K: Lately I’ve been thinking about property ownership and the security that it creates; also the process of purchasing property. We’ve purchased property in the United States and purchased property in Japan and I feel like the process was really different for both.  C: Yes, it was.  K: For me the biggest difference was I […]

K: So lately I’ve been thinking about our hobbies, and I think that’s because we recorded the episode of how we make our money, and so for me it’s like how we make our money and how we spend our money. C: That’s what I thought when you said how we make our money. (K […]

K: So, lately I’ve been thinking about how living in Japan has changed us. C: You think it’s changed you? K: Yeah, I do. Do you think it’s changed you? C: Probably, but I’ve also gotten a little bit older. (K laughs) K: Yeah, I’ve gotten quite a bit older because I’m over a decade […]

K: So, lately I’ve been thinking about the story of us. C: The story of us, like the whole thing? K: Yeah, like, how we met and all of that, and how we got together, and I’ve been thinking about it because clients always ask me—well, my most recent intake asked me if I was […]

K  So lately, I’ve been thinking about post holiday life in the US versus Japan and actually, this was on my mind a lot last month, but we never got around to talking about it is so completely different. And I find that I’m bicultural, in my expectations, are you bicultural and your expectation, C  […]

K  So lately, I’ve been thinking about things that surprised me about Japan and the United States. And I think most of them are like old traditions and either country, but just like, with the advancements of technology and everything, the world has changed a lot in the last 15 years. C  So they’re not […]

K  So lately, I’ve been thinking about things that were super useful in the United States, but are completely useless and Japan. And this sort of came up because I’m getting ready to do a spring clean. And this time, I’m trying to get rid of things that we brought from the US that I […]

K  So lately I’ve been thinking about American snow versus Japanse snow, and more specifically like California snow versus Nagoya snow versus Hokkaido snow and Asahikawa specifically in Hokkaido. Never been to – what’s the famous city for snow in Hokkaido? C  Sapporo. K  Yeah, we’ve never been to Sapporo. So, and then comparing and […]

K  So lately I’ve been thinking about seasonal surprises in C  Surprise. K  In the U.S. versus Japan because the holidays just passed like a few weeks ago, like one week ago. I don’t know the holiday seasons are different in Japan and the United States. So I’m on vacation from my day job anymore. […]

K  So lately I’ve been thinking about goal setting in Japan versus goal setting in the United States, because we’re – it’s almost New Year’s Eve. C  I was wondering, I was like you’ve been talking about goal setting a lot. Why is she so obsessed with setting goals right now? K  I wasn’t the […]