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Originally Posted by spicytuna
imiss,
Thanks for posting those links. How much did that place cost you per month? Not including utilities, reikin, shikikin, etc.
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I`ll answer this one. (I was the guarantor for imiss... I`m even nice and helpful in real life!)
The regular price was 60,000 or there about a month. imiss was lucky and got it cheaper as they were running a campaign. There isn`t any reikin/shikikin/etc, but there are small fees for this and that, insurance, cleaning, etc. 20,000 or 30,000 for that, if I recall correctly.
They`re pretty strict when it comes to visas and the like though - even paying cash up front for the entire stay you`re going to need a guarantor who is either Japanese or who has a serious visa. And even then there were quite a few phone calls and a huge feeling of "we`re making an exception for you" to the whole deal. Oh, there is another thing. You`ll have to pay up front for the
entire length of your stay. A few months is one thing, but a year or two and that`s a tidy bundle of cash.
All the utilities, including internet service, is included in the monthly price - so it ends up being quite a value. A student who has a lump sum in hand for housing could do a whole lot worse.