Ferris University's Yamate Campus is about a 10-minute walk from Ishikawacho Station. Here are the 15 cheapest stations within roughly 30 minutes* of it, sorted by studio rent. Balancing rent and commute time is the key to a comfortable first apartment in Tokyo — start your search from this list.
Ferris University still operates two campuses — Ryokuen and Yamate — and they have not been merged. Most students are based at Ryokuen; the Yamate campus is used mainly by third- and fourth-years in the music and performing arts programs, a structure expected to continue after the 2025 reorganization into the Faculty of Global and Liberal Studies.
The Yamate campus sits about a 10-minute walk from JR Ishikawacho Station, near Harbor View Park in an area that blends sightseeing spots with upscale residential streets. In practice, housing listings cluster around Ishikawacho, Kannai, and Yoshinocho stations, and about 65% of students living away from home stay within Yokohama City.
In the ranking below, Yoshinocho (12th) matches reality, but the top spots go to distant Seaside Line stations, and Ishikawacho itself is absent. Remember too that years one and two are spent at the Ryokuen campus — use the rent levels around Ishikawacho, Kannai, and Yoshinocho as your baseline and treat the ranking as a supplement.
Sangyo-Shinko-Center serves Kanazawa's seaside industrial park — chiefly for those working nearby.
Gumyoji combines a historic temple, a lively arcade, and two usable lines (Keikyu + Blue Line) about 10–15 minutes from Yokohama.
Gumyoji (Blue Line) sits on the Kamakura-kaido side of the arcade district, with quick subway rides to Kamiooka and Yokohama.
Maita is a hillside Blue Line stop ~7 minutes from Kannai — an understated way to live near central Yokohama cheaply.
Yamate is walking distance from Motomachi and Yokohama's western-style bluff mansions — more affordable than its elegant image suggests.
Nishi-Yokohama is two Sotetsu stops from Yokohama with an old shopping street nearby — a hidden value pick minutes from the city center.
Wadamachi pairs a student-friendly shopping street with Yokohama National University uphill, ~10 minutes to Yokohama.
Bandobashi on the Blue Line sits by the lively Yokohamabashi shopping arcade, within walking distance of Kannai — central Yokohama convenience at a shitamachi price.
Yoshinocho is three subway stops from Kannai with the Yokohamabashi arcade walkable — central Yokohama at Minami-ku prices.
Shin-Sugita links the Negishi Line with the Seaside Line, ~15 minutes to Yokohama, with Keikyu Sugita's shopping street walkable.
Koganecho is a riverside district reborn as an art quarter, minutes from central Yokohama with distinctly low rents.
Konandai is a planned Negishi Line suburb with mall-anchored shopping and hillside greenery, ~20 minutes to Yokohama.
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*Travel times are estimates based on local trains (plus ~6 min per transfer). Express services are often faster.
*Rents are market estimates based on SUUMO listings and vary by season and property. Station data: ©ekidata.jp