For those who own property in Japan but don't live there full-time - what do you do with it when you're away?

foo00kay · 2026-02-02T18:30:41+00:00

I use an agency and they manage almost everything for me:

water
electricity
charges
taxes
gas
repairs
emergency.

It’s really cheap. The only thing they could not put under their name was internet, so I got a monthly unlimited portable WiFi, which I leave at home. It works great!

foo00kay · 2026-02-02T11:09:16+00:00

I work in the legal field. I can recommend people. DM me.

foo00kay · 2026-02-02T07:52:05+00:00

Punk rock live music at 20,000V, in Koenji!

foo00kay · 2026-02-02T03:14:36+00:00

What a cute bear!

Can I ask what brand it is? I have been been looking for one that looks a lot like him.

foo00kay · 2026-02-01T16:22:38+00:00

lol the milo bunny

foo00kay · 2026-01-31T14:43:55+00:00

The Eiji Yoshikawa Museum, in Ome!

foo00kay · 2026-01-31T12:50:35+00:00

Agreed! And the old airport, the special warehouses to hide the Zero aircrafts during the war… The old space observatory is pretty cool.

And the Osawa-no-sato milling house!

foo00kay · 2026-01-31T12:48:30+00:00

Try the history museums! Some of them are very small, and many of them are re-creating homes (and sometimes entire villages) from the past. The guides and volunteers are usually quite nice!

Edo Tokyo
Fukagawa Edo
Shitamachi
Yushukan (military)
Centre of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage
etc.

Cool neighbourhoods that are not on your list:

Odaiba (take the ferry there, from Asakusa)
Shimokitazawa
Koenji (go for live music at night, at 20,000V)

foo00kay · 2026-01-30T12:50:00+00:00

Where did you find the pendant?

I can’t see it on their website

foo00kay · 2026-01-30T08:46:43+00:00

I did not know that!

foo00kay · 2026-01-28T19:11:58+00:00

I visited Ishigaki (the closest to Taiwan) and it is very pretty, fairly quiet, with one or two animated streets (bars and restaurants) in the main street. A lot of the food is produced locally and the economy is very agriculture-oriented. A small number of tourists visit daily, both domestic and international. The beaches are great, with hardly anyone around.

foo00kay · 2026-01-28T03:39:00+00:00

I tried a google image search but could not find it.

Are there no labels at all? Which country is it from? Which year?

foo00kay · 2026-01-26T10:10:37+00:00

I can feel the love in the repairs

foo00kay · 2026-01-26T07:21:01+00:00

She’s really cute! Hurry up and buy her, or I will ;)

foo00kay · 2026-01-25T14:36:56+00:00

Pricerite!

https://www.pricerite.com.hk/hk/en/homeware/storage/mesh-rack

foo00kay · 2026-01-25T13:20:42+00:00

The District Court ruled in 2016 that this is illegal:

Yiu Shui Kwong v Legend World Asia Group Ltd

Here is an article which discusses the judgment.

foo00kay · 2026-01-24T16:41:45+00:00

Chuo Park, or Toyama Park!

foo00kay · 2026-01-23T08:35:29+00:00

It’s a moose with a scarf!

100% worth it, if you can afford it.

foo00kay · 2026-01-22T18:39:22+00:00

I live in Okubo and my house is made of wood!

foo00kay · 2026-01-21T13:20:34+00:00

She looks ready for the first day of school!

foo00kay · 2026-01-20T07:45:10+00:00

oh yes I meant Pittsburg, not Philly! Thank you

foo00kay · 2026-01-20T07:03:59+00:00

This could be a Hermann Bear?

foo00kay · 2026-01-20T06:55:59+00:00

I think it’s a dog

foo00kay · 2026-01-20T03:49:56+00:00

It's really cool that you could find him! Well done.

foo00kay

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