There are loads of woodworking resources to help you online with this, but I use two double-sided Japanese wetstones in 1000/4000 and 3000/8000 with a Robert Larson honing guide for this2.

There's also the HIREI group that meets the first Thursday evening of every month at the Japanese Cultural Center on Beretania Street.

Expat from Japan here to study Japanese for a year earning an Associates Degree for a better chance at citizenship in Tokyo5.

Hi @Elliot Kelley,Although I don't have any experience in IC, I do have a bit of experience with duplexes in at least one Iowa college town (and before any assumptions are made, I grew up in CR and went to UofI for a Japanese major, so I was a Hawkeye first!) 

NO one lends at 0% except the Japanese government and the US a few years back or next to 0 and you had to be a multi billion dollar bank to get that loan.

At what point (in terms of portfolio asset value) would there be benefits to start engaging an accounting firm to structure Japanese legal entities to hold property?

My Japanese fiancé and I have our own small English school here.

GrahamPS: Wonder what Yoroshiku means.... well it's Japanese for "How do you do?"

I'm looking at that house as our primary residence but after reading over some of the posts on this board I've decided that we could also get into buying and selling property, florida has a growing economy, especially in my area and it's continuing to grow as new business (2 more japanese shipping companies, cruise lines and more new airlines) move into the area. that combined with baby boomers retiring and looking to move to milder climates.

Eventually this beautiful new entire complex was bulldozed.I think i'd do Japanese style w/microwave and hot plate--no stove!!