Japanese Real Estate Blog

Apartments may be classified into Serviced / Furnished Apartments and   Furnished Apartments for short or for long duration of stay. The following places in Tokyo have several luxurious apartments to shop upon.

Travelers would surely love the ambiance and the beautiful facilities of these apartments. The following areas offer great places for apartment for rent or for lease: the places of  Chuo, Minato, Chiyoda, East Tokyo, South Tokyo, West Tokyo, North Tokyo, Meguro, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Roppongi/Akasaka, Azabu  and Shirokane Takanawa. However, for sophisticated apartments, the best place to shop is in the Tokyo Bay area. It offers the best Luxury Apartment Towers and other well facilitated properties around Tokyo.

Tokyo Bay area lies at the heart of the Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area, with the major cities of Tokyo, Kawasaki, and Yokohama located along its northwestern and western shore.  The beautiful scenery of the place overlooking the view of the City and the Bay and the entertainment found in Odaiba and Tokyo Disneyland, and the businesses in Shiodome, makes the Tokyo Bay area famous for its grandeur residential buildings and high-end for rent condominium units. These high-rise properties often have spectacular views of the city and the Bay. Odaiba is a large artificial island in Tokyo Bay, which become popular for shopping and entertainment destination among local and foreign tourists in Japan. Japan is now preparing to become number one by 22nd century. It has now the most sophisticated modern buildings, electric cars, fantasy shopping malls and magnificent apartments as well as high-end condominium units.

Azabu, is an area within Minato in Tokyo, Japan, which was built on a swampy land in the foothills south of Central Tokyo. Living in Tokyo particularly in Azabu area means prominence and high standard of living.  Most known personalities are living in Tokyo like the artists, businessmen, and celebrities. Manga artist, Naoko Takeuchi is known to live in Azabu while vocalist, Ayumi  Hamasaki resides in a penthouse apartment in Minami

Azabu.  Living in Tokyo would be a great experience, aside from its best location; it is also a home to the yearly celebration of Azabu-Juuban Matsuri festival which takes place every month of August.

The embassies of Russia, China, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Taiwan, Norway, Philippines, Finland, South Korea, Iran, France and Greece are located in Azabu as well as a large number of foreign (gaijin) populations. Also found in Azabu is the National Azabu Supermarket which is extremely well-liked by foreigners living in Tokyo. One of the largest supermarket in Japan, it is well-known for their display of imported products, like wines, garments and food products. There are about 70 percent (70%) foreigners who come and shop at Nazabu supermarket.

The place has become a living comfort zone in Tokyo where large hotels, apartments, and condominiums, offer the most excellent service and best facilities for a modern day comfort.  These facilities are found in Azabu due to accessibility to the different transportation facilities, Azabu is accessible from Hiroo station on the Metro Hibiya Line and to the business and entertainment central areas such as Ginza, Shibuya, Omotesando and many other areas of entertainment. The existing three (3) subway stations namely: Akabanebashi Subway Station (Toei Oedo Line), Azabu-J?ban Station (Namboku Line, Toei Oedo Line) and Hiroo Station (Hibiya Line) also contributed to the popularity of Azabu which provide efficient access to the entire city of Tokyo.

To boost the presence of residential estates and to cater to the needs of most residents therein, Azabu puts up local public elementary and junior high schools, private high school and international schools. The Temple University Japan (TUJ) Campus is also located in Azabu. This is the first foreign university established in Japan where you can earn American associates, bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees while in Japan. Azabu is indeed a perfect place to stay in Tokyo.

Even if it is quite unbelievable but it’s totally true as several owners of dwellings in Japan are offering their fully furnished homes up for grab while costing nothing at all for almost one year. This is a sort of scheme that is available for audience seeking out apartment rental Tokyo for the detailed stay. This strategy is undertaken by a group of house owners in various parts of world and is getting great response from all places. The families looking for apartment rental Tokyo could greatly benefit from the offer as it is low on cost and provides several luxuries for paying no value at all. This was triggered under a marketing trick by an owner in Japan which was instantly followed by similar others. Now, it is understandable that people are awestruck by the news but opposite to regular speculations it is turned out to be a complete reality.

The process starts with online registration for the website provided by the house owner and is open for all that are aspiring to get the apartment. This method is entirely carried out by the owner and after compiling the list of applicants through voting the final list of twenty applicants is generated. This actually eliminates the need for the middle man that brings about the transactions of renting and acquiring the houses between two parties. The final selection is done by the owner from the list of twenty people selected and this brings him the chance to get the best tenant possible. The applications could be in various forms such as recorded video clip, images of the applicant and family and so on to build in the trust inside the owner’s mind.

If we consider benefit for the owner then it is actually an excellent idea of getting money. If the owner wishes to move out in other parts of world and desires to give up the house on rent then he needs to undergo the tedious procedure of selecting candidate. Here the owner charges twenty dollars from each applicant and if he receives on an average 500 applications per month then you can make the hue total. This trick helps the owner to repay the loans and other debts and is low on the pocket of applicants. Overall, the strategy is excellent and beneficial for everyone and should be carried over by similar other owners too.

Living in Tokyo is not as easy as it seems.  Foreigners, have to part with a lot of money amongst other requirements so as to be able to rent apartments in Tokyo.  The Japanese rental laws or requirements; require that those intending to rent apartments pay at-least 6 months rent before being allowed to fully rent apartment (this is broken up in three phases).  The rental process for those living in Tokyo is interestingly handled by real estate agents.  Not landlords like in other parts of the world. This has proved more worthwhile than dealing with landlords directly. 

The above, has been occasioned by the number of defaulters.  This has caused landlords a lot of unnecessary agony when in comes to rental payment, and absconding without making any payments on the rents due.  Renting apartment in Tokyo period ranges from one year to two years and not less.  Foreigners face some of the toughest hurdles when it comes to apartment’s rental here.  Amongst some of the problem they face is the language barrier, and secondly, finding a trustworthy guarantor.

Foreigners who have valid driving licenses from their country origin, are only allowed to use the same on Japan’s roads for a maximum period of one year.  On expiry, they are required to go through the rigorous process of obtaining a Japanese driving license.  This is expensive, thorough and involves a lot of mandatory driving process.  A driving license from whatever part of the world is one of the best identification documents that have withstood the test of time.  It includes a person’s intimate details

 

One of the other advantages in providing a drivers license number is the issue of parking.  Most apartments in Tokyo provide car parking lots for their residents.  It is a proof that one is law abiding citizen.  Since most of the countries do not share the same identification details; a drivers license is a proper way of identification, as most of them are usually international rated.  They indicate user’s personal details, address, contact information, country of origin and finally, their proficiency amongst the many other available details.