Japan Guide from Renting to Rice Cooking

Dreaming of a Japanese adventure? Let’s make it happen!

This guidebook is your ultimate companion for navigating the exciting (but sometimes overwhelming) world of finding a home in Japan. Whether you’re a complete newbie to the country or already in Japan and looking for settling in more comfortably, this book has you covered.

With this friendly guidebook by your side, you’ll be able to:

1. navigate Japanese real estate websites;

2. find a suitable home for your family;

3. understand the rental contract and your legal rights;

4. understand how Japanese homes differ from your home country;

5. choose what you can change or demand for your new home;

6. see outside and inside real Japanese homes with over 150 pictures included;

7. read Japanese instructions for using the rice cooker and other appliances;

8. decide what to bring from abroad and how;

9. prepare your pets for import to Japan;

10. know when it’s appropriate to negotiate and how;

11. save money on fees and expenses;

12. save time to find the right information and forms you need;

13. and much much more!

This book is suitable for both newcomers who aren’t fluent in Japanese (intermediate English-okay!), and those who are already in Japan and would like to better understand the choices available when renting and living in a Japanese rental house or apartment.

The book also includes access to a separate online list of resources regularly updated (i.e., links to real estate websites in Japan, agencies providing help and support to foreigners, forms and information for importing your personal effects duty-free, etc.)

Foreword of ＂Japan Guide from Renting to Rice Cooking＂

＂...a genuine tour de force ...the best introduction to the quotidian realities of life in Japan... a visually rich tour of Japan’s housing and rental landscape alongside a personable guide who never fails to inform and delight with her well-grounded facts, perceptive insights, and charming asides.＂

- ROGER ROBINS, Professor, Center for Global Communication Strategies, The University of Tokyo (retired)