Looking Back My Water Heater Lasted 24 Years, and the Reason Was Where It Stood
The maker says a water heater lasts 10 years. Mine ran for 24, because it sat inside the garage. What replacing one costs in Japan, and the signs I ignored.
Looking Back 
Continued My Shaken Bill Doubled: What I Saw in Year Seven as a Former Mechanic
My shaken bill in Japan went from 46,000 yen to 114,950 yen in two years. I am a former mechanic in my 60s, and I still did not think it was expensive.
Looking Back A Customer Threw the Keys at My Feet
A customer at the gas station where I worked dropped his keys at my feet on purpose. I picked them up and said nothing. I still think about it.
Chose Digital Legacy: What I Sorted Out in My 60s, With One Handwritten Notebook
I am in my 60s. I asked myself what happens to my email, bank accounts and blogs when I die. Here is what I sorted out, and the one notebook I made.
Quit Free Time After Retirement Did Not Scare Me. I Practiced For Years Before I Quit
Free time after retirement did not scare me. I started practicing years before my last day at work, and the day I quit felt like nothing special.
Continued Friends After Retirement: Do Men Really Lose Them All? One Email I Sent
They say men lose their friends after retirement. In my 60s, I sent one email on my last day at the company, and I still meet three of those people today.
Chose Becoming a Danka in Japan: I Compared 3 Temples Before My Parent Died
How do you become a danka of a Japanese temple, and what does it cost? Before my parent died, I compared three temples. The money worked differently at each.
Doubted The Same McDonalds Coffee: 190 Yen in Japan, 490 Yen in America
McDonalds coffee is 190 yen in Japan and about 490 yen in America. I am in my 60s, and I looked up why. The coffee is the same. The pay of the workers is not.
Doubted Japanese Baseball Ball vs American: Why MLB Pitchers Say It Slips
The ball used in Japanese baseball and the MLB ball are not the same. Uehara, Iwakuma, and Ohtani all said one word about the American ball: it slips.
Quit Friends Drift Away in Your 60s. Is That Lonely? Six Things I Noticed.
In my 60s, my friends drifted away. Is that lonely? Six honest things I noticed about friendship, from retirement to the phone, as a man in Japan.