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Originally Posted by Quarkboy
So, I'm going to be coming to Japan for 2 years on a JSPS Postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Tokyo, Komaba (Researching string theory with the physics department).
So, for 382,000 yen a month, where should I live?
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Get onto Chintai (
www.chintai.net)
If you can't work it out, drop me a PM
If you are receiving 382,000en/mth and living alone I'd get a nice 1DK/1DLK (1 bedroom, Dining Living and Kitchen), no more than 100,000 a month. Maybe if you get a 70,000en place and get parking (30,000mth) then you can buy a car and get about on weekends and during holidays.
Don't forget Japanese apartments are unfurnished - buying second hand is cheap though.
Oops - Location - You will be around Shinjuku, so Shinjuku-ku, Shibuya-ku, maybe even out towards Roppongi. Expensive areas, but convenient for you. Takadanobaba is alright too.
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Originally Posted by Quarkboy
I wonder how long it'd really take to find an apartment in tokyo... I'd hope not more than a few weeks.
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Month at least. Find a place, check it out, sign the papers, wait for the landlord to prep it. 2 weeks at shortest if you found a room on day one.