Moving Again…

Posted on 12. Aug, 2006 @ 9:21 am by in About, Culture Views: 168

Time to move again! Bye-bye Dorm.
This time it’s out of Osaka and back to Yokohama. Honestly, I like living in Kansai (West Japan) more than the Tokyo/Yokohama area… But the school I will be attending from September is one of a kind, and only available in Yokohama. 仕方ない。

Japan culture quiz time.

What does the bag of rice below have to do with moving?

Don’t know? Time’s up.

I called around to a few moving companies to have them come in, check out my luggage, and give me an estimate of how much it would cost to carry everything to Yokohama. One of the companies also brought in a bag of rice as a gift when they came to quote me for the moving price.

Yeah! Free rice!

I know moving companies in the states don’t hand out loafs of bread…

honno kimochi de gozaimasu. hikkoshino sakai.

- Harvey

  • http://morningmusuko.blogspot.com Craig

    LOL free rice :) Gotta love free rice :P .

  • Mai

    Strange.. it’s just going to be another load.

  • http://www.japannewbie.com Harvey

    Free rice rocks.

    No idea why they give rice though… I remember I heard that in traditional Japanese neighborhoods that when a new neighbor moves in, the people living in the area would bring them a.. cake? Or something. Some kind of food to welcome them to th neighborhood.

  • http://misterwake.blogspot.com Mr. Wake

    I got a free liter of soy sauce once at a gas station.

  • http://misterwake.blogspot.com Mr. Wake

    So let me get this straight. The movers come to asses the size and heaviness of your items so they can give you an estimate on how much it will cost to move these items. Then they give you an unusually large and heavy item. Hmmmmm…..

  • http://www.japannewbie.com Harvey

    Mr. Wake! I think you’re on to something. Better eat the rice before I actually have them move my crap!

    Are you sure that liter of dark fuild was soy sauce… and not the GAS you bought instead!?

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