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jimbob17755
10-09-2009, 07:46 PM
Where on Okinawa do you live and what size apt./house/room you got and how much in yen are you paying for it?
Godzilla
10-09-2009, 07:49 PM
Sunabe- 3 room apartment - paying too much!
garryizumi
10-09-2009, 08:14 PM
Sunabe- 3 room apartment - paying too much!

I used to live in Sunabe!:thumbup1:
1 LDK 35,000 yen (back when the rate was 120-130/dollar)
Godzilla
10-09-2009, 08:16 PM
When was that?
DougP
10-09-2009, 08:24 PM
When was that?

I remember the rates being like that around 2001 and 2002. Think it got up to around 133 yen/dollar in '02.

Edit: To put it in perspective, today I took out 50,000 in yen to pay bills. In 2002 that would have been equal to around $375, whereas today it was about $581, a difference of 206 dollars! :( The dollar is shit these days.
Hisashiburi
10-09-2009, 08:37 PM
4ldk plus tatami room. 1400 sq ftish. Behind Katsuren castle, lookin out on the bay. 21500. Gotta love them rent ceilings
badstreetusa
10-09-2009, 08:43 PM
Hope to retire in Yomitan, single house with small patch of grass...just hate how that place has blown up in recent years, so I may change my mind...
Mizzes V
10-09-2009, 09:14 PM
I think ours is 1,650 ft, and we live in Yaka and the husband pays too much too
DOCROB
10-09-2009, 11:14 PM
Looking for a Big cheap place
socalheart
10-10-2009, 02:28 PM
4ldk plus tatami room. 1400 sq ftish. Behind Katsuren castle, lookin out on the bay. 21500. Gotta love them rent ceilings

Do you mean Y215,000? That's still a good price though... considering.
garryizumi
10-10-2009, 09:28 PM
When was that?

1990-1996..it started dropping in 94 or 95 though..by the time I left at the end of 96' it MAY have been 120
garryizumi
10-10-2009, 09:30 PM
4ldk plus tatami room. 1400 sq ftish. Behind Katsuren castle, lookin out on the bay. 21500. Gotta love them rent ceilings

seriously? did you miss a zero, or is that your actual rent? If so, that awesome!
Richard Burns
10-10-2009, 09:33 PM
I live in Okinawa City in a 2 floor single family house. I pay ¥60,000 per month.
Carl
10-10-2009, 09:45 PM
Uruma City (near Yamada-denki) with a 5 year old 3LDK and fairly large yard (by Japanese standards) - ¥80000/month. We almost moved in to a 4LDK that was about ¥57500/month, but some other family got to it first (it was next to a tomb so they dropped the price a lot)
sachan
11-10-2009, 03:57 PM
I used to live in Makishi, half block from Dai Naha, in a one room apato. Y50000/month in '98.
Sex Wax
11-10-2009, 04:21 PM
Location: I live in a van, down by the Hiji river. Cost: free.
DoctorP
11-10-2009, 06:36 PM
Location: I live in a van, down by the Hiji river. Cost: free.

http://home.mchsi.com/~beyondbelief/farley.jpg
Blues
11-10-2009, 06:46 PM
secret evil underground lair location: volcano, of course. cost: $0

http://www.isabelperez.com/wizard/VOLCANOES_archivos/51766.jpg
cedric brougham
11-10-2009, 09:10 PM
I live in the Yoshihara area near Koza. I pay 20000 yen an hour which works out to 14,400,000 yen a month. Very steep price for a little shack. Lots of people coming and going. Very noisy at night. A lot of toothless people running around.

Thank gawd for rent ceilings.
Sex Wax
11-11-2009, 03:38 AM
Wait...how many people who say "they pay $??", are actually paying for it out of thier own pocket? Some people may still get an Off Base Housing Alowance. I pay for my rent straight outa my paycheck. Off Base Housing Allowance doesn't count. Or COLA......even thought the Yen rate sucks, the people that get that money should still count themselves lucky.....or STFU and pay for it out of your own pocket....or move your asses back on base
daveh5o
11-11-2009, 04:07 AM
Just curious. What is the current exchange rate?
SnaFu
11-11-2009, 01:39 PM
I live in Okinawa City in a 2 floor single family house. I pay ¥60,000 per month.

What kind of parking? Do you know of any more like that? I live in a single family prehistoric walk-in closset on steroids paying 53,000 / mo.

I realy can not complain though. Parking isn't bad. Have room for a truck and two cars and also a decent size totan warehouse.
canjap02
11-11-2009, 01:53 PM
I live close to downtown Naha, in Sobe. We just moved into a new place last week (2LDK)0,000 rent, 6,000 parking (one car), 3,000 building a elevator fee. So rent time with bill is right around 65,000yen. Its not to bad for living in the centre of the city. You go north of Naha and the prices just keep dropping.

And ya I pay out my pocket, no military housing allowance for me ;(
SnaFu
11-11-2009, 02:01 PM
Just curious. What is the current exchange rate?

89 yen maybe? I don't pay much attention to it.
Godzilla
11-11-2009, 04:24 PM
I live in a van down by the river. Rent is really cheap!
DoctorP
11-11-2009, 09:17 PM
I live in a van down by the river. Rent is really cheap!

Echo, Echo, Echo :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Location: I live in a van, down by the Hiji river. Cost: free.

http://home.mchsi.com/~beyondbelief/farley.jpg
Godzilla
11-11-2009, 09:27 PM
Echo, Echo, Echo :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

That joke is so awesome that you can post it more than once.