Welcome. This is the English side of the Sakura no Fudosan R5 blog. We are a real estate office in Sapporo, Hokkaido.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\u306e\u30d6\u30ed\u30b0\u306f\u3053\u3061\u3089<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n How did people in Japan find a place to live before smartphones? A slow, month-long series tracing room hunting from the Edo period (1603\u20131868) to today. Start with the Prologue and read down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before smartphones, how did people in Japan find a place to live? The prologue to our series.<\/p> Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n A \u201cfor rent\u201d slip pasted at an angle, 300 years ago. Why crooked? Even the dictionaries don\u2019t say.<\/p> Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n No one to act as your guarantor? In Edo Japan, you could pay for one. A 300-year-old idea.<\/p> Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n No credit bureaus, no internet. Edo landlords went asking around your old neighborhood instead.<\/p> Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n The smallest Edo row-house unit was about 10 square meters: six tatami mats, no bath, shared well an…<\/p> Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n Rent for the smallest Edo row-house unit was about 300 mon a month, roughly 19 bowls of soba, and ab…<\/p> Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n The famous row-house \u201clandlord\u201d of Edo did not own the building. He was a yamori, a manager paid to …<\/p> Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n The shared well of an Edo row house was the outlet of a city water system. Plus the yearly well clea…<\/p> Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n Edo had rental shops called sonry\u014dya that lent out clothes, bedding and utensils. Owning less in a t…<\/p> Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n More than 100 great fires in 264 years. What it meant to rent a home in a city that burned, and how …<\/p> Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n For-rent signs, guarantors, screening by asking the neighbours, a 10 m\u00b2 room for 300 mon a month. A …<\/p> Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n No one to ask to be your guarantor in Japan? I checked the options against government, UR and Sappor…<\/p> Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n The Japanese word for a rental deposit, shikikin, has six meanings in the dictionary, including a do…<\/p> Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n Want to keep move-in costs down when renting in Japan? First sort them into money you deposit, money…<\/p> Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\nRoom Hunting, Then and Now<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Could You Find a Room Without a Smartphone? | Room Hunting, Then and Now: Prologue<\/a><\/h3>\n\n
\n\n<\/li>Why Is the \u201cFor Rent\u201d Sign Crooked? | Room Hunting, Then and Now: Edo \u2460<\/a><\/h3>\n\n
\n\n<\/li>Did Edo Japan Have Guarantee Companies? | Room Hunting, Then and Now: Edo \u2461<\/a><\/h3>\n\n
\n\n<\/li>Would You Pass Tenant Screening in Edo? | Room Hunting, Then and Now: Edo \u2462<\/a><\/h3>\n\n
\n\n<\/li>How Big Was a One-Room Home in Edo? | Room Hunting, Then and Now: Edo \u2463<\/a><\/h3>\n\n
\n\n<\/li>Edo Rent: How Many Bowls of Soba? | Room Hunting, Then and Now: Edo \u2464<\/a><\/h3>\n\n
\n\n<\/li>The Edo Landlord Was a Hired Manager | Room Hunting, Then and Now: Edo \u2465<\/a><\/h3>\n\n
\n\n<\/li>The Edo Well Was Not Groundwater? | Room Hunting, Then and Now: Edo \u2466<\/a><\/h3>\n\n
\n\n<\/li>In Edo, You Could Rent Your Bedding | Room Hunting, Then and Now: Edo \u2467<\/a><\/h3>\n\n
\n\n<\/li>How Many Great Fires Did Edo Have? | Room Hunting, Then and Now: Edo \u2468<\/a><\/h3>\n\n
\n\n<\/li>Edo vs. Today: What Has Changed in Room Hunting? | Room Hunting, Then and Now: Edo \u2469<\/a><\/h3>\n\n
\n\n<\/li>No Guarantor? Can You Still Rent in Japan? | Room Hunting, Then and Now: Today \u2460<\/a><\/h3>\n\n
\n\n<\/li>What Was \u201cShikikin\u201d Originally? | Room Hunting, Then and Now: Meiji \u2460<\/a><\/h3>\n\n
\n\n<\/li>Move-in Costs: Which Money Comes Back? | Room Hunting, Then and Now: Today \u2461<\/a><\/h3>\n\n
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