Tokyo Survival Guide: Finding an Apartment! (日本語キャプション付き)

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日本語のリンクもしたまで参照してね!↓
An IMPORTANT QUALIFIER - I am not an expert in this, and can only speak from my experience. If you have serious questions about these things, please use the links and sources below to contact people and seek further information!

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Gaijin Friendly Accommodation
http://www.youtube.com/user/landhousing
http://www.landhousing.co.jp/english/
http://www.gaijinpot.com/apartments/
http://metropolis.co.jp/classifieds/biz.asp?action=home&pid=20
http://www.tokyocityapartments.net
http://www.tokyoapartment.com/
http://www.oakhouse.jp/eng/

Gaijin Houses
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2032.html
http://www.sakura-house.com/
http://gaijinhousejapan.com/
http://www.geocities.com/gaijin_house/

Search for a NORMAL Apartment (in Japanese)
http://www.chintai.net/

Government Housing (no key money, and foreigners can apply - in Japanese)
http://sumai.ur-net.go.jp/Sumai/10/Index.html
http://www.ur-net.go.jp/

General Rules for living in an Apartment in Japan (translation of 生活ルールマナー集)
http://worldinfo.okwave.jp/english/EokpControl?&lang=ja&tid=10297&...

Basics for renting an apartment in Japan
http://www.transborders.co.jp/realestate/english/basics/

Some case studies of foreigners looking for apartments in Tokyo
http://www.transborders.co.jp/realestate/english/lifeinjapan/

English blog on renting in Tokyo
http://www.gadling.com/2007/12/29/big-in-japan-how-to-rent-an-apartment-in-tokyo

A guide with the basics, but conveniently leaves out the biggest
barrier - that most places will not rent to foreigners
http://www.tokyoessentials.com/apartments.html

外国人はゴミの分別ができないと思われているが、実際はどうか?
http://ameblo.jp/transborders/entry-10137152207.html

生活ルールマナー集
http://worldinfo.okwave.jp/japanese/EokpControl?&site=defalut&lang=en...

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  • 日本人の中でもまともな友達が多い人は、日本に差別はないと答え­るでしょう。

    でも、実際には日本人でも差別する人がいるのは真実。

    一つのことで全ては語れない。

    また外人といっても、さまざまな国の人がいるから、単に外人とい­うのも違うのかな~。

    日本人が改善するべき点も多くあるし、外人が改善するべき点も多­くあると思う。

  • @Hikosaemon The world view is strictly tied to the fact that they are japanese and the brainwashing is quite strong imo. Imagine a Canadian or Australian speaking the same way (and dont make an excuse about the language, Im going for jlpt 1 this year and understand enough japanese to know better), they would be thought of extremists, better yet imagine germans speaking that way again... We Germans do things this way, in Germany we look at things this way. Nationalism isan outdated mental prison.

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  • i have green black and blue bin.. is it the same? trash, compost, and recycle?

  • @Hikosaemon ...so even though you do not want to be active in these issues, please be upfront and honest about the situation as it is clear from any sort of standardized measure, that Japan practices systematic legally-defensible racial discrimination against minorities within the countries. I'm from America (although I am not nationalistic whatsoever and consider myself a human being who has been labelled "American"), I am very honest about the faults here, in this jingoistic police state.

  • @Hikosaemon My final point is just that issues aren't resolved for minorities without some exertion of pressure either coming from the minority group/s, or from socially-conscious members of the majority. History spells it out pretty clearly, and although I understand you may not want to be involved in such activities which is of course understandable. However knowing that in other countries, particularly your country of birth, you would be unlikely to submit to this discrimination,...

  • @Hikosaemon I understand that being highly active in fighting these matters will in another way make the participating foreigner seen as meiwaku, but we must ask what type of individuals will see someone who is acting in such a way as meiwaku? Those people will be the masses who simply are 洗脳された by an anti-foreigner media, and are unable to think critically for themselves. Personally I willingly alienate myself from such people anyways regardless of the country I'm in at the time.

  • @Hikosaemon About my "statistics", I was only referring to my own sample. But no I agree with you on most points. I will not deal with the issue of nationalism here because it would be too long winded.But when it comes to the legalized discrimination of foreigners in Japan, "whining" about discrimination is actually precisely what needs to be done. Alienating is precisely what is being done now my friend, the majority of houses are not available to rent for foreign tenants.

  • @0hmyy0utubeusername All that said, of course I think the practice of refusing tenants based on nationality is wrong and should be wiped out - but point is if you come to Japan, you've got no choice but be ready to deal with it. Whinging just alienates the people trying to help you, and being a crappy tenant makes it worse for the gaijins that follow. There are guys like Debito Arudou who dedicate their lives to fighting these laws - you're welcome to join his groups if you want to.

  • @0hmyy0utubeusername Australia and Canada think as they do about multiculturalism because they needed widescale immigration in order to complete the colonization of those countries and displacement of the indigenous peoples. As a Kiwi, I benefitted from that too. But you could argue that the use of "multiculturalism" by colonial governments wasn't a virtue, but used to wipe out indigenous peoples without their consent. Japan wasn't colonized by anyone, so it has a different world view

  • @0hmyy0utubeusername That's not to say that right wingers don't exist. They are obvious of course - but they are a small bunch of outcasts within the society - and not always purely what they appear to be either.

  • @0hmyy0utubeusername I think you're making up statistics now, cuz. Plus, I would distinguish being domestic-oriented/oriented from being nationalistic. They can overlap, but they're different things. You won't many Japanese who would consider ever joining the armed forces or fighting in Japan. SDF are generally and unfairly looked at as losers. Teachers oppose singing the anthem. The country couldn't even agree on having a flag until 10 years ago.

  • @0hmyy0utubeusername The test is usually having a family member as hoshonin in Japan - this means Koreans and Chinese often can rent where pure foreigners with no can't. It's not as simple as pure race.

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