The UR home you want,
the moment it opens.
No key money, no agent fee, no renewal fee, no guarantor. The best UR apartments fill within hours of listing. Watch the homes you like and we'll tell you the instant a room opens up.
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The costs you expect from renting in Japan — UR removes them.
UR rental housing is public housing managed by the Urban Renaissance Agency (UR). The move-in costs are remarkably low — and it's open to foreign residents.
No key money
No "reikin" gift to the landlord. Your move-in cost drops sharply.
No agent fee
You contract directly with UR — no brokerage commission to pay.
No renewal fee
No fee every two years. The longer you stay, the more you save.
No guarantor
No personal guarantor or guarantee company required. Far simpler.
Some conditions apply (e.g. an income guideline). See each building's listing for details.
UR's official site has no vacancy alerts — so the best rooms are gone within hours.
Just "Watch" the homes you like.
We check every day. When a room opens, you hear about it first.
Watch a home
Save the buildings or areas you like. An email address is all you need.
We monitor daily
We check UR's public listings every day and catch every change in vacancy.
Get notified instantly
The moment a room opens, you're notified — then you apply on UR's site.
Find UR homes where you want to live.
Explore popular areas. Everything is based on UR's public listings.
UR Alert is an independent notification service.
We organize and watch the listings UR publishes openly, then notify you when vacancies change. We are not UR itself — applications and contracts happen on UR's official site. Currently monitoring 1,376 buildings.
Public listings
Everything we show comes from UR's openly published vacancy listings.
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Free to join, no credit card. Watching more buildings? One coin — ¥500/mo — gets you up to 20 + real-time alerts.
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|---|---|---|
| Monthly | ¥0 | ¥500 |
| Buildings you can watch | 1 | 20 |
| Notification timing | Daily digest 17:30 JST | Real-time (minutes) |
| Filter by room type / size | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cancel | Anytime | Anytime |
Great apartments don't wait.
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