Was sent this article about some interesting immigration changes and thought it would be useful:

http://real-o-cating-japan.blogspot.com/2010/06/relocating-to-japan-your-new-resident.html

Thanks for the helpful link.  Glad they’re getting rid of the rentry permit… what a pain that was.  I’m not sure how it will work out to send everyone to immigration to handle info changes though.  Sounds like a headache.

Thanks, Caroline.  I’ll pass this to Hokkaido gaijin networks.  I can mention Broads as info source if you want me to do so.  If not I can just send their blog link.

P.S. (I posted two comments to your Twitter today, Caroline, thanking you for the idea of Twittering in Japanese and for cool room photo idea as I twitter mostly in English and haven’t posted my room photos yet-thank you, until last year I used to blog and Twitter in Japanese only but stopped after THIS IS IT in Nov-I’m real me now but I must do a little in Japanese)

THANK YOU