Landed a full-time job – any advice/tips for moving and/or looking for an apartment?

Hey!

I came to Japan as an ALT about 4 years ago and was provided housing, so I never really needed to worry about getting an apartment. Ended up taking the teacher's exam for my prefecture and passed! Yay!

Buuuuut, I'm not gonna receive any info about my next school until March, and I need to move out and into a new place within a few weeks after hearing about it. Pretty nervous about that, not even sure if it'll be possible to find a new apartment in such a short time..

I'm not really sure where to go/what to do about moving and the whole finding an apartment situation. Like, I have a general idea, but I'm coming here to see if anyone has any sort of 'protips' or advice that I may not easily find?

If it helps at all, my location is Hyogo prefecture. Thank you so much.

by agentteddybear