Life Information日常の生活情報
About daily life
Students who wish to study abroad in Japan are often wondering how much it will cost to live in Japan.
Here, we will introduce information about daily life in Japan.
Currency
The currency of Japan is the Japanese yen(JPY).
Japanese currency consists of 6 types of coins and 4 banknotes.
Coins（6 types）
1円玉（いちえんだま）、5円玉（ごえんだま）、10円玉（じゅうえんだま）、50円玉（ごじゅうえんだま）、100円玉（ひゃくえんだま）、500円玉（ごひゃくえんだま）
Banknotes（4 types）
1000円札（せんえんさつ）、2000円札（にせんえんさつ）、5000円札（ごせんえんさつ）、10000円札（いちちまんえんさつ）
Recently, credit cards and electoric payment system have become widespread, so most stores allow you to shop cashlessly.
Shopping
・Supermarket
The supermarket is the best deal, if you want to by food in your daily life. Finding a supermarket near your home will make your life much easier.
・Convenience store
Most convenience store are open 24 hours a day. At convenience stores, not only shopping, you can use copymachines, mail delivery, utility bill payments, ATM and etc.
・100 yen shop
Japan is said to be expensive, but it has almost everything you need for life other than food.
Living Expenses
・Rent
The average monthly rent in Fukuyama City, is about 30,000 to 40,000 yen per room.
When renting a room by yourself, in addition to the rent, a deposit, key money, brokerage fee, etc. will be charged at the time of contract.
Also, most apartments in Japan do not have furniture, so you will have to prepare your own.
・Utility charges
Water, electricity, and gas charges are billed by different companies. The amount of money varies greatly depending on how you use the room, but if you live a normal life, the total cost is about 7,000 to 8,000 yen a month. Try to save money from your daily life.
Part-time job
Abroad study students come to Japan for the purpose of studying, but you can work part-time in their daily lives.
However, the most important thing is to study, so work part-time that you don't neglect your studies.
・If you want to Part-time job requires permission from the Immigration Bureau
In order to work part-time during your study abroad period, you need to obtain permission from the Immigration Bureau. If you get permission for activities outside the status of qualification, you can work part-time up to only 28 hours a week.
In the unlikely event that you work more than you are permitted to do, or if you work part-time without permission, you will be subject to severe penalties such as revocation of your qualifications and deprivation of your visa.
