So if I paid the car and not renting it, you paid around 60 k yens. (I think it's not motivating to rent a car or including the price of your car payment in your monthly payment total). That's not cheap but still attainable. Just don't buy a car with a salary of 140 000 yen! 😂👍 Anyway, thanks for the informations! I 've made deep search, and I found the same coast approximately for a BMW 335i. I think it's a great base for people wanting a " cool " car in Japan!
I've been doing it for so long that I just don't care anymore. I'm like Winston at the end of 1984...I've learned, not to love, but to...tolerate? the keigo, I guess. lol
Both Japan and the US do have 240 to the houses, but those circuits are limited to Kitchens and Laundry rooms mostly. If you see a dryer or electric stove plugged into the wall it is likely a higher voltage circuit. I have been shocked by both 120 and 240 and it was definitely much worse on the 240.
Yeah, you live and you learn with this video making thing haha. I drive about 10k km a year and during this video, I think I included the yearly inspection into that 100,000 a year maintenance fee, which, for an Audi at a dealership is about 80,000 yen. You don't need to do it a dealer though... In real terms, if nothing goes wrong with your car, it's definitely less than 20,000 yen a year. I spend a lot of money washing the car so that adds to the cost a bit.
5:10 Actually, if the speed limit of the road is up to 40km/h, you can ride on the road up to 20km/h. But if the speed limit is higher than 40km/h, you cannot ride on the road. In this case, you should ride on the sidewalk, at the speed limit of 6km/h.
I think one of the reasons Japanese Outlets are not grounded is that the 100 V supply is so low. Its low risk as opposed to 240V we have in UK or Europe
Exactly the video I was looking for as im traveling to Japan next month. The only thing I'll be always charging is my phone so good to know I wont need anything special to do that
I just bought a Skross World Adapter set for my trip to Japan and after realizing that the one that should fit what seems to be the US outlet actually doesn't fit to Japan!! And it made me feel stupid... Thank god I will just have to go to a Don Quijote shop to find a converter to be able to use my adapter... which is already pretty heavy...
Great video and super informative!! I'm traveling there soon with family and this is super helpful. Can you use the IC card to pay for more than one person? Or does each traveler need their own card?
Would I still be allowed to fly to Japan with a pocket knife in a checked bag as long as it is under 15 cm, not a switchblade or weapon of any kind, and is kept stored in the place I'm renting? I'd like to bring my Higonokami, and maybe buy a few more in Hyogo, but I also don't wanna risk my freedom over silly laws.
I’m not a lawyer or anything, but if it’s under 15cm, it should be ok. From my understanding, if you’re bringing it from point A to point B, it should be ok. Just don’t carry around the blade ‘just in case’ or ‘to be handy’. The knife you saw in my video was brought from the airport to my place of residence without issue. It’s not illegal to have a blade, it just depends on how you use it and carry it around.
You kinda lied as the washing machine body is aways ground if you just touched the ground from the adapter to the washing machine you have esentualy ground on your strip/charger/what ever you plug :D
One thing I struggled with (I am struggling now as well!) is emailing! You don’t know how polite you should write an email to each person! I’m scared to read through the email I wrote when I just started working! Lol (My colleague says he has a template for emails for clients, bosses, etc depending on the situation because it consumes so much time to write those same thing from the scratch every time😂)
Does the Passmo passport card have to have a minimum amount of credit to be able to start making a trip? The other day, I wanted to use it and it told me the balance was low. You know exactly what the limit is so that it does not warn you that you have to put money
The gates check if you have the amount necessary to go to the closest/cheapest station. Say you have station 1, 2, 3. 100 yen to get to station 1, 200 yen to station 2 and so on. If you have at least 100 yen on your card, it will let you pass through the gates. If you have less than 100, you will get denied. I hope that made sense!
@@JapanReality Hi, thanks for the answer. I had 400-500 yen, to be exact, i think it was 420 yen and the trip were less than 240. The problem with this card is that they not refund the money and the mínimum to add is 1000 yen, so i don't know if this is made on purpose to keep the money of the visitors even if You make the exact calculations of your tríps to optimize the credit in your card.
There’s a bunch of different socket brands in Japan, Panasonic being one of them! If you ever find yourself here, you’ll find that many mega corporations do a lot of things from making elevators to microwaves!
You can buy the adapters that would adapt this at Ace Hardware. They are sold for houses built in the 1900s that used to be like this all over the US as well.
Nope! If you have a physical card, it is cash only. There are exceptions to this rule of course but 99% of the time, it's cash only. If you manage to get the mobile Suica or Pasmo (which I didn't explain in this video because complexity), it is possible to recharge with a card.
