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Buying a Used House in Japan

The idea of a “used house” sounds strange for me. It is perfectly normal in Canada to buy a previously owned house. But as you may already know, in Japan, only the land has value. I won’t cover for now all the detail of what’s involved when buying a house but I will just say [...]

Izu Peninsula Life

We have been considering moving to the Izu Peninsula for some time. Izu is central to Nagoya and Tokyo where we both have familial and professional interests. I recently found a really great site about Izu with breath taking picture of the sea. Unlike Aichi-ken dirty sea, thinking here for example of Gamagoori, the water [...]