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Originally Posted by LucifersCurse
I'm thinking of moving to Japan at age 21 or 23,
but after i know all about Japan but the big question is how much would i have to pay in $ for an apartment?
$1,000 a month
$2,000 a month
or less?
and how much is living in japan for clothes and food and gas and furniture?
this thread is for everyone not just me okay?
so yeah thanks and im happy if anyone answers.   |
Five years ago, we paid 96'000 yen a month for a very nice apartment in a suburb of Kyoto City with excellent access with the trains.
By memory, our water was approx. 20'000 a month, electricity, cannot remember.
You may have to pay what they call "Thank you" money in Kyoto and also Key money.
Japanese uni students at Kyoto University who I was friends with, by memory, they paid approx 20'000 a month near the Uni., for a one room apartment.
My apartment had a living room, a dining room, a kitchen, a bathroom, seperate toilet, one bedroom that was good size, a hallway, two balconies, and an underneath carpark which was 10'000 extra a month.
Keep in mind that most apartments in Japan charge extra for car parking, so if you plan on getting a car, a good choice is to rent somewhere that has street parking. I would park in front of our apartment.
Either way, you will need to prepare healthy funds into the kitty, it's not cheap, don't leave yourself short like many Westerners do. Make you you have extra funds that are not needed in case they are!