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[Nicedog777]

Hello everyone, my first post in here, and I'd like to say, this is one quality site. I used all the pointers for the AEON interview for my own, and I am happy to announce that they offered me a position.

That being said, I have had lots and lots of offers from my friends and family to come visit me while I am in Japan. Now, from what I've read, I am curious to know what the policies are how tolerant the landlords are on visitors to one's apartment. These would be week long visits at the very longest.

I look forward to your experienced pointers.

[ava77]

Hello there,

I had people visit my place and there wa no problem. However, if you are living in the company housing it might be a different story. If you have roomates, or your company might charge the visitors a few as you will be paying the rent at a subsidized price. Keep in mind the apartments in Japan are really small so plan lots of things to do.

Good Luck

[JimDunlop2]

Results may vary, as policies may vary. But I wouldn't worry about it in the least! First, someone (like a neighbour) would have to complain, which, unless you're partying hard or inconveniencing someone somehow (like partking excessive numbers of cars or bikes in front of your place) or making noise into the night, is not too likely.

Second, the actual amount of paperwork and bureaucracy involved in getting you into some kind of trouble is astronomical... You cannot be evicted too easily around here (just like you have to work pretty hard to get fired around here too). To be frank, I don't think I've ever heard of anyone of my friends or co-workers ever getting any flak about visitors staying at their place for a couple of weeks. I guess the biggest limitation is, if you are single, staying in company-issued housing, you are likely going to be staying in a 1K (very small) apartment - so the very logistics of having people stay for a while may be a challenge.

Tolerance of the landlord is more or less moot in such a case. Simply said, there isn't a whole lot they can do about it other than complain loudly.

In cases like this, I'd say it's much easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission. Only make it an issue if someone else feels strongly about it, but if you just don't tell anyone and do it, you'll likely be OK.

[Mtnkiwi]

I think that what Jim said about it being easier to ask for forgiveness than permission is spot on. Asking permission to avoid a perceived potential problem more often than not becomes a massive time-wasting exercise in futility. This goes for landlords, neighbours and co-workers/bosses.

[Nicedog777]

Thanks a bunch, everyone! This all comforts me considerably. Now all I have to do is start poring through my old Japanese textbooks...

So very, very excited.....