In Japan, residents are signed up for water, electricity, gas and Internet as utility payments – with the exclusion of some properties that have no gas, and are all electric (or “all-denka”), or have Internet costs included as part of the rent.<\/p>\n
Electricity, gas and Internet are billed monthly, while water is billed every two months. Billing months have usage periods which do not exactly match up with the month listed (for example, a June bill may include charges for the term of May 25th \u2013 June 24th).<\/p>\n
These will say \u3054\u4f7f\u7528\u91cf\u306e\u304a\u77e5\u3089\u305b “goshiyouryou no oshirase” \u2013 or Notice of Usage \u2013 on the top of the notice. Usage notices are left when technicians take the meter reading. These slips of paper are left in the mailbox a week or so ahead of the bill being delivered.<\/span> They can also occasionally have the payment slip attached (depending on the company.) A detailed breakdown of notices can be found in the book at the bottom of the page. Included companies are listed below.\u00a0<\/p>\n Kansai Electricity\u00a0 (\u95a2\u897f\u96fb\u529b)\u00a0<\/p>\n Osaka Gas (\u5927\u962a\u30ac\u30b9)\u00a0<\/p>\n Osaka Gas (\u5927\u962a\u30ac\u30b9)\u00a0<\/p>\n Osaka Gas & Electricity (\u5927\u962a\u30ac\u30b9)\u00a0<\/p>\n Osaka Water Bureau (\u5927\u962a\u6c34\u9053\u5c40)\u00a0<\/p>\n Akashi City Water Bureau (\u660e\u77f3\u5e02\u6c34\u9053\u5c40)<\/p>\n Ashiya City Water Bureau (\u82a6\u5c4b\u5e02\u6c34\u9053\u5c40)<\/p>\n Kobe City Water Bureau (\u795e\u6238\u5e02\u6c34\u9053\u5c40)<\/p>\n NTT Communications (NTT \u30b3\u30df\u30e5\u30cb\u30b1\u30fc\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u30ba)<\/p>\n Once you receive the payment slip, you can take it to the nearest convenience store and make the payment. Usually, the easiest way to tell it is a bill and not a notice is that it will have a barcode to be scanned at the register<\/strong>. Please note that if you wish to set up an auto payment for one of the services below, it will take a few months until automatic deductions start, and until then you will still receive bills that must be paid manually. Setting up the service will also be dependent on whether your bank is accepted by the utility, or whether they accept Credit Card payments.<\/p>\n Kansai Electricity (\u95a2\u897f\u96fb\u529b)\u00a0<\/p>\n Kansai Electricity (\u95a2\u897f\u96fb\u529b)\u00a0<\/p>\n Osaka Gas (\u5927\u962a\u30ac\u30b9)<\/p>\n Kobe City Water (\u795e\u6238\u5e02\u6c34\u9053\u5c40)<\/p>\n NTT Communications (NTT \u30b3\u30df\u30e5\u30cb\u30b1\u30fc\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u30ba)Payment Slips<\/h3>\n