Did you receive your cash from PM Aso yet? If you haven’t got your 定額給付金 teigaku kyufukin, or flash benefit, you should contact your city hall. Each municipality is responsible for the method of distribution. I got letter in the mail from Kashiwa City Hall instructing me on what information to send in, and the [...]
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This week, Bloomberg reports that Japan may be slipping into deflation, and we’re starting to see wages and consumer prices decreasing. I didn’t get a raise this year, some local friends are hanging on to get paid late, and we’re seeing businesses in the region going.
I’m so glad that Dreamer found just the right place [...]
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柏の葉 Kashiwa no Ha is that big, beautiful spread-out new industry and academic park that you pass through on your way from Ueno to Tsukuba on the new Tsukuba Express line (which has this silly English website) and is home to satellite campuses for both Tokyo University and Chiba University. The area was planned with lifestyle [...]
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On summer holiday, it’s too hot to cook in the middle of the day. It’s so hot that I’m the one that’s cooked! So, at lunch I get out for something tasty and cheap. Kashiwa has two inexpensive and good places with friendly service on the east side of the station on Howdy Street (yes, it’s [...]
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