Banks are definitely the preferred method for savings and checking in Japan. While there is nothing wrong post office savings, any reasonably sized bank will be way more convenient in the long run. Post offices were up until very recently government run but have become privately owned now. Youve just come in after years and years of debate about the privatization issue. Its so strange to meet someone in Japan not familiar with it. It harks back to when I first came and the JR lines had just been privatized. Everyone was talking about it and I was clueless lol.

In about 9 months everything will just sort of click and you’ll look back on these first few entries and you’ll get a real kick out of them. I wish there were blogs back when I arrived. Definitely keep writing. It’s kind of like my own little 懐かしい blog lol.