Guest posts and events
(just to remind everyone: the Monday Read is written on Monday, and you can find it on the site and on Facebook then, but if you are reading this from the newsletter it’s a week behind. Shouldn’t make much difference to most of the content)
Just got back from an exhausting but very fun couple of days in Tsukuba. Our seminar on Saturday was a great success: not only sold out but a wonderful crowd and we ended up extending the session by about four hours (lunch afterwards then the train ride back to Tokyo).
Which reminded me of one of the best things about RetireJapan (both the online community and the events): just how nice everyone is. After the Tsukuba seminar, everyone was commenting on what a good social event it turned out to be 🙂
So we’re definitely hoping to do more events. The format this time (one sponsored event to an institution or group, combined with a public event the previous or next day) worked extremely well. If you are part of an institution or group that would be interested in hosting a RetireJapan seminar, please get in touch.
We’re also looking for content for the blog. Our guest post last week seems to be extremely popular, and we’d love to run more of them. If you have something you’d like to write about for the blog (should be of interest to RetireJapan readers and not just blatantly commercial), or if you’d be willing to be featured in a Reader Profile, please also get in touch 🙂
This week’s links
- Good news. Hopefully this will accelerate further: Renewable energy to expand by 50% in next five years – report
- In my experience, you don’t make ‘a’ plan, you plan, and then you adjust your plan, and then adjust it again… Guessing game
- This is great and essential for children IMO. Put your phone in the genkan to charge: A Piece of Advice I Wish I’d Included in My Book
- Plan for the unprecedented: The new norm: Japanese experts warn of more rain, raging rivers and submerged homes
- Maybe I need some more hobbies: Why ambitious people have (unrelated) hobbies
- Time to check your insurance policies: 90% of homes flooded in typhoon ineligible for gov’t support
This week’s discussions
- Best option for sending large amount of funds outside of Japan
- What Real Estate Agent?
- Loans
- Bargaining
- Is TransferWise really cheaper vs JapanPost/GoRemit/etc…?
This week’s books
- London Falling, by Paul Cornell. This is an interesting police/supernatural crossover. Just started it, it is okay so far 🙂
- A Little Hatred, by Joe Abercrombie. The first book in his new trilogy. Violent fantasy in a gritty world. Started very well, but now I have to wait for him to write the next two 🙁
*these are affiliate links, so if you click on them and then buy something we will get a few yen. Yoroshiku!
Regarding number 6, along with checking one’s home insurance, everyone should take a look at the hazard map for their neighborhood. Most of the areas that flooded were already identified as hazard zones. And anyone considering moving to a new area should definitely check these maps before they leap.
As for number 3, this would be a non-starter for me, my smartphone is also my dictionary while I watch Japanese TV…
Thanks as always for the excellent links!
After the last month, I’m not sure buying a house in Arakawa-ku was necessarily a great idea, though if you would like another data point on the thought processes behind making the decision to buy, I’d be happy to set it all down in more detail.
Also very happy to see Paul Cornell in your reading list – we used to be regulars at the same pub quiz, before I moved out to Tokyo. As you can imagine he was pretty good at anything science-fiction related!
That would be great -I really enjoy these very specific case study guest posts, the more the merrier.
Also very cool that you knew Paul. By the end of the book I may be a fan 🙂