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• 倍金萬
• 2019/01/19 (Sat) 22:16
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Mr. Yumbei,

＞ You are not allowed to use the items you buy in Japan

That's a pretext and you don't check every time you leave the country. I have never bought alcohol because I can't drink at all, but I bought a modest suit at "Menswear no Aoki" because I thought I might wear it for funerals （ ） of others, etc., although I have no chance to wear a suit since I retired.

I didn't care about tax exemption, but while I was talking to the clerk, I told her I was taking the suit back to Los Angeles, and she automatically gave me tax exemption. I had to fill out a lot of paperwork. I ordered a sleeping bag and mat for the pilgrimage (about 30,000 yen in total) from MontBell online, and I had to pick them up at a store in Japan, but I was staying in Asakusa, and the closest store that handles MontBell's duty free is in Ikebukuro, but only during the evening rush hour. I gave up and went to the Okachimachi store.

Not only Yamanote line, but also Tokyo ・ Osaka's morning and evening commuter trains are hell. Even a cheapskate like me hasn't experienced that hell for decades. It's scary.

• いつまで敗戦国を背負うの？
• 2019/01/20 (Sun) 08:14
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I wonder how long they will continue this tax exemption
since even foreigners use public streets, toilets and water which are controlled by taxpayers.

By the way, the rush hour subways in NY are hell too.
Commuting from Riverside to downtown LA by car is also hell. （ 4+ hours round trip every day ）

• 倍金萬
• 2019/01/20 (Sun) 10:26
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＞ Even foreigners can use public roads, toilets, and water facilities managed by taxes

The tax for this purpose started this year is the "departure tax", officially called "tourism promotion tax", which is used for all tourist facilities and public facilities in Japan. The tax is expected to generate about 40 billion yen in tax revenue per year. In the U.S., an exit tax has been imposed for a long time, and Japanese nationals in the U.S. pay $15 or so every time they return to Japan.

• いつまで敗戦国を背負うの？
• 2019/01/20 (Sun) 11:12
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Finally...an exit tax.

It seems that ODA is finally stopped after the Chinese became wealthier...
Japanese government is too slow to respond to anything.

Do you give tax exemption to foreigners on the streets of the U.S. ？
I wish Japan would keep it only in the airports.
This is really ridiculous.

• 間違った比較の問題
• 2019/01/20 (Sun) 11:38
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＞ Commuting from Riverside to downtown LA by car is also hell, I hear.

Comparing the commuting hell in Japan with that in LA is complete nonsense.
In Tokyo, it's so packed that you can hardly move, let alone stand up and breathe.
In contrast, in the U.S., you can sit comfortably
in a seat as comfortable as a CEO's chair, listening to your favorite music and sipping a hot cup of coffee.