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Vivinavi Hawaii
Self storage

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#1
  • storage
  • 2023/10/05 15:13

I am planning to return to Japan temporarily.
I am not sure when I will be back in Hawaii next and I don't want to waste money on rent, so
I am considering cancelling my apartment contract and storing my belongings in a storage unit before returning to Japan.
I have no experience with self storage and would like to hear from those who have used it.
Please let me know if you recommend this storage facility in Honolulu, or if you recommend not to use this facility, or if you have any stories of mistakes that happened when you left your belongings at this facility.
Since we are in Hawaii, we are especially concerned about sanitation.
Also, please let me know if you have stored your car in this way or if you know of a service that can safely store your car while you are back home for an extended period of time.
Thank you very much.

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#2
  • KAHALA
  • 2023/10/05 (Thu) 23:36
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A friend of mine did the same thing and returned to Hawaii over a year after leaving her belongings in Kaimuki storage and her car with someone. When he returned, he couldn't find a place to live
He was in Hawaii for a few weeks on a shared basis and ended up leaving, throwing away more than half of the clothes and other things he left in storage. I was also crying because I had more miles on my car than I needed to drive it around where I left it.
It cost us TOTAL thousands of dollars.
Bottom line is, it's easier to sell off your stuff at Vivinavi, throw away what you can't sell, sell your car at Vivinavi, and become one body for the next life.

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#5

#2 KAHALA
Thank you for sharing your friend's story. It is true that if the return trip is prolonged, the cost may be unnecessarily high. I will think that over again before making a decision. Thank you very much.

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＃ 4 min Mr.
I am glad to hear a review from someone who has actually used it.
I am relieved to hear that the pest control seems to be in place if the storage is well managed.
However, I had not thought about the possibility of closing the business, so I will have to reconsider. It must have been very hard to move the storage in a limited time, thank you very much. Thank you for the details regarding the car as well. I am also worried about theft and batteries, so I would like to leave my car in a safe place even if it is a little more expensive.
Thank you very much for your help. Thank you very much.

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Economic Decline ❓

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#1
  • 中流階級
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  • 2023/08/28 19:18

Service industry. I feel that the number of customers has suddenly stopped since mid-August. My partner's workplace is the same.
We are trying to curb unnecessary expenses due to rising prices, but
if our income is also decreasing, we are going to have to dip into our savings.

How about you ？
What will happen to the world?
I am not worried.

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  • は？
  • 2023/10/06 (Fri) 17:30
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For 2023, the 401(k) contribution limit for employees is $ 22,500, or $ 30,000 if you are age 50 or older.

Plus a few dozen percent from your employer plus a few dozen percent contribution from the employer.
In my company's case.

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#67
  • 昭和のおとっつぁん
  • 2023/10/06 (Fri) 17:46
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Wasn't there a set amount of annual deposit for 401k ？
If that is correct, all employees are doing it
and my coworkers are doing 30% contribution, and you in our company with only 401k
would be one-million?

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#68
  • は？
  • 2023/10/06 (Fri) 19:51
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I kinda don't know what you're talking about. If you have any doubts, do your own research. ？

Even though he is a co-worker, he is much older than me and I was not interested in 401K yet, so I only put in the minimum percentage that would increase the match up from the company, but I took his advice and increased it.

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#69
  • どう逆なん？
  • 2023/10/07 (Sat) 06:02
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The recently released September employment numbers were very good.

So all my holdings and ETFs combined have more than quadrupled in 3 years.
NVIDIA, which I own, is over 8x in 3 years.

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  • 昭和のおとっつぁん
  • 2023/10/07 (Sat) 08:14
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If you are in the One Million, please answer with numbers.
the annual 401k deposit amount is ？ the amount with 30% contribution is ？
the amount per year is ？
and in how many years did you reach One Million ？?

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Accompanying Pets

Pet / Animal
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  • シンガポール駐在予定者
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  • 2023/10/04 20:20

Thank you for your help.

I will be posted to Singapore next April.
Toyf ﾟ I would like to go to Singapore with my le ﾞ t le.

If anyone has already been to Singapore with a pet, could you please tell me how you
got there with your pet ？

Thank you very much.

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Vivinavi Orange County
Living Environment in Irvine

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#1
  • ESKA
  • mail
  • 2023/06/05 11:16

Hello, I have been an expatriate since June and arrived in our area before my family.
I am thinking about living in Irvine, but I wanted to start a topic to let you know where I should live.

We have two children, ages 4 and 2.
My wife is not good at English and would like to join a Japanese community if possible.
We have not decided on a kindergarten yet.


We have heard that West Park and Woodbridge are usually good places to live, and we were going to look in those areas, but there are not many apartments （ and even if there are, they are over our budget ）. So the following areas came up.

Northwood
Cypress Village
Oak Creek
Great Park

I have a boss who told me that the area above Route 5 has few expats and many Chinese people. I have heard that the area above Route 5 has fewer expatriates and more Chinese people.
I am hoping to live in an area with a certain amount of expatriates, but I wonder what the actual situation is like ？

I would like to hear various opinions from people who live in each area or are familiar with the area.
Thank you very much.

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#3

Hi, I live in West Park, Irvine.
I am a long time US resident and not an expat, but I am a mom with an elementary school aged child. There are many Japanese expatriates and other Japanese people in West Park. I have lived in the US for a long time and am not an expatriate, but I know many Japanese expatriates and other Japanese people who live in Westpark. If your wife can drive a car right away, I don't think you have to worry. The West Park area is very livable and beautiful with many parks, and is close to Costco, Whole Foods, Sprouts, Korean supermarkets, Target, etc. It is very comfortable for housewives. Many people live a normal life even if they don't speak English. Our family also rents a condo. The West Park area is very popular and townhouses, condos and apartments are going up $200-$400 a month a year. Even if you try to buy a house, there are very few properties available and the price is usually $ $1,500,000 for a normal 4 room house.
Prices have gone up so much that it is hard to keep up. Prices have gone up so much that they can't keep up with it. There are people living in the Irvine Spectrum, but if you want to raise your children in a park, I wouldn't recommend the Spectrum.
In the Great Park area, new houses are being built all the time and there are many new families. But of course renting a house or condo is also expensive because they are new. It is the same in all areas, but I have known several people who had to move out of their apartments when their children were young because of complaints of noise from the people below them. I know that you are going through a lot of hardship since your wife and children are coming to the U.S., but at first it will be like you are on vacation and it will be fun, but when you live in the U.S., there are many things that will be different from Japan and you may get homesick, but please do your best.

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#4
  • ESKA
  • 2023/10/04 (Wed) 08:49
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Dear Latte

Thank you for your comments and useful information.
（ I am very sorry for the delay in replying ）
In the end, we looked at a lot of places and finally decided on the Great Park area. West Park never came up with any properties in the first place. I also liked Cypress Village and Oak Creek, but they already had several applications, and as a foreigner with no FICO, there was no way I could win. In the end it took over 3 months and a lot of hard work, but we found a good owner, the place of residence was confirmed, and my wife arrived in our area recently.
We still have a lot of work to do in the future, such as finding a license for my wife, finding a community for our children, finding a kindergarten, etc. We are floundering to start up our lives, but as Latte said, we will be homesick when we get settled. Thank you for sharing the information, including your support.

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What medical insurance do you use?

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#1
  • Koma
  • mail
  • 2023/09/21 16:19

And what are the good and bad points of that insurance?

I've been with PPO (Anthem BlueCross \fn165>) for about 6 years now because I can choose a good doctor directly if something goes wrong.
but I've never had a good impression of them, because new appointments are 4 to 6 months away, or when I'm told I need surgery, I'm told afterwards that there is an out-of-network doctor on the team and I'll have to pay for it myself. The good thing is that I was able to get free massages at the chiro for about a year. The doctor retired and it's gone now. I used to be a Blue Shield HMO with a much lower premium than now, but appointments were quicker then.

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  • 昭和のおとっつぁん
  • 2023/09/26 (Tue) 10:48
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Is it an employee of an insurance company who only speaks well of his insurance company?

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#42
  • ゲゲゲ
  • 2023/09/26 (Tue) 18:50
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I'm not recommending the best part of the commission ？.

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#44
  • 昭和のおとっつぁん
  • 2023/10/01 (Sun) 15:24
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BLUECROSS applied from 2022 because they have NATION BENEFITS.
GROCERIE and UTILITES pay $50 each per month and are helpful with shopping.

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#45
  • 70台前半
  • 2023/10/02 (Mon) 18:22
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United Health Care HMO.

Cheap because it's an HMO （ Always free ） Bad （ Can't see specialists right away ）. But there are Japanese doctors in the network and the coverage is unlimited.

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  • ガセネタ太郎
  • 2023/10/02 (Mon) 21:06
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Is a Japanese doctor important ？ Not that he's particularly good.

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A place that provides contact lens prescriptions.

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#1
  • レンズ
  • mail
  • 2023/10/02 19:17

I am new to Hawaii.

I would like to buy contact lenses, where do you get your prescription? ？
My English is not good, so a place where Japanese is spoken is ideal, but I would like to buy as cheaply as possible, so Costco and Sams are also on my list.
Do I need to have any special English skills? ？ Do all places charge an initial consultation fee, etc. ？
This is my first time and I don't know a lot.　Please tell me a lot about your contact life.
Thank you very much.

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#2

If you search the Exchange Plaza by entering "contact" in the search box, you will find past topics on contact, which may be helpful.

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#3
  • nuiloamama
  • 2023/10/02 (Mon) 22:43
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I buy mine at Sam's.

The receptionist is English, but the medical interview asks if you take any medications, but you can fill out the form online in advance.
The pre-test is in simple English, such as "chin up".

The optometrist is a Japanese American and understands simple Japanese.
No.1 and No.2 are only words like which is easier to see ？ or
Read this character ～, so I always ask for Sams.

Optometry fees are covered if you have insurance.
I am about $ 60 because of my age and I get glaucoma, cataracts, intraocular pressure, etc. seen together I order my contacts from the glasses section next door, but
they give me a prescription and I can also buy them by mail order.

If you have insurance, your contact purchase will be covered.

I have also purchased from other ophthalmologists,
the prices are very different.

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American nationals travel to Korea

Visa related
#1
  • hama
  • mail
  • 2023/10/01 01:00

Does an American citizen need a visa to travel to Korea ？?

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You can stay for 90 days without a visa if you have a valid US passport （ one blank page ） for the duration of your stay, as described in the following website.
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/International-Travel-Country-Information-Pages/SouthKorea. html

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#3
  • SJDummy
  • 2023/10/02 (Mon) 10:25
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I made a comment yesterday, but it seems to have disappeared, so I will make it again.
As explained in the following site, US passport holders can enter Korea for 90 days without a visa, no K-ETA required.
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/International-Travel-Country-Information-Pages/SouthKorea. html

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#4
  • hama
  • 2023/10/02 (Mon) 16:00
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Thanks for letting us know ！.

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  • hama
  • 2023/10/02 (Mon) 16:01
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Thanks for your reply ！

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Vivinavi Los Angeles
Recommended Wine

Word of mouth
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  • geko
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  • 2023/09/27 08:26

I would like to ask for the wisdom of all you wine connoisseurs.

I would like to buy wine to bring as a souvenir when I go back home to Japan, but I am not a wine drinker, so I would appreciate it if you could help me.
The conditions are
1 ． reasonably priced
2 ． available in the area （ like Trejo ）
3 ． good for the price and not too picky
quite selfish （ strict ？ If you have any suggestions, please let me know ！.
Thank you very much.

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  • Shakira
  • 2023/09/29 (Fri) 20:53
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↑ I agree

TRADER JOE'S tote bag white is easy to use, because even Amazon （ Japan and US ） $ 10.00 more.

https://www.trip-attendant.com/bring/tips-bring-alcohol-on-airplane/
In case you're wondering, "What to bring home as a souvenir ＆ from your trip abroad. What to look out for when bringing back liquor as souvenirs on your trip abroad, and the duty-free coverage of liquor".

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#17
  • え？
  • 2023/09/30 (Sat) 08:37
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Wine has been turned into Trejo's eco-bag.

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  • ガセネタ太郎
  • 2023/09/30 (Sat) 09:21
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14 The wines that anyone would consider good are the ones that have been sitting in barrels for years, but are expensive.
If you are concerned about taste, it is much smarter to go to the duty free store at the airport.

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When you go to France, there are many kinds of wines, but I have had the experience that you can't go wrong if you order Bordeaux wine, no matter how expensive or inexpensive it may be. Charles III of England was drinking Bordeaux wine the other day, wasn't he? Whenever I go to a supermarket in France and spend more than $10 for a Bordeaux wine, it is always OK.

If you are a member of Costco you can get a good 4 bottles of Bordeaux wine for about $30 something right now. I have already bought 8 bottles.
If you are going from California to Japan, but only if you are okay with French wine. California wines, cheap ones, will be sour.

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#22

Thank you all
for all your input.
I will use them as a reference.

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Online reservation start ！.

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  • とみーず
  • mail
  • 2023/10/02 02:04

Tomisato Chuo Community Center ・ Tomisato Hokubu Community Center ・ Chubu Fureai Center's "Online Reservation" has started ！ It will be very convenient to make online reservation!

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Inzai City Character

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#1
  • さいさい
  • mail
  • 2023/10/02 01:59

I personally like "Inzai-kun," the character of Inzai City, because he is cute. Inzai-kun" is based on the image of a cute rhinoceros holding a seal with the first letter of the city name engraved on it. The tip of his tail is a cosmos, the city flower, and his body is mainly pink, the color of the flower. ！
What is your favorite local character ？?

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