Japan Man

Housing in Japan is shittier than baby diapers. Most places are small as fuck even for a nice place. And guess what? Foreigners are not ALLOWED! And like I said before, your hot shot, college educated, Japanese girlfriend stamp approved Japanese is NOT going to help you unless you look Japanese. If you really want an apartment, you have to set that up with your company or just get a Japanese person to do it for you because it just isn’t worth the trouble.

Ok, so you don’t give a fuck about what I say and you still want to go it on your own because you are some hot shot. You’re Maverick from Top Gun….yeah I get it. Well get ready to pay that “key money” which is a NON-REFUNDABLE payment that all foreigners have to pay up front just to live in a apartment. Usually this is a maximum of 2 months rent but it could be more or less depending on which neighborhood you live and what not. Just hope that the key money is already divided up in the lease term.

But why would you want to rent an aparment in Japan? There is absolutely no reason to do that. It’s not like living in New York where you get what you pay for. In Tokyo you get much, much less than you pay for. You might as well buy a house….good luck with that. Japan is not recession proof so unless you are some real esate wiz, I say stay away from buying land in Japan unless you are married to Japanese girl….in which case you’re already fucked.