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Just for future reference, but I don't think you can lump somewhere like Furano in with standard inaka that is full of old people and akiya. Ski resorts have demand from non-locals, non-Japanese included of course, and that makes their real estate markets much less likely to depreciate. Anyone who h...

For a big width, I guess you'd have to line up the rails best you can end-to-end and alternate sashes in the front and rear slots to cover the entire window. For full-height polycarbonate, one of the manufacturers recommends using aluminum reinforcement over the clip-on frames to stop the glazing fr...

The Honda vans with 1.5L engines are all turbos. It looks like they get very good fuel economy. See the last column in this link for real world economy reported by owners. 10.65km/l for a big 7 seater box with economy-killing 4wd is very good. The less boxy ones will do better than the Step Wagon. h...

Another way to do this as DIY is with PVC frames sold by a company called Hikari. Some home centers, Cainz Home at least, stock the kits. The link is just one example. The kit does not include glazing, just the runners that fit in the window and the framing to go around the glazing sheet. For Google...

Hi everyone. The news media have been reporting that the government is going to offer more relief to Covid-hit businesses. It's the 持続化給付金 that gave out up to one million yen last year, or two million if you are incorporated. It sounds like it will be half that this year if your sales are under 100 ...