Looking for long-term accessible rental Accommodations.
Looking for long-term accessible rental Accommodations.
Hello everyone!
I’m hoping to make this year great by staying in Japan and looking for work in person. To do so I’ll need a place to stay for at least the 90-days my passport will allow me to be there (then I’ll figure out the rest once I get a work visa or maybe even a school visa 🙂). I hope some people can provide information on finding such a place, or know a legitimate company that can help, any information is welcome.
Here are some details of what I’m hoping to find:
- House or apartment type place with a kitchen area.
- Wheelchair accessible (at least to a bedroom and a bathroom).
- Location: Tokyo or surrounding areas (doesn’t need to be inside the city specifically), would also consider Kyoto or Osaka areas (or nearby them). This is a bit flexible, so long as I can get to/from there in my motorized wheelchair.
- A 90-day stay.
- Two bedrooms would be ideal (for my caregiver and one for me), but this is flexible.
- Western-style bed (or room for one).
- Air-conditioning (at least in bedrooms).
- Near a train station is a major plus.
- The earliest I’m looking to go is June of this year.
- Ideally it shouldn’t be as expensive as a hotel.
Thank you in advance for any information. 😀
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This sounds like a fun project!
I stayed in an Oakwood “residence” once and they had a shower chair at the place I was (Yokohama), so the others possibly do as well. It might be a good start – though, they are likely not budget friendly for 3 months….
https://www.discoverasr.com/en/destinations/tokyo#OUR-PROPERTIES
In addition to Airbnb, there is a homegrown version from Rakuten as well:
I was talking to someone who is in Tokyo for a number of weeks and she said she checked a million Airbnbs… but found something that fit here needs (she can walk a bit). So, I’m sure we can find something!
Thank you Josh!
I’ll check it out. I looked a little in the Rakuten site, probably have to expand the search to get more reasonable long-term pricing, I’ll keep looking.
Anyway, if anyone has additional information, please let me know. 🙂
Here is another place I found: https://www.tokyoapartments.jp/serviced-apartments/
In general, the contract length for an apartment is 2 years (sometimes 1 year), so you will likely need to look for a place on these type of “for foreigners” sites. Which of course will then mean contacting a lot of places….
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