Luxury rental advisory for executives in Tokyo
Tokyo, handled privately.
Independent advisory for executives relocating to Tokyo. Fully bilingual.
Private search. No portal dump. The same principal from first call to keys.
What are you looking for?
Relocating from overseas on a personal lease? Plan a temporary arrival stay and your long-term home together →
One advisor from search to keys.
TokyoExpat is an independent real estate advisory service for international executives and professionals relocating to Tokyo.
Our advisor, Yasuhiro Maruyama, has worked inside Japan's foreign company world — at a global real estate private equity fund and at a foreign SaaS company — as a colleague and executive, not just as an agent. He personally designed and implemented a corporate housing program at his SaaS company, supported two expat colleagues through their high-end relocations, and managed post-departure tax representative arrangements on their behalf.
He knows how corporate housing policies, HR timelines, and Japan assignments actually work — from the inside.
Your company housing coordinator should not have to explain the same housing policy to a new broker every time an employee relocates. The same principal handles the brief, the search, the negotiation, and the lease coordination — from the first call to the day you get the keys.
Rent first. Buy when you are ready.
Neighborhoods we actually work.
Designed by someone who has run company housing policy.
I've run the housing program. I've signed the leases. I've filed the tax forms after colleagues left Japan. Most agents have never seen the inside of a corporate housing policy — I wrote one.
A few of the cases we've handled.
Client details are anonymized. Shared with permission or in a form that does not identify the individual or company.
What they say after the keys.
Relocating to Tokyo as an American felt overwhelming before I met Mr. Maruyama. What set him apart wasn't just his bilingual fluency or his knowledge of the market; it was that he understood the full picture: the corporate side, the cultural nuances, and what it actually takes to settle a family into a new city. He helped us find the right home in the right neighbourhood, and made the entire process feel manageable. If you're moving to Tokyo, there's no one I'd recommend more confidently.
No matter the corporate support you have in your home country, relocating to Tokyo as a foreign executive is genuinely hard — tight timelines, an unfamiliar city, and a new role to begin. What you need is someone who is thoughtful, reliable, and has your interests at heart. Maruyama-san is that person. When Covid forced me to leave Japan overnight with no way to return, he handled everything — packing, shipping, the full move-out — without being asked. That level of care goes far beyond what any agent is expected to do. I can wholeheartedly recommend TokyoExpat to any executive making this move.
Ask before you arrive.
Before you've even booked a flight, Migiwa can answer the questions that usually wait for office hours — renting or buying, key money or purchase due diligence, and which neighborhood actually fits your plans.
Grounded in TokyoExpat's published guides, public market summaries, and property pages, and available by voice or chat in 70+ languages — it's the fastest way to get a straight answer, any hour, from anywhere in the world.
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First consultation is always free. Yasuhiro will get back to you within one business day.