Hi all, nice to meet you!
I’m moving to Tokyo next month to start language school, and I’m in the process of shortlisting a number of apartments (rent is yikes within a reasonable distance of my school).
Rent aside, I wanted to ask what people consider to be a healthy monthly budget for living in Tokyo, including utilities for one person. I’ve been reading up on anecdotes from the last few years, but with how volatile the yen has been since the pandemic, I wanted to ask for folks’ current perspectives.
I’d like to be able to explore and have fun going out a few times a week/month depending on costs. I’m confident cooking for myself, and I’m already trying to research cost-saving hacks like end of day sales at the grocery/konbini and alternative power providers to TEPCO.
Should I be aiming for 50,000 a month excluding rent? 75,000?
Thank you very much for reading and any comments/advice!
by jokerstyle00
