What is “Monthly Mansion”? Renting an apartment in Japan.

“Mansion” in Japanese means an apartment or condominium in western context.  As you can take it word for word,  a Monthly Mansion simply is a short-term furnished apartment with a leasing period of 1 month or more.  A Monthly Mansion provides ready-to-move in setting including furniture, electric appliances, and linens in the room.  It’s rent usually includes charges for utilities, cable TV and WiFi, which saves you away from struggles in signing up those subscriptions, specially if you are internationals.

 

 

How do you find a Monthly Mansion?  First, you can google Monthly Mansion in Japanese:  “マンスリーマンション ” and find a number of portal sites in the search results.  However, you find most sites only in Japanese or in Google English at best.  The further procedure from here may not be easy for you, if you do not speak Japanese, as those portal sites only display a list of Monthly Mansions with phone numbers of each landlords whom you need to speak Japanese over the phone when you apply.

Is there a better way to find a Monthly Mansion?  Yes!  Visit KaguAruoo where you can contact most landlords in English via the platform which offers a free-of-charge messaging system.   If you find a Monthly Mansion of your like, you can also sign a leasing contract and even pay your rent online.  With KaguAruoo, you will find zero paper works, as everything happens online.

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