Area set
Continues in Rent: Rent ward selector and suggested area shortcuts
Recommended Tokyo wards, central corporate set, Shibuya / Meguro lifestyle set
Open Rent directly when the area set is already clear.
Search starting points
Shape your ideal Tokyo home into a search that works.
Start from lifestyle, commute, budget, or must-have conditions, then open Rent with a clean first filter.
What happens after you choose one
Each card opens a light starting point in Rent, so you can see real homes before narrowing too much.
Commute anchor
Continues in Rent: Rent train search and suggested access shortcuts
Shibuya access, Shinjuku access, Tokyo / Otemachi access
Open Rent for a clear route group; use Find for me when commute, budget, and space should be shaped together.
Thin-result recovery
Continues in Rent: Recommended search presets and secondary filter suggestions
Under ¥200k, pets, two rooms, 30m2+
Move one lever at a time before judging the area itself.
Start with the anchor that is already clear
The first cut is not area popularity. It is the kind of clue the renter already has before opening Rent.
ward set
First broad search
Recommended Tokyo wards
A broad first pass across familiar, central, west-side, and waterfront wards.
9,102
Tokyo rental search baseline
2026-05-17
Continues in Rent: Rent ward selector: Recommended Tokyo wards shortcut
Next action: Clear set -> direct Rent
Why: Good when you do not know Tokyo well and want to keep workable choices.
Watch: Do not add every strict condition immediately. First check the result count, then remove wards or add one must-have at a time.
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lifestyle set
Lifestyle benchmark
Shibuya / Meguro lifestyle
Use Shibuya as the image, but search the wider lifestyle area before filters become too tight.
1,312
Shibuya / Meguro lifestyle set
2026-05-17
Continues in Rent: Rent wards: Shibuya, Meguro, Setagaya, Shinagawa
Next action: Area image -> Rent first, guide second
Why: Keeps Ebisu, Daikanyama, Yoyogi, Meguro-side, Setagaya, and Shinagawa-side options in play.
Watch: Pets, larger size, newer buildings, and fast move-in can reduce this set quickly.
Shibuya imageMeguro sidemeasured snapshot
ward set
Central office access
Central Tokyo / office access
A narrower central set for higher-budget, corporate, or recognizable central-address searches.
needs measurement
current count
Continues in Rent: Rent ward selector: central office-access shortcut
Next action: Clear set -> direct Rent; count needs measurement
Why: Useful when work access and a central address matter more than neighborhood discovery.
Watch: This is narrower than the broad set. If results get thin, return to Recommended Tokyo wards.
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If the destination is clearer than the ward
When the user knows Shibuya, Shinjuku, or Tokyo / Otemachi better than Tokyo ward names, use route groups before forcing a ward decision.
Shibuya access
For Shibuya, Ebisu, Meguro, Nakameguro, Sangenjaya, and nearby west-side stations. Good as a first direction, but add price, pet, or family needs carefully.
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Shibuya access homes
2026-05-26
Continues in Rent: Rent train search: Shibuya access shortcut
Next action: Known access area -> direct Rent
See Shibuya access rentalsShinjuku access
Chuo, Sobu, Marunouchi, and nearby west-side stations. Useful when Shibuya-side choices are too thin or expensive.
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Shinjuku access homes
2026-05-26
Continues in Rent: Rent train search: Shinjuku access shortcut
Next action: West-side fallback -> direct Rent
See Shinjuku access rentalsTokyo / Otemachi access
Tokyo, Otemachi, Nihombashi, Kanda, and nearby direct-access stations. Useful when commute is the clearest anchor.
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Tokyo / Otemachi access homes
2026-05-26
Continues in Rent: Rent train search: Tokyo / Otemachi access shortcut
Next action: Work destination -> Rent, or Find for me if commute trade-offs are unclear
See Tokyo / Otemachi rentalsWhen results get thin
Use these as expansion prompts when a popular area or strict condition leaves too few workable homes. These mirror existing Rent suggestions instead of replacing them.
If Shibuya feels too thin
Chuo, Sobu, Marunouchi, and nearby west-side stations. Useful when Shibuya-side choices are too thin or expensive.
Use this as an expansion path, not as a promise that every Shibuya preference still fits.
Continues in Rent: Rent train search: Shinjuku access shortcut
Open west-side alternativeIf budget is under ¥200k
Start broader first, then add must-haves. Lower budgets can still work, but strict area, size, and newness together may be too thin.
Needs measured condition-stack counts before showing a public count.
Continues in Rent: Rent price filter + Recommended presets
See under ¥200k firstIf pets are must-have
Treat pet negotiability as the anchor, then widen area or route before judging the final ward.
Needs inventory audit by pet condition, budget band, and area set.
Continues in Rent: Rent pet filter + pet-international preset
See pet negotiable rentalsIf 2 rooms or 30m2+ are must-have
Use the existing size and room-count levers before deciding whether the area itself is the problem.
Needs measured counts by budget band before showing a public count.
Continues in Rent: Rent size/rooms filters + two-room reality preset
See 2-room / 30m2+ rentalsHow to choose the next action
Clear search set
Open Rent directly when the area, ward set, route group, or condition is already clear.
Trade-off request
Use Find for me when commute, space, budget, and lifestyle need to be balanced in natural language.
How to read the numbers
We show numbers only when the count, comparison range, checked date, and counting method are clear.
Numbers behind this guide
Use these numbers to choose where to start. Live Rent counts may change after filters, availability, and listings update.
9,102
Tokyo rental search baseline
2026-05-17
Compared against: rooms in the Tokyo rental search baseline
Source: AtHearth listed rental inventory snapshot
How counted: Room-level listed rental inventory visible in the Tokyo rental search baseline.
How to use it: Guide data for choosing a first search direction
1,312
Shibuya / Meguro lifestyle set
2026-05-17
Compared against: rooms in Shibuya, Meguro, Setagaya, and Shinagawa lifestyle set
Source: AtHearth listed rental inventory snapshot
How counted: Room-level listed rental inventory for the wider Shibuya lifestyle search area.
How to use it: Guide data for choosing a first search direction
301
Foreign-applicant negotiable homes in that set
2026-05-17
Compared against: 1,312 rooms in the Shibuya / Meguro lifestyle set
Source: AtHearth listed rental inventory snapshot
How counted: Public-safe negotiable-home count within the same room-level lifestyle set.
How to use it: Guide data for choosing a first search direction
65
Shibuya access homes
2026-05-26
Compared against: 2,022 foreign-applicant-negotiable rooms in the default visible Rent population
Source: AtHearth properties index
How counted: Room-level count for the recommended Shibuya access route/station group under the same visible, negotiable, and availability conditions.
How to use it: Guide data for choosing a first search direction
69
Shinjuku access homes
2026-05-26
Compared against: 2,022 foreign-applicant-negotiable rooms in the default visible Rent population
Source: AtHearth properties index
How counted: Room-level count for the recommended Shinjuku access route/station group under the same visible, negotiable, and availability conditions.
How to use it: Guide data for choosing a first search direction
81
Tokyo / Otemachi access homes
2026-05-26
Compared against: 2,022 foreign-applicant-negotiable rooms in the default visible Rent population
Source: AtHearth properties index
How counted: Room-level count for the recommended Tokyo / Otemachi access route/station group under the same visible, negotiable, and availability conditions.
How to use it: Guide data for choosing a first search direction
Search rentals
Start from lifestyle, commute, budget, or must-have conditions, then open Rent with a clean first filter.