 Of course, when it comes to tuition, that's something I wanted to address and talk with you guys about because a lot of times they will charge you extra, was way too expensive. I think I was paying like 7,000 yen every single month. It's not worth it, okay? Hey guys, it's Enrique the Hyazine Girl and today, we're gonna be talking about living expenses while being a student in Japan. So let's get right into it. So first off, let's get into housing. So when it comes to housing, obviously that includes rent. And rent specifically for me, I live on the outskirts of Tokyo and I have a two-bedroom apartment with a living slash dining space. If you guys wanna see a room tour that I made a while ago, you can go check that out. I'll have it linked somewhere in this video, probably in the top corner right here. But basically the rent that I pay for this apartment is roughly 93,380 yen. I pay that every single month and that is the rent for this apartment that I live in right now. So when it comes to housing, I actually have three tips for you guys. The first one is consider living in a share house. I've already showed you guys a share house that I lived in previously. It was a great share house. The other recommendation I have for you guys is consider living at your school's dorm. They probably have like super, super, super cheap rent. And you can probably just stay there for like, I don't know, a few months while you're getting yourself on your feet. And then my third tip for you guys is if you decide that the option for you is to get an apartment, then I would highly suggest that you decide to get an apartment with maybe a friend or maybe two friends even. My first ever apartment was with two of my friends and we decided to get this three-bedroom apartment and to split the rent. And that allowed us to have super cheap rent. We were paying like about 45,000 yen a month. Really, really reasonable for student lifestyle. So yeah, those are my three tips when it comes to housing. All right, moving on. Number two is bills. But first, let's talk about the sponsor for today's video. Before we even get into it, the first thing I want to tell you guys is your homegirl is bald. Okay. So one thing I like to do to kind of give me a little boost of confidence is to wear some fun jewelry. This lovely necklace right here was gifted to me by a beautiful company called Ana Luisa. I absolutely fell in love with their jewelry. And if you guys are interested, you guys can actually get it as well for a 10% off discount. If you guys are interested, I will have a link in the description. It is super good for the environment because it is carbon neutral. So I was impressed. I was like, what? Okay. I see you Ana Luisa. I see you. And I also got one more necklace actually for my little sister for Christmas and it says mama on it because that's actually what my mom calls me and my sister as like a cute little nickname. So yeah, if you guys are interested, be sure to check the link below. And yeah. So when it comes to bills, I'm actually separated them into different categories. The first bills we're going to start talking about is the gas, electricity, water and wifi. And the good news about the gas and electricity bill for me is that those two bills are actually put together because I pay Tokyo gas. I'm going to show you guys the bills so you guys can see what it looks like. So this is what it looks like. So for my gas bill, it is this month, it's going to be 2,174 yen. And for my electricity, it's going to be 3,790 yen. So essentially altogether that comes up to 5,964 yen. And that's going to be this one bill that I'm going to take with me to the convenience store. I pay the money and then they will stamp it for me to say that I have paid it. And now moving on, let's go to water and wifi. So water is 3,753 yen and wifi is 4,350 yen. So essentially those two bills are always the same. That's obviously really helpful for me because I know exactly how much to budget for that every single month. So my one recommendation to you guys is to find a share house or to find maybe a dorm even that will allow you to just not have to deal with bills, okay? Because that's honestly just, it's annoying. Alright, so next up I want to talk to you guys about cell phone bills. Now personally this is the cell phone that I have. It is an iPhone 8 and I got this phone originally with Dokomo except Dokomo was way too expensive. I think I was paying like 7,000 yen every single month. I personally don't recommend that you guys get a contract with like Dokomo or AU. So what I did was after I canceled my Dokomo subscription, I actually decided to sign up with a company called Sakura Mobile. They offer a lot of like assistance and help for foreigners who are looking to get SIM cards in Japan. So now I'm currently with a company called Line Mobile and Line Mobile is absolutely amazing. I love them. So first of all, I chose their 3GB plan which is 1,628 yen including tax. And then I wanted to add like a voice plan because I wanted to have a phone number that people could call. So I decided to go for their basic voice plan which was 1,078 yen including tax. And in addition to that, I got one more package. I actually decided to get something called an app data plan which is exclusive to Line Mobile only. So all together this came up to a total of 3,234 yen. So that's how much I pay every single month for my phone plan. So when it comes to cell phone tips, I don't recommend going with those companies that offer like services for foreigners because a lot of times they will charge you extra for international calls, for international text messages and make sure that you're not settling for a company that is charging you an arm and a leg for a phone service because it's not worth it, okay? Alright, so next up is school fees. So I'm sure you guys know at this point that I go to a school called Bunka Fashion College. Of course when it comes to tuition, that's something I wanted to address and talk with you guys about. To break down basically how tuition works at Bunka, there are two different times you have to pay tuition. One for the beginning semester and two for the last semester. They split up the years into two semesters. First semester tuition is always way more expensive than the second semester tuition. Every single first semester I pay 722,000 Japanese yen. And then for second semester I pay 357,000 Japanese yen. And this is actually done via something called Furikomi or an international bank transfer. So this is kind of like the system that Bunka uses for international students to pay their school fees. In my case, I actually find the price of Bunka's tuition pretty justifiable because the school is you know really reputable and the school offers a lot of different programs. One thing we did when we were in second year is that we actually went on a super huge trip all around different areas in Japan to be able to check out like actual textile mills and see people who are working in the industry in Japan. So that goes to show you kind of the advantages of going to a school that has more expensive tuition. But obviously look for a school that works within your own personal budget. And one more thing I actually wanted to include is actually my train pass. It's a card that I use every single day to get on the train. So when I get to the train station I just tap it on the little machine and essentially to let me through to the train. So for that card I actually have to pay a specific fee which allows me to use the train pass from my house all the way to the school every single day. And essentially what that comes up to every single month is roughly 3,105 yen every month. So in my case my take-e is super cheap because I am a student. And take-e's will basically vary in price based on you know where you live and what train you're using to get to school or to work. So my tip for you when it comes to take-e's is just to try to live as close as you possibly can to your school because the closer you live the cheaper your take-e's gonna be. Alright so moving on to my personal favorite section food. Now when it comes to food obviously this is like rough numbers because it changes you know month to month. And just to show you guys I actually wanted to bring a receipt so you guys can see how much I spent on my last grocery run. So this receipt right here is for 2,629 yen and essentially that was from the last time I went grocery shopping. And so yeah if you guys were wondering how frequently I go to the grocery store that depends but on average I mostly like to go like at least once a week. So that comes up to about 1,000 to 2,000 yen for groceries on a weekly basis. And if you guys are interested I would love to make a video where I talk a little bit about how I save money, how I live as like you know a broke student because to be honest with you there were times where I did not have that much money to go out and spend but I still figured out a way around it. So yeah if you guys are interested in that definitely let me know in the comments and I will see you guys in the next video. Bye! If you guys are interested in getting jewelry from your family for your loved ones like I said I'll have the link in the description with the little discount code HAZINA10. If you guys use that code you can get 10% off and yeah!