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Ryokan are traditional Japanese-style inns with Japanese-style rooms. A stay at a ryokan typically includes dinner and breakfast and is recommended to all travelers to Japan as it gives you the opportunity to experience a traditional Japanese lifestyle.
Minshuku are Japanese-style bed and breakfast lodgings. They are usually family run, offer Japanese-style rooms, and often include one or two meals in the price.
Western-style hotels, including various international and Japanese hotel chains, can be found across Japan, especially in the larger cities .
Business hotels offer small, simple Western-style rooms with snacks and drinks provided by vending machines . Some business hotel chains, such as Route Inn, APA Hotel, Super Hotel and Toyoko Inn, operate dozens of hotels across Japan.
Pensions are comparable to minshuku (see above), except that they offer rooms in Western-style rather than in Japanese-style. They are typically found in mountainous resort towns and in the countryside.
Airbnb and other vacation rental services are popular in Japan. On offer are apartments and rooms with traditional or modern interior, as well as restored historic houses.
Mainly targeting a male clientele in need of nothing but a bed, capsule hotels accommodate their guests in small capsules. A television, a shared bathroom and coin lockers are usually provided.
It is possible for tourists to spend the night at some Buddhist temple lodgings (shukubo) . A stay often includes two vegetarian meals and the opportunity to join the morning prayers. One of the best places to experience a night at a temple is Mount Koya .
Manga cafes are establishments that provide their customers with seats or booth to read manga (Japanese comics) and surf the internet . Many of them are open 24 hours and provide various amenities that make them an option for low-budget overnight stays.
Not meant as tourist lodgings, love hotels are visited by couples who wish to enjoy some undisturbed time together. Rooms at love hotels can be rented for 2-3 hours during the day or for an overnight stay.
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Japan offers a wide range of accommodation types in both Japanese and Western styles, including some unconventional forms such as capsule hotels and temple lodgings . Rates range from less than 2,000 yen per person in a dormitory to over 50,000 yen per person in a first class hotel or ryokan .
Below is a list of accommodation types with typical overnight rates:
Renting, living and leaving a home in Japan.
For the pros and cons of a share house versus apartment, please see Housing in Japan: Apartment or Share House?
You cannot rent a long-term apartment in Japan with a tourist (90-day) visa because long-term rentals require you to have a guarantor and a status-of-residence that will allow you to stay in the country for an extended time.
The standard regular lease term for a long-term rental apartment in Japan is two years , with the option to extend the lease at the end of the term and usually with a requirement to pay a lease renewal fee (usually equal to one month’s rent).
The monthly rent for a long-term leased apartment in Japan depends on:
The average rent for a 15-sqm to 20-sqm studio apartment located at a fairly central station in the Tokyo 23 wards is between ¥70,000 and ¥100,000 a month, depending on the age of the property, available amenities, and distance from the station.
It is possible to find budget apartments in Tokyo , by looking outside the Yamanote line and the 23 Wards. Broadly speaking, in Tokyo, a budget apartment is a studio apartment with a monthly total cost of ¥60,000 or less.
The average rent for a 15-sqm to 20-sqm studio apartment located at a fairly central station in Osaka is between ¥60,000 and ¥70,000 a month. You can find a studio apartment for much less than this if you live in the outer wards and/or at smaller stations.
You need to have a real estate agent to rent an apartment in Japan. Landlords and property managers in Japan almost never advertise property for direct leasing to tenants. Agents also generally work on a local basis, specializing in particular neighborhoods or stations.
Most real estate agents in Japan do not speak English and also do not take inquiries or applications from outside Japan.
It usually takes about ten days to two weeks from the time you find an apartment to the time you can move in, assuming that your application is approved.
The traditional way to find an agent would be to go to the station where you want to live and walk into any one of the real estate agencies with offices near the station.
They will have you fill out a questionnaire about your budget, desired station(s), the distance you want to live from the station and numerous other property details (such as layout and size).
The agent will recommend properties based on your requirements or give you binders filled with advertisements for currently available properties for you to choose from.
The agent will then contact the property managers for the properties you want to view to set up room view appointments.
If you have limited Japanese, an easier way to find an apartment is to look for apartments online, on a site which lists foreigner-friendly properties and where all the listing agents are capable of handling English inquiries, such as GaijinPot Apartments .
In Japan, it is almost impossible to rent an apartment from overseas (for more details on why, please see the section below on Renting an Apartment from Overseas ). It is also not easy to go through the whole application process unless you have some basic Japanese. If you are in this situation, one option would be to go with The GaijinPot Housing Service , which is meant for foreigners who need full bilingual support throughout the application process, including the ability to apply from overseas.
It’s sometimes possible to view a property the same day that you contact your agent about it, but in general, it will take at least a day for your agent to arrange a room view. Most agents will also try to arrange as many room views as possible in a single day, to save your time and theirs.
The agent will usually arrange to meet you at the closest station and walk with you to the property. In Japan, most real estate agents communicate with other agents, property managers, and their clients by phone.
You need to have a local (Japanese) phone number where your agent can immediately contact you. This is in case there is a change in the room view appointment or if your agent needs to confirm a detail about your application. In the busy season, when there are often multiple applications for a single apartment, the ability to immediately reach you can be the difference between whether you get the apartment you want or not.
Once you’ve found an apartment you like, the next step is to fill out a lease application and provide all the necessary documentation. You may want to have a Japanese-conversant friend help you fill out the application.
For documentation, please see the section below on What You Need to Rent a Long-Term Apartment .
Your application will be reviewed by the property manager or landlord, and your agent will be able to relay the result to you in one or two days.
If you are rejected, please be aware that the property manager or landlord does not have to disclose the reason why a rental application has been rejected.
4. Attend the lease signing, pay move-in costs and receive the keys
If your application is approved, your agent will inform you and give you the bank account details to pay your move-in costs by bank transfer (described in detail below in the Initial Move-In Costs section). In almost all cases, payment of move-in costs must be done by domestic wire transfer. In a few cases, you may be able to pay for some move-in costs with a credit card.
Once payment is confirmed, the agent will arrange a day for you to come to their office (or the office of the landlord’s agent or property manager) to sign the lease contract and other documents related to your move. Often the lease signing day will be the same day as the day you actually move into the apartment. If you sign the lease before your move-in day, you will have to meet the agent again to receive the keys on the day you move in.
You will need the following documents to rent a long-term apartment in Japan:
Make a legible copies of both the photo page of your passport and the page where your visa stamp is attached, and of the front and back of your residence card or student ID.
If you haven’t yet been issued a visa, you will need to provide a Certificate of Eligibility . If you will be working in Japan, a signed employment contract or official offer letter can also be submitted instead.
To prove that you’ll be able to pay your rent, you have to submit proof of income documents. You will be asked to provide copies of recent payslips, usually for the past two or three months; or a copy of your annual tax withholding slip ( gensen choushuu hyou , 徴収票).
If you are a student and your parents will be paying your rent, you will be asked to provide copies of their latest bank statement.
If you are a university student or will be studying at a Japanese language school, you will also be asked to provide a copy of the front and back of your student ID and school admission letter.
You should also get the following things ready, in the process of renting an apartment.
In Japan, traditionally, in order to rent an apartment you needed a guarantor ( hoshounin , 保証人), a person who officially agrees to be liable for your rent in case you cannot pay. This is true whether you are Japanese or not.
Nowadays, most property managers and landlords prefer that you use a guarantor company , rather than a guarantor of your choosing. As part of your rental application, the PM will submit your personal information to a guarantor company who will do a background check.
However, you should be aware that you have to pay one month’s rent upfront to the guarantor company and a renewal fee of ¥10,000 every time you renew your lease.
Where your agent can contact you immediately regarding room views and the status of your application.
In a few cases, you can pay some move-in costs, such as the Agency Fee (described below in the What are the initial move-in costs section) by credit card or cash. Your monthly rent must be paid by domestic wire transfer. As part of your application, you may be asked to fill out an automatic withdrawal form, so that the rent will automatically be deducted from your account on the day that it is due.
This is a required part of a long-term rental application. Your emergency contact does not have to be a Japanese person, but it does have to be someone whom the property manager can contact by phone in case something happens to you.
As a rule of thumb, you should budget between four and six months’ times the monthly rent to cover the initial move-in costs.
The first month’s rent is usually pro-rated based on your move-in date. If you move in on the first, then you would pay the full month’s rent. This is not a cost that can be negotiated.
The word for “rent” in Japanese is “賃貸” ( chintai ).
Shikikin is sometimes referred to as 保証金 (hoshoukin) in western Japan (Kobe, Osaka, and Kyoto).
Your landlord holds your deposit throughout the term of your lease, and will use the money to cover any unpaid rent or to pay for repairs beyond normal wear-and-tear and cleaning fees when you move out.
In Tokyo, there is a local ordinance that was enacted to prevent disputes between tenants and landlords on this issue: unless you have done clear damage to the apartment, the landlord is supposed to deduct a cleaning fee from your deposit and return the balance to you when you vacate the property.
Not every property requires a deposit. However, most newer apartments charge a deposit of between one and two months’ rent as a move-in cost. When you search for properties on GaijinPot Apartments , you can specify “ No Deposit ” as a search criteria.
This is a gratuity you pay to your landlord, and it will not be returned to you when you vacate your apartment.
Not every property requires key money. When a landlord charges key money , it is typically equal to one month’s rent. The average amount of key money charged tends to be higher in Kansai (Kobe, Osaka, and Kyoto) than in the Tokyo metro area.
When you search for properties on GaijinPot Apartments , you can specify “ No Key Money ” as a search criteria.
Also called a brokerage fee in English. This is the commission you pay to your agent for their service. By law, the maximum that your agent can charge you is one month’s rent plus consumption tax (which is currently 8%).
Some agents do not charge a commission at all or only half a month’s rent. You can lower your initial out-of-pocket costs by searching for properties where the agent has waived their fee.
See: What you need to rent a long-term apartment.
This fee pays for the maintenance of the common areas (including the hallways, elevator, maintenance of garbage room and so on) in your building. It is both an initial move-in cost and a monthly running cost.
Not all properties charge a property maintenance fee. For properties that do, the property maintenance fee varies from ¥3,000 to ¥5,000 per month for studio apartments in smaller, older buildings to tens of thousands of yen per month for high-end properties.
In property advertisements, this fee is usually shown as a separate charge, but sometimes it is folded into the advertised rent. The property maintenance fee is not a fee you can negotiate. If you apply for a property with a maintenance fee, you have to pay the stated amount.
It is common for landlords to charge the tenant moving in for the cost of exchanging the lock(s) on the property. In rare cases, property managers waive this fee as part of a special campaign.
The average cost to exchange a lock is ¥12,000.
You will be required to take out property/fire insurance (also called, renter’s insurance) when you sign your lease.
The cost is usually about ¥22,000 for a two-year policy. You will also be required to renew your insurance every time you renew your lease. You cannot opt-out of signing up for property/fire insurance.
In Japan, discrimination of applicants, based on national origin and race does exist. However, there are many agents in Japan who are very happy to earn their commission by helping you find an apartment, including all of the agents who list properties on GaijinPot Apartments .
Once you find a room that you are interested in, however, your agent will still likely call the agent representing the property owner to ask whether they are ok with renting to a foreigner. Property owners may reject you out of hand because you are not Japanese.
If you have lived in Japan a long time and do speak Japanese, owners will more likely be amenable to accepting your application because their concern is often your ability to communicate and to understand the cultural mores of living in Japan.
Pet-friendly apartments are not the norm in Japan. A “pet-friendly” or “pet negotiable” apartment is considered an apartment that allows you to live with a small dog or cat. Aquarium fish, birds, hamsters, and lizards are not considered pets. you can usually keep these types of animals without getting special permission from the property manager or landlord.
You can find pet-friendly apartments on GaijinPot Apartments by selecting it as a search criteria.
Even in a “pets negotiable” apartment, it is standard for the property manager or landlord to charge at least one month’s extra deposit for the privilege of having a pet.
Check this post for useful vocabulary for finding a pet-friendly apartment in Japan.
An incident apartment ( jiko bukken , 事故物件), sometimes called a stigmatized property in English, is a property where the landlord has had to lower the rent below the prevailing market rent because of an accidental death, suicide, or other incident that occurred in the property.
You can get a discount of about 20% to 30% on a typical stigmatized property, compared to a similar property in the same neighborhood, especially for small stud
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