Moving to Tokyo near Waseda in a few weeks.

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   **Moving to Tokyo near Waseda in a few weeks.**

   Hello,

   I got my working Visa in order to make my Postdoc at Waseda Univ, I will take my flight from in a few weeks from now.

   I have a conversational level in Japanese but never lived on my own in Japan and I have a few questions :

   **Which part of Tokyo would you advice me to search my apartment in?**

   I have seen that in might find something in 新宿区, 豊島区 or 文京区 in order to have easy access to Nishi Waseda Campus by walk, bicycle or 東西線.

   My budget would be around 7万

   I would prefer some quite place and prefer something a bit old with 30sqm rather than something new and small. I also do not mind living in a 事故物件

   Would it be difficult to find an apartment in this price range ?

   Do you have any recommendation about some place that might be within 30min of bicycle from Waseda Station?

   Are there anything I should know about Japanese apartments? for example if it’s better to find an apartment that used gas or one that used electricity etc….

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   Thank you!!

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2. >Which part of Tokyo would you advice me to search my apartment in?

   Why not live near where you work? Which campus would you be working in?

3. My wife used to live in Kamiigusa which is off the Seibu Shinjuku line. It was a nice quiet neighborhood full of cheap apartments with a straight shot to Baba.

4. Kagurazaka!! I love that area, it’s got so many nice shops / cafes and walkable to Waseda. It’s got a bit of retro vibe.