Inside a $1,300,000 Tokyo Custom-Renovated Apartment 

This place is an oldie but a beauty! What's your thoughts on living in an older (yet renovated) apartment?

This is probably the first place that I think it's price really matches what the house offers. The good surrounding environment, locale, modern architecture, ample/optimized storage use. What a wonderful home for those who can afford. Great job as always Tokyo Portfolio. Keep it up.

Alex you are getting more comfortable on camera and its so amazing to see you show more of your fun personality on camera, keep up the good work.

That LDK portion is absolutely gorgeous, just stunning usage of the space.

As soon as I hit the lottery and move to Japan, this is the place I want. It’s perfect!

I admire you trying so hard to sell the view in the first bedroom lol. As an American, it's amazing to me how many things I take for granted are considered massive luxuries in Japanese apartments.

A walk-in shoe~ storage. You can't get more decadent than this! 😁 Love the energy of your videos, man! Despite the fact that I probably won't ever be able to afford such real estate, taking a peek at different architectural and designer solutions is always a joy. Cheers for the vid!

Finally a flat that builds in the ever-needed storage room(s). With storage areas like those, even a smallish apartment can become comfortable and roomy and that is essential for an order freak like yours truly. 600$ monthly expenses, though, it's quite wasteful.

How does a foreigner become a real estate agent in japan I'm genuinely curious?

I saw you for the first time in the Robot Restaurant video that Chris put up on Abroad in Japan back in 2012. It's really awesome that y'all have been friends for almost 10 years now. You're fantastic at showing properties, and I'm happy to see you succeed. Your humor shines through more and more with each video. Keep up the good work!

Perfect. If I were moving to Tokyo, this would be on the list of places to live.

The size for that location is amazing. Arguably actually worth the 1.3

First comment love your vids but also wish you’d do a separate series for regular people to get ideas of cost to live there especially for the abandoned properties

Only discovered your channel a week or so ago, but loving the content!

Would love to see more unique high-end apartment/house in Japan!

I love these videos. Nice production value

This is one of my favorite apartments you have featured. The beautiful view, wonderful renovation with killer storage. Watching this from New York, I’m ready to pack my bags! My only question was why they did not continue with additional kitchen storage in the spot where there is currently a potted plant? Seems like a waste of space in an otherwise perfect apartment.

Your videos have improved so much. You are doing great.

I know I've been in the SF Bay Area for too long when that price to square footage ratio doesn't horrify me.. but I am (almost) absolutely sure the quality of life in this Tokyo neighborhood is way better than here. Being able to live car-free, the food options, safety... I can only dream. Our work culture might be better but some tech companies are probably just as grueling as working for a company in Tokyo.

Very beautiful. Perhaps my favorite apartment tour yet.

In Europe I prefer renovated places to new builds most of the time, but in Japan I think this is a major minus. In a country where the earth shakes violently ever so often, you want to have the newest building standards applied to you home. That being said, nice interior and lots of storage, quite rare for Japanese apartments.

Look, I've never been in a Don Quijote, but your description just bumped it up into my "Top 10 Places to See in Japan Before I Kick the Bucket" bucket list.

I love how this place has multiple closets the size of a small bedroom

Beautiful, cosy and modern 👍

great stuff as always, keep it up

YAYY!! A new video from Alex!! \o/

I loved your videos with Chris!

Love these videos keep it up :)

Always so cool

Thank you for sharing. It would be also interesting to see, the most important/ relevant differences (what to consider, what not to consider, e.g. service fees, taxes and etc.) between an Apartment and a House, when it comes to buying them in Tokyo.

the tiny dishwasher that took you a little extra effort to open and how small and difficult it was to find in Japan along with the bedrooms that would fit only a bed and no storage was what made me think it was great value. Not to mention the fact it had a sink in the toilet (this is futuristic) so I could wash my hands, for a toilet that washes my butt automatically I would of thought a hand washing mechanic was included

I love this apartment.

your socks are so adorable, sorry couldnt help but notice!

Great video

Nice Apartment for a short stay.Best Wishes and Regards.

Beautiful apartment. I would be curious to see houses for families in the following videos, especially options in good neighborhoods with 3+ bedrooms and 2 showers!

Thanks very much for the tour. I'm sure I saw this place on Cowcamo a few months ago and thought it looked pretty nice.

best apartment. I love storage ! :D

Amazing

I remember you and Connor traveling along the nakameguro area and that was a fun stream to watch. Keep up the work 👍

Would love to see a tour of your home :)

I love your channel! I never get tired of house tours.

I like how they show the apartment layout/blueprint. Makes me think about recreating one of the shown objects in Sims 4. :D

9:45 ah Connor would be happy lol. Speaking of him I really enjoyed the stream you guys did a few weeks ago I hope you both do another one.

It is good to mention that with the current exchange rate, ¥134,800,000 is about $1,010,000

@4:18 quality bathtub entrance. Great dynamics

How did you get that shot at 0:20, is that a render or real footage? It looks awesome

That extra-big sink should have some sort of splash-guard available.

I really love the bathrooms in japan ö.ö wish europe would also make those kinda bathrooms with the awesome toilet and those funktions to dry clothes in the bathroom too ö.ö but really sad that the apartments in japan are so expensive still and have not that much space, but that is because it is in tokyo right? XD because here where I live you could have a house with that much money XD but I really would like to live in japan, but looking those prices and less space...I don't know if I will ever find something that I like XD

When you said "Aobadai" it took me a moment to realise you were talking about the Aobadai in Tokyo and not Yokohama! I was thinking "why don't i recognise any of these places nearby??"

the ample storage is to accomodate the ample "shadows" of the japanese

It looks very nice! Do they generally have weight limits on those balconies? I’d be putting plant pots all over!

guess i have to win the lottery now

Now that's place is Snootzie in my book🙂 it also has real storage and a laundry room. I could be happy living there

I know is big but for some reason I feel is small, like they are taking 100% the space of everything and that's why there is so many things but compare to houses and things over here it feel small, is still a luxury and look amazing 👏

Real estate q - why is the living room area staged but the other rooms (bedrooms) are not?

*opens door to third storage area* me: oooh voice over booth space

Interesting how they separate the private areas (bedrooms + toilet) from the public areas. Also interesting how they have separate toilet and bathrooms.

The walk in closet in the entrance is the size of my apartment in Tokyo 😂

one thing i see missing in pretty much all the video's ( and pictures ) of japanese apartment and even most houses is a oven. how come ? also that living room looks perfect for a hidden screen projector setup to be honest for watching tv and movies in the evening with the fam if you want to

only thing it's missing is somewhere to put the TV. rally difficult to fit it into the living room with that current setup

Something i can never understand is how much storage do japanese people need? To me all the other rooms feel more cramped like the office and especially master bedroom, if it didn't have such big storage, i would actually consider it an decent place that i could live in. The place i currently own is a bit bigger compared to apartment shown here but it looks like it is twice the size because there are no "storage rooms" i just have big open spaces and i have big wooden closets for clothes and shoes and it looks much better and refined compared to empty rooms and i can just buy as much storage as i want and decide where it would be, that's why i prefer as much open space as possible, i would never be able to fill this much storage without just keeping stuff that i wouldn't wear again anyway. Another question i have is why is the kitchen space cut like that? There's literally a wall for no reason and a pot with some plant in the corner, i would much prefer if there wasn't a wall there, i could buy any other machines i use like coffee maker or air fryer and add more storage above and it would fit in there, now if i wanted to do that i would need to demolish that wall which defeats the purpose of buying a renovated apartment, literally the same can be said about the storage rooms. While i agree that the smart systems around the apartment are amazing, especially the floor heating. The most interesting thing i learned from Tokyo Portfolio is that majority of Japanese apartments that are of decent size have much useless storage space that most of us from that aren't from Japan won't like, so i suggest focus on just buying land in a good spot in city if possible and look for old apartments that haven't been renovated so that you can hire a designer and have it made how you want it to be.

Wish I had that kind of money. 😒 Beautiful apartment. Can't imagine that this will stay available for too long.

you had me at pizza squares

I would make the master closet my office XD

I like your jacket today.

When he says dishwashers are hard to find in Japan that's an understatement

what is the tax payable on purchasing a property (aka stamp duty etc) etc. Domo

I just love how with all the pedantry this apartment has, these two floor heating controllers were out of sync))

Flagship Location of Donki! Where exactly is that please?

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What are the interior walls made of?

This is the second apartment I have seen you tour without a refrigerator. Otherwise the kitchen seems state of the art. Do the Japanese usually buy their own fridges ?

My three complaints (not that I can afford this place but if I could they’d be things that annoy me if I’m spending that much money. They’re also things I often see locally as shortfalls in our real estate and rental industries). 1. Only one bathroom/toilet. It’s fine if you live alone but I feel like if you have roommates or a family it becomes an issue if you have similar schedules. I have a personal pet-peeve with my local real estate when anything is over 500k with only one bathroom. 2. That you’re barely separated from your neighbours balcony, there’s practically no privacy. It’s a thin screen that doesn’t even span the whole divide. This is another common thing where I live and it sucks, you hear, smell, practically see everything. 3. The monthly costs. I’m curious what all that includes or is it just maintenance and community fees. Still for that price even with the monthly fees it’s a lot nicer with a lot more character than wha you get in Toronto which is the closest city/area I can compare it to.

It’s hard to believe that this apt is only 107m2. But you could explain why this property is cheaper. That is, it is older than 1981 when a stricter earthquake-resistant construction standard was adopted. Japanese buyers avoid buying ones older than 1981.

I always thought that living space in Tokyo is so expensive. This apartment is cheap as hell. My neighbor is selling his 107 sqm apartment for 1.07 million euro in Hamburg Germany. And the price is before closing costs!

Nice socks brings that extremely extraordinary sparkle to yours eyes..😁

That apartment, in Lisbon with an equivalent location inside the city, would be around 2 up to 3 million dollars. How do I know that? I'm also a realtor. To think it is cheaper to buy in Tokyo than in Lisbon. How times have change.

Hey Alex Wondering if the buyer is also charged commission in Japan ?

Dang, that's a lot of room for all two pairs of my shoes! 😂

I really like your socks 🙂🙂

Are on suite bathrooms not a thing in Japan?

Never thought Berlin would cost more than Tokyo.

See, I used to be flabbergasted by these prices, but I live in LA and...yeah, people are asking $1.3m for places that don't even look half as good as this.

Hey look, we found Chris's and Connor's next location shoot for the next "Eat all of Japan's junk food" video! Jk. If you anyone has the money to live somewhere like this in Japan, that is a luxury.

no oven?

If I had the money I'll already cash in

So, if one budgeted 2 million dollars overall for it and put the remainder into an account solely for paying for it, they'd be set on paying maintenance fees for pretty much the rest of their life. That's not bad for the location. Since it's an apartment and the building's over 30 years old, hopefully a share of the taxes probably won't be too bad.

Wow! Such an awesome space! Truly a dream home in a dream city! 🥹

Was thinking this is a RU-vidr's dream with all the storage and office, then saw The Dishwasher "*cough*" (Connor)

where is the fridge?

1:20 I can tell this is a swanky $1.3M apartment because the mail drop box is not clogged with pizza coupons.

Lovely home, but I don't fancy all the heavy sliding doors everywhere. It'd be tedious to put that much effort to just open a closet door lol

Are the purple and white things on his feet socks or shoes?

i find it a weird layout, with 107sm the unit couldve/shouldve had 2 ensuites plus a half bathroom/powder for the living room, i guess theres such a thing as too much storage lol

Is this the same region around where you took Connor?

Ceiling seems kind of low in that entry area and bathroom.

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It is beautiful and modern but I am disappointed it doesn't have an oven.

thanks for actually mentioning property tax and other fees with the price