Moving soon to Japan (any useful tips)

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Sasha84 New member

Member since 09 June 2014

Sasha84New member09 June 2014 09:57:10

Hello all
My name's Sasha and I'm a 29 year old (soon to be 30 - eek!) English language teacher. I'm planning to move to Japan in early September with my girlfriend. We've lived in China for 2 years and speak some Chinese, but Japan and Japanese are new to us. We are looking for an apartment in the Machida area of Tokyo, we are happy to get a small place for now. Does anyone have any good tips for us? Helpful websites, where to start, etc., etc.

Thanks very much,

Sasha

kenjee ViP

Member since 02 June 2014

kenjeeViP09 June 2014 10:35:55

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Hello Sasha84 and Welcome on Board!

So as to give you more interaction, i created a new thread with your post here in the Japan Forum.

First of all i would suggest you check out the many threads there are on this forum other expatriates made before moving to japan. You may find many useful information!

You can also check out our Housing in Japan section to have an idea of the price of rents etc. Feel free to browse to the different section of the website for collecting as much info as聽 you can聽

Regards

Kenjee

JerryDavid Member

Member since 10 June 2014

JerryDavidMember10 June 2014 10:08:57

How long are you staying? If it's only for a month or three I'd recommend a monthly apartment like聽 sakura-house.com/en If it's longer then ur-housing.com are definitely the most foreign friendly real estate agency out there

Sasha84 New member

Member since 09 June 2014

Sasha84New member11 June 2014 08:32:03

Great, that's really helpful, thanks.

StarH Member

Member since 09 June 2014

StarHMember12 June 2014 15:02:32

Hi Sasha! I used to live in Yokohama (right next to Tokyo) but now I live in Kyoto. I don't really speak Japanese but there is a good website I can recommend to you for job/apartment/whatever hunting

Here it is: gaijinpot.com/

I hope that helps!

Take care and have fun!

Sasha84 New member

Member since 09 June 2014

Sasha84New member13 June 2014 14:26:26

Thanks all, very helpful. I'm looking at a few months at first, until I can find something longer term work-wise.

maged mohammed Member

Member since 20 July 2014

maged mohammedMember30 July 2014 10:04:26

how can we easily learn Japanese聽 language ?

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