You have no idea how wrong that is!
It’s true that nobody bakes at home, but the cakes and bread I get in Japan are the best I’ve ever had. The variety of things you can get at bakeries also is amazing!
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My parents “mansion” is very much like this, but it has only 2 bedrooms. The bath is amazing! You just set the temperature you like and push a button. When the tub is full, the intercom will announce it and the water stays at the temp you set for as long as you want to soak. You can even program it to be ready when you get home. The clothes dryer in the bath works pretty well too.
Ding ding ding! There you have it. Early repayment is pretty much unheard of here. The banks dont like it because they prefer smooth cashflow and people just dont have the concept either.
Its a wager that rates will be low in the short/medium term. Even a fixed rate mortgage is only “fixed” for a certain duration, so front loading means I’m
- Betting that interest rates on mortages would stay low
- Having payments that will go down over time
The second is good for me because my earning potential will be less as I get older.
The toilet shown in the video can definitely be manually flushed as many times as you like without any electronics involved.
You cant bake as in bread or cookies with one of those, it really is made for fish. You can broil as there is a tray under the grill which you can put some water in.
These days more home baking is happening due to those combo convection/microwave units like the Sharp Helsio series.
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Ok, more properly, nobody I know bakes at home. And seriously, Japanese bakeries just blow me away.
I have the typical huge kitchen in my American house, but I’m fine with my little Japanese appliances In my Japanese house.
Well no. An actual fixed rate mortgage is fixed for the life of the loan. Pre-bubble these were common in the US. Mortgages with rates that are fixed for ~5 years are “hybrid mortgages”
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Context is important. As @anon67050589 assumed “banking is different in Japan”.
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I was going to say that chump change wouldn’t even buy you a shack in Toronto.
That article does not say that houses there are built cheaply.
What is says is houses built during the rebuilding boom after WWII were built very cheaply and shoddily, and those needed to be replaced years later. And as construction codes around eathquake resistance were improved it was easier to rebuild than refit an existing house. This has just reinforced a cultural expectation that houses are taken down and rebuilt, harming the long term value of existing homes.
But houses in Japan today are very well built, many factory built, puts the crap we build in the US to shame.
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I think we’re getting a little ahead of ourselves here.
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It’s surprisingly soothing to listen to the polite, thorough, Japanese demonstration about laundry drying solutions. This would be a new kind of slow-tv. Hai.
That magnetic doorstopper is fascinating but seems over-engineered. Silicone stopper on the door handle would work as well I think?
I couldn’t stop looking at their poorly made tie knots and their undersized, undone shirt collars. I just couldn’t stop.
From what I know of Japan through movies, homes in the Tokyo/Yokohama Metro area are built cheaply and disposable for a very good reason.
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I think US style completely fixed rate mortgages are rare outside the US.
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Yep. And if they get rid of Fannie and Freddie, we won’t have 'em either.
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I loved that doorstopper. It is so subversive in a weird sort of way. It’s like a Batcave or something…I so want a house like those!
I think I remember a case were a dad was prosecuted because he was with his daughter in a wading pool. can’t find it though, maybe only a brain-fart on my side.
but this is not completely different
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Oh, I wouldn’t be surprised. The ultra-puritan pedophile witch-hunt is ongoing as much here as it is in the UK.
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