How to send letter or packages outside Japan?

Japan post is one the most convenient to send parcels to your love ones outside the country. Visit the link below for more information regarding instruction, rates, and other services.

http://www.post.japanpost.jp/int/use/index_en.html

How to register Gas, Electricity and Water?

Contact numbers for Electricity, Gas, and Water. (English Available)

 

★Electricity(Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama Prefecture)

-0120-665-001
 

★Gas(Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama Prefecture)

-0570-002211
 

★Water

-Tokyo                - 03-5326-1100

-Yokoyama City  - 045-847-6262

-Kawasaki City   - 044-200-3137

How to get Internet Connection?

Wondering about how you set up internet connection in Japan?

In general, it takes 2 weeks to arrange internet connection. So it is a better idea to get it started early.
We do have the contact details of several internet providers that speak English, please see below.

A) NTT(FLET’S) – 0120-565-950(English)
- http://flets.com/english/index.html?link_id=g_home

B) KDDI – 0077-78-0081(English)

- http://www.kddi.com/english/personal/service/internet/index.html

C) OCN - 0120-506506(English)

http://www.ocn.ne.jp/english/hikari/wflets/charges/

 

How to get accounting Support?

~Hashimoto International Accounting office~

Mr. Hashimoto has a lot of experiences with full English support and reasonable prices.

He continuously provide full support to clients and individuals for Japanese Tax, Social Insurances and management solutions.

We would like to introduce on 2 service examples:

1. Lump Sum Withdrawal Payment(Pension Refund) applications and Income tax refund after Pension Refund

2. Income Tax Adjustment for Refund

http://aki-tax.jp/our_service.html

 

How to change the bicycle registration?

1. You can go to any bike shop that take care of bike registrations.

2. You have to bring your bike, I.D., and 500yen.

You will also have to bring the following if your bike was given to you by a friend,

「 自転車の譲渡を証明できるもの(譲渡書、防犯登録カード「お客様控え」等 which say, any document which you can show the transfer, such as the note which the last owner gave the bike to you, or registration card which you get at the former registration,etc.

Asked by Dipak san.

Discount Electronics Retailers

There are 3 major Electric Appliances store in Japan: Yamada Denki, Bic Camera and Yodobashi Camera. Most of their stores are large and located near the station so it is very easy to locate them. All of the stores give points when you buy things from them, and you can you these points when you come back and buy some other things.

However, only Bic Camera has English. The links will show you the location of each stores in the Tokyo area.

1)Yamada Denki - http://www.yamada-denki.jp/store/contents/pref_13.html

2)Bic Camera (English) - http://www.biccamera.co.jp/shoplist/index_english.html

3) Yodobashi Camera - http://www.yodobashi.com/ec/store/list/index.html

 

 

Furniture and Appliance Rental

TOKYO LEASE CORPORATION

- is a well-known company for furniture and appliance rental. You can rent from 1 item to a package deal. You can rent from 1 month to 36 months with reasonable prices.

LINK: http://www.furniture-rental-tokyo.com/

 

 

How to buy new affordable furniture?

New furnitures for a new home!

Reasonable and good quality

 

1. IKEA – Affordable furniture with good quality



http://www.ikea.com/jp/en

 

2. Nitori – the stores for furnitures and interior goods

http://www.nitori.co.jp/en/index.html