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Letting the guarantor company pay rent?
if you're staying at a share house or a monthly mansion type place, some of them let u pay via bank transfer at a post office counter. bring your residence card and the landlord's bank info, fill out the furikomi slip at the counter, pay in cash. costs like 200-400 yen per transfer but it works
also check if your place uses a payment service like payb or jp post's rent payment thing. some buildings have a barcode on the invoice u can scan at a conbini. if u don't have the slip ask the management to email u the barcode
for the trip home, if u leave the country for over a week your residence card gets invalidated and u need a re-entry permit. get that sorted before u go or u might have trouble getting back in
look, just go to any yucho post office counter with the management company's bank details and your residence card. fill out the orange furikomi slip they have at the desk, hand them cash, done. costs like 200 yen and they give you a receipt.
for the trip home, you need a re-entry permit at the airport or your zairyu card gets invalidated. narita has a counter past security, costs like 3000 yen for a single one. don't mention it to your landlord unless they ask, they get nervous about tenants leaving japan mid-lease.
the guarantor company paying multiple times is fine but each time they charge a fee and it goes on your record. better to do the post office cash transfer thing for january and february until you hit six months and can open a proper account at mizuho or wherever
You can go to any post office with the management company's bank details and do a cash transfer at the counter, no bank account needed. Just fill out the standard furikomi slip, hand them the cash, and they'll process it right there. It costs like 200 yen and takes five minutes.
If convenience store ATM transfers work for you, the 7-11 ATMs near Shibuya station have an English menu option for cash transfers. Just select furikomi without a card and follow the prompts. The machine will print a receipt as proof of payment.
Sorry about your family situation. For the trip back, keep it to yourself unless your realtor asks directly. Japanese landlords can get nervous about tenants leaving the country during the lease term.
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Whitebox in Tokyo 2026: Is It Still Worth It?
yeah the old Whitebox spot got gutted around then, last I walked past it was a startup office on the upper floors. kuramae's decent but honestly Kiyosumi-Shirakawa side is quieter and the rents are still half of Shibuya. miyamasuzaka is basically all towers now.
kuramae's rents crept up too since the tawaman went in, kiyosumi side is still the better bet
whitebox actually closed back in 2018, the space is a gallery-slash-coworking thing now. shibuya's still fine to live in but the rents near miyamasuzaka have jumped hard, more office towers than studios these days. if you want that old creative vibe try kuramae or kiyosumi instead