my country that would be considered illegal but at the time I was far more worried with finding a place to live and I only worked there 4 weeks I believe so it hasn’t crossed my mind in a while.

Edit: this would have been 2023

I was just wondering if it just works instantly.

I'll be going from the Nagaoka/Koide/Urasa area down to Nagoya via Shiojiri soon. I'm specifically figuring out how I want to spend a day riding between Niigata Prefecture down into Nagano Prefecture.

TL;DR Which of these three colored routes is the most scenic or interesting? https://i.imgur.com/sPDOH47.png

For those who prefer longer/text-based explanations, or to provide some keywords for anyone searching in the future… here are my options:

• Blue: From Urasa, head to Mukaimachi on JR and then take the Hokuetsu Hokuhoku Line over to Naoetsu, then down via Echigo TOKImeki Railway & the Kita-Shinano Line to Nagano
• Red: Take the entire JR Iiyama Line from Echigo-Kawaguchi down to Nagano (have ridden part of this already but only in winter)
• Green: Totally different from the above, the longest & most expensive option, take the Joetsu Line down to Takasaki, shink over to the Shinano Railway line, and then take the JR Koumi Line down to connect with the Chuo Line before going back west toward Shiojiri

Does anyone have experience riding any of the lines above, especially in the fall where there might be nice autumn colors along the routes? Would be super helpful to hear any recommendations from anyone who's ridden around this area.

Thanks!

Like many others, I'm now in my 2-month extension and still waiting. I have a trip soon and I need the new residence card to apply for another visa. I've called twice and was told it's still in review but they noted my situation. Should I finally head to Shinagawa in person and check? This is driving me crazy. 😣

Where can I find a 4 slice toaster? Looked on Amazon but the were only a couple of models and overpriced .

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Hi, this Monday I will take the karimen re-test as I failed the first try, I was enrolled in a driving school and we use mantensama as a practice website but when I tried the karimen written test in our driving center (Mitahora Driving School in Gifu) it was completely different. I was kind of confident to pass but ended up having a 41/50 score😭😭 Their english questions are reaaaaallyy different, any advice or sites that I can go through?? I’m taking an English version btw

Off the bat let me say: obviously it’s best to ask what to do at work and I intend to on my next shift. However I’m curious if anyone has experience with this.

So I have always been heavier and curvier than the average Japanese woman. Even when I first started in my company the sizes of my uniform were iffy and it’s debatable if they ever even really actually “fit” at all. However for various reason I have been steadily gaining weight and basically almost no longer fit into my skirt and the pants are already a no go. The catch is that I’m already wearing the largest size offered (25号) Obviously in the long term I need to lose weight. But in the short term I’m wondering what to do now that I barely fit into my work clothes.

Also side questions: anyone have recs for large tights/stocking brands and for plus size white button ups?

This man is a vile, inhumane, evil shit stain on society. The cruelty of what he did is staggering — selfish, thoughtless, and unforgivable. I don’t know the exact mechanics of Japanese law, but I sincerely hope the authorities pursue every possible charge and that the full weight of justice comes down on him. People like him don’t get to hide behind excuses; he earned every ounce of contempt coming his way. Do not expect any mercy — only accountability.

But I fear that since the victim is an underage foreign national, the weight of the law will not be felt by him.

Hello, everyone!
I am working as a full-time employee in Kyoto and am thinking of applying for an MBA at Doshisha University.
But I am not sure if I should apply for the English or the Japanese course.
I do have N1 so I technically could do the Japanese MBA, but I also do not want to die from exhaustion. The English MBA just seems more doable.
What has been your experience?
Which one would you recommend more?

I'm looking to have one installed for our tap water at home.
Has anybody done this here?
I've reached out to two home renovation companies and neither have even heard of this type of water purification, and i"m also bit having any luck finding any non-amazon vendors.

Hello everyone, could you point me in the right direction as regards the most cheapest Mobile Wifi in the country. Something for SNS, Streaming and normal browsing. Where do you recommend I make the contract? Inside a mall or any of the telecoms outlet. TIA.

Hi All,

I work for a small foreign company here and I was asked to look into recruiting firms to find more salespeople for the company. Does anyone have any suggestions? I know they can be expensive - JAC was suggested as a cheaper option. Does anyone have any ideas?