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What actually constrains the decision
- Shanghai Japanese School — Hongqiao campus, Pudong campus, and the senior high school are three different decisions
- Japanese-speaking clinics and dentists — ask the Japanese Chamber directory rather than a casual recommendation
- Ingredients: Japanese rice, miso, sashimi-grade fish. Density around Gubei and Hongmei is far higher than in the Former French Concession
- Bathtub and tatami room — many have been renovated out. Confirm before you view
What agents get wrong
A child in senior high locks you to the Pudong campus. Decide the campus before the apartment.
Where these households live
Official links
Consulate
Chamber
Official
Chambers and business networks
Business bodies, not consular services. Useful for the information flow your employer’s HR is already reading.
Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry / JETRO ↗
Two separate organisations that are easy to confuse: the chamber is the member body, JETRO is the government trade agency.
The chamber directory is also how Japanese households find Japanese-speaking clinics and dentists.
Who to follow in Shanghai
- YouTube
Long-term daily life in Jing'an, from a Japanese resident.
- YouTube
Street interviews — a quick read on how much Japanese and English you actually hear in a given area.
- YouTube
Walkthroughs of empty apartments around Gubei, Hongqiao and the Pudong Japanese School radius. Useful for seeing what an unfurnished Shanghai flat actually looks like.
- Web
Official business-landing material for Japanese companies.
- Web
Japanese weekly since 2004. Their own guide names WeChat 上海japion. Treat ads as a calendar, not our listing.
- Web
Landing notices and rules. They do not publish compounds.