While living in Japan, you are absolutely going to have a Japanese bank account. You have to receive your salary, pay utility and phone bills. Even though it might sound hard to open a bank account, it is quite easy. If you have everything prepared, then the process takes about half an hour. Prerequisites Two forms of identification papers; your passport and residence card. A Japanese phone number (your own, not someone else’s).

It is actually the world largest metro area, population wise. 38 million people are living in an area that is roughly 14 000 km2. That is about 2 700 people per km2. Let us compare that with something we are more familiar with. Copenhagen metro area is the most populous metro area in the Nordic countries. With its 2,4 million inhabitants and 3 500 km2 of land area, that equals to 685 people per km2.