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Hey guys, kinda panicking a little bit here. I have suddenly got a job offer where I need to leave Japan and I am literally leaving next Monday. The problem I have is that I have got a whole apartment full of furniture that I need to get rid of asap and I don't even know where to begin? Any suggestions? I can't get onto the Yokohama sayonara sales page as I don't have a profile picture so they denied me. I am thinking some kind of service where I just pay to have it all thrown out maybe?

Asking here because I know we have a lot of long term residents lurking on this sub.

Wife and I bought a previously-owned house ten years ago. Decent, but not the highest quality. We love the spot and want to stay here but this place will be falling apart before we do, so we think it would be best to initiate the teardown-and-rebuild project while we still have some working years left.

We live in one of those steep hilly parts of the Yokohama suburbs. The house was built on an old stone retaining wall. We want the retaining wall demolished and replaced so we can use some of that space for a garage. Our initial inquiries with the big-name cookie cutter house builders is that they don't really like to take on this kind of project. Or at least, they are a little standoffish about it in the early stages because it turns the project into something with more variables than they want to spend their time thinking about when you are just wandering around the big home-show place.

So we're looking at architects and local builders who can take the project from start to finish for us (I am not going to try to manage the whole thing myself, that's a recipe for disaster). We found one guy but this is the stage where we want to talk to at least two more.

Does anybody know anyone who does this kind of work in Yokohama? I imagine there are firms that specialize in exactly our type of neighborhood with lots of those mid-century retaining walls made of big round stones and steep, narrow streets.

I’m military but don’t have a car I know I could just walk on base but since it’s kinda far I’d like to just go one day between August 28th and August 30th. I’d be willing to pay gas money of course ideally someone here already has plans to go that way so it’s not an inconvenience!

Hey everyone! I’m looking to get my 5-year-old (half Japanese) into either basketball or soccer and was wondering if anyone could recommend any good kids’ clubs/classes around the area.
Also, if there are any other dads with kids around the same age who’d be interested in doing activities together involving sports, parks, outings… it could be fun to start a little group chat and get the kids together!

Hello everyone,

I will be moving to the city in March 2027 for a 6-month exchange program at Yokohama National University (YNU). I am a university student from Brazil and am currently preparing for this transition.

I would appreciate any practical tips, advice, or recommendations for someone newly arriving in Yokohama. Any information regarding daily life, student tips for YNU, or navigating the city would be very helpful.Additionally, if there are any Brazilians or other exchange students currently living in Yokohama, I would be glad to connect. Feel free to leave a comment or send a DM.

Thank you for your time.

Hi everyone!

We’re preparing to move to Yokohama from the US with our two children (8 months and 24 months) in the next few months, and I’d love to hear from people who already live there—especially anyone who moved to Japan from overseas with young children.

We’ve visited Yokohama before and absolutely loved it, so this isn’t our first time there. But moving there and actually setting up a life with children is a very different experience!

Currently, we’re trying to figure out what we should prepare before we leave and what we should bring from home versus buy once we arrive.

For those of you living in Yokohama or Japan:

1. What baby/children’s items do you wish you had brought from home?

2. Anything you’d recommend bringing because the Japanese version is different from what you’re used to?

3. What should we know about pediatric healthcare and finding a doctor for young children?

4. Any advice on diapers, baby food, formula, or other everyday baby essentials?

5. Are there any practical things we should arrange before arriving—housing, phone/SIM, internet, banking, etc.?

6. What do you wish someone had told you before moving to Yokohama with young children?

7. Any advice on shipping belongings overseas?

8. Are there any neighborhoods that are particularly popular with families but still relatively affordable? We enjoyed ⁠the bashamichi area when we visited Yokohama, and would like to hear what neighborhoods would be good to consider.

Finally, if you moved to Japan, what was the one thing you were really glad you brought with you, and what did you bring that turned out to be completely unnecessary?

We’d really appreciate any advice from the community. Thank you! ❤️

Went to Yamashita for the first time in a few years. I had been regularly prior to 2021 or so, and I always appreciated how it was one of the few public spaces I'd been to in Japan with trash cans. Did they remove them?? Why??

Before I go buy brand new I’m trying to find one online I’ve tried market place but most of them are really far away or pick up only and I don’t have a car.
If anyone has one they’re getting rid of I’d be happy to take it off your hands.