Meiji Gakuin University's Yokohama Campus is reached by bus from Totsuka 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.
Meiji Gakuin University's Yokohama campus is where first- and second-year students in Letters, Law, Psychology, Economics, and Sociology are based, with most of them moving to the Shirokane campus in year three (International Studies and Mathematical Sciences students stay in Yokohama all four years). The real favorite is Totsuka Station, a 12-minute bus ride away and the cheapest of the bunch, while Kaminooka Station — about 30 minutes from Shirokane via Shinagawa — is popular with students already planning ahead for their third-year move.
The ranking below centers on far-out stations toward Shonan and southern Yokohama, and it doesn't overlap at all with the real favorites of Totsuka, Kaminooka, Hodogaya, and Yokohama. In particular, the "easy move to Shirokane" logic behind choosing Kaminooka doesn't show up anywhere in the ranking, so it's worth thinking in terms of the whole four years and focusing on those four real-world stations.
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.
Tateba is a Blue Line suburb with station-front shopping, ~25 minutes to Yokohama — practical value inside the city.
Nishi-Yokohama is two Sotetsu stops from Yokohama with an old shopping street nearby — a hidden value pick minutes from the city center.
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.
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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