When he took over her affairs he discovered that she had multiple accounts, multiple seals for identification etc. Took a bit of time to sort it out. A fine day and time to take her along to a local post office to show that she was in agreement with closing the accounts etc.
The staff came to the counter with the print out of the accounts. Nothing had happened in them for over 10 years. All the time she had been living with us.
The combined amount in two accounts was close to what I earn in a YEAR! That kind of money. Just salted away into these accounts and forgotten.
Dear Son was stunned.
Now the money is all together in her main account.....and Okaasan is very comfortably off :-)
I bet this is repeated in banks and post offices all over Japan. The elderly who opened accounts, stashed away monies and then forgot. And I wonder what will happen to my generation, because we do so much online - when passwords get forgotten and family members don't even know what we have.
Anyway. A happy occurrence.
Autumn is really here now...the leaves are glorious. Starting to clean the garden for winter.
I've done 3 tour guiding jobs. All fun. Now is apparently a quiet season, before winter holidays start.
And WE are having a holiday! Next month Dear Son will be 60 years old. I am taking him to the mainland of Japan for a 5 night camper van trip. He loves the idea of camping cars - hit the road and stay anywhere - so we will see if the reality matches his dream.
Coincidentally, I just read this article!
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Exactly!!! We saw something on TV this week about this too - all those millions squirreled away in accounts by now-elderly. Thankyou for the link. Very interesting.
DeleteA camper road trip sounds super fun! We went on a mini long weekend trip in a minivan with my husband, driving from Nagoya to Shikoku and all over the prefecture. Michi no eki stops are the best - you can park overnight, buy delicious veggies, and it is quiet compared to parking in the service centers on the highway. I hope you guys enjoy it! There really is so much to see everywhere in Japan, and safe to park overnight, so it sounds like a super fun idea.
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DeleteYes, we are looking forward to our trip - Michi no Eki sound gooood. Also, this is a cheaper van - so it doesn't have a toilet...we need (he needs cos he is an old man) to be near toilets.
So far - Utsunomiya to eat gyoza and see rock caves...then Karuizawa....starting to plan.
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Looking forward to seeing camping pics. Sounds like great fun and lovely fall weather. We(my sisters and I) also found monies hidden in my dad's house while cleaning out. I really need to sit down and make list of passwords and names for my son.
ReplyDeleteYes - we all should. Because in the old days it was a matter of searching around the home for information on scrapsof paper...now we all have information locked away behind online passwords. I remember trying to access my step mother's post office account...trying to imagine WHAT the security thing was...and even with understanding post office staff - the system locked me out after 3 failed attempts.
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