Tokyo Japan Life Tips

Beneficial, profitable and practical information for Tokyo/Japan life in English for the English-speaking people living and visiting Tokyo and even people who just want to know about Tokyo/Japan anywhere in the world

I've lived in Tokyo now for 18 years since I got back from US.
I went to college in the States about 20 years ago, and when I remember back, what I needed the most was the information.
The only information source for me at that time when internet was not in people's life was just friends.
But now, here we are, in the world we can access to whatever we want to know only if you have a computer or phone.
So, I decided to write about Tokyo life and what I think about living, visiting, enjoying, working, and even raising kids in Japan.

As you know, it's mandatory to get your kids on child-car safety seats in Japan.If you have your kids under 6 years old or 140cm body height in your car without safety seat, you'll loose one point from your driver's licence.Your Japanese driver's licen ...

As I wrote in my previous posts, 5 Tips to Save Energy and Cost with Air Conditioner in Japanand 6th Tip to Save Energy & Cost with Air Conditioner in Japan,it's important to use an electric fan in your room in order to get over this humid hot summer i ...

Addition to the 5 tips I wrote in 5 Tips to Save Energy and Cost with Air Conditioner in Japan,I thought of another tip for air conditioner in summer.This method is now pretty common in Japan and it helps your air conditioner run more effectively.Befor ...

When you go out with your kids in Japan, how do you eat your meal at restaurant?If your kids are NOT big enough to sit still and eat by themselves, it should be pretty hard to eat your meal in the way you want to eat your meal.You have to keep your eye ...

Wherever you go, you should do something against mosquito in Japanese summer.Especially at home and especially at night, that extremely irritating noise in your ear is a nightmere.So, in summer some kind of mosquito protection is absolutely necessary a ...

It was my first time in my life to have a bowl of clam salt Ramen.It's a new Ramen shop near my house, and it was already famous when it's opened because the owner was the one who learned how to make clam salt Ramen at another famous Ramen shop.So, the ...

Addition to my previous posts about the free kid's water places in Tokyo,we went to the one at Toyosu Park last weekend.* Water fountain kids can play - Shioiri Park-* Jabu jabu Pool at Izumi Park, another water place for kidsIt's opened from July 1st ...

I remember the cute faces when I was feeding my sons baby food.It was one of the biggest pleasures to have baby.There are lots of kinds of baby spoons sold at stores, and I was overwhelmed with too many options.So, I bought the most popular one and now ...

Do you like Natto?Natto is fermented soy bean which is one of the most typical Japanese foods at home.If you are not from Japan, you might feel a bit against its slime and its threads trailing from them.By the way, do you know how Japanese people found ...

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