"Bryce" <fukuzzz@takethisout.hotmail.com> wrote:

> You have a lot less restrictions if you have your own apartment, or should
I
> say rat hut. If you can get into a 3LDK or bigger you'll feel okay.
anything
> smaller and it will work on your mind. If you know someone in Japan, maybe
> you could advance some cash to them because you'll need to put down about
> 500,000 to 1,000,000 as deposit and first money (free cash for the
owners).

That sounds a lot, especially for the sort of places English teachers are
likely to be looking for. Zero reikin is now common, and shikikin
(returnable deposit) is usually only one or two months' rent these days.

-- 
Dave Fossett
Saitama, Japan