Furniture Rental and Sale

Checking new accommodation in Japan

Even in the apartments designed for expats, size of the furniture is sometimes problem.
It is recommended to confirm following size of the house or apartment before shipping your furniture from your country.

1. Check the cargo size of the elevator. Height of the elevator cargo shall be larger than the width of your sofa and the length of your bed.

2. Check the entrance door. The inner width of the door shall be larger than the depth of sofa.

3. Check the hall and the room doors. Sometimes if the hall width is narrow, large sofas and beds are not able to go through from the hall to the bedroom door.

If your furniture coudn't get into the elevator or couldn't go through the door or hallway, you may has to pay additional cost to use crane vehicle or storage cost to keep it at a warehouse until going back to the home country.

Typical Japanese furniture size

Japanese sofa and furniture may smaller than your country's one, but you can easily find imported sofa and furniture with larger size at many shop in Japan.

1. Sofa
   Japanese domestic sofa’s width is around 180 - 200cm (70”-78”), which is smaller than western sofa’s width. Seat height is around 38 - 42 cm (12.5” – 16.5”), which is much lower than western seat height. Seats are mostly hard.
   
2. Bed
   See “Useful information about beds”
   
3. Dining Furniture
   Japanese domestic dining tables are for 2 to 6 people. Width is from 70 to 90 cm, length is 120 to 180cm, height is 68 to 70cm. Dining chairs are smaller and lower.
   
4. Coffee Tables
   Domestic coffee tables are 70 - 130 cm length, width is 50 - 90cm and the height is 28 – 38 cm.
   
5. Cabinets
   There are great variety of side boards, china cabinets, TV cabinet and chests with many sizes are widely used in Japan. The size is similar to western ones.