Hi!

I'm heading to Tokyo in January for 5.5 months of studying law at Temple University Japan (I'm a law student at Rutgers). I've been to Japan before, but I only spent a few days in Tokyo - most of my time was in Kyoto.

I am currently trying to find living accomodations, and I'm seeking recommendations. Places like the Mori Apartments and Oakwood are out of my price range (at 500,000 - 1,100,000 yen a month), but places like Monthly Chintai and LeoPalace21 (whose site my limited Japanese can't read) are more in the range of what I'm looking for (150,000 - 220,000 yen/month).

I'm not sure though, and I'm having trouble finding other places in that price range. I would prefer to live alone - I currently have an apartment and live alone, which is why I'm not really interested in the guest houses or dorms. Temple Law Japan is located in minato-ku, about 5 minutes from Azubu juuban station, and I would prefer to find housing in that area.

(Also, if anyone has any suggestions on things to do, I'm looking for that as well.)

Thank you!

(Oh, the last time I was in Tokyo, I stayed at Ryokan Asakusa Shigetsu, which was quite nice - although they locked the doors at 10PM and had to give us "lousy kids" the access code for the alarm.)