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Practical guides and thoughtful reads for your time in Japan.
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01A Month Working in Japan: Plan Your Daily Life Before Filling Your Calendar
Build a workable monthly stay in Tokyo or Kanagawa, starting with your work rhythm, housing needs, and the first night after arrival.
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02Hotel or Furnished Monthly Rental? Compare the Day You Will Actually Live
Look beyond price to meals, laundry, workspace, and support when choosing accommodation for an extended business stay in Tokyo or Kanagawa.
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03Where to Stay for Work in Tokyo: Choose a Neighborhood Through Your Commute
Narrow your monthly accommodation search through actual workplaces, station exits, and evenings after work, instead of relying on popular district names.
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04A Month Working in Yokohama: Make Room for the Harbor City's Slower Moments
Compare Yokohama Station, Minato Mirai, Kannai, and Shin-Yokohama through real work journeys, then build a routine for your month.
Read story05Working and Living in Kawasaki: Choosing a Base for a One-Month Assignment
Explore Kawasaki Station, Musashi-Kosugi, Mizonokuchi, and Shin-Yurigaoka through work addresses and daily routines, rather than treating the city as somewhere in between.
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06Business Travel and Remote Work: A Room That Supports Work and Protects Rest
For a month in Tokyo or Kanagawa, consider desks, video calls, and end-of-day habits when choosing accommodation for both working and living.
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07Bringing Family on a Business Trip: One Home, Different Daily Lives
Consider work, time together, rest, and chores before choosing a family base for a month in Tokyo or Kanagawa.
Read story08What Should You Budget for a Month Away? Accommodation, Daily Life, and Changes
Separate monthly quotations, meals and transport, company expenses, and schedule changes to make a Tokyo or Kanagawa business-trip budget understandable.
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09Your First Day: Settle In Before Taking On the City
Begin a month in Tokyo or Kanagawa with clear entry information, a few room checks, and a simple first meal. Exploring can follow.
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10A Month Away Does Not Need a Month of Luggage: Packing With Less Effort
Work backward from laundry cycles, actual tasks, and accommodation equipment to make arriving and leaving Tokyo or Kanagawa easier.
Read story11Plan a Month of Commuting: Choosing a Home for Work in Shinagawa
Fewer daily decisions can matter more than one less transfer on arrival. Look at office entrances, station exits and evening shopping to choose where to live during a Shinagawa business trip.
Read story12Working in Shinjuku: Choose a Month-Long Home by Starting with the Exit
A suitable home is about more than proximity to a major station. Put your office entrance, regular exit and need for quiet rest on the same map.
Read story13A Business Stay in Shimbashi and Hamamatsucho: Connecting Work with Daily Life
Beyond meetings, airport journeys and evening meals, you need an easy way home. Use the shape of your working week to choose a monthly stay around Shimbashi and Hamamatsucho.
Read story14A Month in Musashi-Kosugi: Connect Your Everyday Routes First
One station name can lead to different entrances and platforms. Build a Musashi-Kosugi routine around work, shopping and the time you spend at home.
Read story15Evenings and Weekends in Kawasaki: Keep Some Time for Yourself
A month away need not feel like a holiday every day. Use simple dinners, laundry breaks and half-day walks to make room for real recovery after work in Kawasaki.
Read story16Eating Well on a Month-Long Assignment: Cooking Without Overcommitting
Start with two or three meals you actually want to make. Consider equipment, shopping quantities and busy evenings together so cooking becomes a practical help.
Read story17A Laundry and Storage Rhythm Makes a Small Room Easier to Live In
Your business-trip clothes need not be reorganised from scratch every day. Connect unpacking, laundry and the final suitcase into a routine that leaves the weekend available.
Read story18Focus in a Small Room: Plan Transitions Before Adding Equipment
A desk is only part of the answer. Clear starts and finishes, workable meetings and an easily reset space help a monthly room support both work and rest.
Read story19Bringing an Overseas Team to Japan: One Set of Stay Information Everyone Understands
Separate people, dates, payment and room arrangements to make multilingual coordination easier. Build an updateable accommodation record from the pre-trip list through support after arrival.
Read story20Do Not Leave Expenses Until the Last Night: A Little Recording Each Day
Separate booking, payment and use dates, and retain the documents your company actually requires. This method helps organisation and enquiries; it does not determine reimbursement eligibility on behalf of a company or professional.
Read story21Working between Tokyo and Kanagawa: give every journey a reason
Two work locations do not necessarily require two homes. Consider attendance, luggage and fatigue to find an arrangement you can sustain for a month.
Read story22Your first month working abroad: turn the unfamiliar into manageable steps
For business travellers who communicate in Traditional Chinese, a reliable stay in Japan begins with organised information and continues through the language and routines of the first week.
Read story23Evenings on a solo business trip: make your room a place to come home to
From dinner and a short walk to closing your laptop, plan evenings that offer both freedom and rest during a longer solo stay in Tokyo or Kanagawa.
Read story24You need not travel far at weekends: expand your everyday radius from home
During a month working in Tokyo and Kanagawa, a few unhurried walks can gradually give you your own place within an unfamiliar neighbourhood.
Read story25Working in Yokohama: leave room for rest as well
Do not let an image of the city replace accommodation criteria. Build a monthly routine around actual work locations and evenings that support both your project and daily life.
Read story26Thinking of extending a monthly stay? Do not wait until the last evening
A delayed project, uncertain dates or a wish for a few more days: separate your needs, availability, costs and confirmation so a changed plan has a clear next step.
Read story27Too many rooms to choose from? Build a comparison table that helps you decide
Bring photographs, total costs, commuting and everyday routines into one table. The aim is accommodation that fits this assignment, not the longest equipment list.
Read story28Before you submit: turn monthly booking details into your actual itinerary
After room photographs and prices come dates, charges, occupants and confirmation procedures. One orderly check can reduce repeated conversations after applying.
Read story29The last week before checkout: divide departure into manageable parts
From food and clothes to work documents and returning keys, use seven days to finish gradually and connect a month in Tokyo or Kanagawa smoothly with the journey home.
Read story30After the assignment: leave a month's experience for your next trip
Review commuting, the room and everyday choices alongside results and receipts. Concrete observations can make the next Tokyo or Kanagawa assignment calmer.
Read story3185% or 70%? Furniture plans and your rent allocation
Compare the two plans by furniture responsibility, operations allocation and actual owner payments.
Read story32Letting a Japanese home from Taiwan
Prepare authority and contact information, then move through consultation, checks and signing in order.
Read story33Inventory furniture before buying more
Connect existing equipment, missing items and agreed cost responsibility in one preparation plan.
Read story34What to check before the first letting
Treat initial handover, condition records and posted instructions as their own preparation process.
Read story35Request personal-use dates before travel
Owner use needs review against existing reservations, preparation work and cleaning requirements.
Read story36Reading the owner statement
Separate reservations, collected rent, agreed deductions and bank transfer records.
Read story37Repairs and insurance responsibilities
Separate equipment faults, resident damage and emergencies before assigning responsibility or settling costs.
Read story38Prepare house and waste rules early
Residents need understandable rules before key release and matching instructions on site.
Read story39Accurate listings and safe information
Useful transport and equipment details belong in a listing; access secrets and private records do not.
Read story40Following your property in the owner portal
Understand listing, requests, payments, move-in readiness and finalized statements as distinct states.
Read story41Can I let my condominium? Check the building rules first
Separate ownership from permission to let, and identify the documents to discuss with LIVIA.
Read story42Who receives the keys, and where? Plan the first handover
Separate the owner-to-LIVIA handover from access for the person carrying out the work.
Read story43What should I do with personal belongings before letting?
Separate rental equipment, private items to remove and any storage arrangement that needs discussion.
Read story44Can rates change later? Keep future prices and booked rates separate
Discuss new listing prices without rewriting existing reservations or signed agreements.
Read story45A reservation arrived. What should the owner check?
Read application progress, resident procedures, on-site preparation and key release as separate steps.
Read story46What happens if there is a fault or complaint during a stay?
Understand what to report to LIVIA and how urgent incidents differ from ordinary repairs.
Read story47What if a resident changes dates, extends or cancels?
Distinguish a request from an agreed change, then follow its effect on dates, documents and statements.
Read story48How do I pause new bookings or discuss ending the arrangement?
Treat a block on new bookings separately from obligations under existing reservations and contracts.
Read story49What should I prepare for my first consultation?
Start with the property overview, then share sensitive contract documents through the appropriate process.
Read story50How are estimates and shared costs agreed?
Keep the work, purchase approval, cost allocation and payment record clear and connected.
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