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• 倍金萬です
• 2026/03/22 (Sun) 21:29
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"Double the money . ."

There is no such thing as "bad".

Why is it "bad" to "judge" with your own eyes how many （ people ） you have been in the past?

• 倍金萬です
• 2026/04/27 (Mon) 09:54
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In #4561, I wrote "I was born in the middle of the war", but the Japanese dictionary defines "Sengen-ka" as

＊ the generation who spent their youth during the period of World War II. ＊ ＊

as opposed to the postwar generation, and since I was born about a year before the end of the war (or more precisely, the anniversary of "defeat" ）), I

do not belong to the "wenchu-ha". I don't really care about that. I don't really care, but I was curious.

• 倍金萬です
• 2026/04/30 (Thu) 09:30
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The date for another trip to Japan is approaching this year, and I will be bringing my cell phone with me, which is a T-Mobile cell phone.

Currently, when you arrive in Japan and get off the plane, your cell phone is automatically connected to the cell phone company, right?

I haven't been to Japan for the past 2 years, so I don't know the current situation in that area.

If you have been to Japan recently, please let us know how your cellphone works when you arrive in Japan,

or what kind of operation you have to do.

• 倍金萬
• 2026/05/24 (Sun) 23:13
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Three days ago, on May 21, I "returned" to LAX because I am a US citizen. I usually fly ANA, but this was my first time to fly Zip Air. I think it was $ 510 for a round trip (same as other airlines, but I forgot the exact price due to my late age).

As for seat comfort, I think it was slightly narrower than JAL/ANA. I was born a full year before the end of the war and have a long torso and short legs, but when I try to sit comfortably, my knees just touch the back of the front seat.

Also, there is no monitor screen in the front, that is, on this side of the backrest of the front seat. If you want to watch movies, you have to bring your own Laptop or IPad. My wife was watching a recorded drama on the IPad, while I was listening to music with the earphones she lent me. The earphones are tiny ones that go in your ears.

As an overall evaluation, I have the impression that it is not "cheap or bad" but "cheap so this is what you get". I recommend it to those who want to keep the round-trip fee low.

• バイキンマン君
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• Yesterday 10:26
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Most of this trip to Japan was also spent in Tokyo.

We went to Kaminarimon-dori in Asakusa to buy sweatshirts with hiragana characters on them as souvenirs, especially for Segare and Totsan, both of whom are of Totsan age.

However, it was the day of the annual Sanja Festival in Asakusa. So, the Nakamise street was so crowded that foreign tourists and others could not walk there properly.

It was also lunch time and all the diners and restaurants were full. Finally, I found a small restaurant and peeked in, only to find that a couple of oriental tourists had just finished eating and were leaving, so I was lucky to get in.

I wonder what was on the menu. I'm too late in life to remember. I have a vague memory of eating cold tokoroten as well. Even that simple thing was served with nostalgia.

I remember eating kanten and tokoroten.

• 2026Tax
• 2026/05/12 (Tue) 13:02
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FICA Tax is 15.3% and is calculated and paid on Tax Return.

If you are an Independent Contractor, you will pay W-9 instead of W8Ben.
Income Tax is not withheld, so you pay the following rate, （ maybe 10% ） on Tax Return, depending on your annual income.
https://www.irs.gov/filing/federal-income-tax-rates-and-brackets

OPT is exempt from FICA Tax, so you can get a Refund if your W-2 was withheld. However, it is difficult to explain to the IRS that you are not paying FICA because you are an OPT but an Independent Contractor ） who performs work without the direction of an employer, which is inconsistent.　It is best to hire them as employees.

• #5
• 2026/05/06 (Wed) 13:45
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In case you are wondering, I have no idea what the difference is between Town Guide, Machikado Hot List and Living Supporters.
If you know, please tell me.
I wanted to find a realtor, but I didn't know where and how to search.

＃ I tried 4's trick, but it was like, hmmm ～. Sweat.

• モーニング
• 2026/05/06 (Wed) 21:51
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After all, moving is Japanese-American ！.

• 駐在帰国予定
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• 2026/05/10 (Sun) 12:12
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#2Choco

What did you like about it ？?

• 春はあけぼの
• 2026/05/11 (Mon) 19:38
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Green and red are the symbolic colors of Fukuyama Express

• キティちゃん
• 2026/05/22 (Fri) 06:14
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Recently, it seems that many people who return to their home countries use Ya Fat.

• Gardena90247
• 2026/04/30 (Thu) 17:00
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Ryokoの宣伝が今一番目につきますが、、、これ利用されている人居る？

• G
• 2026/05/10 (Sun) 18:47
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How much is your home internet now, how much is your outgoing internet bill （ how much is the Wifi Hot Spot on your phone ？ ） and how much are you spending per month on communication?
How much do you consider expensive and how much data do you use per month, etc.
It would be difficult to answer without at least this information.

I personally consider Verizon's portable Wi-Fi to be highly reliable, and I can use up to 150GB per month for $ 80, but
if you watch videos, etc., it would be unrealistic to use this as your home Internet connection.

• Gardena90247
• 2026/05/12 (Tue) 14:08
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Thank you.
I use Spectrum and pay $135/month
I wonder what the service is like for seniors ？
There is a huge low-cost service, but it is nowhere near reliable.

• T.S
• 2026/05/13 (Wed) 10:50
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If you are using Spectrum and paying $135/month, you might want to consider T-mobile ？ At my house, it costs $50/month and the internet speed is 500mbps^(depending on where you live ） Installation is also very easy

• Gardena90247
• 2026/05/13 (Wed) 14:21
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Thank you very much.
I contacted T-mobile to sign up, no hassle, ＄ they said 60 is the best.
thank you so much $75 monthly savings 。。。。

• 倍金萬です
• 2026/03/24 (Tue) 20:38
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Have you ever had "homesickness （ homesickness ）" when you first arrived here from Japan?

I did. My first time in the U.S. was in the City of New York, where I stayed at the apartment of an older colleague who had come before me. Naturally, I could speak Japanese 24 hours a day, so I felt totally at ease, but I could not stay there for long, so I asked him to choose a suitable rental room from the Rent Room section in the Classified Section of the New York Times or some other local newspaper, and I called him and asked him to show me the room. I called him and asked him to show me the room at that location.

Continued..,

• シックハウス
• 2026/04/09 (Thu) 18:50
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#1063

I don't understand the connection between rented rooms and homesickness. When you went to see the room, did you suffer from sick building syndrome and became homesick due to mental shock? Did you make the branch manager or senior staff responsible for causing the problem?

• 倍金萬です
• 2026/04/11 (Sat) 12:01
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＞ I don't understand the connection between renting a room and homesickness

Sorry, I didn't explain myself well enough.

I started working as an expatriate in an office in New York City, my first foreign country, and I was living in the apartment of a senior Japanese expatriate. Therefore, there were Japanese people around me 24 hours a day, and of course we spoke in Japanese.

After that, I found an apartment for rent near Broadway/104th St. in Uptown New York and moved there. The landlord was a Latino-like grandmother, and of course I could only communicate in English.

On holidays, from my window, I can only see the windows of a similar old apartment building across the street that is 10 or more stories tall. I didn't have anything better to do on my day off, so I just sat around and didn't look at the windows of the apartment across the street, and I felt homesick, as if I had never felt like this in Japan.

I couldn't stay in my room and just sat around, so I went outside and walked east to the north end of the famous Central Park. I walked outside to the east and entered the north end of the famous Central Park. This area is the location of the famous movie/musical West Side Story (1961 film). My office staff told me to be careful because there are street gangs roaming around there, but I didn't get into any danger because I only explored that area in the middle of the day.

• Mr.倍金萬
• 2026/05/01 (Fri) 14:14
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Since this is a cate of the elderly, I will tell you a story about when I was in junior high school.

My memory is not so clear anymore, but when I was in junior high school, we had a class called "movie appreciation". I think it was about 70 years ago.

The movie the teacher chose at that time was titled *"The Ten Commandments" （. The two classes got together to see that movie, and walked in droves to a movie theater in town that specialized in foreign films. Those were the days of "give birth and multiply," and there were up to six classes of 40 or so students in one class.

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%81%E6%88%92_%28%E6%98%A0%E7%94%BB%29

Thinking back on it now, it was a movie that was the root of the "West," but back then I didn't understand it at all. But I still remember that someone was The only thing I still remember is the scene where someone prays and the sea breaks apart and becomes a narrow dirt road.

• Gardena90247
• 2026/05/12 (Tue) 14:35
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Before the Corona fiasco, I used to take free bus tours to casinos,
comp hotels, and spend most weekends playing golf for a senior fee.
The participants were of all races and ages, and it was quite enjoyable, but
now, ？ for some reason, the free bus trips seem to have disappeared.
Going to the local senior center is not very interesting.
I wonder if there is some place where the elderly can spend their time in peace ？ ？ ？
Every week, my wifey takes me to Pasadena for ballroom dancing, and I spend my waiting time in the park.
This is pretty good without spending money ！ If you ask Are you Alone? in rapid succession, you'll run into quite a few beautiful women. 、、、、、

• .
• 2026/04/26 (Sun) 22:10
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Nah, you don't ！.

• nori
• 2026/05/11 (Mon) 03:24
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I only use ， Gade na,, soul sauna,
male, but,

• #２
• 2026/04/30 (Thu) 17:11
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You can find it in the Town Guide.

• nori
• 2026/05/11 (Mon) 03:14
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Volunteer, join various groups and contribute to them
and participate in learning, in short, put yourself in contact with others
and you will meet the right person for you
in harmony.
If your human power improves, they will come to you!

• Limonada
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• 2026/04/29 (Wed) 18:25
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We usually pick up about an hour after the scheduled arrival time. However, flights from Japan often arrive earlier than the scheduled arrival time due to a tailwind, in which case we will arrive a little earlier.