How much does a futon cost? How much cost a pillow, a down comforter and sheets for the futon? What is the average payment for utilities? (electricity, water etc.). I’ve looked in google for room share / mate sites, but not sure if I found the popular good sites, so if you know of a good roomshare/mate sites (in Japanese) could you please give a link?īy the way, if you have some experience with that, could you please share it? I know this it a stupid question, but do you think it’s a good idea for a girl to live at the same room with a guy? (Of course that eventually it’s my decision if I’m comfortable with that, but just would like to know what others think). Will most of the Japanese be willing to accept a foreigner as a roommate? (I can speak Japanese to intermediate level I think and I’m not a problematic person).

How long before starting room share do I need to contact the person? Will two months be too much earlier (it also takes time to get all the information and decide so…) The most important things to me are the rent, bathroom and location (room size doesn’t matter to me at all).ĭo you think it’s a good thing to choose room share as accommodation in Japan? When looking for room share on the internet I’ve seen lots of stuff, some seem too good to be true (like really cheap rent in good location or living in exchange of house chores or that the rent include the utilities and some are even with furniture and other vital things), but also seen some suspicious or weird stuff like dividing the room with a curtain or different rent for males and females or no rent at all (although I don’t really mind to choose those options if it’s a common thing in Japan, I just don’t want to have problems later). I’m about to move to Osaka in two months for a year or two (for studying), and think about to share a room with a Japanese person as my accommodation choice because it’s cheap and I’m not so rich.

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