Moving to Japan as a young family with kids

Hello everyone,

So as the title says, I am moving to Japan early this year (around March or April I’d expect, really dependent on visa). I took a role with a company based in Koto, Tokyo. I will only have to commute 2 days a week, the rest will be done remotely. That said, would love not to have a crazy commute even those two days.

I have been looking at places like Edogawa and Funabashi. However, was curious about more spots. I get a studio apartment for a month while looking for my own apartment so plan to check some places out.

For more background information, we will probably home school the kids (had plans to before Japan, and will probably go that route, unless by chance, we go the international school route). They will be ages 3, 5, and 7 by the time we go. We also have a very small dog that will be joining us.

We would love to be able to walk or easily commute to cafes, restaurants, etc (which I’m aware is most of Tokyo), but also have a lot of things to do for the kiddos without having to do too much to get to said places.

What areas would you recommend based off this?

(If key information is missing I will edit if people point it out)

by techresearch95

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