Tips For Your City-Cost Blog Posts

If it’s about your life in Japan, City-Cost users want to read it. Don’t be afraid to tell us the truth; the good, the bad, and the ugly. Posts could be in the form of advice, recommendations, experiences, rants & raves, budgets, reviews, how tos, hobbies … the list goes on.

There are 8 category tags on City-Cost, which we think can cover all aspects of life in Japan. Some ideas, if you’re stuck …

• Living - family life, office life, night life … Japan life!
• Food - 10 fancy fillings for your rice balls!
• Shopping - Where to go for a therapeutic spending spree.
• Money - Budgeting for a weekend away.
• Transportation - Best ways to get a seat on crowded trains.
• Fashion - What’s hot (or not) on the streets of Omotesando?
• Medical - Know a dentist that’ll get the job done in one go?
• Education - What were the steps for putting your kids in school in Japan?

Add / embed images, videos and Google Maps to your posts via the tool bar.

Note: Posts without images will not appear on the top page of City-Cost but will be visible elsewhere.

Once you’ve added a post on City-Cost you can keep track of how many views you’re getting on your profile page.

Of course, if you want these numbers to get bigger, give your content a share. Spread word of your blog on social media, or share individual posts wherever you see fit.

We understand that some people may not want their content shared all over the web. If you feel more comfortable, you can restrict your post so that it can only be viewed by users logged in to City-Cost. Save posts as a ‘Draft’ in order to come back to them and make changes before publishing.

This a community site where bloggers and readers have their say. If your post is deemed 'Inappropriate' too many times, it will automatically disappear.

The more active you are on City-Cost, the more opportunities may arise for us to grow together in the future. Watch this space!