When I used to live in an apartment the only thing I ever got from new neighbours was cleaning supplies.
People buy tissues and toilet papers and stuff these days. Just simple household stuff to not start a present war. This is if you’re buying if you’re renting no need to do anything.
You’re nice. I’ve never received anything from a neighbour in 10+ years here.
That being said, I live in Tokyo.
All my neighbor here gave me chocolate when they move in
Snacks you find at omiyage section at train station works too
Moving in or moving out? In, rice crackers or non expensive cookies from where ever you’ve moved from. Moving out, towels, washing liquid or detergent, cling wrap, bath salts.
We moved mid pandemic so gave them all some hand sanitizer.
Inaka? It’s more common there — even still, it tends to be the person living above you that gifts the present due to the noise they might make. From experience, it’s been dish soap or tissues — something real cheap as it’s more about the gesture and they can say they did it. In a higher end place, I’ve gotten those fruit pudding/jellies.
If you’re in a city like Tokyo and still feel like doing this, it might help to announce you’re the new neighbor when you ring the bell. People tend to think you might be selling something otherwise.
tldr; Yeah, sounds good.. I’d like some Swedish chocolate.
I ordered small packets of rice that came printed with a greeting and my apartment number and name which I thought was useful especially since I have a foreign name, and as I was too shy to go around and ring their doorbells I just put them in their respective mailboxes so that saved me from writing notes as well. It was a very cute design too and I got thank yous from two neighbors later. From my upstairs neighbor I got some cookies.
You could also search for 引越し挨拶ギフト on rakuten and the like for some ideas. However, I personally only gave gifts because where I live now is more long term with lots of families living in the building, if you’re living in a building with mostly singles in 1Ks you can just not do anything.
Any cleaning products usually go down well. Over the years we’ve had washing powder, plastics bags for the the gomi, etc.
Never did this myself but I’ve heard of people handing out packs of soba.
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When I used to live in an apartment the only thing I ever got from new neighbours was cleaning supplies.
People buy tissues and toilet papers and stuff these days. Just simple household stuff to not start a present war. This is if you’re buying if you’re renting no need to do anything.
You’re nice. I’ve never received anything from a neighbour in 10+ years here.
That being said, I live in Tokyo.
All my neighbor here gave me chocolate when they move in
Snacks you find at omiyage section at train station works too
Moving in or moving out? In, rice crackers or non expensive cookies from where ever you’ve moved from.
Moving out, towels, washing liquid or detergent, cling wrap, bath salts.
We moved mid pandemic so gave them all some hand sanitizer.
Inaka? It’s more common there — even still, it tends to be the person living above you that gifts the present due to the noise they might make. From experience, it’s been dish soap or tissues — something real cheap as it’s more about the gesture and they can say they did it. In a higher end place, I’ve gotten those fruit pudding/jellies.
If you’re in a city like Tokyo and still feel like doing this, it might help to announce you’re the new neighbor when you ring the bell. People tend to think you might be selling something otherwise.
tldr; Yeah, sounds good.. I’d like some Swedish chocolate.
I ordered small packets of rice that came printed with a greeting and my apartment number and name which I thought was useful especially since I have a foreign name, and as I was too shy to go around and ring their doorbells I just put them in their respective mailboxes so that saved me from writing notes as well. It was a very cute design too and I got thank yous from two neighbors later.
From my upstairs neighbor I got some cookies.
You could also search for 引越し挨拶ギフト on rakuten and the like for some ideas. However, I personally only gave gifts because where I live now is more long term with lots of families living in the building, if you’re living in a building with mostly singles in 1Ks you can just not do anything.
Any cleaning products usually go down well. Over the years we’ve had washing powder, plastics bags for the the gomi, etc.
Never did this myself but I’ve heard of people handing out packs of soba.
蕎麦 ＝ そば ＝ 側