Emergency Contact needed

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

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   **Emergency Contact needed**

   Hey, so I was planning to move to Japan for 1 year (working holiday visa) next month and already booked everything but an apartment. Now I am trying to book one but it seems like I need an emergency contact inside Japan, who also speaks Japanese, to be able to book a room (It’s a shared house).

   Well and since I don’t know any Japanese speaking people inside Japan that’s kind of a trouble for me.

   Do you guys know a way to find an emergency contact in less than 30 days? Or any other recommendations to stay in Japan that don’t require an emergency contact?

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2. Do you already have your first job? Maybe you could ask your boss if it would be alright for you to put their contact info on the document. If not, you could rent an airbnb until you have a job and then ask your boss. But I would highly recommend choosing someone who you actually know and not some stranger who offered to become your emergency contact.

3. There are sharehouses that don’t require an emergency contact, Oakhouse for example.

4. I did not require this to book a room at a Fontana guesthouse. Which I was able to do pre-arrival using only details from my home country.

   I haven’t arrived yet so can’t comment on the quality but the customer service has been good. maybe shop around a bit.