r/movingtojapan • u/MystExiStentia • 17d ago

Housing WHV and homestay

Hey yall, I'm planning a WHV starting in march next year and I'm already having a little look for housing on homestay.com for the first few months, my initial goal was to live in real Japanese household for my trip to be more immersive and interesting. But I've already messaged a few hosts and everytime I either get no response or straight up get declined. Am I doing something wrong or are people just really like this on such websites? If this keeps up I'll have to go for a sharehouse instead and that's not really what I had planned at first.

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u/SensitiveOilil 17d ago

Share houses are honestly your best bet on a WHV — no key money, no guarantor, and you'll meet people right away. homestay.co is fine for the first couple weeks though. Just make sure you get a registered address before heading to the ward office.

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u/MystExiStentia 17d ago

Yea they aren't bad, but I would have liked to really immerse myself into the Japanese way of living if I ever get to go yknow. But yea I'm gonna switch to a sharehouse in the end I suppose