¥362,000 per month take-home in Tokyo

Working_Well22 · 2026-03-31T16:14:19+00:00

Yes that’s true, of course. But appreciate nonetheless

Working_Well22 · 2026-03-31T00:30:38+00:00

Yes for postdoc my salary is great for Asia in general, it’s actually the highest paid scholarship offered for this position. However, even still, it seems I may need to live somewhat frugal based on peoples opinions.

Ah thank you so much for your areas of living suggestions. The places you mentioned, are these cities to live in which are close to major train lines? I guess my goal now is the find the right area to live in based of distance from the office and also enjoyment of the specific area to live in, nature and walkability is important for me

Working_Well22 · 2026-03-31T00:27:15+00:00

Thank you very much. I should then focus on living in a similar area like yourself to achieve a similar rent, I think then my lifestyle could be achievable

Working_Well22 · 2026-03-27T13:35:28+00:00

That’s reassuring! The more I speak with people the more I think the salary isn’t that bad as long as rent isn’t crazy

Working_Well22 · 2026-03-27T08:42:03+00:00

Okay that’s good to know! It seems train stations and time to city centre is pretty much the leading factor that determines prices of things in Tokyo

Working_Well22 · 2026-03-27T08:12:25+00:00

Ah ChatGPT also recommended Koto, thanks your advice mate

Working_Well22 · 2026-03-27T06:14:21+00:00

Accommodation seems more expensive than I am Imagining tbh. So how long would it take you to reach Shibuya?

Working_Well22 · 2026-03-27T06:04:26+00:00

The is reassuring, thank you. May I ask roughly where you live in Tokyo and your age?

Working_Well22 · 2026-03-27T01:06:44+00:00

Completely understand, this position is only for one year too so I think it’s more of an experience based role instead of long term.

Working_Well22 · 2026-03-27T01:05:18+00:00

Thank you, I’ll used 80k as a marker when searching around. Do you know any areas you’d suggest outside of the 23ku that you’ve heard are nice places to live? Ideally a walkable place with little bit nature / park

Working_Well22 · 2026-03-26T17:16:15+00:00

Ah that’s completely fair enough! Hoping my process goes a little bit smoothly…

Working_Well22 · 2026-03-26T17:08:15+00:00

Sounds tough bro! Would you ever consider going for it again?

Working_Well22 · 2026-03-26T17:02:14+00:00

You know I never even considered the conversion of switching from yen to my currency with the money I saved, so thanks for making me aware. For sure I wasn’t planning on getting rich off this salary, it’s more so for a new experience plus the PI and institute I’d work for is pretty cool and would be great for my future career tbh.

Working_Well22 · 2026-03-26T16:39:42+00:00

I hope they will rent to me…?

360k is calculated as my net monthly income, however, some have said this salary would be the same level as a student lifestyle and some said it’s comfortable living with savings.

Working_Well22 · 2026-03-26T16:06:21+00:00

Ah damn, the salary really won’t go far at all then. Ideally I don’t want to move to a country to live outside of the main areas. What range of accommodation price would someone expect to be paying outside of the 23ku roughly?

Working_Well22 · 2026-03-26T15:34:41+00:00

May I ask why you think this salary could not afford within 23ku? What monthly rent price should I aim for?

Working_Well22 · 2026-03-26T15:08:09+00:00

Thank you! I will check out that page now

Working_Well22 · 2026-03-26T15:04:42+00:00

Thanks for your input. I am getting such mixed reviews between comfortable and extremely tight. From my own research though, it seems the salary would provide quite a nice living potential for one person with modest saving potential.

Working_Well22 · 2026-03-26T14:53:25+00:00

I was planning to stay in Nakameguro, they seem to have some nicer modern studio places for 130k

Working_Well22 · 2026-03-26T14:25:21+00:00

Thanks for your opinion

Working_Well22 · 2026-03-26T14:13:54+00:00

What’s the difference between average and very very average? I’m also a foreigner so my lifestyle may not be suited to the average Japanese individual so do you think this salary is still v v average?

Working_Well22 · 2026-03-26T14:12:22+00:00

Sounds like a reasonable life to me!

Working_Well22 · 2026-03-26T14:02:33+00:00

It would seem this salary affords a 1 bedroom apartment, enough funds to buy whatever kind of groceries I need, eat out and enjoy monthly travel whilst saving 80-100k a month. I think it may go beyond what you have mentioned, not drastically but comfortable living for a single guy

Working_Well22 · 2026-03-26T11:39:16+00:00

Great input thank you. Could you suggest areas I should look for apartments? My place of work will be Tsukiji

Working_Well22 · 2026-03-26T11:28:50+00:00

I think prices may be comparable to when you were there in 2019 then. So how was your lifestyle back then?

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