Top Secret Recipes is an interesting, slightly commercial website devoted to divulging recipes for famous or brand name American foods (from restaurants and other establishments) to make at home. [ ... ]
Gourmet Navi is a great website (in Japanese and English) for searching out recommended restaurants in a specific area, based on price, food style (Italian, Asian, etc.), and other preferences. Favorite features include online menus and coupons that offer real bargains (free bottle of wine, 20% of d [ ... ]
Looking for a unique place to enroll your children in a safe, caring international environment? Frugal Japan reader Janine Boyd introduced us to Maebashi International Kindergarten, in Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture. Located 1.5 hours north of Tokyo, the kindergarten serves both local children, and [ ... ]
Tawra’s Tightwad Tips is interesting in its personal, down-to-earth tone and real-life examples. Tawra and her husband paid off a US $20,000 debt in four years on an income of $22,000, with two kids. While the topics relate very closely to US life (and thus might not apply to our lives here), [ ... ]
Meguro Counselling Center offers counseling and psychotherapy in English or Japanese in Meguro, Tokyo with American qualified therapists. “FJ Friends” are foreign-owned or foreign-friendly businesses and services around Japan. If you know of a worthy business, or would like to introduce [ ... ]
Mary Hunt’s popular Cheapskate Monthly magazine probably most closely resembles Frugal Japan in terms of philosophy, which is “bringing dignity to the art of living below your means.” Favorite features are online back issues to years’ worth of Cheapskate Monthlies, as well as [ ... ]
About Frugal Living is a very thorough and useful resource from www.about.com, an indexed web directory. With the exception of the frequent pop-up ads, it is a good, organized clearinghouse for frugal information. Check out the sister site, http://allabout.co.jp/family/yarikuri, a Japanese “Al [ ... ]
More with Less Cookbook by Doris Janzen Longacre A classic Mennonite cookbook originally published in the late 1960s, More with Less features healthy, whole foods recipes that can be easily adapted to Japanese kitchens. The focus is on simple recipes that make excellent use of leftovers and “s [ ... ]
Frugal Watch is a weekly roundup of how to be frugal in the world’s most expensive country to live (unless you read this!), written and compiled by Wendy J. Imura. Ed’s note: The last edition of Frugal Watch was published on March 25, 2008. [ ... ]
Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not by Robert Kiyosaki, Sharon T. Lechter Also available in Japanese: Kanemochi Otosan, Binbo Otosan A classic, must-read book for everyone interested in achieving financial freedom. Robert Kiyosaki̵ [ ... ]