On Monday, I thought my wife was going to take a day off and relax, but she wanted to go to Ario Kashiwa, so the two of us went out.
When we went to the station to catch the train after 10:00, we found that there was a fatal accident at Minami Senju station and the train was suspended.
The train was stopped at the platform, so I decided to wait in the train this time.
The last time I went to Softbank in Kashiwa, I was delayed for 40 minutes due to the earthquake the day before, but this time I had to wait for an hour because it was right after a bodily injury occurred.
It was two hours and twenty minutes after I left home that I changed onto the free shuttle bus at Abiko Station and arrived at Ario Kashiwa.
I was kind of tired by the time I got there.
This time, my wife wanted to buy some clothes, so I thought it would be for her.
However, I was taken to the children's clothing section of H&M.
The purpose of the trip was to buy clothes for my children (not only my son and daughter, but also my wife's siblings' children).
It was the time of year when autumn and winter clothes are sold in Japan, so summer clothes were discounted.
Since there were so many children, it was quite a lot.
My wife earnestly chose clothes, thinking of each one of them.
I was the one carrying the luggage. This is what I always do.
My wife packed the children's clothes and groceries (snacks, etc.) she bought this time into a cardboard box (37cm x 55cm x 63cm) that Sagawa Express had the other day and sent it to my family in the Philippines.
This cardboard box is called a Balikbayan Box, and is used by Filipinos living (or working) overseas to send goods to their families in the Philippines, and Balikbayan means "back home" in Filipino.
It takes some time for the package to arrive since it is sent from Japan to Manila and then delivered within the country by sea.
It seems to take about a month and a half to reach Cebu.
It takes time, but the shipping cost is 9,500 yen for a box the size of the one my wife is sending. For this amount of money, you can send up to 50 kg, which can be considered cheap. This weight limit is based on the regulations of Sagawa Express, which handles packages in Japan.
My wife is planning to buy a lot of candy at Don Quijote on her next day off.
My wife will need to ship them out of Japan by the beginning of November at the latest if she wants them to arrive in time for Christmas, so it looks like she'll be doing a lot of shopping for the next while.
