I’ve been living in Japan for about a year now, mostly in rural towns in Nagano. I’ve recently received a job offer for a Tokyo based company and am preparing to relocate. As I have only visited Tokyo once for about a day, I have a lot of research ahead of me.
I’m currently searching for an apartment to rent with a budget of ~¥210K per month. I will be working in Roppongi, so something along the Hibiya or Oedo lines seems ideal, but due to working from home several days of the week, I’m open to transferring trains as long as my commute is less than about 45 minutes.
Ideally I’d like to live somewhere with easy access to a decent gym (Hopefully something better than Anytime Fitness), supermarkets, some restaurants and – maybe most importantly – a cafe with decent coffee.
I was looking at Ebisu, but an apartment that is >40sqm seems out of budget for this area (I value some extra space highly so I have somewhere for a WFH workspace). If anyone has any recommendations for areas to check out and links to good local real estate curators/agencies, that would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.
by socslave