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Originally Posted by Nyororin
Sleeping in a capsule hotel or cafe is definitely NOT cheap in the long run. Think of it more as a "last resort" sort of thing and not a normal option.
The actual cheapest option in the long run would be to rent a cheap room somewhere that is not Tokyo. Rooms are quite expensive there - even the crappy ones from what I understand.
Around here you can find rooms in the 20,000~25,000yen/month range pretty easily. Definitely less expensive than the 4500~6000/night of a capsule or the 1000~1500/night for crappy sleep in a cafe chair.
The economy isn`t the issue - your visa is. If you have a visa already that allows you to be in Japan and can speak Japanese... You can get pretty much any type of minimum wage (or there about) job out there.
But none of those will get you a visa, and without a visa you cannot be hired.
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What are the ways to get a visa?
What is the cheapest option in Tokyo and how much would it cost?
A Korean blogger who have worked in Combini wrote that a 朝鮮族 (Korean Chinese) worked a night shift in a Tokyo Combini earning 280,000 yen/mo. which comes out to be $3382.
http://flypo.tistory.com/328
Would you save more working in Combini in Tokyo or smaller cities like Nagasaki when you subtract the cheapest lodging options, respectively?