Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!jpix!news0.dion.ne.jp!feed1.dion.ne.jp!news1.dion.ne.jp!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Dave Fossett" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan References: <2brdb.11769$1H3.589750@news20.bellglobal.com> Subject: Re: accomadations in Japan Lines: 16 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 13:21:59 +0900 NNTP-Posting-Host: 211.18.60.184 X-Trace: news1.dion.ne.jp 1064722911 211.18.60.184 (Sun, 28 Sep 2003 13:21:51 JST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 13:21:51 JST Organization: DION Network Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:5778 Ronnie Corporon wrote: > I know they won't be making sleep on a bench outside lol but i heard that > accomadations through them were very expensive compared to guesthouses and > stuff Are gaijin houses cheap anyway? I thought the only advantage they offered was that you don't need key money or a guarantor, so they are handy for people fresh off the boat so to speak. Some of the weekly mansion (i.e. apartment) places advertise that they accept foreigners, so maybe these are worth a look too. -- Dave Fossett Saitama, Japan