Tokyo move

#v#flv_tokyomove.jpg#v#I only managed to take a few clips when moving into our house this year so this clip is very short. Ari San is the moving company we chose - we used them once before and the service is absolutely fantastic. This time it cost us about 60,000 yen which was really reasonable for the quality of their service. Its really interesting watching them - they kind of run around like ants! (the Japanese word for ant is "Ari")

In Japan, many staircases are just so narrow (like ours) that things like beds, refrigerators and such just wont go through so they have to be hauled up to the second floor as you can see in the video. Many moving companies will lift the item up to the second floor with a rope but these clever chaps at Ari San are using the roof of their truck as a platform to pass the stuff to the second floor. They brought up tables, the refrigerator, bed and wot not.

Notice that the walls and bannisters are covered with a protective sponge to prevent any damage - and all the items wrapped in blanketing too. I tell you - the service in Japan (in most cases) is excellent.

Just a quick note - I may take the weekends off (JST) from time to time and if I do, the usual blogging will continue on Mondays ^o^/.