Originally Posted by Marq
Thanks for all the inputs. I will primarily be working in Fuchu but want to live in the Hiroo, Azabu, Roppongi areas. We want to live in a midrise or highrise so we can have a bright apartment and some form of a view. In addition to the Aoba building, we are considering Azabudai Towers, Homat Viscount, Roppongi Arents, and Hiroo Gardens. None of them have near the space for the money as Aoba. In addition, the commute from Roppongi using Toei Oedo to Keio New Line to Keio is the shortest from any of the areas.
We also looked in Daikayama and Ebisu. We haven't looked in Uehara but the commute ends up not being that easy as I would either have to go back into Shinjuku on Chiyoda or take the Odakyu and then connect to Keio.
We have a good realtor. We are trying to stay under 750,000-en. Obviously, the reason I originally posted was a concern about the neighborhood. We have looked at so many first or second floor dreary apartments that the Aoba building really shines. It doesn't hurt that Legends shows USC football games each Sunday when they are on.
Again, thanks for all of the help.
Marc
For that kind of dough you should talk to
mjm, he can put you somewhere nice instead of some nice building above a second-rate bar down the street from Tokyo's answer to the 3rd World. 750K goes a long, long way in Tokyo.
Also, if I was working in Fuchu, hypothetically speaking of course (man, did you draw the short end of the stick, or what? I would rather not come to Japan than work in Fuchu and have to commute from central Tokyo), I'd live somewhere more west, maybe somewhere in Minami Aoyama or Akasaka, where I could get on the Oedo line at Aoyama Ichome or Kokuritsu Kyogijo.