The art of moving

Japanese moving companies are on another level - simply amazing to deal with

When moving, ask the sales rep whether the people who will be doing the actual moving are full-time employees of the company. The properly trained company employees like the ones in the photo are amazing, but a lot of cheaper companies just hire untrained part timers for the day.

Japanese removal companies are the best in the world , indeed provided use trained staff. Nowadays there is more chance for that , just before the pandemic you would get one expert teamleader and maybe one more experienced person, the others trying their best but always working hard. Despite a bad experience I must say that also Crown and Asian Tiger can be very good.

That company did a terrible job for me, in their booklet they said they would dust off the furniture before moving- they didn’t. They also damaged my cupboard. I had to call them to complain and they fixed my cupboard eventually.........

Japanese guys until 70s were all tough build and tough looks who didn't need training like these does the job well, fast and friendly whereas modern Japanese guys who look like skinny teenagers need real hard training and even techniques does the job like they're the item themselves who has to be careful at first.

Agree with posters who say make sure the company is using full time, properly trained staff. Too many cut corners and do it on the cheap with temp staff who paid peanuts, have no training and have no idea what they are doing. This advice goes for any service you buy.

Last time we moved we did it ourselves, not much stuff to shift, a couple of friends helping as none of the moving companies would guarantee they would be using full time staff.

Never used these overpriced companies even though I have heard nothing but good about them. Did all my moving myself. Twice. Couches, TVs, washing machine, AC, fridge, you name it. When my house was built, I rented a truck for 3 days for about 20000yen and got some ropes blankets, etc. and hoisted things up and down balconies. Only broke or damaged one thing - a really nice antique-looking vase. Thought the wife would go ballistic but it turned out the vase was a cheapie.

I've used moving companies in Japan the last few times I moved. They're very efficient. They got our fridge up to the second floor in our current place when I thought it was impossible. They came over the roof of the truck, and through the balcony, all very controlled. I was impressed.