A personal update — on September 3rd, I transferred from Aichi to Tokyo.
Looking back, during university and job hunting I had a strong preference for staying in my home region, so getting transferred to Tokyo was genuinely unexpected.
It’s supposed to be a three-year assignment, but honestly I’m not sure what will happen.
There was one major problem with moving to Tokyo.
Disposing of my car. (This one ↓)
The monthly parking near the new apartment: ¥28,000.
Add the car loan and insurance, and the monthly cost of owning the car would exceed ¥60,000. Not happening.
Leaving it at the family home wasn’t realistic either — nobody in the family drives it. Pointless.
So I decided to sell it.
A black Toyota Corolla Allex Z manual transmission is actually a somewhat niche and desirable spec.
The kind of car that’s fun to drive without spending a fortune, and practical on top of it.
Probably for that reason, I got a surprisingly good offer of ¥680,000.
Paid off the remaining loan, arrived in Tokyo with a clean slate.
Next time: Tokyo streetscapes.