Live in the country but don t have a car and almost never eats. A 40-year-old couple moved to the suburbs to "low income is richer"

A Japanese couple in their 40s lived in the lower house in the city for 35 years and rented an apartment. Even though their material life tends to be simple, including no car and almost no food, their ideas have gradually changed. From "material life" to "enjoyment blank", by letting go of the new value gained.

Decide on life products and avoid unnecessarily spending

Japanese media reports that the wife, the wife, had been popular shopping in the past, often spending more than her income due to a moment of impulse. Now, in order to avoid unnecessary consumption, she has begun to set "set-up products" for herself, whether it is food, clothing or daily necessities, as long as she sets her own standards, she will no longer buy them at will. Now she can only rely on the set-up products, and her life has been perfectly transformed.

有時她會把過去在百元商店買的水槽濾網，改用無印良品的產品。 This "upgrade" is not about increasing purchases, but about choosing more functional and more reasonable items. She emphasized that such changes are just replacements, not purchases. No longer buying reusable things for the sake of freshness, nor do they allow the equipment to fill the living space.

Almost nothing to eat outside. If you eat outside, it will be inappropriate. Her money also has undergone a huge change, the most obvious of which is "external food". When she lived in the city, she would eat outside at least half of the week; after moving to the suburbs, she wanted to save on marketing, so she almost completely changed to self-catering. Now it is natural to cook three meals a day at home.

Funo likes the cooking and atmosphere of izakaya, but for Izakaya, it is conservatively estimated that couples will spend at least NT$6,000 (about NT$1,200). "She found that using the same money, she could actually buy high-end ingredients and make more delicious dishes at home.

However, once there is an opportunity for food, deep tail will never be appropriate. She said, "No matter how high the price is, as long as you can satisfy your heart and body, it is a worthwhile dish." She didn't want to choose a restaurant for a good deal, nor did she want to spend money on half-baked food.

During her trip, she also insisted on choosing "a store worth visiting". She recalled that one time she ate a sausage that was a celestial being under the recommendation of her husband during the journey. Even though she was hot and tired at that time, she couldn't help but bite after bite. "That plate made the whole trip an unforgettable memory," she said. For her, a special meal she had during the trip could make her journey memory more vivid.

Living iron with low income: Reduce fixed expenditure

Now couples live as freelancers, and their income is quite unstable. Although they were still office workers when they started living together, they decided to "reduce fixed sales as much as possible", such as rent and loans.

Even if the husband returns to work in the future, they don't plan to change this square. "If you want to maintain a comfortable life, you should reduce the pressure on your back and keep yourself light." This idea is also a common understanding between husband and wife.

For example, they do not have a car at home. Fukuo couple live in Ishikawa Prefecture, where they belong to the typical "car society", and each person is quite common. But for two people who want to reduce the fixed fee, the maintenance cost of the car is too high, so they choose not to hold a car from the beginning.

When choosing a residence, they carefully confirmed the distance between public transportation, supermarkets and the city, so that they could not open a car and live a convenient life. They rent cars and open their doors when they go far away, and usually rely on buses, walking and electric vehicles to operate.

Without a car, you can find "slight happiness"

After not owning a car, Kuroo discovered an unexpected fun "viewing the city". You can stop and enjoy the scenery and buildings that you will miss when driving. ：「能停下來看看路邊的小花，或隨意拐進陌生巷弄，這種自由感是步行才有的特權。」

旅行時，比起觀光景點，她更喜歡走進住宅區或商店街。 She would take pictures of the old architecture as a creative spirit, and also like to observe the human interaction in the shop, so she could get closer to the daily life of the locals.

On the weather now, she often walks along the river near her home. It was just an ordinary river, but the plants on the river could make her feel the changes in the season. In just a few ten minutes of walking, she could often feel refreshed.

對於曾經迷戀物質的自己，深尾覺得如今能對生活中的細節變得敏感，是心靈變得健康的象徵：「不必花錢，只要打開五感，樂趣就無所不在。只要有最低限度的收入，我已經覺得足夠幸福。」