Setting Up Your New Apartment

 Overview 

Your apartment will be decided by your contracting organization. Additionally, the rent will be decided and cited in your contract. The apartment can range from a single room to multiple, while rent can range from 0-70,000 yen per month.

Please also note that the items listed are not things you must have when you arrive. The first month is rough on the wallet, so figure out what you need first while you look at this list.

What may be included/provided by your CO 

The following items are not part of the contract for most people, and thus may not be provided by all COs. Please check with your RA or supervisor about it.
 * Air Conditioning Unit
 * Rice Maker
 * Heater
 * Fan
 * Washing Machine
 * Futon/Bed

 To-Buy List / Priorities 

This is a list of recommended purchases to prioritize depending on what has been provided by your CO or left behind by previous JETs. You may want to bring enough money so that you can buy these all within your first month, or live without some of these things until acquiring a few paychecks 3 or 4 months in.
 * Curtains/Shades (2,000~5,000 yen) (Many windows are easily visible to neighbors, especially in the case of adjacent apartment buildings.)
 * Pots/Pans/Cooking utensils
 * Bed/futon (approx. 10,000~50,000 yen depending)
 * Bedding (approx. 1,000~10,000 yen)
 * Table/Chairs/Cushions (approx. 6,000~15,000 yen)

 Stores 
 * Nitori (https://www.nitori-net.jp/store/ja/ec/) - Good Looking, cheap, easy-to-put-together, big chain store.  Sells household appliances, couches, beds, desks, kotatsu, etc.
 * Musashi (https://hc-musashi.jp/) - A general home improvement store that also supplies shades, chairs, tables, etc. Good place to also buy material for DIY stuff.
 * Komeri (http://www.komeri.com/top/CSfTop.jsp) - Same as Musashi, but more house-hold supplies
 * Joy - Same as Musashi and Komeri