Need advice on housing near/in Fujisawa

[California]

My husband and I are going to Japan in January (long term business trip) and will be taking a pre-trip there to look for housing very soon. I would love to find someplace near the ocean or a very green-park-like area. We are not looking for ex-pat housing, but to be more "immersed." We do need to be close to a train and/or bus station. Since most web sites are in Japanese it seems very hard to search for places to rent, and most apartment/house rental web sites are centered around larger cities (Yokohama, Tokyo, etc). We will have extra help to search for places once we get there, but it would be great it have places in mind before we go.

Any help? Advice? Links?

Thanks

[chachava]

I have a few friends who live in Fujisawa - there is a LOT of housing there (great place too) and most of the leasing agents in the area speak English