I'll be studying abroad in Tokyo this upcoming fall semester (so beginning in August). I've asked many people for recommendations on housing, as I do not want to dorm with my school again and i absolutely refuse to share a room, but I'm having trouble even finding locations to begin with.
Trying places like oakhouse, sakurahouse, leopalace, etc. are great, but then I click "no key money" and the results drop from 500 to 100, then I click move in date of august 18th-ish and the results drop to like 10. And of those 10 results, all are sharehouses. Especially for leopalace, I'll find a nice place for ６万, click "see initial fees" and it's actually ２８万 for move in.
My university offers a student dorm for ４９万 for the semester. Is that worth it? I figured I could 4 months of housing for less than $3400 USD
Am I simply too early? I know people say to do a sharehouse for a single semester abroad but I really just cannot live with that many people. Given that I will only be there for roughly 4 months, it seems ridiculous to gift 25% of the total amount I plan to pay as a "gift". Does anyone have any advice for finding furnished, short term (4 months) student housing that isn't a shared room or sharehouse? Ideally somewhere around ８万 or less if possible for an apartment.
by TeamKCameron