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About Honolulu Marathon Entry Numbers(2kview/2res)
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Taxes on Real Estate Purchases in Japan(3kview/5res)
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Vivinavi Los Angeles
Wi-Fi in Japan Travel

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  • 2025/11/03 11:58

I am planning to go to Japan for the first time in a long time. Before Corona, I used to rent a Japanese cell phone or portable Wi-Fi when going to Japan. When I went to Canada, I used Verizon's Travel Pass. I used Wi-Fi in hotels in Canada to access the Internet. I would like to know what you do when you go to Japan ? I would like to get your advice because I am not good with tech. I would like to confirm that
I can make phone calls and text when I use Verizon's travel plan, but I can only use the Internet in hotels and shopping centers that have Wi-Fi. It is enough, though.
If I use eSIM, does it mean that I can only use internet in Japan or do I need Verizon travel plan at the same time ? ?
If I use Verizon travel plan, do I turn on roaming in Japan? ?
Sorry for all the stupid questions 🙇‍ ♀ ️Please advise me 🙇.

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  • ポケ
  • 2025/11/18 (Tue) 21:29
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Unlimited is good if you don't mind slowdowns !

I don't know anything difficult, so I can always use it normally. I can expect to panic if it suddenly slows down or stops while I'm driving, so I'm excited to get unlimited.

I think people who understand how much they use, GB and capacity, can save more.

Last year I don't remember my battery running that low if I charged it in the morning and went and used it occasionally on the road, but this year I was often frustrated because I just used it a little and it ran out of charge quickly.

Last year I didn't carry a mobile charger with me, but this year if I didn't have a mobile charger, the battery was completely dead before the evening.

It is quite heavy to carry mobile charger, smartphone, and pocket Wi-Fi. But I think it is a sacrifice to make my stay in unfamiliar Japan as convenient as possible.

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#22

> I turned it on only when I wanted to make a call, since there was no incoming call.

This is too old a story to be of any help, but it was around 2012 when I stayed overnight in Dogo Onsen Town in Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture on a walking pilgrimage to Shikoku on a trip to Japan, and the next morning I was walking through the city to the next temple, No. 52, Taiyama-ji. The next morning, I was walking through the city to the next temple, 52nd Taisanji Temple, when my cell phone rang through my pocket WiFi.

When I picked up the phone, it was a friend of my wife's (XX) and she said, "I tried to call you but you didn't answer, so I called your husband. \If you are there, can you please take over the phone?

That's not good. I picked up the phone and said, "I'm walking around Matsuyama city in Shikoku, Japan, and of course my wife is not around, so I'll hang up the phone. But the other party didn't seem to understand what I said, so they called me again right away.

I have such memories of Pocket WiFi, and I can still clearly recall the situation.

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  • Anna
  • 2025/12/11 (Thu) 21:51
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Thank you all for all the advice. I apologize for not responding to some of them. 🙇‍ ♀️We got back from Japan yesterday, we are here for a week. My husband texts frequently with friends in the US, so we got the Verizon travel pass. It's $12 a day per person. We went to Fukuoka City and stayed at a hotel with Wi-Fi, a shopping mall with Wi-Fi, used LINE with relatives in Japan, and were able to roam and Google where there was no Wi-Fi. Everything went well. Thank you all for your advice ♪ ❤️❤️👍👍🙇

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  • ポケ
  • 2025/12/14 (Sun) 08:48
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Good for you !.

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  • 2025/12/14 (Sun) 15:05
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#23 Anna,

I see...that's a way to go. I will use it as a reference for my trip to Japan next spring.

Well, I'm too old to surf the net while traveling in Japan unless I have to. Younger people may have many chances to contact their parents, siblings, or best friends by phone, but I am over 80 years old and my mother, who is over 100 years old, is living in a very good facility, but I have lost my head. I go to visit her at the facility, but I can't get a conversation going, even though my son has come to visit her. I guess that's what she means.

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  • 佐々オート
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  • 2025/09/09 08:14

I am retired and have no job. The children are all on their own and seem to be safe and sound, and I haven't heard from them.
My old dog passed away at the age of 18. I am bored and bored.

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  • 2025/09/11 (Thu) 17:13
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Today is another boring day. And there's no Dodgers game.

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Would you like to talk to us with aphasia ??

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  • 2025/05/07 20:43

We do Ichihara City Aphasia once each spring, summer, fall and winter. People with aphasia have difficulty in speaking and cannot communicate what they want to say to others, and it makes it hard for them to leave their homes. Some of them become depressed.
Come and talk with us ?
Qualified speech therapists and supporters will help you to speak.

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Vivinavi Hawaii
Furiigana in accordance with the revision of the Family Registration Law

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  • こーの字
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  • 2025/05/27 14:51

As many of you may already know,
the Family Registration Law was revised on May 26th (Japan time), and furigana will now be included.
Those who have a certificate of residence in Japan will receive a postcard from the local government confirming their yomigana, but those who have removed their certificate of residence will not receive any notice.
The following link contains Q&A for overseas residents. I also think that the Consulate General of Honolulu will contact us in due course.
If you have a name that is easily misread ( yourself ) I think it would be a good idea to read it.
https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/toko/todoke/pagew_000001_01529.html

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Vivinavi Hawaii
license renewal

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  • 2025/05/04 15:49

I live in Japan, est. and I am in Hawaii. I got my Hawaii driver's license 25 years ago and renewed it once, but I was told like without proof of living here, gas and electric receipts and social security number, it expires in 2019, but I saw a post here and it said that in Waianae you can renew it if you have your passport and license. I read here that you can renew your passport and driver's license in Wai'anae. I would like to know if this is really possible and if I have to make an appointment.

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It's not possible anymore, it's been quite a few years since they got stricter.
Tourists in Esta can no longer renew or even get a new one, without a SSN and a current address.

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  • 2025/05/04 (Sun) 19:01
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You can find the documents needed to renew your license here.
https://alohaq.honolulu.gov/?lp&cat=1&name=Driver%20Licensing%20and%20Satellite%20Services
I have not looked closely, but given the current Given the current situation, I think that renewal with a passport and driver's license may be difficult ?.
I don't know if walk-ins can renew.

I also heard that a written and road test is required one year after your license expires.
https://www.honolulu.gov/csd/drivers-license-faq/#:~:text=You%20can%20renew%20your%20expired,well%20as%20the%20road%20test.
What happens if I let my Hawaii license expire?

However, I think it has been possible to switch from a Japanese license to a Hawaii license without an exam for several years now.
Maybe, but I think that only applies to residents.
I think you can check that by yourself.

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  • 2025/05/04 (Sun) 20:14
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Postscript.
Perhaps the submitter was referring to a previous post here. I recall because I answered some of them myself.
https://hawaii.vivinavi.com/jpn/eb/index/-/_widg_34297104fa88bbb0870bc7852ba770dd23e9012328/

This one is not a Real ID, You mentioned that you got a Limited Purpose Driver's License, not a Real ID.
I wonder if this one also fulfills the contributor's purpose and what proof of residency is required.
https://www.honolulu.gov/csd/limited-purpose-drivers-license/

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  • 2025/03/05 08:37

It looks like the flight from Narita to Houston has started !
I wonder if it will be possible to return to Japan more cheaply.

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About Honolulu Marathon Entry Numbers

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  • Honolulu Marathon
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  • 2024/12/01 01:05

I have signed up and received my email, but have not received my entry number yet.
I think I received it last year around this time, but my memory is not so clear and I don't remember.
I also sent an email a week ago inquiring about it but have not received a reply, so I would appreciate it if someone could give me some information
about whether I have already received it or not yet. Thank you in advance.

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  • Sean0914
  • 2024/12/01 (Sun) 10:09
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I, too, have yet to come.
Last year I came 4 days ago, but my son's, who signed up with me, never came
You can find your bib number by entering your name and date of birth on a
tablet installed at the convention center.

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  • 2024/12/01 (Sun) 21:23
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Sean0914

Thank you for the information. I am relieved to know that I can find it at the convention center.

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I would like to know about English.

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  • 2024/09/24 03:32

① We aim to reflect the unique spirit of Japan in our products and bring smiles and peaceful feelings to the people who visit our store and to those who take them.

② Various peoples arrived in the Far East after a long journey, and over time became an "island" and a small country.
The wisdom to live peacefully in the island nation of "Japan" is "to accept others, to know enough, and to give in.

It is this spirit that made Japan the longest lasting peaceful country in the world with a single dynasty.
The Japanese sense of aesthetics, with its love of natural beauty and eye for detail; the creativity and flexibility to adapt and change ideas and forms from scratch, like furoshiki and origami. While there is a nerdiness in pursuit of perfect precision,
there is also a Japanese grace in extreme cutting and simplicity. Can we please

reflect this unique Japanese spirit in our products and bring smiles and peaceful feelings to the people who visit our store and to those who take them.


I would like to translate this Japanese into English, but I am struggling. If anyone has any good ideas, please let me know.

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  • 昭和のおとっつぁん
  • 2024/09/24 (Tue) 10:12
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If you use google translate to check and choose sentences that are close to the Japanese meaning.

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I tried Google Translate and found

"At our store, we aim to reflect the unique Japanese spirit in our products and bring smiles and peace of mind to those who visit our store and those who pick them up. to reflect the unique Japanese spirit in our products and bring smiles and peace of mind to those who visit our store and those who pick them up.

The company became.

"Reflect the unique Japanese spirit in our products and bring smiles and peace of mind to those who visit our store and those who pick them up" is a uniquely Japanese expression and English speakers may not understand it.

For English-speaking people in general, "the spirit of the Japanese" means "what is it ?? It is like a Japanese soldier who runs right into enemy fire shouting "Banzai for the Emperor!" Therefore, it is doubtful that the Google Translate translation is really meaningful.

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  • 2024/09/30 (Mon) 18:11
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> To begin with, "reflecting the spirit in the product" is a uniquely Japanese expression, and English speakers may not get the idea.

You want to know the synonyms in English.
If you are told "Fall down seven times and get up eight times" in English, would you abbreviate it as "Fall down seven times and get up eight times" ?
Never give up. 766> you old man who don't understand English, don't come out from your own topic.

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  • 昭和のおとっつぁん
  • 2024/10/01 (Tue) 09:03
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# Don't you old man who doesn't understand English get out of your own topic

Then why don't you, who is good at English, just write it for him?
I wonder why you need to put them down. You remind me of "Mother of Showa" who was a prolific hare.

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  • 2024/10/01 (Tue) 22:26
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You can use Chat GPT.
There is a video in Japanese on You Tube to show you how to do it.

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If there is a Japanese person in Toyota sales, please introduce me.

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  • Aika
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  • 2024/08/22 01:19

I am considering a new Toyota car.
If there is a Toyota Daylor salesman who speaks Japanese
I would like to buy from him.
If there is a Japanese salesman, could you please let me know ?.

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  • LILIA
  • 2024/08/22 (Thu) 16:58
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Hi !

It's faster to go to Toyota and ask.

No one spoke Japanese the day I bought it

Maybe it was off. They may not be able to tell you over the phone, so

I think you should visit them.

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  • Aika
  • 2024/08/23 (Fri) 14:23
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I'll try to visit.

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  • 2024/08/23 (Fri) 23:30
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Maybe there is no one who can speak Japanese at Toyota Dealer.

Mercedes ・ There is a Japanese speaker at Mercedes
Mercedes ・ It is possible to order Toyota cars from Mercedes
so you should ask him.

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There is a nice salesman at Honolulu Toyota named Kim Danny who speaks Japanese.
He kindly called and texted me until my new car arrived in June.

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Taxes on Real Estate Purchases in Japan

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  • 2024/07/01 20:02

I just can't bring myself to move the yen right now because of the amazingly weak yen situation.
At the moment, I would like to buy a house in Japan to secure a place to stay in Japan, as I would like to live a hybrid lifestyle in the future.
In addition to the property tax in Japan,
are there any other taxes that would apply if I owned land in another country in the U.S. ?
Are there any documents that I need to obtain from the consulate or other authorities when I purchase a house in Japan?
Do I have to file a tax return with the IRS for deposits in Japan,
or do I have to file for land, houses, etc. ?
I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has had similar experiences, any problems, good or bad, etc.

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  • 2024/07/01 (Mon) 22:40
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> I just can't bring myself to move the yen right now because the weak yen situation is so great.

AI predictions say it will eventually reach 230 yen per dollar. If I don't move now, I will lose a lot of money.

> Do I have to declare my land, house, etc. ?

I heard that property tax in Japan was deductible in the US until a few years ago although I don't have to. I heard that if you rent out your house in Japan, you have to declare your rental income in the US.

>hybrid living

Do you have permanent residency in Japan? It would be miserable if you have a place to live in Japan but not the right to live there, like the Chinese who buy a bomb of Japanese real estate but cannot live in Japan.

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>Hybrid Living

Even if you have relatives and family in Japan, it is still uncomfortable to have them stay there all the time. Hotels are expensive.
Every time I go back to Japan, I wish I had my own house where I can live without any worries.

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> AI predictions say it will eventually be 230 yen to the dollar. Is it a big loss if I don't move now

How can you trust AI so much?

You will get burned if you take a gamble.

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  • 2024/08/31 (Sat) 13:03
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> I just can't bring myself to move the yen now because the weak yen situation is so great.

( LOL ) The yen has appreciated by about 20 yen compared to 2 months ago
If you spend your Japanese yen in Japan, the weak yen doesn't matter
If you want to convert your Japanese yen to dollars, now is a good time to do so
I wonder 。。。。
By the way, are you going to buy a house with cash ? or is this just a dream for the next few decades ? the laws will have changed by then.......no need to talk about it now.

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