Living & Working in Ishikawa, Japan
Staying in the area over Golden Week? If you want to use your three and four-day weekends to explore the area without spending a lot on train fare, JR West has you covered. You may have seen the Hokuriku O-dekake Pass (北陸お出かけパス）advertized before: Basically, this is a day-long all-you-can-ride pass for anywhere within the area [...]
You can save a lot of money and make your home healthier and more eco-friendly by switching to one inexpensive, easy-to-find product: baking soda and vinegar spray.
Regardless of how long you’ve been here, you’re always looking for ways of getting rid of things and adding things to your home. Sometimes it takes a long time to find the good places to find affordable items – from household needs and furniture to media and entertainment. With winter coming on, most people get [...]
It’s been all over the news that the yen is at high point. At 83 to 85 yen to the US dollar, you might have gotten a better rate for sending money home in the 1980s, but not by much. If you’re fresh out of college, this rate is just in time for the first [...]
Find, sell, and give away stuff at the For Sale/Wanted Forum for Ishikawans! It’s a better deal than using a second-hand store, and worlds better than taking it to a landfill.
Interested in being a wedding minister on the weekends? Contact Yoko for further details.
Traveling to Tokyo? Stay at the New Koyo!
Use the Welcome Inn Reservation Center for affordable accomodations reservations around Japan!
While it’s hard to avoid using electric heaters (space heaters, kerosene heaters, and kotatsu) while at home in the winter, you can reduce your overnight electric use by using a hot water bottle to stay warm in bed.
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