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mp

liments

of H

&R

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up

04

A B

rief H

isto

ry O

f O

saka

05

Ge

ttin

g A

rou

nd

Arr

ivin

g in J

ap

an w

ith U

nacco

mp

anie

d B

ag

gag

e

07

Kansai In

tern

atio

nal A

irp

ort

08

Osaka Inte

rnatio

nal A

irp

ort

1

5

Gett

ing

to

Osaka b

y R

ail

1

6

Pub

lic T

ransp

ort

in O

saka

17

The O

saka S

ub

way S

yste

m

1

8

Wh

ere

To

Liv

e I

n O

sa

ka

Um

ed

a a

nd

Osaka S

tatio

n

20

Nis

hi-ku

21

Chuo

-ku

22

Nam

ba

23

Tenno

ji

24

Senri

2

5

Suita

2

5

Min

oh

2

5

Se

ttlin

g I

n

Relo

cating

With R

elo

Jap

an

2

7

Fin

din

g a

Ho

me W

ith J

ap

an H

om

e S

earc

h

28

Renting

a H

ouse o

r A

part

ment

2

9

Jap

anese A

part

ments

30

Renta

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ouses In J

ap

an

3

1

Real E

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an H

om

e S

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32

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g Y

our

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me

3

6

Dealin

g W

ith G

arb

ag

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3

8

Purc

hasin

g o

r Leasin

g a

Car

in J

ap

an

39

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nvert

ing

yo

ur

Fo

reig

n L

icense

4

4

Wh

at

To

Se

e A

nd

Do

Tem

ple

s A

nd

Shrines

4

8

Fun S

tuff

49

Sig

hts

eein

g

5

0

Din

ing

An

d N

igh

tlif

e

Osaka F

oo

d C

ulture

5

3

Kushik

ats

u

5

4

Tako

yaki

55

Oko

no

miy

aki

5

6

Fin

e D

inin

g

5

7

Am

erican /

Weste

rn

58

Jap

anese

60

Bars

61

Eve

ryd

ay I

nfo

rma

tio

n

Sho

pp

ing

6

4

Pets

6

8

Do

cto

rs A

nd

Healthcare

69

Inte

rnatio

nal S

cho

ols

7

5

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ug

ht

to y

ou b

y

Wel

com

e To

Osa

ka

3�

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ur

Guid

e T

o

Liv

ing

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saka

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com

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relo

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to

ano

ther

co

untr

y o

ften t

urn

s o

ut

to b

e a

wo

nd

erf

ul,

life-c

hang

ing

exp

erience,

there

are

alw

ays s

om

e t

raum

atic o

bsta

cle

s

and

challe

ng

es t

hat

get

in t

he w

ay.

That

is w

hy t

he H

&R

Gro

up

is d

ed

icate

d t

o b

ein

g h

ere

fo

r yo

u e

very

ste

p

of th

e w

ay –

while

yo

u p

rep

are

fo

r yo

ur

assig

nm

ent,

when y

ou m

ake t

he

big

mo

ve,

during

yo

ur

tim

e in J

ap

an a

nd

as y

ou p

rep

are

to

go

ho

me.

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ve h

elp

ing

peo

ple

get

the m

ost

out

of th

eir “

Jap

an E

xp

erience”

and

we a

re w

ith y

ou fro

m b

eg

innin

g t

o e

nd

.

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team

of exp

erienced

, b

iling

ual co

nsultants

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y t

o h

elp

yo

u

with e

very

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ect

of yo

ur

tim

e in J

ap

an.

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ffer

sup

po

rt fi

nd

ing

sho

rt

or

long

term

ho

usin

g,

relo

catio

n s

ett

ling

-in a

ssis

tance a

nd

orienta

tio

ns,

vis

a p

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g,

imm

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ob

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furn

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car,

help

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river’s lic

ense a

nd

much m

ore

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hate

ver

yo

u n

eed

to k

no

w a

bo

ut

yo

ur

tim

e in J

ap

an,

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f exp

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art

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e s

ay a

t th

e H

&R

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up

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e a

re “

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re T

han R

elo

catio

n”

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yo

u,

and

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e y

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His

tory

O

f Osa

ka

Ori

gin

s

With a

po

pula

tio

n o

f o

ver

2.7

millio

n,

Osaka is J

ap

an’s

third

larg

est

city

and

has b

een a

majo

r in

dustr

ial and

co

mm

erc

ial cente

r th

roug

ho

ut

its

tum

ultuo

us 1

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his

tory

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t th

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f a v

ast

web

of b

usy r

iver

and

sea r

oute

s,

inclu

din

g N

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ort

- t

he

pre

decesso

r to

the m

od

ern

po

rt

of O

saka -

th

e a

rea n

atu

rally

gre

w

into

a fl

ourishin

g e

co

no

mic

cente

r

and

becam

e t

he g

ate

way t

o J

ap

an

for

travele

rs a

nd

tra

ders

fro

m a

ll

over

Asia

. T

hese v

isito

rs b

roug

ht

with t

hem

kno

wle

dg

e a

nd

art

ifacts

of ad

vanced

culture

, and

new

techno

log

ies in c

era

mic

s,

forg

ing

,

co

nstr

uctio

n,

and

eng

ineering

.

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lso

bro

ug

ht

with t

hem

a n

ew

relig

ion,

Bud

dhis

m,

whic

h v

ery

quic

kly

beg

an t

o s

pre

ad

to

the r

est

of

the c

ountr

y.

In 1

49

6 O

saka w

as c

ho

sen a

s

the s

ite fo

r th

e c

onstr

uctio

n o

f

Ishiy

am

a H

ong

an T

em

ple

and

it

beg

an t

o d

evelo

p a

nd

pro

sp

er

as

a

tem

ple

to

wn. 

In 1

57

0 t

he t

em

ple

and

surr

ound

ing

co

mp

lex w

ere

sub

ject

to a

sie

ge -

one o

f th

e

long

est

in J

ap

anese h

isto

ry -

befo

re

succum

bin

g in 1

58

0 a

nd

bein

g s

et

afla

me.

An

Eco

nom

ic H

ub

Toyo

tom

i H

ideyo

shi, h

avin

g u

nifi

ed

all

of Jap

an,

cho

se t

he fo

rmer

tem

ple

site a

s t

he lo

catio

n fo

r his

castle a

nd

the c

ity g

rew

into

a b

usy e

co

no

mic

cente

r as m

erc

hants

set

up

aro

und

fort

ificatio

ns.

This

develo

pm

ent

was

furt

her

enco

ura

ged

by t

he T

okug

aw

a

sho

gunate

, w

hic

h a

do

pte

d a

hand

s-

off a

pp

roach t

o t

he c

ity,

allo

win

g

merc

hants

to

pro

sp

er

unhin

dere

d b

y

go

vern

ment

inte

rfere

nce.

When t

he p

olit

ical cap

ital w

as m

oved

no

rth t

o p

resent-

day T

okyo

during

the E

do

perio

d fro

m 1

60

3 t

o 1

86

7,

Osaka

quic

kly

gre

w into

a t

hrivin

g

eco

no

mic

hub

. It b

ecam

e k

no

wn a

s

“Jap

an’s

kitchen”

because e

ssential

go

od

s inclu

din

g r

ice,

the s

tap

le fo

od

of th

e E

ast,

were

sent

to O

saka fro

m

all

over

Jap

an fo

r ship

ment

to o

ther

part

s o

f th

e c

ountr

y.

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com

e To

Osa

ka

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Op

enin

g T

o

Fore

ign

Trad

e

On J

anuary

1,1

86

8 O

saka w

as

op

ened

to

fo

reig

n t

rad

e b

y t

he

go

vern

ment

of th

e B

akufu

and

the m

od

ern

munic

ipalit

y w

as

esta

blis

hed

in 1

88

9.

Initia

lly

the c

ity c

om

prised

15

sq

uare

kilo

mete

rs e

nco

mp

assin

g t

od

ay’s

Chuo

and

and

Nis

hi w

ard

s.

After

thre

e m

ajo

r exp

ansio

ns O

saka

wo

uld

ultim

ate

ly r

each its

curr

ent

siz

e o

f 2

23

sq

uare

kilo

mete

rs.

By

19

25

, O

saka w

as t

he larg

est

city

in J

ap

an in t

erm

s o

f p

op

ula

tio

n

and

are

a,

and

the s

ixth

larg

est

in

the w

orld

.

Mo

der

n O

saka

Co

ntinuo

us a

ir r

aid

s b

y A

merican

bo

mb

ers

during

Wo

rld

War

II

levele

d a

lmo

st

one t

hird

of O

saka,

destr

oyin

g m

any o

f its c

om

merc

ial,

ind

ustr

ial and

pub

lic facilities.

After

the c

onfli

ct,

Osaka r

eb

ound

ed

,

exp

eriencin

g e

co

no

mic

pro

sp

erity

unim

ag

ined

befo

re t

he w

ar. In

the m

od

ern

perio

d,

Tokyo

has

usurp

ed

Osaka’s

po

sitio

n a

s t

he

eco

no

mic

cente

r o

f Jap

an,

and

mo

st

of th

e c

om

panie

s fo

rmerly

head

quart

ere

d in O

saka h

ave

mo

ved

east.

Ho

wever, O

saka is

still

an e

co

no

mic

po

werh

ouse,

and

the c

ity is r

ing

ed

by facto

ries

churn

ing

out

the late

st

in

ele

ctr

onic

s a

nd

hi-te

ch p

rod

ucts

.

Osaka r

esid

ents

were

once

ste

reo

typ

ed

in E

do

litera

ture

as ”

kam

igata

zeero

ku”

- sting

y,

gre

ed

y, g

lutt

ono

us,

and

lew

d.

To

so

me d

eg

ree O

saka r

esid

ents

are

still

stig

matized

by T

okyo

ob

serv

ers

in m

uch t

he s

am

e w

ay,

esp

ecia

lly in t

erm

s o

f g

lutt

ony.

As

a fam

ous s

ayin

g h

as it,

“O

saka w

a

kuid

ao

re”

- O

saka p

eo

ple

eat

‘til

they d

rop

!

His

tory

Get

ting

Aro

und

7�

Arr

ivin

g w

ith

Una

ccom

pani

ed

Bag

gage

When r

elo

cating

to

Jap

an,

it is

necessary

to

fill

out

two

co

pie

s o

f

the “

Custo

ms D

ecla

ratio

n”

form

in d

up

licate

whic

h w

ill a

llow

yo

ur

pers

onal effects

to

cle

ar

custo

ms

sm

oo

thly

. W

ith a

ir s

hip

ment

yo

u

may u

sually

receiv

e y

our

ship

ment

within

a w

eek o

r so

after

yo

ur

arr

ival to

Jap

an a

nd

sub

mis

sio

n o

f

yo

ur

custo

m fo

rms.

These c

usto

m

form

s a

re a

vaila

ble

fro

m t

he fl

ight

att

end

ant

insid

e t

he a

irp

lane.

Failu

re t

o s

ub

mit t

hese fo

rms

may d

ela

y t

he r

ele

ase o

f yo

ur

pers

onal b

elo

ng

ing

s,

and

yo

u w

ill

be r

eq

uired

to

pro

vid

e a

dd

itio

nal

pap

erw

ork

.

The c

usto

ms o

fficer

will s

tam

p

bo

th fo

rms a

nd

retu

rn o

ne fo

rm

to y

ou w

hic

h m

ust

be s

ub

mitte

d

to t

he lo

cal ship

pin

g a

gent

so

that

when y

our

ship

ment

has

arr

ived

, it c

an p

ass t

he c

usto

ms

cle

ara

nce p

rocess.

Ple

ase b

e

aw

are

of im

po

rtatio

n q

uo

tas w

hen

send

ing

med

icatio

n,

co

sm

etics,

over

the c

ounte

r d

rug

sto

re ite

ms,

or

co

nta

ct

lenses;

even t

ho

se

for

pers

onal use.

Fo

r exam

ple

,

imp

ort

ing

even o

ne T

yle

no

l

co

nta

inin

g c

od

ein

e into

the

co

untr

y w

ould

result in y

ou b

ein

g

deta

ined

.

After

retr

ievin

g y

our

lug

gag

e,

it

is n

ecessary

to

pass t

hro

ug

h

the c

usto

ms c

leara

nce c

ounte

r.

Once y

ou e

xit c

usto

ms,

yo

u

will m

ost

likely

tra

nsfe

r to

either

a b

us o

r tr

ain

to

reach y

our

final d

estinatio

n.

One t

hin

g t

o

keep

in m

ind

is t

hat

alm

ost

any

transp

ort

atio

n in J

ap

an w

ill r

eq

uire

mo

re w

alk

ing

than y

ou t

hin

k it

will.

Many p

eo

ple

find

that

what

they

tho

ug

ht

was a

manag

eab

le s

ize

or

am

ount

of lu

gg

ag

e w

ill r

ap

idly

beco

me a

pro

ble

m a

fter

arr

ival.

After

cle

aring

custo

ms,

yo

u m

ay

want

to t

ake a

dvanta

ge o

f o

ne

of th

e b

ag

gag

e d

eliv

ery

serv

ices

locate

d insid

e m

ost

majo

r airp

ort

s

and

avo

id h

avin

g t

o d

eal w

ith

carr

yin

g lug

gag

e a

ll th

e w

ay t

o

yo

ur

final Jap

anese d

estinatio

n.

Bag

gag

e c

an b

e d

eliv

ere

d a

s

early a

s t

he fo

llow

ing

day fo

r a

no

min

al fe

e a

nd

is r

eco

mm

end

ed

when t

akin

g p

ub

lic t

ransp

ort

atio

n

such a

s a

shutt

le b

us o

r tr

ain

, o

r

when c

arr

yin

g a

larg

e a

mo

unt

of

lug

gag

e.

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arin

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usto

ms

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nter

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n:

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Nam

ba.

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round

35

min

ute

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with t

wo

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ur. T

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exp

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co

nnecting

to

bo

th t

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hin

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osuji

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The jo

urn

ey

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een t

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a t

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majo

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destinatio

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een a

round

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¥2

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r an a

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the t

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ut

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centr

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saka fro

m K

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ill c

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or

exact

tim

eta

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vaila

ble

in t

he n

ew

ly

co

mp

lete

d G

rand

Fro

nt

Osaka w

hic

h a

lso

ho

uses

the Inte

rCo

ntinenta

l ho

tel o

n t

he n

ort

h s

ide o

f O

saka

Sta

tio

n.

Sho

pp

ing

is a

bund

ant

in t

he n

ew

ly r

eno

vate

d

JR

Osaka S

tatio

n w

hic

h is full

of re

sta

ura

nts

, sho

ps,

dep

art

ment

sto

res,

and

mo

vie

theate

rs a

s w

ell

as

gard

ens o

n t

op

of th

e n

ort

h a

nd

so

uth

gate

build

ing

s.

Acc

ess

Osaka S

tatio

n a

nd

Um

ed

a S

tatio

n,

are

essentially

part

of th

e s

am

e c

om

ple

x a

nd

to

geth

er

co

nstitu

te

the b

usie

st

sta

tio

n in W

este

rn J

ap

an,

and

the fo

urt

h-

busie

st

railw

ay s

tatio

n in t

he w

orld

. U

med

a S

tatio

n

is s

erv

iced

by t

he H

ankyu R

ailw

ay,

Hanshin

Railw

ay

(Main

Lin

e) and

is a

sto

p o

n t

he M

ido

suji

Lin

e o

f th

e

Osaka M

unic

ipal S

ub

way.

JR

Osaka S

tatio

n is t

he

city’s

main

rail

term

inal in

the n

ort

h a

nd

is s

erv

ed

by

the J

R K

ob

e a

nd

Kyo

to L

ines a

s w

ell

as t

he O

saka

Lo

op

Lin

e.

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re T

o L

ive

21

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Nis

hi-k

u

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hi-k

u

This

metr

op

olit

an a

rea o

f

Osaka s

its s

lightly t

o t

he W

est

of S

hin

saib

ashi and

co

nta

ins

a n

um

ber

of neig

hb

orh

oo

ds

that

have b

eco

me q

uite h

ip

pla

ces t

o liv

e in t

he p

ast

ten

years

. M

inam

i-S

em

ba,

Ho

rie

and

the U

tsub

o P

ark

are

a a

re

all

co

sm

op

olit

ain

yet

main

tain

a

low

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e n

eig

hb

orh

oo

d feel. T

his

is t

he c

ity life

and

every

thin

g is

accessib

le b

y s

ub

way.

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se

with y

oung

child

ren m

ight

find

it a

bit o

f a h

assle

as g

ett

ing

aro

und

by c

ar

can b

e a

nuis

ance

and

scho

ol o

ptio

ns a

re b

ett

er

els

ew

here

.

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ess

Nis

hi-ku s

trad

dle

s s

evera

l O

saka

Munic

ipal sub

way lin

es a

nd

sta

tio

ns inclu

din

g t

he Y

ots

ub

ashi

Lin

e,

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ido

suji

line a

nd

the

Nag

aho

ri T

suru

mi-ry

okuchi Lin

e.

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re T

o L

ive

22

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Chu

o-ku

Chu

o-k

u

Chuo

-ku s

tretc

hes fro

m t

he O

saka C

astle A

rea in t

he

No

rth t

o t

he N

am

ba a

rea in t

he S

outh

and

enco

mp

asses

Shin

saib

ashi, o

ne o

f th

e c

ity’s

majo

r nig

htlife

dis

tric

ts.

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are

a is b

usy a

nd

ecle

ctic o

ffering

an a

lmo

st

limitle

ss a

rray o

f

din

ing

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tio

ns w

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very

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ine im

ag

inab

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rea c

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get

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it g

ritt

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laces h

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ever, (im

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etw

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Yo

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thin

gs t

end

to

go

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in t

his

part

of

tow

n -

very

late

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ess

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l sub

way lin

es c

ross t

hro

ug

h t

his

densely

packed

are

a

inclu

din

g s

top

s a

long

the M

ido

suji

Lin

e,

the T

anim

achi Lin

e,

the N

ag

aho

ri T

suru

mi-ry

okuchi Lin

e,

the S

akais

uji

Lin

e a

nd

the S

ennic

him

ae L

ine.

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re T

o L

ive

23

�

Nam

ba

Nam

ba

Lo

cate

d in t

he v

ery

cente

r o

f O

saka,

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ba is t

he

ente

rtain

ment

and

sho

pp

ing

hub

of th

e c

ity,

and

is a

bustlin

g

are

a w

ith a

mix

ture

of co

mm

erc

ial and

resid

ential b

uild

ing

s

whic

h t

end

to

be m

ostly lo

w-r

ise a

nd

accessib

le.

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ba h

as a

very

excitin

g u

rban v

ibe w

ith e

cle

ctic s

ho

ps,

bars

, re

sta

ura

nts

,

and

the n

eo

n lig

hts

of a t

hrivin

g n

ightlife

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am

ba c

an b

e a

fun,

if in

toxic

ating

pla

ce t

o liv

e.

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e m

any a

reas o

f d

ow

nto

wn O

saka,

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f g

reenery

may

put

so

me p

eo

ple

off a

nd

the a

cco

mm

od

atio

n is a

t city p

rices

and

ap

art

ment

siz

es a

re s

mall.

Acc

ess

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any p

rivate

and

pub

lic lin

es c

onverg

ing

at

Nam

ba

Sta

tio

n,

it’s

easy t

o g

et

aro

und

Osaka a

nd

a c

onvenie

nt

dep

art

ure

po

int

for

surr

ound

ing

are

as.

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ba is s

erv

ed

by

the M

ido

suji,

Yo

tsub

ashi, a

nd

Sennic

him

ae s

ub

way lin

es.

JR

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ba S

tatio

n is a

main

sto

p o

n t

he Y

am

ato

ji (K

ansai M

ain

Lin

e) and

Nam

ba is a

lso

a s

tatio

n o

n t

he K

inte

tsu L

ine t

o

Nag

oya a

nd

the N

ankai lin

e t

o K

ansai In

tern

atio

nal A

irp

ort

.

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re T

o L

ive

24

�

Tenn

oji

Tenn

oji

Ro

ug

hly

ten m

inute

s b

y t

rain

aw

ay fro

m N

am

ba a

t

the s

outh

ern

end

of O

saka c

ity,

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ji is

a v

ibra

nt

and

bustlin

g c

ityscap

e p

acked

with d

ep

art

ment

sto

res a

nd

sho

pp

ing

co

mp

lexes.

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rea b

oasts

a p

ark

, an a

rt m

useum

, a r

ath

er

cra

mp

ed

zo

o,

and

the h

isto

ric S

hitenno

-ji Te

mp

le.

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alle

st

build

ing

in J

ap

an,

the A

beno

Haru

kas,

is lo

cate

d h

ere

and

co

nta

ins t

he M

arr

iott

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tel.

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tatio

n a

rea h

as K

inte

tsu,

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nd

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art

ment

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re a

nd

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oo

p s

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co

mp

lex

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res G

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op

ula

r

Jap

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tatio

nery

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ho

useho

ld-g

oo

ds s

tore

.

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ess

Tenno

ji sta

tio

n is a

majo

r tr

ansp

ort

atio

n h

ub

. It is

a s

top

on t

he c

onvenie

nt

Osaka L

oo

p L

ine r

un b

y

JR

West,

the K

ansai M

ain

Lin

e (Yam

ato

ji Lin

e), T

he

Hanw

a L

ine a

nd

has a

s s

top

on t

he M

ido

suji

and

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achi lin

es o

f th

e O

saka M

unic

ipal S

ub

way.

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re T

o L

ive

25

�

Nor

th o

f Osa

ka

No

rth

of

Osa

ka

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ou a

re lo

okin

g t

o liv

e in a

mo

re

resid

ential are

a t

hen y

ou m

ight

co

nsid

er

one o

f th

e t

hre

e m

ain

bed

roo

m

co

mm

unitie

s (citie

s) w

hic

h a

re s

ituate

d

in t

he h

ills t

o t

he n

ort

h o

f O

saka.

Senri,

Suita a

nd

Min

oh a

re e

asy c

om

mute

s

into

to

wn a

nd

offer

mo

re g

reenery

and

sp

ace fo

r fa

milies t

o liv

e.

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oh

is e

sp

ecia

lly a

ttra

ctive d

ue t

o it’s

pro

xim

ity t

o t

he h

ighly

reg

ard

ed

Osaka

Inte

rnatio

nal S

cho

ol.

Sen

ri

Senri is a

bo

ut

25

min

ute

s fro

m U

med

a

Sta

tio

n v

ia r

ail.

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yo

u c

an fi

nd

sin

gle

fam

ily d

welling

s a

nd

ap

art

ments

set

in a

gre

ener, q

uie

ter

enviro

nm

ent.

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ess

Senri-C

huo

Sta

tio

n (als

o k

no

wn a

s

“Senchu”)

is lo

cate

d o

n t

he K

ita-O

saka

Kyuko

Railw

ay,

whic

h lin

ks d

irectly into

the O

saka M

unic

ipal S

ub

way M

ido

suji

Lin

e,

and

the O

saka M

ono

rail

locate

d in

Toyo

naka.

Sui

ta

This

sm

all

city w

as t

he s

ite o

f th

e 1

97

0

Wo

rld

EX

PO

and

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-Leag

ue s

occer

clu

b G

am

ba O

saka p

lays a

t th

e E

XP

O

Sta

diu

m,

locate

d o

n t

he s

ite o

f th

e

form

er

Wo

rld

’s F

air.

Acc

ess

Suita is s

erv

ed

by t

he H

ankyu R

ailw

ay,

JR

West

and

the O

saka M

unic

ipal

Sub

way.

The O

saka M

ono

rail

als

o

passes t

hro

ug

h t

he a

rea,

co

nnecting

the c

ity t

o O

saka,

the E

xp

o

Co

mm

em

ora

tio

n P

ark

and

Ita

mi A

irp

ort

.

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akes a

bo

ut

26

min

ute

s v

ia r

ail

to

Um

ed

a S

tatio

n.

Min

oh

Min

oh,

So

metim

es s

pelle

d a

s M

ino

o,

is a

rela

tively

quie

t p

art

of O

saka

Pre

fectu

re a

nd

the lo

catio

n o

f th

e h

ighly

reg

ard

ed

Osaka Inte

rnatio

nal S

cho

ol.

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lso

kno

wn fo

r M

eiji n

o M

ori,

one o

f Jap

an’s

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est

natio

nal p

ark

s,

whic

h h

ouses a

larg

e p

op

ula

tio

n o

f

wild

mo

nkeys a

nd

has a

pic

ture

sq

ue

wate

rfall.

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ess

Min

oh is just

30

min

ute

s fro

m U

med

a

via

the H

ankyu R

ailw

ay.

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tlin

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ho

usand

s o

f re

nta

l p

rop

ert

ies

• R

eg

ula

rly u

pd

ate

d “

Ho

t P

rop

ert

ies”

featu

ring

new

and

po

pula

r ho

usin

g

op

tio

ns

• U

ser-

frie

nd

ly inte

rface a

llow

ing

vis

ito

rs t

o s

earc

h fo

r severa

l p

rop

ert

ies

at

once

• C

om

pre

hensiv

e p

rop

ert

y d

eta

ils inclu

din

g featu

res,

inte

rio

r and

exte

rio

r

pho

tos,

floo

r p

lans a

nd

much m

ore

• H

elp

ful in

form

atio

n a

bo

ut

po

pula

r exp

atr

iate

are

as

• P

ers

onaliz

ed

sup

po

rt p

rovid

ed

by b

iling

ual re

al esta

te c

onsultants

• R

ent

and

co

nd

itio

n n

eg

otiatio

n t

o g

et

yo

u t

he b

est

and

mo

st

co

mp

etitive d

eal

• B

iling

ual assis

tance a

t yo

ur

“mo

ve-in”

and

yo

ur

“mo

ve-o

ut”

• O

n-g

oin

g a

ssis

tance w

ith a

ny m

ain

tenance issues

• L

ots

of ad

vic

e o

n t

he r

enta

l p

rocess in J

ap

an,

and

what

yo

u c

an a

nd

canno

t d

o!

Rea

l Est

ate

Set

tlin

g In

29

�

Ren

ting

a H

ous

e o

r A

par

tmen

t

So

metim

es fi

nd

ing

a p

lace t

o liv

e in J

ap

an r

eq

uires a

willin

g s

usp

ensio

n

of d

isb

elie

f fr

om

a w

este

rn m

ind

set.

As w

ith s

o m

uch in J

ap

an,

or

any

oth

er

fore

ign c

ountr

y fo

r th

at

matt

er, t

hin

gs a

re s

imp

ly d

one d

iffere

ntly.

And

no

exp

erience in J

ap

an q

uite c

om

pare

s t

o t

he u

niq

ue w

ay t

hat

the

Jap

anese liv

e a

nd

manag

e t

heir liv

ing

sp

aces.

Fo

r sta

rters

it

bears

rep

eating

that

sp

ace is a

t a p

rem

ium

. T

he m

ore

sp

ace y

ou w

ant,

the m

ore

of so

meth

ing

els

e y

ou w

ill h

ave t

o g

ive u

p:

tim

e,

mo

ney o

r co

nvenie

nce.

Cho

osin

g b

etw

een r

enting

an a

part

ment

or

a h

ouse m

eans d

ecid

ing

what

kin

d o

f lif

esty

le y

ou p

refe

r. W

ant

to b

e

near

the s

ho

pp

ing

and

resta

ura

nts

of th

e c

ity? S

pace w

ill b

e h

ard

to

co

me b

y. W

ant

a b

it m

ore

gre

en a

nd

a larg

er

pla

ce t

o liv

e? P

rep

are

fo

r

a c

om

mute

. T

hese c

ho

ices a

re fam

iliar

to a

nyo

ne w

ho

has liv

ed

in a

n

urb

an a

rea.

Ho

wever

Jap

an t

end

s t

o p

ut

a lo

t m

ore

of a p

rem

ium

on

sp

ace.

Even a

big

pla

ce in J

ap

an m

ight

still

seem

sm

all

co

mp

are

d t

o

what

yo

u a

re u

sed

to

.

Ta

tam

iS

qu

are

Me

ters

(ft

2)

45.8

,62.4

68.6

,92.6

811.6

,124.9

10

14.5

,156.1

Ho

w J

apan

ese

Ap

artm

ents

and

Ho

uses

are

Mea

sure

d

Jap

anese p

rop

ert

ies a

re t

yp

ically

measure

d a

cco

rdin

g t

o h

ow

many

tata

mi m

ats

fit

into

each r

oo

m.

While

mo

dern

Jap

anese a

part

ments

and

ho

mes a

re c

onstr

ucte

d w

ith fl

oo

ring

and

often d

o n

ot

have t

he

trad

itio

nal str

aw

mats

or

tata

mi; t

he t

ata

mi sta

nd

ard

of m

easure

ment

is

still

used

.

One jo

means o

ne s

traw

tata

mi m

at.

The s

ize o

f a t

ata

mi is

ro

ug

hly

85

.5cm

wid

e a

nd

17

9cm

(3

3.5

” b

y 7

0.5

”) If th

e r

oo

m is 6

jo

, it w

ill b

e

ab

out

8.6

sq

uare

mete

rs.

(Tata

mi siz

e v

aries a

cco

rdin

g t

o w

heth

er

it is

used

in a

fre

e-s

tand

ing

ho

use o

r ap

art

ment

and

als

o v

aries in d

iffere

nt

locatio

ns o

f Jap

an.)

Rea

l Est

ate

Set

tlin

g In

30

�

Jap

anes

e A

par

tmen

ts

Jap

anese a

part

ments

can b

e n

oto

rio

usly

sm

all,

esp

ecia

lly in T

okyo

,

where

even s

om

e h

igh-e

nd

pro

pert

ies a

re a

s s

mall

as a

den o

r even

a larg

e b

ath

roo

m in m

any w

este

rn c

ountr

ies.

Ho

wever, a

s J

ap

an

beco

mes m

ore

inte

rnatio

nal, p

rop

ert

ies a

re b

eco

min

g m

ore

and

mo

re

“weste

rn,”

and

altho

ug

h s

pace is lim

ited

, “o

pen s

paces”

are

no

w m

ore

po

pula

r th

an a

num

ber

of tiny r

oo

ms,

whic

h is t

rad

itio

nally

the c

ase in

Jap

anese h

om

es.

The s

ituatio

n o

uts

ide o

f To

kyo

is r

ela

tively

bett

er. M

ost

renta

l p

rop

ert

ies

tend

to

be larg

er

and

are

a b

ett

er

valu

e.

Ap

art

ments

will g

enera

lly n

ot

inclu

de u

tilit

ies in t

he r

ent,

altho

ug

h s

om

e d

o c

harg

e fees fo

r w

ate

r

usag

e.

Park

ing

is u

sually

an e

xtr

a fee w

hic

h n

orm

ally

runs s

om

ew

here

betw

een ¥

5,0

00

to

¥3

0,0

00

per

mo

nth

, d

ep

end

ing

on lo

catio

n.

Ap

art

ments

co

me in m

any s

izes,

and

Jap

an h

as a

uniq

ue a

lphanum

eric

co

de fo

r each t

yp

e o

f ap

art

ment.

Fo

r exam

ple

a “

1K

” is

a o

ne r

oo

m

ap

art

ment

with a

kitchen.

A 1

DK

is a

one r

oo

m a

part

ment

with a

din

ing

roo

m w

ith a

jo

inin

g k

itchen.

A 1

LD

K m

eans t

hat

the a

part

ment

has a

n

ad

join

ing

liv

ing

are

a a

s w

ell

and

one b

ed

roo

m.

Thus t

he m

ore

num

bers

an a

part

ment

has t

he m

ore

“ro

om

s”

it h

as.

Just

rem

em

ber

that

LD

K

(livin

g,

din

ing

, kitchen) is

genera

lly o

ne r

oo

m,

no

t th

ree! T

he d

iffere

nce

fro

m “

K”

to “

DK

” to

”LD

K”

is t

he s

ize o

f th

e r

oo

m c

onta

inin

g t

ho

se

are

as.

Here

is a

sam

ple

of a 1

LD

K fl

oo

r p

lan.

As y

ou c

an s

ee,

the “

LD

”

po

rtio

ns o

ccup

y t

he s

am

e s

pace.

Here

is a

2LD

K fl

oo

r p

lan.

Larg

er

ap

art

ments

such a

s a

3LD

K w

ill o

ften h

ave o

ne o

r m

ore

ro

om

s

with t

ata

mi flo

oring

, and

while

these r

oo

ms o

ften w

ould

n’t

be c

onsid

ere

d

by W

este

rners

to

co

unt

as a

n “

ad

ditio

nal b

ed

roo

m”,

they a

re c

ounte

d a

s

one b

ed

roo

m a

mo

ng

st

the t

hre

e b

ed

roo

ms in 3

LD

K.

Rea

l Est

ate

Set

tlin

g In

31

�

Ren

tal H

ous

es

In J

apan

Ho

uses in J

ap

an t

end

to

be

sm

alle

r and

sim

ple

r th

an t

ho

se

in o

ther

co

untr

ies,

and

mo

st

fore

igners

resid

ing

in J

ap

an fo

r

wo

rk t

end

to

cho

ose h

om

es t

hat

co

uld

be d

escrib

ed

as “

luxury

” in

the lo

cal m

ark

et.

These p

rop

ert

ies

are

genera

lly w

este

rn-s

tyle

ho

mes

with a

full

suite o

f am

enitie

s n

ot

often fo

und

in J

ap

anese h

ouses.

Clo

thes d

ryers

, d

ish w

ashers

,

centr

al heating

, and

multip

le

bed

roo

ms a

re a

ll fe

atu

res t

hat

are

no

w c

om

mo

nly

availa

ble

in

up

scale

Jap

anese p

rop

ert

ies.

If t

he h

ouse c

om

es w

ith a

gard

en

it w

ill b

e lim

ited

in s

co

pe,

ho

wever

hig

h-v

alu

e r

enta

l p

rop

ert

ies w

ill

be lo

cate

d in m

ore

sp

acio

us

co

mm

unitie

s a

nd

often n

earb

y a

pub

lic p

ark

. T

he t

rad

e o

ff is s

uch

ho

uses a

re o

ften n

ot

clo

se t

o t

rain

or

sub

way s

tatio

ns a

nd

there

fore

the u

se o

f a c

ar

is n

ecessitate

d.

Exp

ats

with t

he b

enefit

of a

relo

catio

n c

om

pany lik

e R

elo

Jap

an,

will h

ave s

om

eo

ne t

ake

care

of all

the little d

eta

ils o

f th

e

em

plo

yee’s

mo

ve,

inclu

din

g

find

ing

them

a h

ouse o

r

ap

art

ment,

so

urc

ing

furn

iture

and

,or

cars

fo

r le

ase o

r p

urc

hase

and

arr

ang

ing

the d

eliv

ery

of th

e

clie

nt’s b

elo

ng

ing

s fro

m t

heir h

om

e

co

untr

y. G

enera

lly,

the c

om

pany

will p

ay fo

r th

ese s

erv

ices,

but

a little b

it o

f kno

wle

dg

e w

ill h

elp

the e

mp

loyee g

et

the m

ost

out

of

them

.

Fin

din

g a

n a

part

ment

on y

our

ow

n

in J

ap

an c

an b

e a

daunting

task if

yo

u h

ave n

ever

do

ne it

befo

re.

It

seem

s lik

e just

ab

out

every

thin

g is

a little h

ard

er

in h

ere

, and

if yo

u d

o

no

t sp

eak J

ap

anese y

our

op

tio

ns

are

fairly

lim

ited

. O

ne o

f th

e fi

rst

diff

ere

nces b

etw

een J

ap

an a

nd

the w

est

is t

hat

ap

art

ments

and

ho

uses a

re r

ente

d t

hro

ug

h r

eal

esta

te a

gents

and

the land

lord

s

desig

nate

d “

manag

em

ent

co

mp

any”

or

“rep

resenta

tive”,

rath

er

than d

irectly w

ith t

he

land

lord

. T

his

is w

hy y

ou r

are

ly

see “

for

rent”

sig

ns in fro

nt

of

ap

art

ments

, and

when y

ou d

o t

he

co

nta

ct

info

rmatio

n is a

lo

cal re

al

esta

te b

ranch o

ffice.

Ren

ting

Acc

omod

atio

n

Set

tlin

g In

32

�

While

tra

ditio

nal re

al esta

te a

gents

offer

the v

ast

majo

rity

of availa

ble

pro

pert

ies in J

ap

an,

they a

re n

ot

set

up

to

be fo

reig

ner

frie

nd

ly.

Many land

lord

s a

re s

imp

ly n

ot

willin

g t

o r

ent

to fo

reig

ners

in

genera

l, e

sp

ecia

lly t

o t

ho

se w

ho

do

no

t sp

eak a

ny J

ap

anese.

As o

ne fo

reig

n r

esid

ent

has

reco

unte

d:

“I r

em

em

ber

hearing

the a

gent

who

help

ed

me w

ith

min

e s

ay t

o m

y p

rosp

ective

land

lord

s o

ver

and

over

ag

ain

,

“He is fo

reig

n,

but

he is fro

m

the U

nited

Sta

tes a

nd

sp

eaks

Jap

anese.

“ U

sually

, th

is w

as

follo

wed

quic

kly

by,

“O

h,

really

?

I und

ers

tand

, th

ank y

ou fo

r yo

ur

tim

e.”

I felt b

ad

fo

r him

watc

hin

g

the lis

t o

f p

rop

ert

ies h

e w

as a

ble

to s

ho

w m

e g

et

sm

alle

r, a

nd

sm

alle

r, u

ntil w

e w

ere

left w

ith

ab

out

5;

out

of an o

rig

inal 2

5.”

Gett

ing

a fo

reig

ner

into

ho

usin

g

can b

e a

challe

ng

e in J

ap

an.

Jap

anH

om

eS

earc

h.c

om

sp

ecia

lizes in s

erv

ing

the s

pecifi

c

ho

usin

g n

eed

s o

f fo

reig

n c

lient’s.

The a

part

ments

and

ho

mes t

hey

offer

are

pre

-scre

ened

to

allo

w

fore

ign t

enants

, and

unlik

e a

trad

itio

nal re

al esta

te a

gent,

they

can b

asic

ally

take y

ou t

hro

ug

h t

he

renta

l p

rocess fro

m s

tart

to

finis

h

in E

ng

lish.

Fees

and

Po

licie

s

Key

Mo

ney

Key m

oney o

r re

ikin

is a

one-

tim

e fee t

hat

a t

enant

may b

e

asked

to

a p

ay a

land

lord

when

a lease c

ontr

act

is c

onclu

ded

.

This

is c

onsid

ere

d a

gra

tuity

for

the c

onclu

sio

n o

f th

e lease

co

ntr

act.

This

busin

ess c

usto

m

date

s b

ack t

o a

n o

ld J

ap

anese

trad

itio

n w

here

by w

ealthy fam

ilies

in p

ositio

ns o

f p

ow

er

paid

cash

to a

land

lord

as a

gra

tuity.

Unlik

e

a d

ep

osit,

this

paym

ent

will n

ot

be r

etu

rned

at

the t

erm

inatio

n o

f

the c

ontr

act.

Hig

h r

ent

pro

pert

y

ow

ners

genera

lly d

o n

ot

req

uest

key m

oney a

nd

inste

ad

, charg

e

dep

osit p

lus o

ne m

onth

ad

vance

rent.

While

the “

key m

oney”

trad

itio

n

seem

s o

verly e

xo

rbitant,

one m

ust

und

ers

tand

that

mo

nth

ly r

ent

is

much lo

wer

in O

saka t

han o

ther

citie

s in J

ap

an w

here

key m

oney is

no

t so

pro

min

ent,

and

there

are

no

penaltie

s t

o c

ancelin

g c

ontr

acts

at

any p

oin

t d

uring

the h

ousin

g

co

ntr

act.

Co

ntr

acts

usually

auto

matically

renew

in O

saka,

witho

ut

any r

enew

al fe

es,

so

the

key m

oney y

ou n

eed

to

pay u

p

fro

nt

is s

imp

ly a

“d

iffere

nt

syste

m”

and

the o

vera

ll situatio

n s

ho

uld

be c

onsid

ere

d w

hen e

valu

ating

the initia

l co

sts

of ente

ring

a n

ew

renta

l ho

me.

Dep

osi

ts

Dep

osits o

r ho

sho

kin

are

sta

nd

ard

fo

r re

nta

l ag

reem

ents

and

are

co

llecte

d in a

dvance

as c

olla

tera

l to

co

ver

po

tential

arr

ears

in r

ent

and

pro

pert

y

dam

ag

e a

nd

/or

futu

re c

leanin

g

fees a

t te

rmin

atio

n o

f th

e c

ontr

act.

Typ

ically

2~

6 m

onth

s r

ent

will b

e

charg

ed

as d

ep

osit.

As in m

ost

oth

er

co

untr

ies,

the d

ep

osit is in

princip

le r

efu

nd

ab

le.

Ho

wever,

so

me land

lord

s c

an b

e q

uite

punitiv

e in t

he d

am

ag

e t

hey

charg

e.

Ren

t

Rent

or

yachin

is u

sually

paid

mo

nth

ly,

in a

dvance t

o t

he o

wner.

In s

om

e c

ases t

here

is a

late

fee if

paym

ent

is o

verd

ue.

Ren

ting

Acc

omod

atio

n

Set

tlin

g In

33

�

Mai

nten

ance

Fee

It is s

tand

ard

fo

r th

e land

lord

to

req

uire k

yo

ekih

i, a

mo

nth

ly fee

for

genera

l b

uild

ing

main

tenance,

inclu

din

g g

round

s,

ele

ctr

icity fo

r

the e

levato

r and

outs

ide lig

hting

as

well

as u

p-k

eep

of th

e s

tructu

re.

Ag

ent

Fees

Mo

st

pro

pert

ies a

re fo

und

thro

ug

h

a r

eal esta

te c

om

pany.

The r

ealto

r

will c

harg

e a

n a

gent’s fee c

hukai

tesury

o a

s p

aym

ent

for

acting

as

an inte

rmed

iary

, fr

om

the s

tart

of th

e h

om

e-fi

nd

ing

pro

cess

thro

ug

h c

onclu

sio

n o

f th

e h

ouse

co

ntr

act

and

mo

ve-in insp

ectio

n.

The c

eiling

of th

e fee,

reg

ula

ted

by law

, is

1 m

onth

’s r

ent

plu

s

co

nsum

ptio

n t

ax.

Tena

nt In

sura

nce

Ho

usin

g c

ontr

acts

often s

tip

ula

te

the t

enant

to t

ake o

ut

tenant

insura

nce juta

ku h

oken.

There

are

very

reaso

nab

le c

om

pre

hensiv

e

tenant

insura

nce p

ackag

es

availa

ble

whic

h o

ffer

pro

tectio

n

for

the w

ho

le fam

ily p

rovid

ing

pers

onal lia

bility

and

dam

ag

es

caused

fire

, w

ate

r le

aks,

theft,

lightn

ing

and

eart

hq

uake.

Rep

airs

The r

esp

onsib

ility

fo

r re

pairs is

usually

cle

arly o

utlin

ed

in t

he

ho

usin

g c

ontr

act.

Ow

ners

are

resp

onsib

le fo

r “g

enera

l w

ear

and

tear”

calle

d “

shiz

en-s

ho

mo”

in J

ap

anese,

while

tenants

are

resp

onsib

le fo

r any d

am

ag

e

outs

ide n

orm

al w

ear

and

tear.

Ho

wever, it

is im

po

rtant

to

und

ers

tand

that

in J

ap

an a

ll

rep

airs a

re g

enera

lly d

one b

y t

he

ow

ner’s s

tip

ula

ted

manag

em

ent

co

mp

any o

r re

pairm

an.

Yo

u

beco

me r

esp

onsib

le fo

r th

e c

ost,

but

it is n

ot

custo

m in J

ap

an t

hat

yo

u c

ond

uct

yo

ur

ow

n r

ep

airs.

Pet

s

Many r

enta

l p

rop

ert

ies d

on’t

allo

w

pets

, so

havin

g a

pet

is lik

ely

to r

ed

uce y

our

renta

l o

ptio

ns

sig

nifi

cantly.

Ho

wever, p

ets

are

no

w v

ery

po

pula

r in

Jap

an,

so

we h

ave s

een r

ela

tively

mo

re

pro

pert

ies in r

ecent

years

that

will

take y

our

po

od

le o

r yo

ur

Sia

mese

beauty

. E

ven w

hen p

rop

ert

ies a

re

lab

ele

d “

pet

frie

nd

ly”,

it

is c

om

mo

n

case-b

y-c

ase p

erm

issio

n m

ust

be

ob

tain

ed

fro

m t

he land

lord

.

So

me p

rop

ert

ies,

for

exam

ple

,

will a

llow

sm

all

pets

, b

ut

no

t

larg

e d

og

s.

So

me p

laces a

re O

K

with d

og

s,

but

do

n’t a

llow

cats

.

So

metim

es,

ad

ditio

nal d

ep

osits

or

rent

can b

e r

eq

uired

and

there

may b

e a

dd

itio

nal “c

leanin

g”

or

“dis

infe

ctio

n”

charg

es a

t th

e e

nd

of th

e c

ontr

act.

Big

do

gs a

nd

cats

are

very

hard

to

find

pla

ces t

o liv

e w

ith.

Less t

han

20

% o

f p

rop

ert

ies w

ill a

llow

pets

genera

lly,

and

only

aro

und

5%

wo

uld

allo

w a

big

do

g o

r a c

at.

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Gua

rant

or

Many c

om

panie

s a

ct

as lessee

and

ente

r in

to h

ousin

g c

ontr

acts

on b

ehalf

of fo

reig

n e

mp

loyee

or

“tenant”

. In

these c

ases n

o

guara

nto

r is

need

ed

. H

ow

ever, if

yo

u e

nte

r in

to a

private

co

ntr

act

and

will b

e t

he s

ignato

ry,

yo

u

will a

lso

need

a g

uara

nto

r. T

he

guara

nto

r can b

e a

Jap

anese

co

lleag

ue o

r co

mp

any e

sta

blis

hed

to p

rovid

e just

such s

erv

ices.

Recently,

many o

wners

are

usin

g

“guara

nto

r co

mp

anie

s”

who

will c

harg

e y

ou a

flat

fee fo

r th

is

serv

ice.

Yo

u w

ill n

eed

to

pro

vid

e

do

cum

ents

such a

s c

op

ies o

f

yo

ur

resid

ence c

ard

and

vis

a

sta

mp

and

sub

mit a

Cert

ificate

of

Em

plo

ym

ent

fro

m y

our

co

mp

any

in o

rder

to e

nte

r in

to a

co

ntr

act

with t

he “

guara

nto

r co

mp

any”

whic

h in t

urn

allo

ws y

ou t

o m

ake

a c

ontr

act

with t

he h

ouse p

rop

ert

y

ow

ner.

Co

ntra

ct T

erm

s

Ho

usin

g c

ontr

acts

in J

ap

an

are

genera

lly fo

r a s

et

two

years

and

inclu

de c

lauses fo

r

early t

erm

inatio

n a

nd

renew

al.

It is s

tand

ard

fo

r co

ntr

acts

to

auto

matically

be e

xte

nd

ed

unle

ss

a c

ancella

tio

n n

otice h

as b

een

sub

mitte

d.

When y

our

assig

nm

ent

in J

ap

an h

as e

nd

ed

, it w

ill b

e

necessary

to

term

inate

the h

ouse

co

ntr

act

and

rela

ted

serv

ices s

uch

as u

tilit

ies.

Mo

st

ho

usin

g c

ontr

acts

req

uire o

ne-t

wo

mo

nth

s p

rio

r

writt

en n

otice o

f te

rmin

atio

n. T

here

will b

e a

final in

sp

ectio

n w

hen

yo

u m

ove o

ut

at

whic

h t

ime t

he

ow

ner, r

ealto

r and

,or

manag

em

ent

rep

resenta

tive w

ill a

scert

ain

cle

anin

g a

nd

dam

ag

e fees t

o b

e

ded

ucte

d fro

m t

he d

ep

osit.

In a

dd

itio

n t

o s

tand

ard

tw

o-y

ear

co

ntr

acts

, th

ere

are

als

o fi

xed

-

term

co

ntr

acts

that

are

co

mm

on

if th

e o

wner

is p

lannin

g t

o r

etu

rn

to t

heir p

rop

ert

y a

t so

me p

oin

t in

the futu

re.

Fix

ed

term

co

ntr

acts

canno

t b

e r

enew

ed

, so

any

exte

nsio

n o

f th

e initia

l co

ntr

act

wo

uld

req

uire a

co

mp

lete

ly n

ew

co

ntr

act.

Fix

ed

term

co

ntr

acts

are

no

rmally

fo

r lo

ng

er

perio

ds o

f

four-

five y

ears

, b

ut

the t

erm

inatio

n

pro

cess r

em

ain

s t

he s

am

e a

s fo

r

sta

nd

ard

tw

o-y

ear

co

ntr

acts

.

Ap

plia

nces

and

Fur

nitu

re

When m

ovin

g into

a n

ew

ap

art

ment

or

ho

use it

is c

om

mo

n t

hat

there

will b

e little,

if anyth

ing

, in

the w

ay

furn

ishin

gs a

nd

b

uilt

-in a

pp

liances.

Often y

ou m

ay b

e r

eq

uired

to

buy

lights

, air c

ond

itio

ners

, curt

ain

s

and

oth

er

white a

pp

liance ite

ms

that

yo

u m

ight

co

nsid

er

sta

nd

ard

in

renta

l p

rop

ert

ies e

lsew

here

. E

ither

way t

he u

tilit

y o

f such d

evic

es a

nd

the w

ay t

hey w

ork

will n

eed

a little

stu

dy t

o fi

gure

out.

Was

hing

Mac

hine

s

Yo

u s

ho

uld

be a

ware

that

Jap

anese

washin

g m

achin

es u

sually

wash

only

with c

old

wate

r, a

s t

here

is n

ot

often h

ot

wate

r availa

ble

fo

r th

e

laund

ry a

reas o

f Jap

anese h

ousin

g.

Jap

anese c

loth

es d

ryers

are

often

co

mb

inatio

n m

achin

es,

or

are

sep

ara

te u

nits t

hat

are

po

were

d b

y

ele

ctr

icity o

nly,

and

there

fore

take

ho

urs

to

dry

clo

thes fully

. P

ow

erf

ul

clo

thes d

ryers

do

n’t t

end

to

be

co

mm

on b

ecause t

he J

ap

anese

usually

dry

their c

loth

es o

uts

ide o

n

a lin

e.

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Kit

chen

Ap

plia

nces

A J

ap

anese k

itchen w

ill b

e s

et

up

quite d

iffere

ntly fro

m its

weste

rn

co

unte

rpart

. A

n s

tand

alo

ne o

ven

is u

nco

mm

on a

nd

is u

sually

part

of an a

pp

liance t

hat

inclu

des a

mic

row

ave w

ith a

n e

lectr

ic o

ven

featu

re.

A lo

t o

f p

eo

ple

use o

nly

a

toaste

r o

ven in t

heir a

part

ments

,

as e

ven a

sm

alle

r “f

ull

siz

e”

oven

will s

imp

ly n

ot

fit.

Many s

toves

burn

pro

pane g

as,

have t

wo

to

four

burn

ers

and

inclu

de a

fish

grill

that

sid

es o

ut

fro

m u

nd

er

the

burn

ers

and

op

era

tes a

s a

sm

all

bro

iling

oven.

In larg

er

weste

rn-s

tyle

pro

pert

ies,

larg

er

ovens a

nd

white a

pp

liances

are

availa

ble

, b

ut

in t

yp

ical

Jap

anese p

rop

ert

ies e

ven a

sm

all

dis

hw

asher

is r

are

ly inclu

ded

in

the k

itchen.

Toile

ts a

nd B

aths

His

torically

Jap

anese d

id n

ot

have a

to

ilet

in t

he b

ath

roo

m a

nd

the t

wo

facilities h

ad

their o

wn

sep

ara

tely

ded

icate

d s

paces.

A

trad

itio

nal Jap

anese b

ath

req

uires

that

mo

st

washin

g is d

one o

ut

of

the b

ath

, w

hic

h is u

sed

prim

arily

for

so

akin

g a

nd

rela

xatio

n.

The

bath

ing

are

a w

as intu

itiv

ely

a

“cle

an”

sp

ace a

nd

the inclu

sio

n

of a t

oile

t effectively

neg

ate

d t

his

co

ncep

t. T

hese d

ays h

ow

ever

yo

u w

ill fi

nd

so

meth

ing

calle

d a

“unit b

ath

” in

sm

alle

r ap

art

ments

.

A u

nit b

ath

will h

ave b

oth

a t

oile

t

and

a b

ath

tub

with a

sho

wer

att

achm

ent,

effectively

merg

ing

the t

wo

functio

ns in a

no

d t

o t

he

realit

y t

hat

sp

ace is a

t a p

rem

ium

and

so

me t

rad

itio

ns m

ust

be

sacrific

ed

.

Jap

anes

e To

ilets

The A

merican e

quiv

ale

nt

of th

e

“bath

roo

m”

or

“restr

oo

m”

is

refe

rred

to

sim

ply

as “

the t

oile

t”

(to

ire) in

Jap

an,

as in E

uro

pean

co

untr

ies.

While

yo

u w

ill s

till

find

sta

nd

ard

“sq

uatt

ing

” to

ilets

in

pub

lic facilities a

nd

old

er

build

ing

s,

mo

st

mo

dern

Jap

anese t

oile

ts a

re

quite s

up

erio

r in

techno

log

y a

nd

functio

n t

o t

ho

se y

ou m

ay h

ave

enco

unte

red

in o

ther

co

untr

ies.

Mo

st

will h

ave h

eate

d s

eats

and

it is a

lso

co

mm

on t

o inclu

de b

oth

a b

idet

and

“w

ashle

t” (p

oste

rio

r

washin

g s

pra

y) fu

nctio

ns u

tiliz

ing

warm

wate

r. S

om

e w

ill a

lso

featu

re “

blo

w d

ry”

mo

des t

o lim

it

the a

mo

unt

of to

ilet

pap

er

that

is

used

.

The

Jap

anes

e B

ath

As m

entio

ned

ab

ove,

the

Jap

anese h

ave t

rad

itio

nally

utiliz

ed

the b

ath

fo

r re

laxatio

n.

As t

he

bo

dy is w

ashed

outs

ide o

f th

e

bath

in a

sho

wer

are

a,

the w

ate

r in

the b

ath

is o

ften u

sed

by s

evera

l

peo

ple

befo

re it

is let

out.

Mo

dern

bath

s w

ill a

llow

yo

u t

o r

e-h

eat

the

wate

r fo

r la

ter

use.

Sho

wering

is

usually

do

ne s

itting

on a

sto

ol and

for

this

reaso

n y

ou w

ill fi

nd

that

it is

hung

lo

wer

than y

ou m

ight

exp

ect.

Mo

st

sho

wer

head

s a

re a

ttached

via

a h

ose a

nd

can d

eta

ch fro

m

the w

all

and

be u

sed

sep

ara

tely

fro

m t

heir n

orm

al p

ositio

n.

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Furn

ishi

ng

Your

Ho

me

Dep

end

ing

on y

our

situatio

n a

nd

bud

get,

there

are

many o

ptio

ns fo

r

furn

ishin

g y

our

ho

me in J

ap

an.

Shi

pp

ing

If y

ou a

re c

om

ing

to

Jap

an fo

r

an e

xte

nd

ed

perio

d o

f tim

e,

yo

ur

co

mp

any m

ay s

hip

yo

ur

furn

iture

to J

ap

an a

nd

back fo

r yo

u.

Bein

g

surr

ound

ed

by fam

iliar

thin

gs is a

gre

at

way t

o h

elp

yo

u e

ase into

life

in a

new

co

untr

y.

Be a

ware

ho

wever

that

ship

pin

g

can b

e a

bit o

f a h

assle

and

can

take b

etw

een s

ix t

o e

ight

weeks,

no

t in

clu

din

g a

ny p

rob

lem

s t

hat

may a

rise a

t custo

ms.

Ad

ditio

nally

so

me t

hin

gs s

imp

ly m

ay n

ot

fit into

a J

ap

anese a

part

ment

or

ho

use,

so

keep

in m

ind

what

typ

es o

f

thin

gs y

ou a

re b

ring

ing

and

if th

ey

will s

uit y

our

new

pla

ce.

Often t

he

siz

e o

f d

oo

rways a

nd

ele

vato

rs

in J

ap

an a

re s

malle

r th

an b

ack

ho

me a

nd

so

it

is b

est

to c

onfir

m

wheth

er

thin

gs w

ill fi

t o

r no

t b

efo

re

yo

u s

end

them

. W

hat

can y

ou

do

with a

refr

igera

tor

that

wo

n’t

fit in y

our

ho

use a

fter

all?

Fo

r th

is

reaso

n it

is a

go

od

id

ea t

o b

ring

the m

easure

ments

of any larg

e

item

s y

ou p

lan o

n b

ring

ing

with

yo

u o

n a

ho

me-fi

nd

ing

to

ur.

If y

ou d

o d

ecid

e t

o s

hip

yo

ur

ho

useho

ld ite

ms y

ou w

ill n

eed

to

decid

e fo

r w

hat

to d

o w

hile

yo

u

wait fo

r every

thin

g t

o a

rriv

e.

Yo

u

may c

ho

ose t

o s

tay in a

ho

tel,

or

yo

u c

ould

just

make d

o liv

ing

out

of a s

uitcase o

n t

he fl

oo

r.

Altern

atively

Lease J

ap

an o

ffers

a c

onvenie

nt

sho

rt-t

erm

furn

iture

renta

l serv

ice w

hic

h c

an k

eep

yo

u

co

mfo

rtab

le d

uring

the inte

rval

betw

een w

hen y

ou a

rriv

e a

nd

when y

our

stu

ff d

oes.

Buy

ing

New

Fur

nitu

re

Ano

ther

op

tio

n is t

o b

uy a

ll new

furn

iture

. H

ow

ever

yo

u m

ay

find

that

the s

ize a

nd

variety

of

furn

ishin

gs a

vaila

ble

may n

ot

matc

h y

our

pre

fere

nces.

While

weste

rn-s

tyle

furn

ishin

gs a

re

incre

asin

gly

co

mm

on,

the q

ualit

y

and

price p

erf

orm

ance fo

r w

hat

yo

u g

et

can o

ften b

e d

isap

po

inting

to fo

reig

ners

.

Furn

ishi

ng Y

our

Hom

e

Set

tlin

g In

37

�

Buy

ing

Use

d F

urni

ture

Lik

e a

nyw

here

els

e,

yo

u c

an a

lso

purc

hase u

sed

furn

iture

in J

ap

an.

One

po

pula

r w

ay o

f fin

din

g w

hat

yo

u a

re a

fter

is t

o c

heck “

sayo

nara

sale

s”,

mo

vin

g h

om

e s

ale

s b

y o

ther

fore

ign r

esid

ents

.

Sayo

nara

sale

s a

re u

sually

ad

vert

ised

by w

ord

of m

outh

, b

ut

yo

u

may fi

nd

one b

y s

earc

hin

g o

n t

he inte

rnet.

If yo

u g

et

lucky,

this

is

the c

heap

est

meth

od

of fu

rnis

hin

g y

our

ho

use,

but

there

is n

o w

ay

to g

uara

nte

e t

hat

yo

u w

ill g

et

yo

ur

ho

me furn

ished

with a

ny s

ort

of

exp

ed

iency.

In a

dd

itio

n r

unnin

g a

round

and

co

llecting

thin

gs fro

m p

eo

ple

in a

new

city is a

bit o

f a h

assle

.

Altern

atively

yo

u c

an t

ry o

ne o

f th

e “

recycle

sho

ps”

whic

h s

ells

used

item

s.

Thin

k o

f th

em

as p

erm

anent

gara

ge s

ale

s.

Yo

u n

ever

kno

w w

hat

yo

u m

ight

find

in t

hem

, and

the p

rices c

an b

e m

uch h

igher

than y

ou

wo

uld

exp

ect.

Lastly t

here

is t

he p

rob

lem

of fe

rryin

g t

hin

gs b

ack t

o y

our

resid

ence.

So

me s

ho

ps w

ill d

eliv

er

(dep

end

ing

on h

ow

much s

tuff y

ou

buy) b

ut

mo

st

will e

xp

ect

yo

u t

o t

ake w

hat

yo

u b

uy h

om

e w

ith y

ou.

Mo

st

fore

igners

will t

ell

yo

u t

hat

sayo

nara

sale

s a

re w

ort

h c

heckin

g o

ut

if

there

is s

om

eth

ing

yo

u c

an’t

get

els

ew

here

. R

oug

hly

the s

am

e g

oes fo

r

used

sto

res,

tho

ug

h t

hey t

end

no

t to

be o

f very

go

od

valu

e.

Le

asin

g F

urn

itu

re

There

are

severa

l re

aso

ns w

hy leasin

g furn

iture

is a

n a

ttra

ctive o

ptio

n fo

r

exp

ats

. O

ne p

oin

t to

co

nsid

er

is t

hat

when it

co

mes t

ime t

o r

etu

rn h

om

e

yo

u w

ill e

ither

have t

o s

hip

it

ho

me o

r o

therw

ise g

et

rid

of it in J

ap

an.

If

yo

u c

an’t

sell

the t

hin

gs y

ou h

ave c

olle

cte

d y

ou w

ill h

ave t

o d

isp

ose o

f

them

whic

h c

an b

e q

uite e

xp

ensiv

e a

nd

tim

e c

onsum

ing

. If y

ou w

ish t

o

thro

w a

way larg

e ite

ms y

ou m

ust

reserv

e a

pic

k u

p d

ay a

nd

pay a

fee fo

r

anyth

ing

that

canno

t b

e p

laced

in a

sta

nd

ard

garb

ag

e b

ag

.

If y

ou d

ecid

e t

o lease furn

iture

then it

will b

e d

eliv

ere

d a

nd

pic

ked

up

at

yo

ur

co

nvenie

nce.

This

is e

sp

ecia

lly u

sefu

l fo

r p

eo

ple

who

want

to m

ake

a c

ontr

act

for

the e

xact

perio

d o

f tim

e t

hat

they w

ill b

e in J

ap

an.

Yo

u c

an

even h

ave y

our

resid

ence furn

ished

and

read

y fo

r yo

u b

efo

re y

ou a

rriv

e.

Lease J

ap

an w

ill furn

ish y

our

ho

me t

aste

fully

and

quic

kly

witho

ut

investing

a lo

t o

f cash u

p-f

ront.

They d

o t

he w

ork

fo

r yo

u s

o t

hat

yo

u h

ave t

ime a

nd

energ

y t

o c

oncentr

ate

on g

ett

ing

sett

led

in a

nd

acq

uain

ted

with y

our

new

enviro

ns.

Their E

ng

lish-lang

uag

e s

erv

ice is

str

ess fre

e a

nd

easy t

o u

se.

Here

are

so

me o

f th

e s

erv

ices t

hat

they p

rovid

e:

• T

aste

ful fu

rniture

and

ap

plia

nces s

ele

cte

d b

y y

ou fro

m t

heir c

ata

log

ue.

Ord

er

pie

ce b

y p

iece,

or

one o

f th

eir c

onvenie

nt

packag

es,

sp

ecia

lly

sele

cte

d t

o p

rovid

e y

ou w

ith a

ll th

e e

ssentials

.

• D

eliv

ery

and

insta

llatio

n o

f th

e ite

ms in y

our

ho

me.

• C

ontinued

sup

po

rt fo

r m

ain

tenance a

nd

rep

air issues.

• C

olle

ctio

n o

f fu

rniture

and

ap

plia

nces fro

m y

our

ho

me a

t le

ase e

nd

.

• S

erv

ice in E

ng

lish;

inclu

din

g c

ontr

acts

and

serv

ice d

ocum

enta

tio

n

• E

ng

lish a

pp

liance m

anuals

, w

hen p

ossib

le.

Fo

r m

ore

info

rmatio

n g

o t

o: w

ww

.leaseja

pan.c

om

/furn

cata

log

ue.a

sp

Furn

ishi

ng Y

our

Hom

e

Set

tlin

g In

38

�

Gar

bage

Dea

ling

wit

h G

arb

age

in O

saka

In O

saka,

it is a

req

uirem

ent

that

yo

u d

isp

ose o

f g

arb

arg

e u

sin

g s

ee-

thro

ug

h b

ag

s.

Bag

s c

an b

e b

oug

ht

at

mo

st

sup

erm

ark

ets

and

oth

er

sto

res;

unlik

e o

ther

citie

s O

saka d

oes n

ot

pro

vid

e “

offi

cia

l” g

arb

ag

e b

ag

s.

Reg

ard

less o

f th

e c

ate

go

ry,

all

trash m

ust

be p

ut

at

a c

olle

ctio

n p

oin

t b

y

9am

on d

esig

nate

d d

ays,

whic

h v

ary

dep

end

ing

on t

he w

ard

yo

u a

re

livin

g in.

Do

me

sti

c W

aste

(c

olle

cte

d t

wic

e p

er

we

ek

)

This

cate

go

ry inclu

des m

ost

no

n-r

ecycla

ble

s t

hat

yo

u w

ould

thin

k o

f as

“tra

sh”.

Po

ur

out

any fl

uid

s,

and

wra

p r

azo

rs,

bro

ken g

lass,

and

oth

er

sharp

ob

jects

in t

hic

k p

ap

er

and

write

“kik

en (d

ang

er)

” o

n t

he o

uts

ide.

Yo

u’ll need

to

punctu

re s

pra

y c

ans a

nd

oth

er

aero

so

l co

nta

iners

to

relie

ve

the p

ressure

.

Re

cyc

lab

le W

aste

(c

olle

cte

d o

nc

e p

er

we

ek

)

This

cate

go

ry inclu

des t

hin

gs s

uch a

s:

em

pty

cans,

em

pty

gla

ss b

ott

les,

PE

T b

ott

les,

and

meta

l ho

usew

are

(p

ots

, etc

.) s

quash c

ans a

nd

PE

T

bo

ttle

s;

PE

T b

ott

le w

rap

pers

and

cap

s s

ho

uld

be d

isp

osed

of o

n p

lastics

day (see b

elo

w).

Pla

sti

c C

on

tain

ers

an

d P

ac

ka

gin

g (

co

lle

cte

d o

nc

e p

er

we

ek

)

This

cate

go

ry inclu

des m

ost

pla

stic c

onta

iners

, lik

e t

ho

se fo

r sham

po

o,

co

okin

g o

il, e

gg

cart

ons,

pla

stic t

rays,

and

oth

er

pla

stic w

rap

pers

. R

inse

them

out

and

put

them

in a

cle

ar

garb

ag

e b

ag

at

the c

olle

ctio

n p

oin

t.

Ove

rsiz

ed

Ga

rba

ge

Thin

gs w

ith s

ides o

f o

ver

30

cm

or

over

one m

ete

r lo

ng

must

be d

isp

osed

of b

y c

alling

01

20

-79

-00

53

by land

line o

r 0

6-6

37

7-5

75

0 b

y c

ellp

ho

ne t

o

arr

ang

e a

pic

k u

p d

ate

.

They w

ill h

elp

arr

ang

e a

day a

nd

quo

te y

ou a

price,

then y

ou’ll need

to

purc

hase s

tickers

(so

ud

aig

om

isho

rite

suury

ouken) o

f th

at

valu

e fro

m a

co

nvie

nie

nce s

tore

, p

ost

offi

ce,

or

sup

erm

ark

et

and

affi

x t

hem

to

the

outs

ide o

f th

e t

hin

gs y

ou w

ant

to h

ave c

olle

cte

d.

Set

tlin

g In

39

�

Pur

chas

ing

or L

easi

ng a

Car

Pur

chas

ing

or

Leas

ing

a C

ar in

Jap

an

Pur

chas

ing

a C

ar

First,

the g

oo

d n

ew

s.

Yo

u a

re s

po

iled

fo

r cho

ice w

hen p

urc

hasin

g a

car

in J

ap

an.

Used

cars

are

an e

sp

ecia

lly g

oo

d o

ptio

n a

s t

he J

ap

anese

tend

to

be m

eticulo

us w

hen it

co

mes t

o m

ain

tain

ing

and

serv

icin

g t

heir

auto

mo

bile

s.

No

matt

er

what

bra

nd

or

mo

del yo

u a

re a

fter, t

here

is a

go

od

chance y

ou c

an fi

nd

a c

ar

that

suits y

our

need

s.

Natu

rally

, p

urc

hasin

g a

car

invo

lves r

eg

iste

ring

the v

ehic

le t

o g

et

it o

n

the r

oad

. T

here

are

als

o p

erm

its t

o o

bta

in fo

r p

ark

ing

, as w

ell

as fees,

taxes a

nd

ad

ditio

nal co

sts

that

will b

e a

dd

ed

to

that

price y

ou s

ee o

n

the w

ind

shie

ld.

All-

in-a

ll th

oug

h,

if yo

u h

ave d

ealt w

ith y

our

dep

art

ment

of m

oto

r vehic

les in y

our

ho

me c

ountr

y y

ou c

an g

et

thro

ug

h t

he h

urd

les

req

uired

to

have y

our

ow

n w

heels

in J

ap

an -

but

there

is a

lo

t to

be

do

ne!

The

Bas

ics

• F

irst,

reg

iste

r yo

ur

inkan s

eal at

city h

all

or

yo

ur

local w

ard

offi

ce,

and

get

an inkan s

ho

meis

ho

or

Cert

ificate

of S

eal R

eg

istr

atio

n.

• N

ext,

find

a c

ar

yo

u w

ould

lik

e fro

m a

n ind

ivid

ual o

r a d

eale

r.

Buy

ing

a C

ar f

rom

an

Ind

ivid

ual

Go

to

yo

ur

loc

al p

olic

e s

tati

on

an

d a

sk

fo

r th

e f

ollo

win

g:

• H

okan b

asho

sho

mei shin

seis

ho (P

olic

e P

ark

ing

Ap

plic

atio

n F

orm

)

• H

okan b

asho

sho

mei (C

ert

ificate

of P

erm

issio

n F

or

Park

ing

Sp

ace)

The o

wner

of yo

ur

park

ing

pla

ce m

ust

fill o

ut

and

sta

mp

this

fo

rm t

o

pro

ve y

ou h

ave a

pla

ce t

o p

ark

the v

ehic

le a

rrang

ed

.

Set

tlin

g In

40

�

Loca

tio

n o

f p

arki

ng lo

t

This

can o

ften b

e o

bta

ined

fro

m

the r

eal esta

te a

gent,

build

ing

ow

ner

or

build

ing

manag

em

ent

co

mp

any.

Yo

u w

ill n

eed

a m

ap

that

sho

ws y

our

park

ing

sp

ace in

rela

tio

n t

o o

ther

pro

pert

y, a

s w

ell

as s

ho

w t

he d

imensio

ns o

f th

e

sp

ace.

When y

ou h

ave c

om

ple

ted

the

form

s,

take t

he d

ocum

ents

and

yo

ur

inkan s

tam

p t

o t

he p

olic

e

sta

tio

n a

nd

turn

them

in.

Yo

u w

ill

have t

o p

ay a

fee,

usually

aro

und

¥2

,00

0,

and

yo

u w

ill b

e a

dvis

ed

when t

o p

ick t

he d

ocum

ents

up

ag

ain

. S

om

e d

ep

art

ments

will

charg

e y

ou a

fee,

usually

¥5

00

, to

co

llect

the d

ocum

ents

when t

hey

are

co

mp

lete

d.

Pre

pare

fo

rms t

o b

e s

igned

by,

or

receiv

ed

fro

m t

he s

elle

r.

Yo

u w

ill n

eed

to

go

to

a v

ehic

le

reg

istr

atio

n o

ffice a

nd

ask fo

r:

Meig

i henko

u

(Re-R

eg

istr

atio

n F

orm

)

Bo

th fo

rms m

ust

be s

tam

ped

or

sig

ned

by t

he p

revio

us o

wner.

A n

ota

rized

sig

natu

re is o

nly

valid

for

thre

e m

onth

s a

nd

canno

t

be r

enew

ed

if th

e p

art

y h

as left

Jap

an.

The v

alid

ity p

erio

d fo

r

the c

ert

ified

sta

mp

varies,

but

is

genera

lly a

lso

thre

e m

onth

s.

Req

uire

d f

orm

s to

get

fro

m

• Inin

jou (P

ow

er

of A

tto

rney)

• J

outo

u s

ho

meis

ho

(Cert

ificate

of Tra

nsfe

r/ B

ill o

f S

ale

)

Bo

th fo

rms m

ust

be c

om

ple

ted

in J

ap

anese,

and

all

info

rmatio

n

must

matc

h t

he n

ota

rized

sig

natu

re fo

rm.

This

als

o a

pp

lies

to t

he s

elle

r’s info

rmatio

n.

• J

ido

ushaze

i no

ufu

sho(C

ert

ificate

of Vehic

le T

ax P

aym

ent)

This

receip

t m

ust

be k

ep

t as p

roo

f

of p

aym

ent

of ta

xes,

and

giv

en t

o

the b

uyer

if th

e c

ar

is s

old

. • S

hakkensho (Vehic

le

Reg

istr

atio

n C

ert

ificate

)

This

cert

ificate

must

be k

ep

t

curr

ent

and

with t

he c

ar.

It m

ust

be g

iven t

o t

he b

uyer

if th

e c

ar

is

so

ld.

Vehi

cle

Reg

istr

atio

n

Once y

ou h

ave r

eceiv

ed

yo

ur

ap

pro

ved

do

cum

ents

fro

m t

he

po

lice,

and

had

the d

ocum

ents

sta

mp

ed

by t

he p

revio

us

ow

ner, t

ake t

he c

ar

and

all

the

do

cum

ents

to

the k

ensa t

ouro

ku

jimusho

(In

sp

ectio

n R

eg

istr

atio

n

Offi

ce).

Lik

e a

ny d

ep

art

ment

of m

oto

r

vehic

les,

every

thin

g a

t th

e

Insp

ectio

n a

nd

Reg

istr

atio

n O

ffice

is b

ure

aucra

tic,

and

will t

ake

so

me t

ime.

In a

dd

itio

n t

o t

he lo

ng

lines,

yo

u w

ill b

e s

ent

to m

any

diff

ere

nt

desks a

nd

win

do

ws a

s

the p

rocess c

ontinues.

Pla

n o

n

sp

end

ing

at

least

a few

ho

urs

,

and

bring

a b

oo

k.

Every

lo

catio

n h

as d

iffere

nt

pro

ced

ure

s,

but

in g

enera

l yo

u

will n

eed

to

sub

mit t

he p

ap

ers

gath

ere

d p

revio

usly

, fil

l o

ut

so

me

oth

er

form

s,

and

pay a

ny r

eq

uired

fees,

such a

s t

he fo

llow

ing

:

• T

axes o

n t

he v

ehic

le.

• If th

e c

ar

is fro

m a

no

ther

pre

fectu

re,

yo

u w

ill n

eed

to

buy

new

pla

tes.

After

co

mp

leting

the p

roced

ure

s

at

the Insp

ectio

n a

nd

Reg

istr

atio

n

Offi

ce,

the c

ar

will

be r

eg

iste

red

to y

ou,

and

a n

ew

shaken

cert

ificate

issued

in y

our

nam

e.

Buy

ing

a C

ar f

rom

a D

eale

r

The d

eale

r sho

uld

assis

t o

r

instr

uct

yo

u o

n h

ow

to

get

the

follo

win

g fo

rms:

• H

okan b

asho

sho

mei shin

seis

ho

(Po

lice P

ark

ing

Ap

plic

atio

n F

orm

)

• H

okan b

asho

sho

mei (C

ert

ificate

of P

erm

issio

n F

or

Park

ing

Sp

ace)

Vehi

cle

Reg

istr

atio

n

Ag

ain

, th

e d

eale

r sho

uld

do

all

the r

eg

istr

atio

ns a

t th

e V

ehic

le

Insp

ectio

n a

nd

Reg

istr

atio

n O

ffice

for

yo

u,

and

pro

vid

e t

he n

ew

Shaken C

ert

ificate

in y

our

nam

e

when t

hey d

eliv

er

the c

ar

to y

ou.

So

me d

eale

rs m

ay c

harg

e a

fee

for

this

serv

ice.

Pur

chas

ing

or L

easi

ng a

Car

Set

tlin

g In

41

�

Leas

ing

a C

ar

Because p

urc

hasin

g a

nd

reg

iste

ring

a c

ar

in J

ap

an c

an b

e c

om

plic

ate

d,

yo

u m

ay d

ecid

e t

o lease a

car

inste

ad

. Lease J

ap

an o

ffers

a

co

mp

rehensiv

e s

erv

ice fo

r fo

reig

ners

who

wis

h t

o o

bta

in a

car

this

way.

Wh

at

is a

Ca

r L

ea

se

?

Auto

mo

bile

leasin

g m

eans t

hat

yo

u p

ay o

nly

the a

mo

unt

that

a v

ehic

le’s

valu

e d

ep

recia

tes d

uring

the t

ime y

ou a

re d

rivin

g it.

Dep

recia

tio

n is t

he

diff

ere

nce b

etw

een a

vehic

le’s

orig

inal valu

e a

nd

its

valu

e a

t le

ase-e

nd

(resid

ual valu

e), a

nd

is t

he p

rim

ary

facto

r th

at

dete

rmin

es t

he c

ost

of

leasin

g.

Basic

ally

, yo

u p

ay fo

r th

e p

art

of th

e c

ar

valu

e t

hat

yo

u u

se u

p

during

the lease t

erm

. T

here

are

oth

er

co

sts

that

may b

e inclu

ded

in t

he

lease fee.

These inclu

de insura

nce,

reg

istr

atio

n fees a

nd

the a

dd

itio

n o

f

oth

er

op

tio

ns s

uch a

s G

PS

navig

atio

n s

yste

ms.

Th

e

Ad

va

nta

ge

s o

f L

ea

sin

g w

ith

Le

ase

Ja

pa

n

• F

ew

er

hassle

s

• L

eases g

enera

lly c

om

e w

ith full

serv

ice m

ain

tenance a

nd

full

co

vera

ge

insura

nce p

olic

ies inclu

ded

in t

he m

onth

ly lease fee.

• T

he lease c

om

pany w

ill b

e t

here

to

assis

t fr

om

the t

ime o

f d

eliv

ery

t

o t

he d

ay t

he c

ar

is r

etu

rned

.

• L

ease J

ap

an s

pecia

lizes in p

rovid

ing

serv

ices a

nd

co

ntr

acts

in E

ng

lish.

• A

t Lease J

ap

an,

all

of o

ur

co

nsultants

are

biling

ual in

Eng

lish a

nd

Jap

anese a

nd

we b

oast

a g

reat

mix

of fo

reig

n a

nd

Jap

anese s

taff.

Leas

ing

a C

ar

Set

tlin

g In

42

�

• B

onus S

erv

ice B

und

les:

diff

ere

nt

co

mp

anie

s m

ake leasin

g e

ven

mo

re a

ttra

ctive b

y b

und

ling

diff

ere

nt

serv

ices w

ith t

heir lease

packag

es.

At

Lease J

ap

an,

we o

ffer:

• E

TC

Card

(E

lectr

onic

To

ll C

olle

ctio

n S

yste

m): g

et

an E

TC

card

witho

ut

the h

assle

s o

f a J

ap

anese c

red

it c

ard

. W

e w

ill s

up

ply

yo

u

with a

n E

TC

card

witho

ut

the n

eed

fo

r ap

ply

ing

fo

r a J

ap

anese c

red

it

card

.

• 2

4,7

Em

erg

ency H

elp

Lin

e:

When y

ou lease a

car

fro

m L

ease

J

ap

an,

yo

u w

ill a

uto

matically

be e

ligib

le fo

r o

ur

24

/7 E

ng

lish H

elp

L

ine A

ssis

tance S

erv

ice.

If y

ou h

ave a

n a

ccid

ent

or

have a

ny

p

rob

lem

s w

ith t

he lease c

ar, y

ou w

ill b

e a

ble

to

co

nta

ct

one o

f o

ur

n

ative E

ng

lish s

peakin

g c

onsultants

fo

r im

med

iate

assis

tance.

Ea

sy S

tep

s t

o L

ea

sin

g a

Ca

r

• R

eq

uest

an e

stim

ate

fo

r yo

ur

desired

car

typ

e,

gra

de,

co

lor,

o

ptio

ns,

etc

.

• A

n e

stim

ate

is p

rep

are

d a

nd

sent

to y

ou fo

r verific

atio

n.

Chang

es

a

nd

new

estim

ate

s m

ay b

e r

eq

ueste

d a

t th

is p

oin

t.

• W

hen e

very

thin

g is a

gre

ed

up

on,

sig

n t

he e

stim

ate

fo

r yo

ur

new

lease c

ar

and

retu

rn it.

• W

hen t

he s

igned

estim

ate

is r

eceiv

ed

, yo

ur

co

ntr

act

will b

e m

aile

d

t

o y

ou.

At

this

po

int,

the lease a

gent

will b

eg

in o

rdering

and

r

eg

iste

ring

the c

ar.

• T

o r

eg

iste

r th

e c

ar, t

he lease a

gent

will n

eed

so

me t

hin

gs fro

m y

ou:

• A

co

py o

f yo

ur

jyum

inhyo (R

esid

ence C

ert

ificate

)

• L

ow

er

Mo

nth

ly P

aym

ents

: as y

ou o

nly

pay fo

r th

e p

ort

ion o

f th

e c

ar

that

yo

u a

ctu

ally

use,

yo

ur

mo

nth

ly p

aym

ents

will b

e 3

0%

-60

% lo

wer

than a

purc

hase lo

an o

f th

e s

am

e t

erm

.

• L

ow

er

up

-fro

nt

cash o

utlay:

mo

st

leasin

g c

om

panie

s,

inclu

din

g L

ease

J

ap

an,

req

uire n

o d

ow

n p

aym

ent,

whic

h m

akes g

ett

ing

into

a n

ew

c

ar

mo

re a

ffo

rdab

le a

nd

fre

es u

p y

our

cash fo

r o

ther

thin

gs.

We

g

enera

lly a

sk fo

r th

e fi

rst

and

last

mo

nth

’s lease p

aym

ent

in t

he fi

rst

m

onth

, as w

e fi

nd

this

easie

r fo

r th

e c

lient,

who

will n

ot

have t

o m

ake

a

paym

ent

for

the last

mo

nth

of th

e lease (and

pro

bab

ly t

he last

m

onth

of b

ein

g in J

ap

an).

This

means y

ou w

ill n

ot

need

to

wo

rry a

bo

ut

makin

g s

ure

yo

u s

till

have

yo

ur

bank a

cco

unt

op

en t

o p

ay t

he last

paym

ent.

Yo

u c

an fo

cus o

n

mo

re im

po

rtant

last

min

ute

thin

gs w

hils

t still

drivin

g y

our

car

until th

e

very

last

day.

• M

ore

Car, M

ore

Often fo

r new

car

leases:

Sin

ce y

our

mo

nth

ly

paym

ents

are

lo

wer, y

ou g

et

mo

re c

ar

for

the s

am

e m

oney a

nd

can

drive a

bra

nd

new

vehic

le e

very

tw

o t

o fo

ur

years

, d

ep

end

ing

on t

he

leng

th o

f yo

ur

leases.

• F

ew

er

Main

tenance H

ead

aches:

mo

st

peo

ple

lik

e t

o lease fo

r a t

erm

that

co

incid

es w

ith t

he leng

th,

in m

onth

s,

of th

e m

anufa

ctu

rer’s

warr

anty

co

vera

ge s

o t

hat

if so

meth

ing

go

es w

rong

with t

heir c

ar,

it is a

lways c

overe

d.

At

Lease J

ap

an,

we a

lso

offer

free 1

/6/1

8/2

4

mo

nth

main

tenance c

hecks o

n a

ll new

cars

. W

e w

ill c

olle

ct

the c

ar

fro

m y

our

pla

ce o

f w

ork

or

resid

ence a

t a t

ime t

hat

suits y

ou,

take

the c

ar

to h

ave its

main

tenance c

heck a

nd

retu

rn t

he c

ar

the s

am

e

day.

• N

o C

ar-

Selling

Hassle

s:

with leasin

g,

the h

ead

aches o

f selling

a u

sed

c

ar

are

elim

inate

d.

When y

our

lease e

nd

s,

yo

u s

imp

ly r

etu

rn it

back t

o

t

he leasin

g c

om

pany a

nd

walk

aw

ay.

Leas

ing

a C

ar

Set

tlin

g In

43

�

Leas

ing

a C

ar

In a

n o

pen-e

nd

lease,

the lessee (d

river)

is r

esp

onsib

le fo

r th

e d

iffere

nce

betw

een t

he e

stim

ate

d lease-e

nd

valu

e o

f th

e c

ar

(the r

esid

ual)

and

the

actu

al m

ark

et

valu

e o

f th

e c

ar

at

the e

nd

of th

e lease.

This

co

uld

am

ount

to a

sig

nifi

cant

sum

of m

oney if th

e m

ark

et

valu

e o

f yo

ur

vehic

le h

as

dro

pp

ed

or

yo

u d

rive m

ore

mile

s t

han e

xp

ecte

d.

Often,

the r

esid

ual valu

e fo

r an o

pen-e

nd

lease is s

et

much lo

wer

than a

no

n-b

usin

ess c

losed

-end

lease,

whic

h r

ed

uces y

our

lease-e

nd

ris

k,

but

incre

ases y

our

mo

nth

ly p

aym

ent

am

ount.

Lease J

ap

an invites y

ou t

o v

iew

our

sele

ctio

n o

f new

and

used

cars

to

buy o

r le

ase.

We p

ut

yo

u in t

he d

river’s s

eat

with c

om

pre

hensiv

e leasin

g,

purc

hasin

g,

and

after

care

serv

ices.

Fin

d o

ut

mo

re a

t: w

ww

.Le

ase

Ja

pa

n.c

om

• H

okan b

asho

sho

mei (C

ert

ificate

of P

erm

issio

n F

or

Park

ing

Sp

ace)

T

he o

wner

of yo

ur

park

ing

pla

ce m

ust

fill o

ut

and

sta

mp

this

fo

rm t

o

p

rove y

ou h

ave a

pla

ce t

o p

ark

the v

ehic

le a

rrang

ed

.

• Y

our

inkan s

eal o

n t

he r

eg

istr

atio

n p

ap

erw

ork

Typ

es o

f L

ea

se

s:

Clo

se

d-e

nd

Le

ase

s

Clo

sed

-end

leases,

so

metim

es c

alle

d “

walk

-aw

ay”

leases,

are

the

mo

st

co

mm

on c

onsum

er

leases t

od

ay.

This

typ

e o

f le

ase a

llow

s y

ou

to s

imp

ly r

etu

rn y

our

vehic

le a

t th

e e

nd

of th

e lease a

nd

have n

o o

ther

resp

onsib

ilities.

Clo

sed

-end

leases a

re b

ased

on t

he c

oncep

t th

at

the

num

ber

of m

iles y

ou d

rive a

nnually

is fairly

pre

dic

tab

le (1

2,0

00

mile

s

per

year

is t

yp

ical),

that

the v

ehic

le w

ill n

ot

be d

riven in r

oug

h o

r ab

usiv

e

co

nd

itio

ns,

and

that

its v

alu

e a

t th

e e

nd

of th

e lease (th

e r

esid

ual)

is

there

fore

so

mew

hat

pre

dic

tab

le.

Op

en-e

nd L

ease

s

Op

en-e

nd

leases in t

he w

est

are

used

prim

arily

fo

r co

mm

erc

ial b

usin

ess

leasin

g.

In t

his

case t

he lessee,

no

t th

e leasin

g c

om

pany,

takes a

ll th

e

financia

l risks,

whic

h a

busin

ess w

ill s

imp

ly c

ount

as a

n e

xp

ense.

Annual

mile

ag

e o

n a

busin

ess lease is u

sually

much h

igher

and

less p

red

icta

ble

than a

sta

nd

ard

12

,00

0 m

iles-p

er-

year

no

n-b

usin

ess lease.

In J

ap

an,

ho

wever, t

he law

fo

rbid

s c

om

panie

s fro

m t

akin

g o

ut

op

en-e

nd

leases s

o t

hey a

re p

rim

arily

used

by ind

ivid

uals

as a

n a

ltern

ative m

eth

od

of fin

ancin

g a

new

car;

lik

e a

car

loan,

but

mo

re c

om

plic

ate

d.

Op

en-e

nd

ed

leases a

re a

lso

po

pula

r w

ith fo

reig

n e

x-p

ats

in J

ap

an

because t

hey a

re n

ot

usually

elig

ible

fo

r no

rmal car

loans o

r fin

ancin

g

thro

ug

h J

ap

anese b

anks.

Set

tlin

g In

44

�

Co

nver

ting

yo

ur F

ore

ign

Lice

nse

Lik

e a

ll co

untr

ies J

ap

an h

as its

ow

n p

eculia

r ru

les o

f th

e r

oad

. S

igns,

traffi

c law

s a

nd

custo

mary

behavio

r are

quite d

iffere

nt

fro

m o

ther

co

untr

ies.

Fo

r th

is r

easo

n,

yo

u w

ill h

ave t

o p

ass t

hro

ug

h t

heir r

eg

ula

tory

syste

m t

o d

rive leg

ally

. Fo

r so

me t

he p

ath

is w

ide a

nd

easy.

Fo

r o

thers

it is a

bit m

ore

narr

ow

; th

is is o

ne t

hin

g y

ou d

o n

ot

want

to d

o o

n y

our

ow

n.

Fo

rtunate

ly,

Jap

an D

river’s L

icense h

as b

iling

ual exp

ert

s o

n h

and

to

assess y

our

pla

ce in t

he s

yste

m a

nd

guid

e y

ou t

hro

ug

h it.

Essentially

fore

ign lic

ense c

onvers

ion in J

ap

an c

an b

e d

ivid

ed

genera

lly into

tw

o

gro

up

s,

dep

end

ing

on w

hat

co

untr

y issued

the fo

reig

n lic

ense.

The

Luc

ky O

nes

The fi

rst

gro

up

inclu

des lic

ense h

old

ers

ab

le t

o c

onvert

their fo

reig

n

licenses d

irectly t

o a

Jap

anese lic

ense.

Fo

r th

is g

roup

, co

nvers

ion is a

sho

rter

bure

aucra

tic p

rocess t

hat

takes a

co

up

le o

f ho

urs

at

the lic

ense

cente

r; if yo

ur

license w

as issued

in o

ne o

f th

ese c

ountr

ies:

Austr

ia,

Belg

ium

, C

zech R

ep

ub

lic,

Denm

ark

, Fin

land

, Fra

nce,

Germ

any,

Gre

ece,

Icela

nd

, Irela

nd

, Italy

, Luxem

bo

urg

, N

orw

ay,

Po

rtug

al, S

pain

,

Sw

ed

en,

Sw

itzerland

, T

he N

eth

erland

s,

The U

nited

Kin

gd

om

, A

ustr

alia

,

New

Zeala

nd

, C

anad

a,

Taiw

an a

nd

So

uth

Ko

rea

...a

nd

it

is v

alid

(no

t exp

ired

, etc

.),

and

yo

u c

an p

rove r

esid

ency in t

hat

co

untr

y fo

r a m

inim

um

of th

ree m

onth

s a

fter

license issuance y

ou a

re

no

t re

quired

to

take e

ither

the w

ritt

en t

est

or

road

test

to c

onvert

yo

ur

license.

Let’s

Tak

e A

Tes

t!T

he s

eco

nd

gro

up

inclu

des lic

ense h

old

ers

who

req

uire b

oth

a w

ritt

en

and

a d

rivin

g t

est

in o

rder

to g

et

a J

ap

anese d

river’s lic

ense.

Get

ting

Your

Lic

ense

Set

tlin

g In

45

�

Valid

fo

reig

n lic

ense h

old

ers

fro

m c

ountr

ies n

ot

liste

d a

bo

ve -

held

by

peo

ple

who

can p

rove a

min

imum

of th

ree m

onth

s r

esid

ency in t

he

co

untr

y t

hat

issued

the lic

ense a

fter

it w

as issued

- m

ay b

e a

llow

ed

to

co

nvert

their lic

ense o

nly

after

filin

g p

ap

erw

ork

, ta

kin

g a

sho

rt w

ritt

en

test,

and

passin

g a

drivin

g t

est

on a

n e

nclo

sed

co

urs

e a

t th

e t

esting

cente

r in

their p

refe

ctu

re.If yo

u a

re n

ot

in e

ither

of th

ese g

roup

s,

then t

he

Jap

an D

river’s L

icense c

onsultants

can a

dvis

e y

ou o

n t

he b

est

way t

o

go

ab

out

bein

g c

ert

ified

. If y

ou d

o n

ot

sp

eak J

ap

anese it

may b

e d

ifficult

to g

et

thro

ug

h t

hese s

tep

s,

and

mo

st

cente

rs r

eq

uire t

hat

yo

u b

ring

so

meo

ne w

ith y

ou w

ho

can s

peak J

ap

anese.

Offi

cial

Tra

nsla

tion

of

Your

Fo

reig

n D

rive

r’s L

icen

seTo

sta

rt t

he p

rocess,

bo

th g

roup

s o

f lic

ense h

old

ers

need

to

ob

tain

an o

fficia

l tr

ansla

tio

n o

f th

eir fo

reig

n d

river’s lic

ense fro

m a

n a

pp

roved

so

urc

e.

This

is m

ost

co

mm

only

do

ne t

hro

ug

h t

he J

ap

an A

uto

Fed

era

tio

n

(JA

F).

Gat

her

Req

uire

d D

ocu

men

ts

After

yo

u o

bta

in y

our

offi

cia

l tr

ansla

tio

n,

yo

u m

ust

go

to

the lic

ensin

g

cente

r th

at

serv

es y

our

are

a w

ith t

he fo

llow

ing

do

cum

ents

:

Valid

fo

reig

n d

river’s lic

ense –

and

pre

vio

us lic

enses,

if yo

u h

ave

them

; if

the lic

ense d

oes n

ot

sho

w t

he d

ate

of is

sue,

or

if th

e lic

ense

was r

ecently r

enew

ed

, it m

ay b

e n

ecessary

to

sub

mit a

dd

itio

nal

do

cum

enta

tio

n.

• J

ap

anese t

ransla

tio

n o

f fo

reig

n lic

ense,

availa

ble

fro

m t

he J

ap

an

Auto

mo

bile

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era

tio

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p:/

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at

the e

mb

assy o

r co

nsula

te o

f th

e issuin

g c

ountr

y.

• R

esid

ence C

ard

• J

yum

inhyo

x2

(C

ert

ificate

of R

esid

ence)

Th

ere

’s a

Sig

n F

or

Th

at!

So

me o

f th

e r

oad

sig

ns y

ou w

ill n

eed

to

kno

w w

hen d

rivin

g in J

ap

an!

• P

assp

ort

and

any e

xp

ired

passp

ort

s;

these a

re r

eq

uired

to

pro

ve

that

yo

u w

ere

in t

he c

ountr

y t

hat

issued

yo

ur

license fo

r at

least

thre

e

mo

nth

s a

fter

yo

u o

bta

ined

yo

ur

license.

• O

ne 3

x 2

.4 c

m p

ho

to;

must

be t

aken w

ithin

the last

six

mo

nth

s.

• P

revio

us J

ap

anese lic

ense,

if yo

u h

ave o

ne.

Get

ting

Your

Lic

ense

Set

tlin

g In

46

�

Ap

ply

ing

at

the

Dri

ver’s

Lic

ense

Cen

ter

The a

pp

licatio

n p

roced

ure

beg

ins w

ith a

n insp

ectio

n o

f yo

ur

do

cum

ents

to m

ake s

ure

that

yo

u h

ave liv

ed

in t

he c

ountr

y t

hat

issued

yo

ur

license fo

r at

least

thre

e m

onth

s a

fter

issuance,

and

that

all

of yo

ur

do

cum

enta

tio

n is u

p-t

o-d

ate

and

co

mp

lete

.

Eye

Tes

tS

tand

ard

eye t

est;

yo

u w

ill b

e r

eq

uired

to

po

int

in t

he d

irectio

n t

hat

the

imag

e is p

oin

ting

(th

is w

ill m

ake m

ore

sense w

hen y

ou s

ee it).

Once y

ou

pass t

he e

ye e

xam

:

• If yo

u a

re in g

roup

one,

yo

u w

ill u

sually

receiv

e y

our

license t

hat

day

and

yo

u w

ill b

e fi

nis

hed

.

• If yo

u a

re in g

roup

tw

o,

once y

ou p

ass t

he e

ye e

xam

, yo

u w

ill t

ake t

he

writt

en t

est.

Carr

y o

n!

Wri

tten

Tes

t T

he w

ritt

en t

est

for

license c

onvers

ion is m

uch s

imp

ler

than t

hat

giv

en

to p

eo

ple

gett

ing

their fi

rst

license.

The t

est

itself

is a

vaila

ble

in E

ng

lish;

ho

wever, t

he instr

uctio

n s

essio

n just

prio

r to

the t

est

will b

e in J

ap

anese.

The m

ain

po

int

of th

e J

ap

anese e

xp

lanatio

n t

o u

nd

ers

tand

is t

hat

in J

ap

an X

means fals

e a

nd

O m

eans t

rue,

and

that

when y

ou h

ave

co

mp

lete

d t

he t

est

yo

u m

ay leave t

he r

oo

m.

The b

est

way t

o s

tud

y fo

r

the t

est

is t

o r

ead

the J

ap

an A

uto

Fed

era

tio

n’s

Eng

lish-lang

uag

e b

oo

k,

“Rule

s o

f th

e R

oad

.”

The

Dri

ving

Tes

t T

his

drivin

g t

est

is infa

mo

us.

The t

est

itself

is n

ot

diffi

cult,

but

there

are

many s

imp

le s

eq

uences a

nd

pro

cesses t

hat

the t

est

pro

cto

rs a

re

loo

kin

g fo

r, a

nd

if yo

u a

re n

ot

aw

are

of th

em

, yo

u w

ill n

ot

pass.

It is n

ot

unco

mm

on fo

r fo

reig

ners

to

take t

he d

rivin

g t

est

five t

imes o

r

mo

re,

sim

ply

fo

r th

e lack o

f a little k

no

wle

dg

e,

rath

er

than a

lack o

f

actu

al d

rivin

g s

kills.

Co

nsid

ering

that

each a

ttem

pt

req

uires n

early a

full

day a

t th

e t

esting

cente

r, fees a

nd

lo

st

wag

es c

an m

ake c

onvert

ing

yo

ur

license o

n y

our

ow

n a

tim

e-c

onsum

ing

, exp

ensiv

e,

and

fru

str

ating

exp

erience.

The

avera

ge p

ass r

ate

unassis

ted

is 2

0%

. Jap

an D

river’s L

icense c

lients

enjo

y a

gre

ate

r th

an 7

0%

firs

t tim

e p

ass r

ate

, and

95

% p

ass b

y t

he

seco

nd

try

.

Once y

ou p

ass t

he e

ye e

xam

and

writt

en t

est,

yo

u w

ill b

e s

ched

ule

d

for

yo

ur

drivin

g t

est.

The t

est

is n

ot

offere

d o

n t

he s

am

e d

ay y

ou a

pp

ly;

yo

u w

ill h

ave t

o c

om

e b

ack t

o t

he t

esting

cente

r. M

ost

likely

; it w

ill b

e a

testing

blo

ck p

erio

d,

rath

er

than a

sp

ecifi

c t

ime.

Yo

u m

ay b

e a

ble

to

chang

e t

his

sched

ule

on t

he s

po

t o

r o

ver

the p

ho

ne

late

r. Y

ou w

ill u

sually

als

o r

eceiv

e a

map

of th

e d

rivin

g c

ours

e,

whic

h y

ou

will b

e r

eq

uired

to

drive fro

m m

em

ory

on t

est

day.

Take t

he o

pp

ort

unity

to w

alk

the d

rivin

g c

ours

e b

efo

re y

ou leave if p

ossib

le,

it w

ill h

elp

yo

u t

o

mem

orize it.

Dep

end

ing

on t

he d

rivin

g c

ente

r, y

ou m

ay b

e r

eq

uired

to

pay a

n

ad

ditio

nal car

renta

l fe

e.

Be p

rep

are

d t

o s

pend

a lo

t o

f tim

e w

aitin

g.

When y

our

turn

co

mes,

yo

u w

ill b

e r

eq

uired

to

get

in t

he c

ar

and

drive t

he p

rescrib

ed

co

urs

e w

ith a

n e

xam

iner, w

ho

will s

peak o

nly

in

Jap

anese.

It is n

ecessary

to

mem

orize a

ll th

e t

urn

s a

nd

ele

ments

of th

e

co

urs

e in a

dvance;

yo

u w

ill n

ot

receiv

e instr

uctio

ns fro

m t

he p

rocto

r.

If y

ou m

ake a

“m

ajo

r” m

ista

ke y

ou w

ill fail

on t

he s

po

t. W

heth

er

or

no

t

yo

u p

assed

, yo

u w

ill b

e instr

ucte

d t

o g

o insid

e a

nd

wait fo

r th

e r

esults

with t

he o

ther

test

takers

. If y

ou w

ere

no

t successfu

l, y

ou’ll b

e g

iven a

pap

er

with y

our

next

sched

ule

d o

pp

ort

unity t

o t

ry a

gain

.

If y

ou a

re s

uccessfu

l, y

ou s

ho

uld

receiv

e y

our

new

lic

ense t

hat

day.

This

will e

nta

il p

ayin

g m

ore

fees,

gett

ing

yo

ur

pic

ture

taken,

and

filling

out

form

s.

If y

ou a

re g

oin

g t

o d

rive in J

ap

an,

esp

ecia

lly if yo

u a

re h

ere

fo

r m

ore

than

one y

ear, y

ou m

ust

co

nvert

yo

ur

license.

Get

ting

Your

Lic

ense

Wha

t To

See

And

Do

47

�

Wha

t To

See

And

Do

48

�

Shi

-ten

noji

Tem

ple

Built

over

1,4

00

years

ag

o,

Shi-te

nno

ji

is t

he o

ldest

tem

ple

in J

ap

an.

The

tem

ple

is fam

ous fo

r its s

ym

metr

ical

desig

n.

One o

f th

e b

est

tim

es t

o v

isit is

the m

onth

ly a

ntiq

ue m

ark

et.

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1-1

8 S

hitenno

ji, T

enno

ji-ku

(06

) 6

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6

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ji.o

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Neare

st

Sta

tio

ns:

Tenno

ji S

tatio

n o

n t

he T

anim

achi and

Mid

osuji

Lin

es

Sum

iyo

shi-

Tais

ha S

hrin

e

This

shrine is o

ne o

f th

e o

ldest

in

Jap

an a

nd

was b

uilt

prio

r to

the influ

x

of B

ud

dhis

t arc

hitectu

re.

As s

uch it

is

entire

ly J

ap

anese in d

esig

n a

nd

sty

le.

The h

ighlig

ht

is t

he ico

nic

brig

ht

red

barr

el arc

hed

Taik

o-b

ashi b

rid

ge.

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iyo

shi, S

um

iyo

shi-ku

(06

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iyo

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ha.n

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st

Sta

tio

ns

Sum

iyo

shitais

ha S

tatio

n o

n t

he N

ankai

Main

Lin

e

Tem

ples

And

Shr

ines

Osa

ka C

astl

e

While

the c

urr

ent

str

uctu

re o

f O

saka

Castle is a

co

ncre

te r

ep

lica c

onta

inin

g

a m

od

ern

museum

the c

astle a

nd

the a

sso

cia

ted

park

are

a b

eautifu

l

pla

ce t

o v

isit.

The p

ark

gro

und

s a

re

meticulo

usly

main

tain

ed

and

are

a

gre

at

pla

ce t

o e

scap

e t

he c

ity fo

r a few

ho

urs

.

1-1

Osaka-jo

, C

huo

-ku

(06

) 6

94

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04

4

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w.o

sakacastle.n

et

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Neare

st

Sta

tio

ns:

Osakajo

ko

en S

tatio

n o

n t

he J

R O

saka

Lo

op

Lin

e

Tenm

ab

ashi S

tatio

n o

n t

he T

anim

achi

Lin

e

Wha

t To

See

And

Do

49

�

Uni

vers

al S

tud

ios

Jap

an

This

extr

em

ely

po

pula

r th

em

e p

ark

is

eq

uiv

ale

nt

to t

he U

niv

ers

al S

tud

ios in

Ho

llyw

oo

d a

nd

Orland

o,

and

featu

res

sho

ws,

rid

es a

nd

resta

ura

nts

based

on fam

ous m

ovie

them

es lik

e H

arr

y

Po

tter, J

aw

s,

Back t

o t

he F

utu

re,

Term

inato

r and

mo

re.

2-1

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Sakura

jima,

Ko

no

hana-k

u

(06

) 6

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Neare

st

Sta

tio

n

Univ

ers

al C

ity S

tatio

n o

n t

he

JR

Yum

esaki Lin

e

Osa

ka A

qua

rium

The K

aiy

ukan is a

wo

rld

-cla

ss

aq

uarium

whic

h is h

om

e t

o o

ver

30

,00

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reatu

res a

nd

58

0 s

pecie

s

fro

m t

he “

Rin

g o

f Fire”.

Desig

ned

to

make y

ou feel as if yo

u a

re u

nd

erw

ate

r

at

tim

es it

is a

sp

ecta

cula

r fe

at

of

eng

ineering

. G

reat

fun fo

r kid

s y

oung

and

old

.

1-1

-10

Kaig

an-d

ori,

Min

ato

-ku

(06

) 6

57

6-5

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w.k

aiy

ukan.c

om

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uag

e/e

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Map

Neare

st

Sta

tio

n

Osakako

Sta

tio

n o

n t

he C

huo

Lin

e

Fun

Stu

Wha

t To

See

And

Do

50

�

Do

tonb

ori

If y

ou a

re lo

okin

g fo

r th

e w

ildlif

e o

f

Osaka,

feast

yo

ur

eyes o

n s

om

e e

pic

peo

ple

watc

hin

g h

ere

. N

eo

n,

ram

en,

music

and

mo

re.

Walk

ing

the r

ivers

ide

bo

ard

walk

is a

gre

at

way t

o a

quatint

yo

urs

elf

with t

he t

ruly

uniq

ue O

saka

vib

e.

Do

tonb

ori,

Chuo

-ku

Map

Neare

st

Sta

tio

n

Shin

saib

ashi S

tatio

n

on t

he M

ido

suji

Lin

e

Nam

ba S

tatio

n o

n t

he M

ido

suji,

Sennic

him

ae a

nd

Yo

tsub

ashi Lin

es

Sig

htse

eing

Shi

nsek

ai (T

sute

nkak

u)

A v

isit t

o t

he S

hin

sekai are

a is lik

e

ste

pp

ing

back in t

ime,

in t

his

case t

he

19

60

s.

While

there

’s n

ot

much t

o d

o

oth

er

than g

oin

g u

p in t

he a

rea’s

ico

nic

Tsute

nkaku t

ow

er, t

he fo

od

sta

lls a

nd

kitsch a

mb

ience m

ake it

an inte

resting

exp

erience -

esp

ecia

lly a

t nig

ht.

Eb

isuhig

ashi, N

aniw

a-k

u

Map

Neare

st

Sta

tio

n

Eb

isucho

Sta

tio

n o

n t

he S

akais

uji

Lin

e

Nip

po

nbas

hi D

end

en T

ow

n

If y

ou w

ant

to g

ap

e in a

mazem

ent

at

Osaka’s

take o

n o

taku c

ulture

then

this

is t

he p

lace.

Billed

as “

Osaka’s

Akih

ab

ara

” it is m

ore

than just

a b

unch

of ele

ctr

onic

sho

ps a

nd

is a

lso

ho

me

to a

full

pano

ply

of m

ang

a a

nd

henta

i

every

thin

g.

Nih

on-b

ashi, E

bis

u

ww

w.d

end

en-t

ow

n.o

r.jp

Map

Neare

st

Sta

tio

n

Nip

po

nb

ashi S

tatio

n o

n t

he S

akais

uji

and

Sennic

him

ae L

ines

Wha

t To

See

And

Do

51

�

Um

eda

Sky

Bui

ldin

g

The 1

73

mete

r ta

ll U

med

a S

ky

Build

ing

co

nsis

ts o

f tw

o m

ain

to

wers

whic

h a

re c

onnecte

d b

y a

“Flo

ating

Gard

en”

at

the 3

9th

flo

or. T

he v

iew

is

very

im

pre

ssiv

e,

and

giv

es y

ou a

n id

ea

of th

e s

heer

scale

of th

e c

ity.

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om

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lish

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Neare

st

Sta

tio

n

Osaka S

tatio

n o

n t

he J

R L

ine

Um

ed

a S

tatio

n o

n t

he M

ido

suji

Lin

e

Sp

a W

orl

d

Dra

win

g o

n n

atu

ral sp

ring

wate

r,

Osaka’s

Sp

a W

orld

is o

ne o

f th

e

larg

est

ho

t sp

ring

co

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and

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nom

iyak

i

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ing

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53

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l Spe

cial

ities

Wha

t To

Eat

A p

op

ula

r Jap

anese s

ayin

g h

old

s t

hat

peo

ple

fro

m K

yo

to w

ill s

pend

all

their

mo

ney o

n c

loth

es,

peo

ple

fro

m K

ob

e w

ill

sp

end

it

all

on s

ho

es,

and

peo

ple

fro

m

Osaka w

ill b

low

every

thin

g t

hey’v

e g

ot

on

foo

d.

This

culture

of kuid

ao

re o

r “E

at

‘til

yo

u

dro

p!”

means t

hat

the p

eo

ple

in t

his

city t

ake t

heir fo

od

very

serio

usly

. A

nd

while

mo

st

fore

igners

sp

end

their t

ime

and

mo

ney e

ating

in K

yo

to o

r To

kyo

,

resta

ura

nts

in O

saka m

ust

ple

ase t

he h

om

e

cro

wd

firs

t -

meanin

g t

hat

yo

u a

re t

ruly

sp

oilt

fo

r cho

ice w

hen y

ou g

et

here

. T

hey

do

n’t

call

this

pla

ce “

Jap

an’s

Kitchen”

for

no

thin

g.

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what

to e

at?

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ity is h

om

e t

o fi

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r M

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resta

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as a

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saka o

utp

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as w

ell.

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u s

imp

ly c

an’t

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r sho

uld

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ave O

saka

witho

ut

tryin

g t

he t

op

thre

e s

treet

foo

ds

that

orig

inate

d in O

saka –

Kushik

ats

u,

Tako

yaki and

Oko

no

miy

aki.

Din

ing

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Nig

htlif

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54

�

Loca

l Spe

cial

ities

Kus

hika

tsu

Kushik

ats

u,

als

o k

no

wn a

s k

ushia

ge,

is a

Jap

anese d

ish o

f

seaso

ned

, skew

ere

d a

nd

grille

d m

eat.

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ap

anese,

kushi

refe

rs t

o t

he s

kew

ers

used

while

kats

u m

eans a

deep

-fried

cutlet

of m

eat.

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ats

u c

an b

e m

ad

e w

ith c

hic

ken,

po

rk,

seafo

od

, and

seaso

nal veg

eta

ble

s.

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re s

kew

ere

d o

n b

am

bo

o

kushi; d

ipp

ed

in e

gg

, flo

ur, a

nd

panko

then d

eep

-fried

in v

eg

eta

ble

oil.

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ay b

e s

erv

ed

str

aig

ht

or

with

tonkats

u s

auce (a k

ind

of th

ick W

orc

este

rshire s

auce.)

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re t

o E

at It

?

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atsu

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sekai, a

n o

ld-f

ashio

ned

neig

hb

orh

oo

d w

here

tim

e s

eem

s s

tuck in t

ime h

as o

ver

60

resta

ura

nts

that

sp

ecia

lize in k

ushik

ats

u;

make s

ure

yo

u g

o t

o Y

aekats

u.

The lo

ng

queues o

uts

ide t

he r

esta

ura

nt

are

the b

est

testa

ment

to t

he r

esta

ura

nt’s p

op

ula

rity

.

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Tako

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Mo

st

peo

ple

are

pro

bab

ly fam

iliar

with t

ako

yaki, s

ince it

is n

ow

wid

ely

availa

ble

in m

any c

itie

s a

round

the g

lob

e.

Ho

wever, n

ot

every

one k

no

ws t

hat

the d

ish a

ctu

ally

orig

inate

d in O

saka.

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yaki is

a b

all-

shap

ed

Jap

anese s

treet

foo

d m

ad

e

of a w

heat

flour-

based

batt

er

whic

h is fi

lled

with d

iced

octo

pus,

pic

kle

d g

ing

er, a

nd

gre

en o

nio

n.

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he

balls

are

co

oked

in a

sp

ecia

l g

rid

dle

they a

re t

op

ped

with d

ried

bo

nito

, and

a d

ouse o

f m

ayo

nnais

e a

nd

tako

yaki sauce.

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re t

o E

at It

?

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o-r

u

The a

mazin

g v

ariety

of ta

ko

yaki is

a t

esta

ment

to h

ow

po

pula

r (a

nd

cheap

!) t

his

wo

nd

erf

ul str

eet

foo

d is.

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a s

ho

p is just

set

up

on t

he s

ide o

f th

e r

oad

.

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o-r

u o

ffers

sit d

ow

n e

ating

as w

ell

as a

variety

of

oth

er

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rite

s.

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Oko

nom

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Fo

r th

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nin

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, o

ko

no

miy

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a s

avo

ry p

ancake

co

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inin

g a

variety

of in

gre

die

nts

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he n

am

e is d

erived

fro

m t

he w

ord

oko

no

mi, m

eanin

g “

what

yo

u lik

e”

or

“what

yo

u w

ant”

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yaki m

eanin

g “

grille

d”

or

“co

oked

”.

Oko

no

miy

aki is

po

pula

r aro

und

Jap

an -

but

if yo

u w

ant

the r

eal d

eal yo

u’r

e o

nly

go

ing

to

get

it in O

saka.

Whe

re t

o E

at It

?

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uno

Miz

uno

is fam

ous fo

r serv

ing

the b

est

oko

no

miy

aki in

Osaka,

and

it

dis

hes o

ut

a v

ariety

of p

ancakes t

o h

ung

ry

patr

ons t

hro

ug

ho

ut

the d

ay.

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ost

po

pula

r d

ish is a

yam

-flo

ur

oko

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miy

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ith s

callo

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nd

ro

ast

po

rk.

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during

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ours

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r b

e p

rep

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d t

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all

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o r

eserv

e,

a m

eal at

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e is s

till

wo

rth t

he e

ffo

rt (and

mo

ney). T

he s

et

menu is a

s m

uch a

feast

for

the e

yes a

s it

is fo

r th

e p

ala

te -

reno

wned

as o

ne o

f Jap

an’s

best

resta

ura

nts

.

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multi-

senso

ry e

xp

erience.

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bo

rate

ly p

rep

are

d fo

od

that

defie

s

cate

go

rizatio

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et

dra

ws fro

m b

oth

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nd

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an /

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tern

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Caf

e O

saka

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u s

hy a

way fro

m A

merican

chain

resta

ura

nts

this

outp

ost

of in

-yo

ur-

face e

very

thin

g is a

n o

asis

of b

ig p

late

s

of yum

my fo

od

that

yo

u s

imp

ly c

an’t

get

els

ew

here

. G

reat

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lish-s

peakin

g s

taff.

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ou fi

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yo

urs

elf

near

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saka A

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yo

u s

ho

uld

do

yo

urs

elf

a favo

r and

dro

p

in fo

r p

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burg

ers

, sand

wic

hes o

r any

num

ber

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e s

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delic

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enu ite

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this

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bac

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teak

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med

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extr

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ely

po

pula

r A

ustr

alia

n-t

hem

ed

resta

ura

nt

has b

ig

po

rtio

ns o

f ste

ak,

chic

ken,

rib

s,

burg

ers

and

so

much m

ore

.

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-24

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a,

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) 6

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cuts

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ug

ht

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our

tab

le,

cut

and

co

oked

to o

rder. O

ther

menu ite

ms inclu

de s

eafo

od

, lo

bste

r, s

pin

nin

g

bo

wl sala

d,

mashed

po

tato

and

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rkshire p

ud

din

g.

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after

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yo

ur

tab

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defin

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itio

nal kushik

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u b

y s

erv

ing

fine

ing

red

ients

pre

pare

d w

ith lig

hte

r o

ils.

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om

melie

r w

ill

help

yo

u p

air w

ine w

ith y

our

meal. N

ot

cheap

.

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e y

akito

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nd

sp

icy fried

chic

ken w

ing

s.

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er

op

tio

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mo

re

ad

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rous e

ate

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s t

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is

op

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and

serv

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p t

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roth

no

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at

pub

fo

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, auth

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tmo

sp

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usic

and

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nab

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rices.

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ow

an

institu

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ant

to s

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after

a few

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que

cent

o

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art

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with a

tw

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Cin

quecento

ente

rtain

s p

atr

ons b

efo

re

and

after

they h

ead

out

to a

ny n

um

ber

of lo

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ance fl

oo

rs.

Mo

stly t

ho

ug

h

peo

ple

co

me h

ere

fo

r th

e c

onviv

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osp

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it

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ap

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he A

QS

whic

h h

as

jurisd

ictio

n o

ver

yo

ur

inte

nd

ed

po

rt

of arr

ival. T

his

must

be c

om

ple

ted

at

least

40

days p

rio

r to

arr

ival

in J

ap

an. 

No

te t

hat

yo

u m

ay b

e

req

ueste

d t

o c

hang

e t

he d

ate

or

pla

ce o

f im

po

rt d

ep

end

ing

on t

he

situatio

n a

t q

uara

ntine facilities

main

tain

ed

by t

he A

QS

.

Anim

als

co

min

g fro

m T

aiw

an,

Icela

nd

, A

ustr

alia

, N

ew

Zeala

nd

,

Fiji,

Haw

aii,

and

Guam

have

an e

asie

r tim

e.

If y

ou h

ave a

cert

ificate

fo

r th

e a

nim

al is

sued

by t

he r

esp

onsib

le g

overn

ment

ag

ency o

f th

e p

oin

t o

f exp

ort

co

nta

inin

g info

rmatio

n s

uch a

s t

he

mic

rochip

num

ber

for

ind

ivid

ual

identific

atio

n,

the q

uara

ntine

perio

d w

ill n

orm

ally

be c

om

ple

ted

within

12

ho

urs

.

Ho

wever, fo

r all

oth

er

co

untr

ies

the s

ituatio

n is a

bit m

ore

co

mp

lex.

If t

he a

fore

mentio

ned

cert

ificate

, as w

ell

as d

ate

s o

f

rab

ies v

accin

atio

ns a

nd

rab

ies

antib

od

y levels

as w

ell

as a

cert

ificate

sta

ting

that

the a

nim

al

und

erw

ent

a p

erio

d o

f is

ola

tio

n fo

r

18

0 d

ays in t

he c

ountr

y o

f exp

ort

,

the q

uara

ntine p

erio

d w

ill b

e

co

mp

lete

d w

ithin

12

ho

urs

. In

all

oth

er

cases t

he q

uara

ntine p

erio

d

can b

e u

p t

o 1

80

days.

The A

nim

al Q

uara

ntine S

erv

ice

will issue a

n “

Imp

ort

Quara

ntine

Cert

ificate

” o

n c

om

ple

tio

n o

f

the im

po

rt q

uara

ntine.

Anyo

ne

imp

ort

ing

a d

og

is r

eq

uired

to

reg

iste

r th

eir a

nim

al und

er

the

Rab

ies P

reventio

n L

aw

and

may n

eed

to

take t

he Im

po

rt

Quara

ntine C

ert

ificate

to

their lo

cal

auth

orities o

nce t

hey h

ave a

rriv

ed

.

It is t

he im

po

rter’s r

esp

onsib

ility

to

take c

are

of th

eir a

nim

als

during

quara

ntine.

The im

po

rtatio

n

insp

ectio

n w

hic

h is c

arr

ied

out

by t

he a

nim

al q

uara

ntine o

fficers

is fre

e,

but

the im

po

rter

must

co

ver

the c

ost

of tr

ansp

ort

atio

n,

foo

d,

onsite v

ete

rinary

tre

atm

ent

and

oth

er

care

. B

ear

in m

ind

that

vete

rinary

tre

atm

ent

has t

o b

e

do

ne a

t th

e q

uara

ntine facilities o

f

AQ

S d

uring

quara

ntine.

No

te t

hat

the A

QS

is u

nab

le

to g

rant

excep

tio

ns a

nd

that

anim

als

whic

h h

ave n

ot

met

all

req

uirem

ents

as d

escrib

ed

on t

heir w

eb

site a

re s

ub

ject

to

bein

g h

eld

fo

r exte

nd

ed

perio

ds

of q

uara

ntine,

or

may p

ossib

ly

be d

ep

ort

ed

back t

o t

he o

rig

in

of th

e fl

ight.

Sho

uld

the a

nim

al

fail

to s

uccessfu

lly c

om

ple

te

the q

uara

ntine,

the im

po

rter

is r

esp

onsib

le fo

r th

e r

etu

rn o

r

dis

po

sal o

f th

eir a

nim

al.

Mo

re info

rmatio

n a

bo

ut

ho

w t

o

imp

ort

yo

ur

cat

or

do

g t

o J

ap

an

can b

e fo

und

at

the A

QS

web

site

Re

gis

tra

tio

n

Yo

u m

ust

reg

iste

r a d

og

, b

ut

no

t a

cat,

at

yo

ur

local city w

ard

offi

ce.

If y

ou b

roug

ht

yo

ur

pet

with y

ou

fro

m o

vers

eas y

ou w

ill n

eed

to

take t

he Q

uara

ntine C

ert

ificate

that

yo

u w

ere

giv

en a

t th

e p

ort

of

entr

y w

ith y

ou.

Yo

u o

nly

need

to

do

this

once in J

ap

an,

altho

ug

h if

there

is a

ny c

hang

e in s

tatu

s,

for

exam

ple

, if

the d

og

go

es m

issin

g,

die

s,

yo

ur

ad

dre

ss c

hang

es,

or

yo

u p

lan t

o leave J

ap

an,

yo

u m

ust

no

tify

the w

ard

offi

ce.

Pet

s

Eve

ryd

ay In

form

atio

n

69

�

The

Jap

anes

e H

eath

Car

e S

yste

m

While

med

ical care

in J

ap

an is

go

od

, E

ng

lish-s

peakin

g p

hysic

ians

and

med

ical fa

cilities t

hat

cate

r to

fore

ign e

xp

ecta

tio

ns a

re e

xp

ensiv

e

and

no

t w

idesp

read

. Jap

an h

as a

natio

nal health insura

nce s

yste

m

whic

h is a

vaila

ble

only

to

tho

se

fore

igners

with lo

ng

-term

vis

as fo

r

Jap

an.

Natio

nal health insura

nce

do

es n

ot

pay fo

r m

ed

ical

evacuatio

n.

Med

ical care

giv

ers

in

Jap

an r

eq

uire p

aym

ent

in full

at

the t

ime o

f tr

eatm

ent

or

co

ncre

te

pro

of o

f ab

ility

to

pay b

efo

re t

hey

will t

reat

a fo

reig

ner

who

is n

ot

a m

em

ber

of th

e n

atio

nal health

insura

nce p

lan.

Weste

rn-s

tyle

and

sta

nd

ard

psychia

tric

care

can b

e d

ifficult

to lo

cate

in m

ajo

r urb

an c

ente

rs

in J

ap

an a

nd

genera

lly is n

ot

availa

ble

outs

ide o

f Jap

an’s

majo

r

citie

s.

Exte

nd

ed

psychia

tric

care

for

fore

igners

in J

ap

an is d

ifficult t

o

ob

tain

at

any p

rice.

Fo

reig

n p

rescrip

tio

ns a

re n

ot

ho

no

red

in J

ap

an,

so

if yo

u n

eed

ong

oin

g p

rescrip

tio

n m

ed

icin

e

yo

u s

ho

uld

arr

ive w

ith a

suffi

cie

nt

sup

ply

fo

r yo

ur

sta

y in J

ap

an

or

eno

ug

h u

ntil yo

u a

re a

ble

to s

ee a

lo

cal care

pro

vid

er.

Cert

ain

med

icatio

ns,

inclu

din

g

so

me c

om

mo

nly

pre

scrib

ed

fo

r

dep

ressio

n a

nd

Att

entio

n D

efic

ient

Hyp

era

ctivity D

iso

rder

(AD

HD

), a

re

no

t w

idely

availa

ble

.

Em

erg

ency

Sit

uati

ons

There

are

tw

o m

ajo

r em

erg

ency

num

bers

in J

ap

an:

11

0 w

ill c

onnect

yo

u w

ith t

he

po

lice

11

9 w

ill c

onnect

yo

u w

ith t

he

fire d

ep

art

ment

and

am

bula

nce

serv

ice.

Thro

ug

ho

ut

Jap

an,

an e

merg

ency

pho

ne c

all

can b

e m

ad

e fre

e

of charg

e fro

m a

ny p

ho

ne

inclu

din

g p

ub

lic p

ay p

ho

nes.

In a

n

em

erg

ency y

ou m

ay n

ot

be a

ble

to c

onvey t

he e

xact

natu

re o

f w

hat

is h

ap

penin

g,

esp

ecia

lly if yo

u d

o

no

t im

med

iate

ly r

each a

n E

ng

lish-

sp

eakin

g o

pera

tor. H

ow

ever

there

are

so

me b

asic

thin

gs y

ou c

an d

o

in a

dvance t

o h

elp

yo

u in c

ase o

f

em

erg

ency.

Write

the r

ele

vant

num

bers

do

wn

near

yo

ur

pho

ne s

o y

ou w

ill h

ave

them

at

the r

ead

y in c

ase y

ou

need

them

Be a

ble

to

describ

e y

our

ad

dre

ss

or

locatio

n in J

ap

anese.

Have y

our

ad

dre

ss w

ritt

en d

ow

n in r

om

an

chara

cte

rs s

o t

hat

yo

u w

ill b

e a

ble

to r

ead

it

to t

he o

pera

tor

or

enlis

t a

frie

nd

who

can d

o s

o.

Learn

ho

w t

o s

ay y

our

tele

pho

ne

num

ber

in J

ap

anese

Here

’s h

ow

to

deal w

ith

em

erg

ency c

alls

fo

r am

bula

nce o

r

fire in J

ap

an.

Doc

tors

and

Hea

lthca

re

Eve

ryd

ay In

form

atio

n

70

�

Firs

t S

tep

s

In c

ase o

f em

erg

ency,

dia

l 1

19

(may n

ot

wo

rk fro

m c

ell

pho

nes)

In c

ase o

f fir

e,

say: K

aji

desu

(There

’s a

fire

)

To c

all

an a

mb

ula

nce,

say:

Kyu-k

yu d

esu (P

lease s

end

an

Am

bula

nce)

Do

no

t hang

up

until th

e

dis

patc

her

und

ers

tand

s y

our

ad

dre

ss a

nd

tele

pho

ne n

um

ber

Send

so

meo

ne o

ut

to t

he n

eare

st

majo

r in

ters

ectio

n t

o m

eet

the

am

bula

nce o

r fir

e t

ruck.

Wha

t M

ay H

app

en D

urin

g

Your

Cal

l

Dis

pat

cher: S

ho

u b

ou d

esu…

Kaji

desu k

a? K

yu-k

yu d

esu k

a?

(Fire d

ep

art

ment.

.. F

ire o

r

am

bula

nce?)

Cal

ler:

Kyu-k

yu d

esu (A

mb

ula

nce)

Dis

pat

cher

: Do

u s

him

ashita k

a?

(What

hap

pened

?)

Cal

ler:

(see v

ocab

ula

ry b

elo

w)

Ble

ed

ing

: S

hukkets

u d

esu

Bro

ken b

one: K

ossets

u d

esu

Burn

: H

ido

i yaked

o d

esu

Diffi

culty B

reath

ing

: K

okyuu

ko

nnan d

esu

Co

nvuls

ions: K

eiren D

esu

Chest

Pain

s: M

une g

a t

aih

en

kuru

shii

desu

Hig

h F

ever:

Ko

u n

ets

u d

esu

Inju

ry: K

eg

a d

esu

Po

iso

n: D

okub

uts

u d

esu

Sic

k:

Byo

uki d

esu

Unco

nscio

us: K

i fu

mei d

esu

Giv

ing

Yo

ur N

ame,

Num

ber

an

d A

dd

ress

or

Loca

tio

n

My n

am

e is..

.Wata

shi no

nam

ae

na (say y

our

nam

e)...

desu.

My t

ele

pho

ne n

um

ber

is..

. D

enw

a

bang

o w

a (say y

our

tele

pho

ne

num

ber

)...

desu.

The e

merg

ency s

erv

ice p

eo

ple

need

to

kno

w h

ow

to

lo

cate

yo

u in

ord

er

to h

elp

.

The d

isp

atc

her

may s

ay: Jushyo

wa? o

r N

ani ku,

Nani m

achi, N

an

ban d

esu k

a?

Exp

lain

ing

Yo

ur

Lo

ca

tio

n

Sin

ce m

any J

ap

anese s

treets

do

no

t b

ear

nam

es a

nd

ho

use,b

uild

ing

num

bers

are

no

t

co

nsecutive,

it is v

ery

im

po

rtant

that

yo

u learn

ho

w t

o g

ive

ad

eq

uate

directio

ns t

o y

our

resid

ence in c

ase y

ou n

eed

to

exp

lain

it

to a

dis

patc

her, u

sually

guid

ing

them

by w

ay o

f m

ajo

r

land

mark

s.

Yo

u c

an d

escrib

e y

our

locatio

n r

ela

tive t

o r

eco

gniz

ab

le

land

mark

s u

sin

g t

he fo

llow

ing

vo

cab

ula

ry:

Fro

nt:

Mae

Behin

d: U

ra

Dia

go

nally

In F

ront:

Nana m

e m

ae

Next

to: To

nari

Inte

rsectio

n: K

oo

sate

n

One o

f th

e b

est

tests

to

dete

rmin

e

if yo

u h

ave t

he c

ap

ab

ility

to

guid

e

so

meo

ne t

o y

our

resid

ence is

bein

g a

ble

to

ord

er

a t

axi, a

nd

no

t

fro

m a

co

mp

any w

hic

h h

as y

our

info

rmatio

n a

lread

y p

rog

ram

med

into

its

co

mp

ute

r.

Jap

anese n

eig

hb

ors

are

a g

reat

so

urc

e o

f in

form

atio

n -

ask

them

to

tell

yo

u,

wo

rd b

y w

ord

,

ho

w t

hey d

irect

peo

ple

to

their

resid

ences.

Pra

ctice t

hese

directio

ns o

n a

reg

ula

r b

asis

and

keep

a c

heat

sheet

by y

our

tele

pho

ne fo

r fa

mily

, b

ab

ysitte

rs,

or

frie

nd

s t

o u

se in c

ase o

f need

.

Assum

ing

yo

u a

re n

ot

calling

fro

m

a m

ob

ile p

ho

ne,

just

sta

y o

n t

he

line.

Em

erg

ency o

pera

tors

at

the

fire d

ep

art

ment

in m

ost

majo

r

urb

an c

ente

rs h

ave t

he a

bility

to

trace c

alls

to

yo

ur

locatio

n.

Jap

an h

as a

num

ber

of la

rge a

nd

quite m

od

ern

med

ical fa

cilities.

Ho

wever

chances a

re t

hat

yo

u w

ill

never

vis

it a

ny o

f th

em

unle

ss y

ou

have fi

rst

been r

efe

rred

by a

clin

ic.

While

excep

tio

ns a

bo

und

,

vis

itin

g a

no

n-s

pecia

lty c

linic

or

do

cto

r’s o

ffice d

oes n

ot

req

uire

Doc

tors

and

Hea

lthca

re

Eve

ryd

ay In

form

atio

n

71

�

an a

pp

oin

tment.

Sim

ply

pre

sent

yo

ur

insura

nce c

ard

to

the

recep

tio

nis

t up

on a

rriv

al and

yo

u

will b

e s

een in t

urn

, m

uch lik

e

an e

merg

ency r

oo

m.

Wait t

imes

are

usually

less t

han a

n h

our, b

ut

can b

e s

ignifi

cantly lo

ng

er

at

big

ho

sp

itals

. S

pecia

lists

lik

e d

entists

,

psychia

tris

ts,

or

OB

GY

N w

ill m

ore

likely

accep

t ap

po

intm

ents

.

Ano

ther

diff

ere

nce t

o n

ote

is t

hat

clin

ics a

re n

ot

op

en e

very

day o

f

the w

eek,

and

many b

ig h

osp

itals

offer

sp

ecifi

c s

erv

ices o

nly

on s

et

days.

Ad

ditio

nally

, th

e a

ctu

al o

ffice

ho

urs

will g

enera

lly b

e d

ivid

ed

into

mo

rnin

gs a

nd

aftern

oo

ns.

Mo

rnin

g h

ours

will g

enera

lly r

un

betw

een n

ine a

nd

tw

elv

e.

After

mo

rnin

g h

ours

the o

ffice w

ill c

lose

until ab

out

two

, and

be o

pen

ag

ain

fro

m t

hen u

ntil six

. Fo

r th

ese

reaso

ns it

is e

sp

ecia

lly im

po

rtant

that

yo

u c

heck t

he s

ched

ule

befo

re m

akin

g y

our

pla

ns.

While

many d

octo

rs s

peak s

om

e

Eng

lish t

heir s

taff a

nd

pap

erw

ork

is g

enera

lly in J

ap

anese.

If y

ou

are

no

t p

rofic

ient

in J

ap

anese y

ou

may n

eed

to

bring

so

meo

ne a

long

to h

elp

yo

u t

hro

ug

h t

he p

rocess.

Fo

llow

ing

is a

lis

t o

f w

hat

to

exp

ect

when y

ou v

isit a

do

cto

r

or

sta

y in a

ho

sp

ital alo

ng

with a

list

of m

ed

ical clin

ics in y

our

are

a

that

will g

enera

lly o

ffer

so

me s

ort

of E

ng

lish s

erv

ice,

tho

ug

h t

o w

hat

exte

nt

will v

ary

.

Wh

at

To

Exp

ec

t

Do

cto

rs in J

ap

an,

esp

ecia

lly o

lder

pra

ctitio

ners

, still

sub

scrib

e t

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exp

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o a

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all

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u s

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uld

und

ers

tand

that,

esp

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ith

old

er

do

cto

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g d

irectly fo

r a

seco

nd

op

inio

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ay b

e o

ffensiv

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If y

ou a

re u

nsatisfie

d w

ith t

heir

dia

gno

sis

or

treatm

ent

yo

u s

ho

uld

get

one s

om

ew

here

els

e.

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ay d

ete

rmin

e t

he b

est

co

urs

e o

f actio

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nd

go

with it,

rath

er

than t

alk

ing

the o

ptio

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over

with y

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an b

e c

urt

to

the p

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f

seem

ing

dis

mis

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st

are

very

busy,

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tho

ug

h t

hey h

ave

yo

ur

best

inte

rest

at

heart

they w

ill

want

to h

ear

the s

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pto

ms a

nd

dia

gno

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chit c

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r d

ay t

o d

ay a

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m is t

op

no

tch.

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wever

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ou h

ave issues

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sto

p

go

ing

to

them

and

find

ano

ther.

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at

to B

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ou a

re just

go

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fo

r a r

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yo

ur

insura

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rmatio

n o

r

natio

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yste

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ard

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wever

if yo

u a

re s

tayin

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overn

ight

or

long

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uld

bring

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ur

ow

n t

ow

els

, slip

pers

,

too

th b

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tissues,

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ho

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to k

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a leng

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e a

num

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yo

u w

ill b

e

exp

ecte

d t

o h

ave p

rovid

ed

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r yo

u

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