First of all I’m half Japanese, and neither my brother or myself speak Japanese, we have been lucky enough to spend a good deal of time with my father in Japan (Funabashi) but he was always there to help us communicate.
\- Last year, when we settled his affairs in Japan we organized what we would like to keep from his house for shipment a later date.
\- I was recently notified the house will be demolished/reconstructed for sale in April
\- There is a quite a bit we would like to bring home to the U.S. (no furniture, but some big and heavy decorative and personal items)
The house does have sufficient space for a little moving pod, but I have never seen anything like that in my travels there. Does some type of option like this exist in Japan?
I really have no idea where to start, but I’d love if someone pointed me in the right direction. I was wondering if there was some type of freelance interpreter forum we could use to hire someone local to Funabashi to help us out.
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**Vice Versa actually, My Father lived in Japan and passed. Anyone able to help me figure out how to move his belongings back home?**
First of all I’m half Japanese, and neither my brother or myself speak Japanese, we have been lucky enough to spend a good deal of time with my father in Japan (Funabashi) but he was always there to help us communicate.
– Last year, when we settled his affairs in Japan we organized what we would like to keep from his house for shipment a later date.
– I was recently notified the house will be demolished/reconstructed for sale in April
– There is a quite a bit we would like to bring home to the U.S. (no furniture, but some big and heavy decorative and personal items)
The house does have sufficient space for a little moving pod, but I have never seen anything like that in my travels there. Does some type of option like this exist in Japan?
I really have no idea where to start, but I’d love if someone pointed me in the right direction. I was wondering if there was some type of freelance interpreter forum we could use to hire someone local to Funabashi to help us out.
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You’re lucky that you’re close to Narita. I’d check with airlines about sending a flat of items to your destination.
A local proxy to sign for you and look at kuroneko freight and moving. They ship via boat. This will be a lot cheaper than airplane. And if you can wait 5 to 8 weeks depending on where you need it to go, it’s economical. Shipped over 3 pallets during Covid for about 500k jpy.