The Cheapest Shipping Personal Items To or From Japan

What is the cheapest way to send your personal items to or from Japan. You have two options available to you. You can either ship the items home or send them via air.

It really depends on three things:

How much stuff you have to send?

How long you want to wait to receive them ?

How much you want to spend?

Shipping is cheaper as price is determined by volume or size, but does take longer to reach your destination. Air is very quick but the price is determined by the weight and it can be quite expensive for a larger consignment.

If it is just a few boxes you wish to send then a courier service like TNT or FedEx would be the quickest and least expensive option. If it is more than a few boxes and quite heavy then the best option would be via a groupage/consolidated shipment. This is the least expensive option as you actually share a container rather than use your own for the shipment and therefore only pay for the space you take up in the shared container.

Unfortunately groupage/consolidated shipments are not always available and the only alternative is an LCL (Less than Container Load) shipment. These are more expensive as your consignment needs to be crated up and sent via a shared container. If you have a full household to send then you will most likely need your own Sole Use Container. Generally the contents of a 3 bedroom home will fit into a 20` Container. This is the most expensive option but you have piece of mind as you are not sharing a container and you can determine the arrival date that best suits you.

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Japanese Junior High School

The Japanese school year is from April to March with three main breaks during the school year. Summer Vacation is approx 5-6 weeks long in late July and August. Winter Vacation is 2 weeks long in late December and early January and Spring Vacation is 1 week long in late March. Classes are usually either 45 minutes long or 50 minutes long depending on which schedule the school uses for the day. There are usually 5-6 classes a day at school.

Picture of the Week Hiroshima Castle, Japan

Hiroshima Castle (広島城 Hiroshima-jō), also sometimes called Carp Castle is a castle in Hiroshima, Japan and was home to the daimyo (feudal lord) of the Hiroshima han. The castle was originally constructed in the 1589, but was destroyed in the atomic bombing of 1945. The present castle is a replica of the original and was rebuilt in 1958.

Entry costs ￥300 and it is open from 9 am to 4:30 pm October to March and until 5:30 pm April to September.

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2011 Victorian PGA Golf Championship at Sandhurst Golf Club

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Easy Japanese Cooking Recipe Tonkatsu (Deep Fried Pork Cutlet)

This month`s Easy Japanese Cooking Recipe is Tonkatsu (Deep Fried Pork Cutlet)

The idea for this recipe originated in the West, but has become a famous Japanese dish like Tempura. Tonkatsu is one of the most popular meat dishes in Japan. It is a popular “set” meal at Japanese restaurants and usually consists of a deep fried breaded pork cutlet on a bed of cabbage, a bowl of steamed rice, a bowl of soup and a side dish of pickles and costs ￥800 - ￥1200 (AUD $8-$12).

Here is the Recipe for 4 servings

Robot English Teachers in Korea

Almost 30 robots have started teaching English to youngsters in the South Korean city of Daegu. Engkey, an egg shaped robot developed by the Korean Institute of Science of Technology, is taking classes at 21 Elementary Schools in the area. The 29 robots, each about a meter high with a TV display panel for a face, wheel around the classroom while speaking to students and reading books to them. The robots are controlled remotely by teachers of English in the Philippines.

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Sushi Rice

Sushi Rice is made with white short grain Japanese rice, which has a consistency that differs from long-grain rice. The essential quality is its stickiness or glutinousness.


Below is a step by step Recipe to make Traditional Japanese Sushi Rice