Real estate agencies

• Gaijinpot Apartment Listings
• Transborders (Tokyo area only)
  
• Sakura House Guesthouses (Tokyo)
• JAPT (Tokyo)
• Japan Home Search (Tokyo, Nagoya, Yokohama)
• Real Estate Tokyo (Tokyo)
• Future living (central Tokyo)
• Housing Japan (central Tokyo)
  
• Century 21 (Tokyo)
• Ken Corporation (Tokyo)
• Tokyo Apartments (Tokyo)
• Ffeilden (Kobe)
• Maruse (Yokohama)
• Propolife (Yokohama)
• Sugiura Shoji (Yokohama. Can provide service in English. Tel.:045-581-3939)
• Yoda Fudosan (Yokohama)

Assistance from RIKEN

While all campuses have administrative staff who will assist foreign employees to find off-campus accommodation, the Wako campus now has a dedicated staff person in ICO Room to assist with off-campus housing. This person will assist with rental contract negotations and provide referrals to furniture leasing ocmpanies.(Housing assistance is only available to RIKEN employees. Students and interns should seek assistance from their universities or companies.)

Discounts for RIKEN employees

Most RIKEN employees are eligible for small discounts when renting or purchasing property from certain real estate agents. Ask the Welfare Section for details or see the list on the RIKEN internal website. Unfortunately, most of these agents' websites are in Japanese only.

Household insurance (English support available)

Ace Insurance company