Practical guides and useful resources for foreign residents in Japan.
Choose the appropriate official waste guide, confirm your local collection arrangements and check special-item instructions.
Find your address’s collection information and distinguish everyday waste from items needing a separate collection route.
Separate each utility’s start and stop procedures and keep the property details needed to avoid a gap in service.
Find Osaka’s housing-information service and separate private-rental questions from a public-housing application.
Document your home’s starting condition and learn who to contact for maintenance, urgent problems and building questions.
Check daily usability, building rules and written conditions before choosing an apartment.
Build a written comparison that includes move-in charges, recurring expenses and end-of-contract conditions.
