10 English friendly moving companies in Japan

Moving service companies that accept foreign costomers

Prorow moving service

Porrow Japan website

Pololow moving service was established in April 2001, which is a relatively young company in the moving industry.

It is specialized in long distance moving. There are 6 sales offices in Kyushu, Kanto, Hokkaido area. It also provides a service to move overseas.

Moving area

Hokkaido, Miyagi, Nagano, Gunma, Yamanashi, Tochigi, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Ibaragi, Aichi, Shizuoka, Fukushima, Gifu, Niigata, Shiga, Osaka, Hyougo, Kyouto, Nara, Okayama, Tottori, Shiumane, Fukuoka, Saga, Kumamoto, Kagoshima

Rough standard price of normal season (From May to Feburuary)

(Yen)	~ 15km within the municipality	~ 50km within the prefecture	~ 200km within the region	~ 500km within the neighbor region	More than 500 km
Single	21,000	32,500	37,800	52,000	78,250
Family of two	45,000	50,000	70,000	118,000	135,000
Family of three	50,000	100,000	40,000	150,000	150,000
Family of four	51,000	40,000	75,000	–	165,000
Family of five	–	65,000	–	–	–

Rough standard price of busy season (From March, April)

	~ 15km within the municipality	~ 50km within the prefecture	~ 200km within the region	~ 500km within the neighbor region	More than 500 km
Single	28,750	–	35,000	–	105,000
Family of two	62,000	54,000	91,200	–	215,000
Family of three	97,200	240,000	–	–	375,000
Family of four	65,000	–	–	–	180,800
Family of five	–	270,000	–	–	250,000

Referred from Hikkoshizamurai

This is the only standard market prices culculated based on online reviews reported to the above webiste. If you need more accurate quote, you should make directly inqury to Porrow Japan. Here is English contact page of Porrow moving service.

What you should pay attention to when you request a quote

If you directly request a quote to this company, it sends some people to inspect your house to quote the moving price by counting the number of things to carry and weighing these things. Negotiating the moving price, you should acquire some quote lists from other companies as of when you request/ a quote.

Transporter Tokyo (Tokyo Area Only)

Tokyo Transport URL

Moving area

Only Tokyo

Transporter Tokyo is a moving company that provides its low-cost service to a single person and students. Moving service is done by one person with a small truck.

This company has broad familiarity with foreign languages. Except for English, French is available.

Here is a gallary of the facebook page, which you can easily imagine how your stuff is carried.

Rough standard price for single person

Between 34,000 yen and 36,000 yen. The moving cost will change depending on the season.

Quated from Homes By LIFULL

Here is a moving quotation inquiry page of Transporter Tokyo

Moving S

Moving S

Moving area

Hokkaido, Akita, Iwate, Miyagi, Tokyo, Kanagwa, Osaka, Hyougo, Kyoto, Nara, Wakayama, Fukuoka, Miyagi

“Movers” is one of the low-cost moving service companies in Japan. It provides its service all over Japan.

You can get moving quotation from online, phone and visit. After moving quotation is determined, no additional fee is claimed.

If you apply for the moving service, it presents you some cardboard boxes and also cleans your fledge for free.

Staff will visit your house and collect unnecessary cardboard boxes later.

Rough standard price

Plan	Rough standard prices
Single	14,000 yen ~
Couple, Sinior	20,000 yen ~
Family of tree	36,000 yen ~
Office	45,000 ~

Quated from Moving-S rough standard

Here is a moving quotation inquiry page of Moving S. This pace is all written in Japanese. If you don’t understand Japanese, use google translate to translate this page by putting URL into it.

Yamato Home Convenience CO. LTD

Yamato Home Convenience URL

Yamato is Japan’s largest door-to-door delivery company. Yamato Home Convenience is its subsidary that provides a moving service all over Japan.

Yamato gains popularity in the moving market with its quality service. It makes it its motto that “transporting the room space itself” rather than “transporting only the furnitures.”

Staff serves their apprenticeship in a training center before they are allocated to certain posts.

Moving area

All 47 prefectures

Rough standard prices

Single	Normal season (From May to Feburary)	17,000 yen ~ 60,000 yen
	Busy season (March April)	20,000 yen ~ 80,000 yen
Family (2, 3 people)	Normal season (From May to February)	30,000 yen ~150,000 yen
	Busy season (March April)	50,000 yen ~ 180,000 yen

Quoted from this site

Nittsu (日通)

English page of Nittu

Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (日本通運株式会社 Nippon Tsūun Kabushiki-gaisha, Nittsu) is a Japanese global logistics services company. Its head office is based in Tokyo. It also provides the moving service, which has 36 satellite operating offices and 226 branch offices around Japan, whose network is the largest in the moving service industry.

Moving area

All 47 prefectures

Rough standard prices (normal season)

	~ 15 kg	~ 50 kg	~ 200 kg	~ 500 kg	500 kg ~
Single	35,000 yen	40,000 yen	48,000 yen	60,000 yen	100,000 yen
Family of two	57,000 yen	60,000 yen	90,000 yen	120,000 yen	130,000 yen
Family of three	66,000 yen	70,000 yen	110,000 yen	150,000 yen	200,000 yen

Rough standard prices (busy season)

	~ 15 kg	~ 50 kg	~ 200 kg	~ 500 kg	500 kg ~
Single	44,000 yen	55,000 yen	66,000 yen	85,000 yen	135,000 yen
Family of two	83,000 yen	85,000 yen	120,000 yen	170,000 yen	240,000 yen
Family of three	66,000 yen	70,000 yen	110,000 yen	150,000 yen	200,000 yen

Quoted from Hikkoshino iroha

If you request a quote to this company, here is contact form

Best Moving Service

Best Moving Service Homepage

This is a moving company founded in 1988, providing the service in the Kanto region, Kansai region and Kyushu region. Its head office is based in Osaka.

“Best moving service” is a transporter that has only been focusing on moving business since it established.

Moving area

Kanto region, Knasai region, Chubu region, Kyushu regiop.

Rough standard price of normal season (From May to February)

(Yen)	~ 15km within the municipality	~ 50km within the prefecture	~ 200km within the region	~ 500km within the neighbor region	More than 500 km
Rough standard for single	31,950	32,000	21,500	–	–
Rough standard for a family of two	45,000	64,800	80,000	–	–
Rough standard for a family of three	70,000	90,000	–	–	–
Usual price for a family of four	1180,000	–	–	–	–

Rough standard price of busy season (March, April)

(Yen)	~ 15km within the municipality	~ 50km within the prefecture	~ 200km within the region	~ 500km within the neighbor region	More than 500 km
Rough standard for single	21,600	–	70,000	–	–
Rough standard for a family of two	133,500	73,000	166,600	–	–
Rough standard for a family of three	74,800	–	–	–	–
Usual price for a family of four	36,000	1180,000	–	–	–

Referred from Hikkoshizamurai

This is the only standard market prices culculated based on online reviews reported to the above webiste. If you need more accurate quote, you should make directly inqury to Porrow Japan. Here is English contact page of Best moving service.

Tokyo Move

This is a moving company that only targets foreigners. This company is not introduced in any rating sites both in English and in Japanese so to be honest, I haven’t heard any reputations about this moving company. The following picture is moving work.

Moving area

Only Tokyo

Roungh standard prices

No information about rough standard prices is shown on the search result. If you’re interested in applying for this moving service, please try to get a quote first from here. Please let me know how it was later.

Tokyo Happy Move

This is a moving company providing the service within only the Tokyo area. It seems like the business owner or staff does moving work with only one small truck and go wherever there is an application or inquiry from customers.

I was able to book with Steven the day before the move. He helped me move from Yokosuka to Tokyo. Everything went smoothly, and I had a great time chatting with him on the drive. Good for a one bedroom or apartment move in Kanto area!
Facebook page

As long as I saw the reputation from the Facebook page, the staff is very friendly and moving work is very smooth.

Moving Area

Only Tokyo

Rough standard prices

The base price is from 12,000. If you’re interested in applying for this moving service, please try to get a quote first from here. Please let me know how it was later.

Packmail Japan

PAKMAIL is a transport frunchise company, established in 2001 in America. There are more than 400 funchisees in the US. PAKMAIL Japan has also frunchisees, which provides the service of packing and shipping stuff overseas. It also provides moving service in the Kansai area.

Moving Area

Kansai (Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto)

Rough standard prices

Movers Japan

Movers is a large transport franchise network company, established in the America. There are more than 8000 franchises in more than 50 countries all over the world. Movers Japan has 19 franchises in Kyoto Area, which provides the moving service in Kansai area

Moving Area

Kansai (Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto)