Okinawa Housing Agency's

www.ishiken-housing.com

www.kozahousing.jp

www.tokuzato-hsg.jp/index.html

http://oki-us.com/Default.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

http://www.central-housing.jp

The Housing Agency's will ask for your rank. They will show you houses around what your BAH would be.

Tips:

If they show you a house or apt. you really like but is more than your BAH you can usually talk them down to your BAH rate.

If you are not military, you can sometimes get it for the Japanese rate of cheap rent! Example: My Japanese friends rent a 3 bedroom house for 45,000 yen per mo ($450.00) now if military member's lived there rent would be based on their rank. So an E5 BAH would be about 180,000 yen ($1800.00 month). If you find a private owner or tell them you are not military you can really get good deals.

When looking at off base housing check to see how many AC units are in the house and where they are located. If there are no AC unit in the bedrooms you are going to be sweating all night. Unless you keep your windows open all night long. Most houses don't have AC unit in kitchen, so make sure there is a window.

Parking: Make sure you find out about the parking. Do you have to park in the street, find parking somewhere else? Will your car(s) fit in the assigned parking area? Do you have to have a mini car? Do you have to pay for parking?

Also need to aks if its gas or kerosene?