Trying to budget my life in tokyo

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

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   **Trying to budget my life in tokyo**

   Hello,

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   I just signed for a job in Tokyo and i’m trying to budget the living expenses and see how it could go.

   The salary is after taxes and i’m trying to check what appartment i could get with this salary.

   I’m currently checking the prices in Takadanobaba. (My work would be at otemachi station but i’m not sure where to check appartments yet)

   Are those prices accurate? I checked online and tried to take the bigger average to not have any nasty surprise but maybe inflation happened and it’s not accurate anymore.

   Am i forgetting stuff in this list? I could also get a renting help but this is not sure so i didn’t include it.

   Seems like a 1DK will be the maximum i could go, a 1LDK would be too expensive no?

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   ||1R
   |1K
   |1DK
   |1LDK
   |
   |:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|
   |Salary
   |429465|429465|429465|429465|
   |Rent
   |75000|90000|140000|180000|
   |Grocery|35000|35000|35000|35000|
   |Transportation|10000|10000|10000|10000|
   |Electricity|7000|7000|7000|7000|
   |Internet|5000|5000|5000|5000|
   |Phone|7000|7000|7000|7000|
   |Total|290 465
   |275 465
   |225 465
   |185 465
   |
   |Percent rent
   |17,4%|21%|32,6%|42%|

   Thank you

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2. I recommend instead of here posting this to r/JapanFinance

3. Looks roughly accurate from my experience, of course, there would be some variance due to lifestyle etc. Currently I pay 199,300 joy per month on the east side of the city for a 1LDK 65sq.m. I think thats a pretty good deal for the location and it was just renovated before I moved in.

4. Having just moved from takadanobaba, I feel like the rent for a 1K is a bit higher than that. But maybe you’ve spotted some that I missed

5. 7000 phone bill… what year is it?!

6. Are you working at home or going to the office everyday?I decided to live somewhere with an extra bedroom and bit bigger because I’m 100% work from home. However, if I were going to work everyday, I think I would’ve signed a house that is smaller and cheaper.

   I also think your rent should be around 1/4 or max 1/3 of your salary.I try to pay 1/4 for rent, 1/4 ~1/3 for grocery, going out, personal stuff and the rest in saving.

   So your plan seems very reasonable (maybe except for the most expensive one) for all options but just depending on what your working environment is.

7. Your numbers are a bit high but I think it’s a good place to start being conservative. Your salary should go pretty far in Tokyo with nice living and plenty to save

   I think a better thing for you to list your most diserables first. Like your hobbies and likes and favorites foods. Then aftte you built a list of what you really enjoy them apply your budget to that list to meet at many of them as possible and still save.