HMK Japan Offers Tenant Support Services & Assistance in Finding Foreigner-Friendly Landlords and Agencies

Are you trying to rent an apartment or house in Japan?

Did the real estate agent tell you that you need to have a Japanese person to be your emergency person of contact? Do you feel hesitant to ask a Japanese friend to be your person of contact? Have you just come to Japan or have been here for a while and still do not have any close Japanese friends who can help you out?

Do you feel hesitant to take calls from your landlord, your property manager, the power company, the gas company, the water bureau when they don't speak English and you don't speak Japanese? Do you know what a 緊急連絡先 is? How about an 印鑑登録証明書?

How will you turn on your gas back on after an earthquake? What if you lose the key to your apartment after it's already late at night? What if you can't remember or find the combination in your lease contract to open your mailbox?

What if you get some postcard in the mail with red kanji writing on it? Would you know what to do? How do you know if what you got in the mail is a receipt or a bill?

How can you set up Internet access at your new home if the provider cannot speak English? What if you want to set up a bank account and the staff tell you to come back with someone who can speak Japanese?

Where will you go to buy your name seal? How do you register your seal at the ward office or city hall?

How do you set up your utilities to be withdrawn automatically from your bank account? How do you tell the post office that you have a new address and want all your mail forwarded to your new address?

These are just a small sample of the questions my clients have wondered about or have actually had to deal with.

For a reasonable fee, I can help you with all the simple tasks that we Japanese take for granted, but can be extremely stressful and confusing if you are not able to communicate in Japanese or are too busy with work or studies to take the time to figure things out on your own.

Save yourself a lot of time, stress, and needless trips back and forth between different organizations trying to find the right answer.

Let us help you make a smooth, and more stress-free transition into your new home in Japan!

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