Good place to live to commute to shinagawa?

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1. This is a copy of your post for archive/search purposes.

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   **Good place to live to commute to shinagawa?**

   Hi guys,

   I’m moving to Japan as a computer programmer in the next few months and am looking for somewhere to live. I am considering doing the sharehouse for a few months while I get a bearing on the situation. Can anyone recommend some good areas to search for apartments?

   I will be making junior developer salary (3-4 million) so I’m hoping to spend 50,000 to 70,000 on rent and utilities inclusively, that is to say I can’t live in a super upscale area. My company is providing a transportation stipend too so I could commute up to an hour into shinagawa.

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   Would anyone please recommend some good places to search for apartments?

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   Thank you

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2. Many of the apartment for rent websites have an option to sort results by commute time, for example like this [https://suumo.jp/sp/chintai/tokyo/tsukintsugaku/](https://suumo.jp/sp/chintai/tokyo/tsukintsugaku/)

3. Keikyu Kawasaki might be good. Or go to Yokohama or Kami Ooka area

4. You can live in either:

   Ota-ku – Keihin Tohoku Line or Keikyu Main Line can be used

   Kawasaki – above train lines as well + ueno-tokyo line

   Setagaya – some of my team members live here and travel using Oimachi Line then transfer in Oimachi Station using Keihin Tohoku line

   All under within 1 hour train travel time, total travel time will depend how far your apartment is from the nearest station

5. The area around JR/Keikyu Tsurumi station in Yokohama can be a good option. You can take the Keihin Tohoku/Keikyu to Shinagawa without transfering. And if you are okay with living 15 minutes or so away from the station, there are plenty places under 60,000.