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In Japan, it’s all about finding an apartment that’s close to the station, and they don’t get any closer than this one outside downtown Tokyo.

Japan
(apartments • Chiba • cool • crazy • stations • trains • weird)

Man in Japan breaks through his own apartment floor to attack woman’s TV

Casey Baseel
Dec 7, 2017

Used opening to launch attack with nearly four-foot-long piece of lumber.

Japan
(apartments • crazy • crime • scary • weird)

Five of the worst areas to live in and around Tokyo

Oona McGee
Oct 11, 2017

While they might look appealing to visitors, according to residents, these suburbs can be hell to live in.

Japan
(apartments • Housing • lifestyle • Living in Japan • ranking • real estate • rent • suburbs • Tokyo)

Tiny Tokyo apartment makes up for lack of space with clever design details【Video】

Oona McGee
Feb 21, 2017

This expat shows us why she loves her 8 square-metre (86 square-foot) living space in Japan’s crowded capital.

Japan
(apartments • lifestyle • renting • small houses • tiny house movement • tiny houses • Tokyo)

Japan’s largest housing website to offer LGBT support in finding tolerant landlords

Master Blaster
Feb 19, 2017

It may not be the first, but it is easily the largest service of its kind.

Japan
(apartments • culture • discrimination • LGBT • real estate • Suumo)

Think your rent is bad? Hong Kong “apartment” charges $250/month to sleep in bathroom shower

Scott Wilson
Aug 13, 2016

Great deal! Perfect location! Short walk to toilet!

China
(apartments • crazy • expensive • Hong Kong • video)

These two Tokyo boarding houses are just for anime fans, and they’re looking for new tenants

Casey Baseel
Feb 27, 2016

If you love anime and you’re looking for affordable housing in Tokyo, your search may be over.

Japan
(anime • apartments • boarding houses • Housing • otaku • Tokyo)

Four things to hate about looking for an apartment in Japan as a foreigner

Casey Baseel
Sep 30, 2015

Seeing as how the entire English-language RocketNews24 team is composed of people who at some point moved to Japan, we’re pretty big proponents of living here. One unpleasant part of the package, though, it that since you can’t claim the whole country as your residence, living in Japan means finding an apartment in Japan, which is generally agreed upon as one of the least enjoyable parts of the expat experience.

Why? For the following four reasons.

Japan
(apartments • culture • culture shock • foreigners in Japan • Housing • life in japan)

Tokyo realtor will give you hundreds of dollars of anime decorations for your new apartment

Casey Baseel
Sep 1, 2015

There’s a huge variety of fees that need to be paid when renting a new apartment in Japan. In addition to an advance payment of your first month’s rent, there’s insurance, the security deposit, the realtor’s fee, and the dreaded “key money,” basically a sign-up cost that you pay to the landlord for the privilege of being allowed to start giving him money on a monthly basis.

Add it all up, and you’ll probably find yourself out several months’ worth of rent before spending the first night in your new home. But there’s a nice upside if you chose to go through one unique realtor, because while you’ll still have some fees to pay, you’ll also get a nice housewarming present in the form of several hundred dollars’ worth of anime merchandise.

Japan
(anime • apartments • curtains • interior • manga • Puella Magi Madoka Magica • Sword Art Online • Tokyo)

Moving to Tokyo? Real estate agent picks five best neighborhoods for single residents

Preston Phro
Mar 9, 2015

Tokyo is a big place, both in terms of population and area, and if you’re moving here from anywhere else, you might be at a bit of a loss in terms of where to look for an apartment. Obviously, a large part of that decisions is up to personal preference, but we do happen to have some advice for areas to look at if this will be your first time living alone!

These five areas were selected by a local real estate agent, so you know they must be good, right?

Japan
(#foreveralone • apartments • life hacks • living • living alone • real estate • Tokyo)

Promotion offers perfect one-week living space for otaku: An apartment pre-stocked with manga

Casey Baseel
Aug 1, 2014

The first time I went apartment hunting in Japan, I was shocked by how bare-bones some of them are. The lack of centralized air conditioning means often you have to go to the appliance store and buy your own AC unit, and oftentimes lighting and even a cooking range aren’t included either.

As a result, it’s always a relief to find an apartment that has any sort of amenities already included. And while a mini fridge or ceiling lamp is a nice freebie, neither one is anywhere near as cool as an apartment that comes pre-stocked with a library of manga.