Rent can vary widely, depending on where you live and the type and size of the house/apartment/room, so these figures are provided as a guide only. Keep in mind that you may end up paying a premium to find an agent and landlord willing to deal with a foreigner.

Also, some apartment buildings have an extra service charge ("management fee") on top of the rent. This might pay for elevator maintenance or cleaning of communal parts of the building.

See the Types of Housing section for information about different types of housing and what the size descriptions mean.

Tokyo's 23 Wards

Wako area

(within 10 minutes' walk of Wako-shi station)

Source: http://yachin.homes.co.jp/station_detail/ad11=11/rosen=2032/eki=203204755/tk=3/ (in Japanese only).

Tsurumi-ku (where the Yokohama campus is located)

(within 10 minutes' walk of Tsurumi station)

Source: http://yachin.homes.co.jp/city_detail/ad11=14/addr1=14101/ (in Japanese only).

Tsukuba area

(10 minutes' walk or more to Tsukuba station; there was not enough data for housing within a 10 minute walk of the station)

Source: http://yachin.homes.co.jp/station_detail/ad11=8/rosen=2021/eki=202109945/tk=3/ (in Japanese only).

Himeji area

(approximately one hour to the Harima campus)

Source: http://yachin.homes.co.jp/station_detail/ad11=28/rosen=254/eki=025400027/ (in Japanese only).

Kobe area

(near Rokko station, approximately 30 minutes' by train from the Kobe campus)

Source: http://yachin.homes.co.jp/station_detail/ad11=28/rosen=545/eki=054506117/ (in Japanese only).