My $550 Japanese (3 bedroom) Apartment Tour in Okinawa 

I understand skipping the outside to prevent showing off where you live and having people stop by. Privacy is important when putting your life out there for the public.

When I was reassigned back to Okinawa with the Air Force in 1994, we had to stay off-base until we were eligible for on-base housing. I was stationed at Kadena and we found a place to live in Ishikawa City. It was a single house that used to be military housing. It was actually quite nice with a yard and a view of the ocean. I think our rent was close to $2,000 per month. We stayed their just short of our lease, so I lost our deposit when we moved on base. But like anyone will tell you, moving on base is when your tour really begins. It wasn't bad living off-base, but everything becomes so much better when you move on base...especially when you have kids attending on base schools. But still, I remember wonderful walks down to the ocean from our house in Ishikawa.

I really liked this video!! more please!!

Excellent info!

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Good job, very nice apartment, and you nailed it on covering the difference in rental prices for locals and outsiders like military. The landlords definitely know exactly what the military and US civilians receive for housing allowance and charge accordingly. Same everywhere overseas. There are some other interesting home and rental stories to ponder concerning US military and civilians in Okinawa, just wish I had been smart enough to take advantage of them. For example, many US military and civilian folks in Okinawa with Okinawan spouses build new homes in Okinawa. They can either live in their home and receive housing allowances, or move onto base housing for four or five years and rent out their home to a military family paying the big bucks for the rental, more than covering their mortgage payment. Then they move back to their home for awhile before they are once again eligible for base housing. After 20 years or so your Okinawan house is paid off. For the US civilians, this situation works especially well if you were hired stateside, since you get full benefits and allowances, whereas local hires do not get such a good deal. Oh well, I really like your apartment and thanks for the informative video.

The kitchen! Food prep. I would like to know more about that aspect. Also, no clothes dryer? I like line drying, but what if its wet outside? Really nice place.

Hello! This video helps me a lot. I would like to ask how much did you pay in the agency before you could move in? Thanks a lot!

Nice. I love the funny little sinks in the bathrooms here. And most of the buildings seem to be made of heavy cement and are made for the typhoons unlike American houses in hurricane areas. Do many of the apartments have elevators?

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Would you go over the utilities? The process and costs.

It's nicely made well detailed video..😊 I would like to see a housetour please , both inside the house and from outside as well if it's possible..

👋 Matt! Glad to see you. Truly, you've been missed!! How ya been?? Did you & Kit move OR was this a vlog that wasn't uploaded?

Just found your channel. Great videos! You don’t seem military how you end up in Oki? Nvm just got to the part where you say your wife is from there lol

Sir,Any ideas bout housing government rent, cost of living , taxes benefits etc.? Were from aichi ken planning to live in okinawa..

‘City’ is very relative in Japan. There are some very very rural cites in Japan 😂. I lived in three different kinds of cities in Japan: Toyama City is a medium size city and luckily I lived just one stop on the local line from Toyama station. Tamano City is almost lifeless, again I lived one stop from Uno station, which is the last stop. Finally I got a taste of real city life and when I lived in Osaka.

Hi Matt! What the monthly bills payment for your apartment ?

Did you try to get one of the free Japanese houses (Akiya) there?

love ur videos I want to retire Okinawa

I want to move there so bad

I am on VA disability and Social Security retirement. Can I keep getting those while living in Okinawa. I was stationed there in the mid 70s. Also what are some of the companies that would help in finding an apartment? Thank you much

Or you can just go to Puerto Rico Key West US Virgin Islands. Dive Chill. The more you look at these foreign places the more you realize how much easier it is in USA. And you can just drive to Mexico too.

omg its cheap@ thanks, but I hate having stores everywhere

how much do you think it would cost a foreigner for a 1 bedroom?

Hey man! What kind of camera do you use?

I have a bunch of questions for you regarding renting in Yokosuka Japan. If you’d like to help in any way you can, I’d greatly appreciate it

too many military base... i was a Marine and i didnt like that when i was there for 2 weeks

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My father and I are moving to okinawa next year, we're not military, we just love okinawa. Where would you say is the best area to rent in? We've been looking in the ginowan area for a 2 to 3ldk or dk. Thanks for any tips, glad to see new content , hope you and Kit are well

talk about the healthcare especially physical therapy a cripple such as myself can expect & cost

Hey matt were are you guys whats it like for 🎃 in okinawa..well miss you guys

what WIFI Company do you use? You have an amazing PC setup. I need faster WIFI.

Are there many earthquakes there?

I was born in okinawa. Miyakojima

It's been a long time since I paid rent on Okinawa, but the different pricing obviously started after I left in the early 80's (as so many things have changed), as a single Marine, I guess what I rented would be considered a 1-K. I loved that little place and even then, everything was within walking distance. Also even during a typhoon, the Mamasan store would stay open, by having one of the wooden sliding doors cracked a little bit open, so we could pop down for a typhoon 5th of sake, if we ran out (a Typhoon 5th was the large bottle). . .

do a video on how to becaome a citixen

Hi everybody somebody can recommend a good apartment for one week, and a good apartment for one month in okinawa, thank you

Ooowere are you guys on video games..

550 a month? Really? That's cheap. I was looking at places and they looked 3x more expensive.... but probably because they're near military bases

When are you guys coming bacjk or not so i can delete you guys..

Even with hundreds of Phillipine relatives going there is absurdly complicated. To live. Retire.

Okinawa is not Japan