Road tax

As many of you know my husband is a bit of a procrastinator. Roa tax has to be paid June 1 or they won't let you on base. So this afternoon we found out local city office and attempted to pay the tax. At first we were at the wrong office, but finally we found the correct place. We filled out the form all in kanji finding similar looking symbols on the papers for the car. Even though we were in a government building, the Japanese take great pride in their job and were very helpful. We paid the road tax without either party speaking either language. There was a lot of pointing. Whew...now Bill can get onto base. He likes to point out that his car costs $35 and mine costs $200. Oh well. We are good for another year!