I'm trying to understand a rough estimate of annual living expenses in a central area (assuming Tokyo for simplicity, but I'm also interested in Osaka and Yokohama). Let's assume they're somewhat splurged. A decent-sized apartment or condo. At least one full bathroom and one full bedroom (so not a studio). A fairly central area, within 5-10 minute walks of metro areas and there are generally no metro connections you have to make. Eating out a good amount. Socializing out once or twice a week. It's also possible to set up the living arrangement in English (I'm assuming zero Japanese ability by the time this happens, to be extremely conservative).
From what I can gather, ~ 370000 yen (~2500 USD) of a monthly net income would be enough to cover this situation, and have some money left over for savings. (I have no idea what my salary would be, but I'm aiming for 8 million at the very least, as a senior software engineer.) Is this at all accurate?
by Intelligent_Wall_591