kuri wrote:
> "Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson" <ken_nicolson@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
> > Given the current rates, there should really be no reason not to,
and
> > even if they don't live there, I'm sure they could rent it at a
decent
> > price.
>
> You're sure it's that easy ? The Japanese tend to prefer renting
mansions.
> I see only gaijins in rental houses (and they get them for quite
cheap in
> very convenient places, not in Himeji), probably because they cannot
get
> loans.
>
I've known Japanese who rent homes, and there must be a demand else
there wouldn't be so many out there for rent. Mostly the people I've
known are folks who take their families with them when the transfer to
a new job. I've never really known any Japanese who go together to rent
a house, which is really common in the US.

John W.