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Information site for those who start living in Japan

Things you need to do after you arrive in Japan

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Living solutions in Japan

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How to become English teacher in Japan

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Shared House Topics

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Things you need to do after you arrive in Japan

I explain here what to do after you come to Japan for those who have already acquired a visa that is allowed to stay in Japan for more than 3 months. This is an instruction to tell you the necessary procedures you need to go through until you settle one place in Japan.

Where and how you can get a resident card?

A resident card is a kind of identification card that proves that you are qualified to stay in Japan. All foreigners living in Japan is obliged to take it wherever they go. If you don’t have a resident card you are looked as an illegal immigrant. You must prioritize to take care of this first.

How to do resident registration in Japan

Doing resident registration is to notify that you become a resident of the city to a municipality. After registration, A resident certificate is issued. This is one of very important certificates you have to prepare when renting an apartment.


How to decide where you live in Japan

Being able to find a place to live is worrying you the most in Japan. There is a unique custom that you must remember when you rent an apartment or shared house. You just learn how to look for your place to live in step by step.


How to open savings accounts in Japan

Receiving salary. transferring a rent through a saving account is a must to servive in Japan.
Japanese banks set conditions to open savings accounts. You just check the conditions with your visa status whether you can open a bank account or not.

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Living solutions in Japan

Shared House Topics

I gather information about shared house which you might want to know beforehand. If you read all the articles here, you can manage to survive in a Japanese shared house. Before worrying about how-to of shared-house, you just read this topics all at any rate first and schedule how you plan to stay in a shared house.

Mobile Topics

Mobile phones are inseparable to your life wherever you go. This topics are about how you can ensure your personal contact means in Japan. Of course, I introduce Cheap contract plans enough to save your budget. First of all, you start from learning the basic charge structure of mobile plans!

Childcare

When you come to Japan, one of the most troubling problems worrying you is about a place to leave your child to. I explain how to look for nursery facilities and prepare for a child’s admission to a nursery school or a kindergarten. In this category, I mainly wrote about types of nursery services, admission of nursery schools and kindergartens and troubleshooting for admission refusal.

How to take up a loan in Japan

The problems of money always make people worry no matter where people live. Borrowing money is not good option which you shouldn’t easily make. However, just in case you have run out of options but to borrow money, I summarize information about how non-Japanese can take up a loan from Japanese consumer finance companies.

Jobs in Japan

Job is primary part of your living in Japan. How to find a job, How to behave in Japanese business scene and what job wants more foreigners to hire in Japan is probably what you really want to know. I made an article based on these questions you have.

Train Topics

Railways are indipensable to your life in Japan. As a car is one of the daily necessities for Americans, for Japanese, trains are the most important public transportation for our living. Please learn how-tos about Japanese railways from the articles and be able to go wherever you want to go.

Movers

If you don’t understand Japanese, finding a mover in Japan is way more tough work than you do the moving work. Most of the websites of movers in Japan you can find on the internet is written in Japanese and providing service to only those who speak Japanese. For those who are sick of looking for a Japanese mover, I introduce here 10 English friendly movers which I selected carefully. If you have a plan to move, I recommend these movers in Japan.