sendaiben
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long-time Sendai resident, English teacher, jiu-jitsu failure, coffee addict, finance dilettante, YouTube grinder, Kindle fan, enslaved by grandkids
The Monday Read: A Bit Less Toxic www.retirejapan.com/blog/the-mon...
The Monday Read: A Bit Less Toxic
After fifteen years it is time to say goodbye You may have noticed that I am not on Twitter any more, either in a personal or business capacity. Last week was the final straw for me. Seeing the wall o...
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January 31, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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The Monday Read: Mito! www.retirejapan.com/blog/the-mon...
The Monday Read: Mito!
Grand old hotel, opera, and art Had a really pleasant three day trip to Mito last week. The Ukranian National Opera was in town and my wife wanted to see one of their performances. We drove down from ...
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January 18, 2026 at 7:18 AM
The Monday Read: Mito! www.retirejapan.com/blog/the-mon...
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A trip to Appi, last call for our online course, and all the usual links.
Enjoy with a coffee as a mid-morning break 😁
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🏔️
Enjoy with a coffee as a mid-morning break 😁
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🏔️
January 12, 2026 at 12:30 AM
A trip to Appi, last call for our online course, and all the usual links.
Enjoy with a coffee as a mid-morning break 😁
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🏔️
Enjoy with a coffee as a mid-morning break 😁
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🏔️
The Monday Read: Frozen Perfection www.retirejapan.com/blog/the-mon...
The Monday Read: Frozen Perfection
Sometimes it is nice to get away Every year my wife and I take our eldest granddaughter to Appi ski resort for a few days. It’s become a family tradition. This year we left it a bit late to book and t...
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January 10, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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The first Monday Read of the year.
How was your shrine visit this year? After avoiding being eaten by bears, mine went surprisingly well.
A good omen? We'll see 😉
How was your shrine visit this year? After avoiding being eaten by bears, mine went surprisingly well.
A good omen? We'll see 😉
January 5, 2026 at 12:58 AM
The first Monday Read of the year.
How was your shrine visit this year? After avoiding being eaten by bears, mine went surprisingly well.
A good omen? We'll see 😉
How was your shrine visit this year? After avoiding being eaten by bears, mine went surprisingly well.
A good omen? We'll see 😉
The Monday Read: The Year of the Horse www.retirejapan.com/blog/the-mon...
The Monday Read: The Year of the Horse
The Fire Horse year signifies intense energy and transformation Not too sure about that ‘intense energy and transformation’ thing, it sounds a bit ominous. A little bit ‘may you live in interesting ti...
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January 3, 2026 at 7:18 AM
The Monday Read: The Year of the Horse www.retirejapan.com/blog/the-mon...
The Monday Read: So long to 2025 www.retirejapan.com/blog/the-mon...
The Monday Read: So long to 2025
Very happy to see the back of it, hoping 2026 is better This has been a very tough year for me. One of the worst of my life (which is saying quite a bit). Still, it wasn’t all bad. And it is almost ov...
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December 28, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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The best posts and videos from 2025. RetireJapan's annual roundup post.
Which were your favourites?
Which were your favourites?
December 26, 2025 at 7:06 AM
The best posts and videos from 2025. RetireJapan's annual roundup post.
Which were your favourites?
Which were your favourites?
2025 Roundup (post #1,100) www.retirejapan.com/blog/2025-ro...
2025 Roundup (post #1,100)
Resistance is futile This is the RetireJapan roundup post for 2025. We’ll be going through some successes and failures, as well as my lists of favourite blog posts and videos. Here is the 2024 post if...
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December 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
2025 Roundup (post #1,100) www.retirejapan.com/blog/2025-ro...
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Treetop obstacle courses, ziplines, a Xmas special, and all our usual links for your last week of work before the winter break 😀
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🎅 🍰 🍗
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🎅 🍰 🍗
December 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Treetop obstacle courses, ziplines, a Xmas special, and all our usual links for your last week of work before the winter break 😀
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🎅 🍰 🍗
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🎅 🍰 🍗
The Monday Read: Taking Flight www.retirejapan.com/blog/the-mon...
The Monday Read: Taking Flight
When it’s time to go, go A couple of weeks ago I went to a new tree adventure experience in a local park near us with my wife, my oldest granddaughter, and some of my wife’s friends. Seems there are a...
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December 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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Tracking your financial progress can be a huge source of motivation when you are trying to save and invest for the future.
I've been writing these public reports since 2016. Here is the latest one 😀
TLDR: it was a good year financially.
I've been writing these public reports since 2016. Here is the latest one 😀
TLDR: it was a good year financially.
December 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Tracking your financial progress can be a huge source of motivation when you are trying to save and invest for the future.
I've been writing these public reports since 2016. Here is the latest one 😀
TLDR: it was a good year financially.
I've been writing these public reports since 2016. Here is the latest one 😀
TLDR: it was a good year financially.
Progress Report 2025 www.retirejapan.com/blog/progres...
Progress Report 2025
You can’t handle the progress This is always one of my favourite posts of the year. It’s a chance to look at my financial progress, and hopefully this will inspire others to work on their finances too...
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December 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Progress Report 2025 www.retirejapan.com/blog/progres...
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If you live in Japan, you should be ready for disasters.
Don't worry about them TOO much, but do take time to make basic preparations
You'll be so glad you did when the day comes
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🚒
Don't worry about them TOO much, but do take time to make basic preparations
You'll be so glad you did when the day comes
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🚒
December 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
If you live in Japan, you should be ready for disasters.
Don't worry about them TOO much, but do take time to make basic preparations
You'll be so glad you did when the day comes
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🚒
Don't worry about them TOO much, but do take time to make basic preparations
You'll be so glad you did when the day comes
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🚒
The Monday Read: Be Prepared www.retirejapan.com/blog/the-mon...
The Monday Read: Be Prepared
Natural Disasters are coming In Japan, natural disasters are all around. This week we had a moderate sized earthquake in Sendai. It came, of course, at night. My wife was in the bath so I went and mad...
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December 13, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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What are you feeding your brain? The standard informational diet might be bad for your mental health.
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 😇
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 😇
December 8, 2025 at 1:46 AM
What are you feeding your brain? The standard informational diet might be bad for your mental health.
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 😇
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 😇
The Monday Read: You are what you eat www.retirejapan.com/blog/the-mon...
The Monday Read: You are what you eat
Time to be a bit more conscious of the information diet This blog sometimes feels like Groundhog Day (the movie). The same themes and topics crop up over and over again, seemingly without making any p...
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December 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The Monday Read: You are what you eat www.retirejapan.com/blog/the-mon...
My Number Reloaded www.retirejapan.com/blog/my-numb...
My Number Reloaded
Renewing the digital certificate in 2025 My what has expired now? One of the more baffling aspects of the My Number cards (in my humble opinion) is the fact that the digital certificate only lasts for...
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December 3, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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Handling the internet addiction, proposed visa fees in Japan, generative AI results, forum topics, all our usual links and more 😁
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🉐
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🉐
December 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Handling the internet addiction, proposed visa fees in Japan, generative AI results, forum topics, all our usual links and more 😁
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🉐
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🉐
The Monday Read: On/offline www.retirejapan.com/blog/the-mon...
The Monday Read: On/offline
Walking the line I’ve been putting a bit more effort into RetireJapan recently. Posting on social media, replying to comments and questions. A lot is going on in Japan at the moment, and people seem i...
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November 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Are the good times over for UK citizens living abroad? Maybe.
All the details of changes coming in 2026 in our new blog post.
All the details of changes coming in 2026 in our new blog post.
November 28, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Are the good times over for UK citizens living abroad? Maybe.
All the details of changes coming in 2026 in our new blog post.
All the details of changes coming in 2026 in our new blog post.
HUGE UK state pension changes www.retirejapan.com/blog/huge-uk...
HUGE UK state pension changes
You are on the clock to sign up if you haven’t already For years people who had lived or worked in the UK had an incredible financial opportunity: they could sign up to pay into the UK state pension o...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
HUGE UK state pension changes www.retirejapan.com/blog/huge-uk...
The Monday Read: Winter is Coming www.retirejapan.com/blog/the-mon...
The Monday Read: Winter is Coming
And that right quick I took a trip up to Appi Kogen (a ski resort in Iwate) with my wife last week. One of our favourite hotels is there, and it is cheap(er) in the off season -prices during winter ar...
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November 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The Monday Read: Winter is Coming www.retirejapan.com/blog/the-mon...
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Going back to work, RetireJapan TV, a new YT series, my new favourite mouse, and all the usual links and content 😎
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🎌
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🎌
November 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Going back to work, RetireJapan TV, a new YT series, my new favourite mouse, and all the usual links and content 😎
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🎌
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🎌
The Monday Read: Going Back www.retirejapan.com/blog/the-mon...
The Monday Read: Going Back
Work eventually makes you free after all Last week I did something I haven’t done for a while: I took a paid job working for an employer. It was just for one day, and I had an ulterior motive, but it ...
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November 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The Monday Read: Going Back www.retirejapan.com/blog/the-mon...