Living expenses

Hello, this is Rin. Do you want to live alone after graduation? If so, how much does it cost to live alone? I looked it up.

①Rent 6,6000 yen are (per person). It costs one third of your monthly salary. There is a tendency that apartments closer to urban areas are more expensive. The closer it’s to the countryside, the cheaper. Japan has depopulation in some countrysides, so they sometime give us a housing allowance.

②Food expenses 3,0000 yen (per person). If you can cook for yourself everyday, it will cost less than 2,0000 yen. But a member of society is too busy to cook everyday. Conversely, if you eat out, it will cost more than 5,0000yen!!

③Utility bill 1,1000 yen. First, we pay 3,000yen on average for water bill every two month. The water bill includes costs for taking shower, filling the tub with hot water, washing dishes and doing laundry. So we need to consider how to use water. For instance, the bathroom is very cold in winter, people should spray hot water in the bathroom to warm it up.Secondly, the gas bill is a very different price between winter and summer more than 1,100 yen. Gas is used for cooking and boiling hot water. City gas is cheaper than propane gas, but in places lacking in infrastructure often use propane gas. Finally I can tell you interesting information about the electric bill. Actually, electric bill is more expensive in the morning. It is better to do laundry at night. Did you know that?

④Cell phone bill. It depends on situation but in my case, I use a cheap SIM company, so it costs 2,680 yen every month. I recommend Yahoo!,mobile company or UQ mobile company. If you contract Yahoo,mobile company with your family, that will be a discount of 500 yen from the original price every month.

⑤Entertainment expenses. Communication will make good relationships by this cost.