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• 倍金萬です
• 2026/02/21 (Sat) 10:25
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70+,

Thank you for all your advice.

Yes, the economy class seat size seems to be narrower than JAL/ANA in front, back, left and right.

I was born just before the war and I am 5'-06" taller and shorter than young people today, but

if my knees touch the back of the front seat, I don't think I can relax during a long flight.

If the restrooms are crowded, I have to stand outside the door for a long time,

which might be a nice change of pace.

Also, my wife is taking her I-Pad with her, so I can put a lot of videos on it to pass the time.

＞ Flat seat first class is cheap

It's like JAL/ANA business class made even smaller.

My wife, who is also a cheapskate, rejected this one.

• 日本で
• 2026/02/22 (Sun) 20:07
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I go back to Japan with my child for about 2 months every year.

I walk about 20 minutes from my parents' house to the bus stop in the countryside and take a bus for about 25 minutes to get to the JR station.

I don't go very far, but I wish I had a bicycle to go to the local supermarket or my sister's house (15 minutes away by car), but a regular bicycle is too hot and too heavy for me.

I'm wondering if it's a good idea to buy an electric bike to use less than 2 months a year and would like to hear your opinions.

Also, I think it is possible to buy a 3-seater tuk-tuk (less than 1,000,000 yen) that does not require a garage permit and can be driven with a regular driver's license, but I am not sure if I should keep it even though I will only drive it for 2 months a year.

I have a shed with a covered door, so I can store it without being exposed to rain and wind, but I am worried that it will deteriorate if I don't drive it ？.

If there is only one person, it is an electric bicycle, but a tuk-tuk is very attractive because you can take your child a short distance. A car is difficult because there is no place to put it even if we rent a car.

• 倍金萬です
• 2026/02/23 (Mon) 16:29
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#4564 "In Japan",

I am 82 years old and have been living in the US since I was 27 years old. "I have never been back to Japan long enough to "live" in Japan like you do, so unfortunately I can't answer any questions.

I can imagine what an electric bicycle is like, but I have no idea what a "tuk-tuk" is like.

If anyone has any information that would be useful to "San in Japan, please feel free to reply to this topic.

• 倍金萬です
• 2026/02/26 (Thu) 15:19
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Please let me know.

As I wrote in #4559, I chose ZipAir as my airline to Japan this time.

Where is the ZipAir departure counter at LAX?

Well, it is like a subsidiary of JAL, so is it next to the JAL counter?

Last year I flew back by ANA, and I still remember that there was a long line at the ANA departure counter, and it took about an hour to get to the

counter after arriving at LAX.

Before that, last year I took 118 → 405 from my house in San Fernando Vally and it took more than 2 hours

to get there, when it would have taken about 45 minutes if it was not crowded.

• ZipAir
• Yesterday 23:46
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＞ Where is the ZipAir departure counter at LAX?

These days airports share both check-in counters and departure gates on an as-needed and timed basis. You can ask at the information desk when you arrive at the airport where the check-in counter is located.

＞ Economy class seat size seems to be narrower than JAL/ANA.

Are the left and right sides also narrow? Is ZipAir's fuselage narrower than JAL/ANA's?

＞ I am 82 years old now and have basically lived in the US since I was 27

I have repeatedly heard that I was born exactly one year before the war ended. So you must be 81 now, and have decided that 81 will never happen, and jumped from 80 to 82?

• 意味不明
• Yesterday 21:21
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I've been told the same thing at the consulate and I'm putting on my ()} but I'll definitely take it off at the next renewal. It's just inconvenient as the Lord wrote.
It's really my personal opinion, but the consulate people's information is not updated after all. ？ I think they are just giving the same guidance "because there is no precedent" and "because they have done so until now" which is unique to Japan.
I regret the people around me who have added 你( )． I know people around me who regret having put 你(你) not only in their marriages but also in their children's names, because they put their middle names.

• 意味不明
• Yesterday 21:30
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One more thing...
I think it is only ()} that is disturbing. For example,

maiden name: Hanako Yamada
US DL: Hanako Yamada Smith
GC: Hanako Yamada Smith
ticket: Hanako YamadaSmith (enter without spaces) Passport: Hanako Yamada Smith

I think it is OK. There are many non-Japanese who get married and use their maiden name as their middle name, and if you do this, you will not be caught in any strange places.

• 領事館は正しい
• Yesterday 23:34
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Hanako Yamada is your real name as a Japanese. Hanako Smith is your quasi-real name in the U.S. only. Your passport is the only document that proves that Hanako Yamada and Hanako Smith are the same person. It is because of this passport that Hanako Yamada can call herself Hanako Smith in the U.S.

Even if there is no problem now in the US, the current rules for marriage certificates may change in the future. If the alias is not used anymore, you will have to change everything to Hanako Yamada, such as Grobal Entry, GC, SSN, driver's license, credit cards, etc. In order to do this, you need to process everything before processing your passport. The first step is to change everything to Hanako Yamada before processing your passport.

• 倍金萬です
• 2026/02/11 (Wed) 21:16
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Today I went to the hospital for what was supposed to be a routine blood checkup.

A few hours later, I automatically received the test results by e-mail.

Two items are a little out of the safe range, but this is usual and no special treatment is needed.

I go to a paid fitness club twice a week, and I attend a decent weekly yoga class at the LA City Senior Center.

I would like to walk for an hour every day, but I get sloppy and do it every other day.

Well, my body is healthy for an 82 year old, but the blur is starting to show a little, but there is no cure for that.

• 倍金萬です
• 2026/02/23 (Mon) 20:14
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I don't want to go to the trouble of starting a stand-alone topic, so I'll put it here.

"Broadcast Accident" First Pitch

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tyZ8LZoF8X4

• 倍金萬です
• 2026/02/25 (Wed) 17:01
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It's amazing that they even let dogs skydive.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/2553958955000103

I was also crazy about this skydiving when I was a student.

At that time, to do this skydiving near Tokyo, you needed a runway where a Cessna plane could take off and land, and a large area of land without trees or buildings where you could land safely with a parachute. Fortunately, the Narashino Airborne Unit of the Ground Self-Defense Force in Chiba Prefecture was cooperative and allowed us to use their huge drop-off site for parachute drops.

After moving to the US, I dived several times at a diving site in New Jersey, and also at Lake ・ Elsinore in Riverside after moving to LA. This was way back when I was a bachelor.

I still have the parachute I used then lying in my garage. At the time, it was a round parachute that had been used and discarded by the Army and converted for diving. Today's parachutes for diving are mainly long squares and look like wings, right?

Are there any skydivers who come to this bivy?

• サイトウ
• Yesterday 18:17
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It may or may not apply to dysautonomia.
I have no experience with this. I suggest you google it and get it treated as soon as possible.

• 倍金萬です
• Yesterday 23:02
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＞ Fortunately, the Narashino Airborne Unit of the Ground Self-Defense Force in Chiba Prefecture was very cooperative and allowed me to use their huge drop field used for parachute drops

Have any of you enlisted in the Self-Defense Forces, including trial enlistment, in any of the Japanese land, sea or air forces?

I enlisted in the Narashino Airborne Corps in Chiba Prefecture, as mentioned above, but only for two weeks.

I was seriously ・ absorbed in training, except for Sundays off, because if my parachute didn't open, I would "die instantly. I was so excited.

I was so sunburned and my cheeks were so chiseled. It was a good experience for me.

Regardless of your political beliefs, I would recommend your child to enlist in the JSDF's civilian human experiment.

• iolani 親です
• 2026/02/20 (Fri) 23:20
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My child attends iolani. We started in 1st grade from Waitlist.
iolani is on Waitlist until 5th if you are in Waitlist in Kinder. if there is an Opening Spot, you are approached in order.
Every year, there are around 100 students accepted （ They claim 96, but some years there are 100 ） There are 40 other Waitlists, but some students quit, so
Quite often there are almost 40 Waitlists somewhere during Elementary. The current situation is that we are able to enroll.
This time, the 4th recruitment is quite rare. However, as the Lord said, there are currently only 86 students in the grade that will be the 4th this summer, and there are a lot of students who want to go to Punahou who did not get into Punahou in Kinder. There are also some students who move to Punahou if they pass the exam. （ Every year several students take the exam and about 3-5 pass ）
Other than that, there are students who move back to their respective countries, families who find it difficult to pay the tuition fees, etc. Some students leave every year because they don't fit iolani.
When my child took the kinder exam, iolani was booming and there were many families who chose iolani if they were accepted to both punahou and iolani, but recently, it seems that there are many who are accepted to both and go to punahou, and more than half of the 40 students on the iolani kinder waitlist are accepted to kinder. More than half of the 40 waitlisted students in Kinder at iolani have been accepted to Kinder.
All private schools are struggling to survive. Some schools are even disappearing.
As a parent of a current student, I feel that iolani is now in a situation where they cannot apply until the 6th grade and have to change.

• とめ
• 2026/02/26 (Thu) 18:12
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I am also a parent of an Iolani student.
We went to public 6th grade, but it wasn't the right fit for my kids and they went into 7th grade. I feel that a lot of families move quite a bit because of the land. Also, there are some families that say they are having a tougher time paying the bills.
There are times when there are many openings, but the families that really want to apply seem to inquire every year and take on the challenge. There is also a debate going on here about Punahou or Iolani, but each school has its own characteristics and atmosphere, and I think this is largely a matter of compatibility with the child. I hear that Iolani has more homework than Punahou, but if you have good grades （ and aim to graduate without losing credits ） I think it is not that hard, but those who aim for higher are really working hard, which is surprising even to parents.
This may be a little off from the 4th recruitment, but I think it is a good idea to take some kind of action every year if you want your child to attend the school, without being influenced by the number of applicants or the popularity of the school.

• 質問
• Yesterday 01:23
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Iolani School disciplines seniors over sexual list targeting female students, staff, sources say
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2026/02/26 /iolani-school-disciplines-seniors-over-sexual-list-targeting-female-students-staff-sources-say/
I saw this news article.
If you know specifics, could you please let us know?
I am wondering how such a problem could have occurred at one of the top schools in Hawaii.

• ニュース
• Yesterday 12:31
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Iolani, you were in the news.
My child also started at Iolani from Kinder and now attends the middle school.
Various students are coming from the middle school, and some of them have surprising language and attitudes that my child is surprised.
As a result, it is the parents' responsibility, but my child feels that there are students who have no morals in the school.
In fact, the school's popularity seems to be declining, and the ratio of students who enter is decreasing year by year.
My child's friendships have continued from Kinder, so she is not thinking about changing schools, but I am concerned.
Especially since the school has students with such poor morals that they are in the news. As a parent, I am worried.
I work at a tutoring center
The "serious Iolani" students are changing in quality these days. I have the impression that Punahou has a stricter school discipline and the students are more solid.
If Iolani banned all devices such as cell phones, Apple watches, tablets, etc. in the school, students would be able to communicate with each other, play physically, and
grow up healthy both mentally and physically. This is a very unfortunate incident.

• Limonada
• mail
• 2026/02/26 (Thu) 18:28
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I don't know if there is a waiting area or Uber stop, but there is a narrow road that deadends between the Ritz-Carlton and the movie theater, so why don't you walk there ？ It is about a 10 minute walk.

• ヤマダ
• 2026/02/19 (Thu) 16:17
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You could try an eSIM ？
For example, Nomad eSIM offers 30 days/5GB for $10.
I'm sure there are many other cheaper places if you look around, but just FYI ！.

• nuiloamama
• 2026/02/19 (Thu) 18:52
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I always use
JapanConnect eSIM.
15 days, 10G, 1870 yen.
You will receive a QR code when you apply.
You can put it in your phone while you are in Hawaii
and use it as soon as you arrive in Japan.

Please search eSim for various plans.

• 戌年
• 2026/02/20 (Fri) 03:18
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Yamada-san, nuiloamama
Thanks for the advice ！ I will search Nomad eSIM and JapanConnect eSIM immediately.

• Tsuyoshi
• 2026/02/23 (Mon) 22:49
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I use Hanacell.
I can keep my Japanese number and it is very convenient when I go back to Japan temporarily.

• 戌年
• 2026/02/25 (Wed) 23:59
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Tsuyoshi
Hanacell I have heard of it. I'll look into it ！ Thanks.

• ringo
• 2026/02/25 (Wed) 12:02
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If it's a simple tax return, I think one way is to do it yourself with Turbo tax ！ payment is last, （ if you don't agree, you don't have to Submit ） and it's easy to answer the questions. You can even throw your questions to chat gpt now and then and get them in Japanese. Good luck ！

• ターボタックス
• 2026/02/25 (Wed) 12:09
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Especially if you don't have a second job or income across the country or state, you can download Turbotax and do it yourself. It takes about an hour if you have all the necessary documents ＆ numbers, and the results are easy to get within a few hours of submitting.

• Caracasa
• 2026/02/25 (Wed) 18:46
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ringo and turbotax

Thank you for your quick comments.
I've been throwing it all to my accountant for a long time and wasn't confident, but
after reading the comments from both of you, I feel like I should try it myself ！.

The income is from one place and probably not too difficult for me, so
I will consult ChatGPT or Gemini and give it a try ！ ！ ！

"What to do, I am in trouble " I was upset and asked for help, but
I will try it myself for the future.

Thank you for your comment ♪
I will do my best! \1769> I'll do my best!

• ｓ
• 2026/02/25 (Wed) 10:55
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If you are staying on the Big Island for two nights, you will be limited to visiting only one side of the island, but I think you will enjoy both the Kona and Hilo sides of the island. I think the Hilo side is closer to all the tourist attractions, so you can save on travel time.