Name: Can Foreigners Find Housing near Tokyo? | Life in Japan Episode 177
Uploaded: 2022-07-16T17:45:55.000Z
Duration: 11 min 30 s

過去形

We just found out that our apartment that we've rented for over 8 years in Japan is going to be torn down,

8年間住んだ家の取壊しが決まり

to 不定詞

and we need to find a new place to live ASAP.

現在進行形

Finding a home for a family of six in the Tokyo area is challenging enough, but will it be an impossible task for foreigners?

東京で6人家族が家探し 外国人というハンデもあります

OK let's see, what does the kitchen look like?

Like any search these days, it usually starts online,

大家族向けの賃貸物件は限られています

and that's exactly where we're going to see if there's any housing suitable for a large family near us.

So either I'm going to have to go far far away,

We thoroughly searched the popular Japanese real estate websites at home, sumo and others to find options, but the results were not encouraging.

Look at that. I'd have to have a little burner stove.

アットホームやスーモで調べてますが 現実は厳しいです

We really wanted to stay in the same neighborhood so that our kids could go to the same Japanese public schools

and because it is also very close to where we work

子供の学区内で物件が見つかれば 負担も少なく済むでしょう

so we compiled a list of possibilities and sent them to our realtor.

When she got back to us, the challenging reality of foreigners finding a place to live set in.

在日外国人が直面する 不動産探しの現実が待っていました

Well we got a couple of properties that we wanted to see,

And we sent them to the realtor and she got back to us

And one of them is not going to open up until next March,

One will not rent to us because we're foreigners,

So we're...every third I guess we can go see.

The next day, we would go look at some options together as a family.

The first place we visited had just gone on the market, so it was still under renovation.

We were glad we were able to go in and see it anyway.

This one to us on paper it looked like a very ideal layout.

それでも内覧できたのでよかったです

You might need to change these curtains...

Yea, we would change the curtains, that's for sure.

But look at this though, it's got a big [storage room]

The house was spread vertically across three floors, a common building practice these days in the greater Tokyo area.

We tried to picture what it would be like if we did indeed live here.

3階建て戸建ては 首都圏でよくある間取りです

Oh but the toilet's in here with the washing machine.

引越した時の想像が膨らみます

OK, let's see. What does the kitchen look like?

It was time to check out the upstairs bedrooms.

Well Ruth, what do you think here seeing this place?

リビングダイニングは素晴らしい

The kitchen's—I'm used to a large kitchen,

But I would probably try to put our dining here so that could all be living.

ダイニングをここにしたら リビングを広く使える

I know, that would be awesome, wouldn't it?

And then we could always put out an extra table if we need to.

Well let me tell you what, this first house definitely a contender.

Alright, we're checking out the next place.

And it is like 2 minutes from the station, it's so close.

We're the only ones living on the 5th floor?

How do you move stuff in here? That's what I want to know.

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Can Foreigners Find Housing near Tokyo? | Life in Japan Episode 177

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