Housing options to suit any lifestyle
We support successful applicants with thorough information on housing, health insurance, and general tips for living comfortably in Japan.
You can find here a selection of trusted partners who provide accommodation in and around Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, and Fukuoka. Generations of instructors have comfortably transitioned to Japan while staying at a guesthouse or shared apartment. Discounts are available to instructors! Simply follow the links below for more information.
Like many procedures in Japan, renting an apartment is complicated by several quaint practices.
ACROSS JAPAN
Irodori Factory
Room Types
🔹 Share Rooms
🔹 Single Rooms
Initial Cost
🔹 Fire Insurance 5,430 yen
🔹 1st month’s rent
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 Available
Other Information
🔹 15 locations with 400+ furnished share-house rooms in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Osaka and Kyoto. Designer facility with fun common space
🔹 Monthly international party
🔹 No key money or guarantor fees; simple reservation process
🔹 Multilingual staff and house managers to assist you from room search to move-in.
KANTO
Borderless House
Room Type/s
🔹 Share Rooms
🔹 Single Rooms
Initial Cost
🔹 Deposit +
🔹 Admin fee +
🔹 1st month’s rent & utility fee
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 Available
Hippo House
Room Type/s
🔹 Single rooms
🔹 Shared rooms
Initial Cost
🔹 Move-in fee + Cleaning fee
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 N/A
Other Information
🔹 Fully Furnished Rooms/fully equipped common areas
🔹 TOKYO & SAITAMA locations
🔹 Utilities & internet included in monthly rent
🔹 Multilingual support staff
🔹Weekly cleaning service provided at all locations
Urban Planning
Room Type/s
🔹 Furnished Apartments
Initial Cost
🔹 Deposit
🔹 Fire insurance
🔹 1st month’s rent
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 N/A
Irodori Factory
Room Type/s
🔹 Share Rooms
🔹 Single Rooms
Initial Cost
🔹 Fire Insurance 5,430 yen
🔹 1st month’s rent
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 Available
Other Information
🔹 15 locations with 400+ furnished share-house rooms in Tokyo, Kanagawa and Kyoto (Osaka under development)
🔹 Designer facility with fun common space
🔹 Monthly international party
🔹 No key money or guarantor fees; simple reservation process
🔹 Multilingual staff and house managers to assist you from room search to move-in.
J&F Plaza
Room Type/s
🔹 Share Rooms
🔹 Single Rooms
🔹 Furnished Apartments
🔹 Unfurnished Apartments
Initial Cost
🔹 Deposit
🔹 Facility fee
🔹 1st month’s rent
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 Available
Tokyo Rent
Room Type/s
🔹 Unfurnished Apartments (Rental furniture available)
Initial Cost
🔹 Deposit
🔹 1st month’s rent
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 N/A
Come on UP
Room Type/s
🔹 Single Rooms
Initial Cost
🔹 Deposit +
🔹 1st month’s rent
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 Available
Best-Estate.jp
Room Type/s
🔹 Apartment
Initial Cost
🔹 Deposit/ Key-money/ 1st month’s rent (depends on property)
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 N/A
Other Information
🔹 Foreigner-friendly apartments which don’t require a guarantor
🔹 Multi-lingual support from consultation, contract-making, to post-contract follow-up
🔹 Free service including life line (electricity, gas, etc.) application and phone call center for daily issues of tenancy
🔹 We will also give you a useful guideline about mannerisms and rules to be aware of in Japan
🔹 Furniture and electric appliances available for order
Kimi
Room Type/s
🔹 Apartments
🔹 Share Rooms
Initial Cost
🔹 Deposit
🔹 Cleaning fee
🔹 Handling fee
🔹 1st month’s rent
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 Available
Other Information
🔹 5000+ apartments and guesthouses in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, and Chiba
🔹 Furnished rooms available
🔹 Friendly English-speaking staff
Social Apartment
Room Type/s
🔹 Single Rooms
🔹 Social Apartments
🔹 Unfurnished Apartments
🔹 Furnished Apartments
Initial Cost
🔹 Deposit
🔹 Guarantor fee
🔹 1st and 2nd month’s rent
🔹 Key money
*Need Japanese emergency contact
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 Available
🔹 Other Information
🔹 Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Osaka Locations
🔹 Credit Card payment available
🔹 Designer facility with fun common space
🔹 English Support provided
Oak House
Room Type/s
🔹 Share Rooms
🔹 Single Rooms
🔹 Social Apartments
🔹 Furnished Apartments
Initial Cost
🔹 Contract fee +
🔹 1st month’s rent
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 Available
🔹 Other Information
🔹 260+ locations with 5,500+ furnished apartments and share-house rooms in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama,Chiba and Kyoto.
🔹 No key money or guarantor fees; simple reservation process
🔹 Multilingual staff and house managers assist you from room search to move-in
Sakura House
Room Type/s
🔹 1100+ furnished apartments, share-house rooms, and dormitories in Tokyo and surroundings
Initial Cost
🔹 Deposit
🔹 1st month’s rent
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 Available
Other Information
🔹 Easy reservation and check-in process, no key money or guarantor/agent fees, multilingual staff and maintenance team available 7 days a week
Leo Palace 21
Room Type/s
🔹 Furnished apartment
🔹 Unfurnished apartment
Initial Cost
🔹 Deposit
🔹 Key money
🔹 Guarantor fee
🔹 Key charge fee
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 Available
Other Information
🔹 More than 550,000 apartments across all of Japan
🔹 Furnished apartments
🔹 English support provided
Share House 180
Room Type/s
🔹 Furnished Apartments
🔹 Monthly Apartments
🔹 Share Houses
🔹 Single Rooms
Initial Cost
🔹 1st month’s rent
🔹 Deposit+
*No key money
*Discounts available on selected properties
*Each share house has different terms and conditions
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 Available
Other Information
🔹 Online viewings available
🔹 Secure an apartment from overseas
🔹 All properties have free Wi-Fi
🔹 All rooms are private rooms with locks for security
🔹 Professional cleaners will clean the common areas
🔹 Friendly multilingual staff to support you with move-in procedures
Wagaya Japan
Room Type/s
🔹 Houses
🔹 Apartments
🔹 Share Houses
🔹 Short-term/Monthly Apartments
Initial Cost
🔹 Deposit & Key Money
🔹 1st month’s rent
🔹 Agency Fee
*Discount campaigns available on selected properties
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 Available
Other Information
🔹 Wagaya Japan is the largest real estate agency supporting foreigners nationwide
🔹 Online viewings available
🔹 Secure an apartment from overseas
🔹 Furnished rooms available
🔹 Friendly multilingual staff here to support you with move-in procedures
BeGoodJapan
Room Type/s
🔹 Single rooms
🔹 Furnished rooms
Initial Cost
🔹 Fire insurance 7,000 yen
🔹 1st month’s rent
🔹 Deposit
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 Available
Other Information
🔹 BeGoodJapan tenants are eligible to receive initial fee discounts when moving into other locations managed by BeGoodJapan & Flat Share
Kizunaya
Room Type/s
🔹 Single rooms
🔹 Shared rooms
Initial Cost
🔹 Contract fee (Administrative fee, cleaning fee upon leaving)
🔹 1st month’s rent (Further discounts are available for long-term stays)
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 Available
Other Information
🔹 Locations in Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa, and Osaka
🔹 Online viewings available and can secure a room from overseas
🔹 No additional fees will be charged when you move out unless there is damage
🔹 Furnished rooms available (Bed, Refrigerator, Air-conditioning, etc)
🔹 Kizunaya sharehouse tenants are eligible to receive initial fee discounts when moving into other locations managed by Kizunaya
🔹 Weekly cleaning service provided at all locations
🔹 Free wifi service is included
🔹 Washing machines are available for free
🔹 Fully equipped common areas
First house Interwhao
Room Type/s
🔹 Furnished single rooms
🔹 Furnished one room apartments
Initial Cost
🔹 Handling fee
🔹 1st month’s rent and utilities/maintenance fee
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 Available
Other Information
🔹 All fully furnished rooms
🔹 Area: Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba
🔹 Japanese and English are available
🔹 No key money, no deposit, and no guarantor needed
KANSAI
TESEN
Room Type/s
🔹 Share Rooms
🔹 Single Rooms
Initial Cost
🔹 Deposit
🔹 Contract fee
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 Available
Borderless House
Room Type/s
🔹 Share Rooms
🔹 Single Rooms
Initial Cost
🔹 Deposit +
🔹 Admin fee +
🔹 1st month’s rent & utility fee
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 Available
Show us your skills
Room Type/s
🔹 Share Rooms
🔹 Single Rooms
🔹 Furnished Apartments
🔹 Unfurnished Apartments
Initial Cost
🔹 Deposit
🔹 Facility fee
🔹 1st month’s rent
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 Available
C’s Share
Room Type/s
🔹 Share Rooms
🔹 Single Rooms
Initial Cost
🔹 Administration fee
🔹 Fire Insurance
🔹 1st month’s rent
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 Available
Other Information
*For women only
The Maison
Operated under C’s Share. Official website is in Japanese. Please see the English version via C’s Share’s website in the links below. Located in Osaka, Higashi Osaka and Kobe.
Room Type/s
🔹 Single Rooms
Initial Cost
🔹 Administration fee
🔹 Fire Insurance
🔹 1st month’s rent
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 Available
ABHousing Osaka
Room Type/s
🔹 Furnished apartment
🔹 Unfurnished apartment
Initial Cost
🔹 Deposit/ 1st month’s rent (depends on property)
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 Available
Come on UP
Room Type/s
🔹 Single Rooms
Initial Cost
🔹 Deposit +
🔹 1st month’s rent
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 Available
Best-Estate.jp
Room Type/s
🔹 Apartment
Initial Cost
🔹 Deposit/ Key-money/ 1st month’s rent (depends on property)
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 N/A
Other Information
🔹 Foreigner-friendly apartments which don’t require a guarantor
🔹 Multi-lingual support from consultation, contract-making, to post-contract follow-up
🔹 Free service including life line (electricity, gas, etc.) application and phone call center for daily issues of tenancy
🔹 We will also give you a useful guideline about mannerisms and rules to be aware of in Japan
🔹 Furniture and electric appliances available for order
Social Apartment
Room Type/s
🔹 Single Rooms
🔹 Social Apartments
🔹 Unfurnished Apartments
🔹 Furnished Apartments
Initial Cost
🔹 Deposit
🔹 Guarantor fee
🔹 1st and 2nd month’s rent
🔹 Key money
*Need Japanese emergency contact
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 Available
🔹 Other Information
🔹 Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Osaka Locations
🔹 Credit Card payment available
🔹 Designer facility with fun common space
🔹 English Support provided
Leo Palace 21
Room Type/s
🔹 Furnished apartment
🔹 Unfurnished apartment
Initial Cost
🔹 Deposit
🔹 Key money
🔹 Guarantor fee
🔹 Key charge fee
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 Available
Other Information
🔹 More than 550,000 apartments across all of Japan
🔹 Furnished apartments
🔹 English support provided
Irodori Factory
Room Type/s
🔹 Share Rooms
🔹 Single Rooms
Initial Cost
🔹 Fire Insurance 5,430 yen
🔹 1st month’s rent
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 Available
Other Information
🔹 15 locations with 400+ furnished share-house rooms in Tokyo, Kanagawa and Kyoto (Osaka under development)
🔹 Designer facility with fun common space
🔹 Monthly international party
🔹 No key money or guarantor fees; simple reservation process
🔹 Multilingual staff and house managers to assist you from room search to move-in.
Kimi
Room Type/s
🔹 Apartments
🔹 Share Rooms
Initial Cost
🔹 Deposit
🔹 Cleaning fee
🔹 Handling fee
🔹 1st month’s rent
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 Available
Other Information
🔹 5000+ apartments and guesthouses in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, and Chiba
🔹 Furnished rooms available
🔹 Friendly English-speaking staff
Oak House
Room Type/s 🔹 Share Rooms
🔹 Single Rooms
🔹 Social Apartments
🔹 Furnished Apartments
Initial Cost
🔹 Contract fee +
🔹 1st month’s rent
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 Available
🔹 Other Information
🔹 260+ locations with 5,500+ furnished apartments and share-house rooms in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama,Chiba and Kyoto.
🔹 No key money or guarantor fees; simple reservation process
🔹 Multilingual staff and house managers assist you from room search to move-in
Share House 180
Room Type/s
🔹 Furnished Apartments
🔹 Monthly Apartments
🔹 Share Houses
🔹 Single Rooms
Initial Cost
🔹 1st month’s rent
🔹 Deposit+
*No key money
*Discounts available on selected properties
*Each share house has different terms and conditions
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 Available
Other Information
🔹 Online viewings available
🔹 Secure an apartment from overseas
🔹 All properties have free Wi-Fi
🔹 All rooms are private rooms with locks for security
🔹 Professional cleaners will clean the common areas
🔹 Friendly multilingual staff to support you with move-in procedures
Wagaya Japan
Room Type/s
🔹 Houses
🔹 Apartments
🔹 Share Houses
🔹 Short-term/Monthly Apartments
Initial Cost
🔹 Deposit & Key Money
🔹 1st month’s rent
🔹 Agency Fee
*Discount campaigns available on selected properties
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 Available
Other Information
🔹 Wagaya Japan is the largest real estate agency supporting foreigners nationwide
🔹 Online viewings available
🔹 Secure an apartment from overseas
🔹 Furnished rooms available
🔹 Friendly multilingual staff here to support you with move-in procedures
Kizunaya
Room Type/s
🔹 Single rooms
🔹 Shared rooms
Initial Cost
🔹 Contract fee (Administrative fee, cleaning fee upon leaving)
🔹 1st month’s rent (Further discounts are available for long-term stays)
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 Available
Other Information
🔹 Locations in Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa, and Osaka
🔹 Online viewings available and can secure a room from overseas
🔹 No additional fees will be charged when you move out unless there is damage
🔹 Furnished rooms available (Bed, Refrigerator, Air-conditioning, etc)
🔹 Kizunaya sharehouse tenants are eligible to receive initial fee discounts when moving into other locations managed by Kizunaya
🔹 Weekly cleaning service provided at all locations
🔹 Free wifi service is included
🔹 Washing machines are available for free
🔹 Fully equipped common areas
CHUBU
Freebell
Room Type/s
🔹 Shared Apartments
🔹 Furnished Apartments
🔹 Unfurnished Apartments
Initial Cost
🔹 1st month rent
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 Available
Other Information
🔹 Exercise room
🔹 Multi-purpose room
🔹 Library
🔹 Bilingual office service (help desk, copy, print-out, FAX) *No key money *No deposit
Share House 180
Room Type/s
🔹 Furnished Apartments
🔹 Monthly Apartments
🔹 Share Houses
🔹 Single Rooms
Initial Cost
🔹 1st month’s rent
🔹 Deposit
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 Available
Other Information
🔹 Online viewings available
🔹 Secure an apartment from overseas
🔹 All properties have free Wi-Fi
🔹 All rooms are private rooms with locks for security
🔹 Professional cleaners will clean the common areas
🔹 Friendly multilingual staff to support you with move-in procedures *No key money *Discounts available on selected properties *Each share house has different terms and conditions
Wagaya Japan
Room Type/s
🔹 Houses
🔹 Apartments
🔹 Share Houses
🔹 Short-term/Monthly Apartments
Initial Cost
🔹 Deposit & Key Money
🔹 1st month’s rent
🔹 Agency Fee
Special Offer for Instructors?
🔹 Available
Other Information
🔹 Wagaya Japan is the largest real estate agency supporting foreigners nationwide
🔹 Online viewings available
🔹 Secure an apartment from overseas
🔹 Furnished rooms available
🔹 Friendly multilingual staff here to support you with move-in procedures
*Discount campaigns available on selected properties
Usually, Initial costs include the first month’s rent.
Note: The estimated costs above are to help estimate your initial costs, but housing provider’s policies are subject to change. Terminology and price for initial costs may also vary. Most fees are non-refundable, however some companies do have a partial return policy for deposits. Please inquire with your housing provider directly for more detailed information.
Useful Terms
Renting an apartment in Japan is a unique experience. Familiarize yourself with the following terminology to avoid unnecessary confusion when securing your accommodations. _________________________________________________________________________________________ Kanri-hi/Kyouei-hi | 管理費/共営費 (= maintenance fee) A mandatory monthly fee paid with the rent for the maintenance of communal areas of the property. This amount may be consolidated with the rent, thus indistinguishable from the rent itself. The newer and more prestigious a property, the higher the kyouei-hi is likely to be. It is usually equivalent to 5 to 10% of the rent.
Chuukai-ryou/Chuukai-tesuu-ryou | 仲介料/仲介手数料 (= real estate agent’s fee) A onetime fee paid to the real estate agent during contract signing. The amount can vary, but is commonly around one full month’s rent depending on the property and the agency. Some real estate agents may forgo this requirement.
Hoshou-gaisha |保証会社 ( =guarantor company) A third-party company which can act as a guarantor in a lease agreement. A fee equivalent to one full month’s rent is typical. It is not uncommon for landlords to request would-be tenants to sign up with a guarantor company even when they can provide a hoshou-nin. On the other hand, some landlords may forgo this requirement.
Hoshou-nin | 保証人 (=guarantor/co-signer) Mandatory to most lease agreements, a guarantor usually needs to be a Japanese citizen currently living and working in the country. This individual assumes responsibility for any outstanding fees in the event the tenant is incapable of paying.
Koushin-ryou | 更新料 (=renewal fee) An amount paid to the landlord at the time of contract renewal should the tenant wish to continue living at the property. It is usually worth one full month’s rent and is similar in concept to rei-kin. Rental contracts are usually one or two years in duration. This requirement is common to more sought after locations and properties, particularly in the Kanto region and Kyoto, but not in the Kansai region.
Rei-kin | 礼金 (= “key money”) A onetime, non-refundable payment to the landlord at the time of contract signing as a token of gratitude. Common to popular neighborhoods and properties, the amount is usually equivalent to one full month’s rent, if not more. An increasing number of landlords are forgoing this requirement.
Shiki-kin/Hoshou-kin | 敷金/保証金 (= deposit) A refundable amount, usually assessed in multiples of the monthly rent, paid to the landlord at the time of contract signing. This amount will be returned after vacating the property, often in full unless there are outstanding bills (rent or utilities) or significant damage. Exactly when this amount will be returned to the tenant should be stipulated during contract signing. An increasing number of landlords are forgoing this requirement.
Shiki-biki/Kaiyaku-biki | 敷引き/解約引き A predetermined amount to be deducted from the shiki-kin when vacating regardless of outstanding bills or the condition of the property. It is agreed upon in advance during contract signing and is almost exclusively a Kansai phenomenon.
Chin-ryou/Ya-chin | 賃料/家賃 (= rent) Monthly rent paid in advance for the following month. Rent is usually due by the end of the month, but some landlords require that rent is paid by the 25th of each month. Payment is usually done via bank transfer.