> If you searched you could even find more reasonable housing. It seems you
> are looking at gaijin or guest houses, and for about 86,000 a month, a
> private room or apartment. A Yahoo! search for "guest house" "tokyo" and
> "yen" immediately turned up places with lower rates. If you could find some
> guarantor such as your prospective employer, you can pay even less in your
> own modestly furnished place.

Guest/gaijin houses would of course be cheaper, but trying to live with
others can be irritating. Maybe I'll go to a gaijin house first and see
if it works out.

> If your priority is not saving, you shouldn't have serious problems. There
> are foreigners living in Tokyo working full time for less than your budget.
> But what kind of disposable income are you thinking of or what are you
> planning on doing? Do you want to travel or go out at night? You may not
> have too much of that.

Going out at night would be good, at least once a week. I've heard there
are all you can drink (nomihoudai?) places which make drunkening cheaper.

I've travelled enough in Japan, I would be happy to stay in Tokyo and
explore it in more depth.