Has anyone lived in Japan?
 

I'm just wondering if I can get a bit of input from anyone who's lived in Japan or knows how expensive the cost of living is...

I'm looking at going over there to teach English (have a school that's interested in me), and from what I can tell the average ESL teacher makes ABOUT 250,000 yen a month.

Is that enough to pay for rent, a phone, food and have a little left over for other stuff? (Unfortunately I don't know what city it's going to be on, so I know the rent part is a little vague, I just have no idea how far 250k yen would get me).

If you could give me a bit of an idea as to how much say, a meal out is, rent on a small, bachelor apartment would be, an average cellphone would cost monthly, etc I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks.

slightly more than vancouver

you'd making barely enough to cover your living expense, the but experience is worth it

i just got back from there
living is pretty expensive. my buddy makes about 250000-300000 yen a month

you can definitely get by with the much cash.
food is pretty pricey but it depends there are places and are good and cheap aswell, except if u want to eat fruit,its expensive. 800yen for 3 bananas and 200 for 1 avacado etc

realy its all about finding deals, for extra money if u want to drink most places serve fancier drinks for 1000 yen and beers for 750 yen but i managed to have help with me and i found some for 300 yen

average is pretty much 3-4 yr experience ESL teachers...then there are some hardcore celebrity type ESL teachers with million students screw up the curve.

a female friend of mine said around 200,000yen if you work full time with some experience

im jealous :(
i wanna goto japaaannnnn

i hear as long as you can cook for yourself and know where to get deals for food and groceries, then it shouldnt be too hard