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I know I said I was busy, but this is too good to pass up. As I mentioned in the previous post, I am looking for a house in Tokyo. At the real estate agent's office today, I saw a listing for a very nice, luxurious, spacious new house, with a suitably high asking price. And since this is Japan, sellers often think up an elegant-sounding Western name for such high-end properties, like Garden Cove or Park Terrace or some such.

The name for this luxurious estate? Welfare Court.
Posted by GaijinBiker on 01.14.2007 at 1:02pm
Topics: Japan, Teh Funny
langtry (mail):
The name for this luxurious estate? Welfare Court.
You have got to be farking kdding me.

And no pics?
1.15.2007 2:39pm
Jeff in Korea (mail) (www):
A short drive from my house is an apartment complex called "Anusville". That's right. Anus Ville... I don't have the slightest idea WHAT Anusville is SUPPOSED to mean... but i just know that whatever it is supposed to mean, it doesn't look good to me.
1.15.2007 4:10pm
GaijinBiker (mail) (www):
Can you send me a photo of the Anusville sign?
1.15.2007 4:45pm
Jeff in Korea (mail) (www):
It's in Korean, but I will send it to you anyway next time I get out that way. I first saw it on a television advertisement while I was in the hospital. I thought to myself "I could NOT possibly have heard that correctly." But I had. Anusville. lovely.
1.23.2007 4:17pm
maulakai (mail) (www):
Perhaps the title of this post should be: World's Shortest Hiatus Extended indefinately.
1.30.2007 6:44pm
GaijinBiker (mail) (www):
Ok, ok, I'll post something soon.
1.30.2007 6:45pm
langtry (mail):
Perhaps the title of this post should be: World's Shortest Hiatus Extended indefinately.


LOL, maulakai!
1.31.2007 1:57am
Koedo:
Looking to buy a house in Tokyo, eh? Be prepared to pay, pay, and pay. I guess you already know that.

I get to Tokyo at least 2x a year and you'll pay big time for even small apartments, say only 10 tatami. I have friends in Nakano-ku, Shinju-ku and Minato-ku and they all bemoan the price of real estate.

Good luck.
2.21.2007 1:16am
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