{"id":6210,"date":"2021-12-31T17:51:44","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T00:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=6210"},"modified":"2022-01-03T14:37:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T21:37:03","slug":"prices-to-live-in-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=6210","title":{"rendered":"Prices to live in Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s always valuable to look before you leap. After taking several trips to Japan, I really loved it and was curious what it might be like to move there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.goinglobal.com\/tokyo-affordable-or-too-pricey-for-expats\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/blog.goinglobal.com\/tokyo-affordable-or-too-pricey-for-expats\/\" target=\"_blank\">GoinGlobal had a solid breakdown of the cost of living in Tokyo<\/a> that I found pretty accurate based on my travels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>A frugal single person might live in Tokyo on about $1,103 USD a month (excluding rent); and a family of four can get by on about $3,984 USD a month (excluding rent), according to Numbeo. However, living costs vary a good deal, depending on lifestyle and accommodations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Housing is very interesting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For renting, you can spend anywhere from $1700 per month for a furnished 480 sq ft apartment in an average cost surrounding area in west Tokyo, up to a astronomical $4000 per month for a 900 sq ft furnished apartment in one of the Tokyo wards. As a foreigner, you will almost certainly need a guarantor who is financially liable in case a renter fails to pay rent or make necessary repairs. Even more shocking, renting an apartment also involves a number of fees &#8211; fees that can cost the equivalent of <strong>five to six months\u2019 rent or more<\/strong>. As an alternative, there is shared housing setups where you can share common spaces. In shared housing, you can renting a simple guest room for $400\/mo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for buying a place, as a foreigner, it is pretty much off the table until Japan is listed as your official residency and you have at least 2 years of employment with your firm. If you&#8217;re curious, prices can range from $7800 <strong><em>per square foot<\/em><\/strong> in the western suburbs of Tokyo, up to a jaw dropping $11,000 <strong><em>per square foot<\/em><\/strong> in the main wards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mind boggling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s always valuable to look before you leap. After taking several trips to Japan, I really loved it and was curious what it might be like to move there. GoinGlobal had a solid breakdown of the cost of living in Tokyo that I found pretty accurate based on my travels. A frugal single person might live in Tokyo on about $1,103 USD a month (excluding rent); and a family of four can get by on about $3,984 USD a month&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=6210\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cool","category-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4WECr-1Ca","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6210"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6234,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6210\/revisions\/6234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}