Inside a $4,200/month BACHELOR PAD in Tokyo | Japanese Apartment Tour 

Shake Shack every time, worth the calories

cinnabon anyday

7-11

Family Mart Fried Chicken.

Shake Shack. I like my fat, sugar and carbs warm.

Who can afford this?

​@@irenedavo3768he got invited to a podcast recently. He said it's mostly expats and people from the embassy. So the people living there probably won't be paying. Their country will

Sounds nice. I spent a few months traveling around Europe a few years ago, and Prague was my favorite stay.

Yes, Prague offers amazing value-- I see it when I'm researching hotel and airbnb accommodation. The decor may be horribly outdated in a great many places but the spaciousness and terrific locations for some of these properties are unbeatable. I noticed that with Prague too, I'm so glad you left this rather niche comment. 😄

And Romania you get same for less than half. Honestly most of Europe you can get acceptable quality for 600 e/m if you spend time looking and planning.

NYC is a sewer these days. Don't understand why anyone would willing want to live there. There are SO many better options these days. Remote work has changed the game.

@@ian2372 I feel the same about San Fran and LA. A real shame. Every city is okay and easy to glamourise when you're a tourist or if you live in a tiny bubble that's rarely ventured out of with eyes and ears open.

I think living in that apartment is a waste of money; and I don't think the apartment itself is worth that amount. (Norway)

Big waste of money

It's a nice apartment.....and the price includes all utilities.

Most people DON'T to live there you'd need to making around $100000 year

Idk where you live but full stack developer in the US Midwest, most companies pay $100,000+. Sounds like you're working at the wrong place.

that would be a cell with toilet and bed

$4200 for a cube? Damn, Canada is fucked. How do you even afford that kind of rent?

@@deathtoyoutubeandtwitterbu5865 You don't. What you do is stop being poor and buy your condo with cash money. You don't have to pay rent on something you own. (Mortgages aren't owning either, peasants. Its just rent to own with a bank as your landlord.)

>Small Dude this is the biggest 1 bedroom I've ever seen in Tokyo

ngl most of the so called "Japanese apartments" are just pathetically small with very limited functions. This one looks good because the price is like beyond luxurious level.

Looks like hell. No space for any hobbies.

@@Fabianwew go outside for hobbies. You can't have a villa with a garden in the middle of Tokyo.

@@fmls8266 I need storage space for my tents, mats, sleeping bags, backpacks, gear, clothes, climbing gear, randonee skis, ropes, shoes.

I could not afford 400 Month

Affordable???? Lmao maybe if you're a millionaire!! No regular blue collar or white collar worker is going to find this affordable.

​@@killinglonliness88Eh, you'd need at least a bare minimum of say 80k a year to be ok. It's possible if you're single or dating with no children.

@@Rob.N.Yeah exactly my point.. $80k is a LOT of money to most people around the world, most that I know are making $20-$40k a year here.

basically anything built after the mid 70s in Japan is fine tbh

The Japanese building codes changed in 1981. Apartments built after that are more tolerate for big earthquake. However, many buildings built before that had renovations for reinforcement. Old apartments built before this year are much cheaper for price and rent, yet some are in very convenient locations, so some people find it a bargain.

Yeah but you get the luxury of daily sunshine and outdoor activity. Tokyo is always overcast and gloomy. I’ll take LA over any other city any day!

@@bellaraio5783 true but $4300/month gets me an overpriced old house with nice weather but there’s like gang members, homeless, and prostitution right outside my gate. Tokyo doesn’t have that.

@@salliekim2727 exactly

@@bellaraio5783 might be more cloudy but less human feces in the streets so that's nice

and let's be real you can probably get something similar just a bit out of center of toyko for half that price. There honestly no real need to live this dead center of one of the most popular place in toyko. Move anywhere like 20-30mins train ride out and you get way better place for way cheaper.

poor/rich is relative.

location with sick view though

You’re loaded mate

I mean I guess the real question be can you still do your job there? I looking into possibly working in Japan a few years but the salary is just so much lower than it would be here in US for software engineer and with the yen going down its even worse. Granted standard of living is cheaper so maybe overall save more money in the end but I'm so used to having large amount of space too lol.

Most shops & restaurants in Roppongi offer English signs & menu. Many employees are non-Japanese and even Japanese employees speak good English, so if you only speak English, you feel much less language barrier in this town. If you speak Japanese, yes, there are many more options.

Define"European bath" because there is no one style of bath/bathrooms in Europe.

@@BagoPorkRinds French Tub

I know that Japan lacks space, but I find this apartment quite small and dark, quite depressing. Maybe the floor should be of China-style light oak, or maybe Sierra oak. Whoever designed this apartment surely dropped dead from suicide given the rates in Japan.

please Read the data from the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention :-( Suicide rates are higher in the southern US than in Japan.

@@Im-fq1mn I officially downgraded your IQ to 20 due to lack of intelligence (my previous post answer was apparently deleted by RU-vid). According to your Statistics, Japan still takes the top in suicide rates compared to the US, 17.9 to 13.9 per 100 000. Let's say, your cosmic idiocy further lacks intelligence, then let me elaborate for you... In United States, the suicide rates are mostly attributed to economic impact which is limited to States that has high unemployment rate, high drug usage, alcoholic usage, etc... In Japan, however, it's all health issues. No. Not actual health issues, but psychological. Japanese overwork on average 20-80% more than average American, with lack of space, tiny apartments, all round concrete (no greenery), and lack of social communication leads to suicide. It's also one of the major cause why Japanese young population do not want children. You can say that suicides in Japan are similar to South Korea, which also has same issues, but not critical, as Koreans try not to do more than 12 hour work time. Also, i forgot to mention, the life style of Japanese (which is just overwork depression), is the main cause for anime popularity, as a means to escape reality.

Plenty of cheap property available in Japan. Unlike UK/US property devalues with age because people prefer new construction. Rural areas are super cheap, Tokyo not so much.

Living in big cities is always expensive. I pay only a quarter of the price and have a complete house with yard, garden and 220 square meters of living space, plus a large basement, as well as an old wine cellar. You also always have to consider the average income of a country. Japan is a very expensive country.

It's actually easier to cook a lot of asian food on gas stove because of how you can adjust temperature. I don't know the details but you will find more gas stoves all over Asia. As a European I am not comfortable using them.

Take the cushions inside. The wood is treated with a water-resistant stain so it's mostly fine.

@@TokyoPortfolio Ah that makes sense

The cushions could also be outdoor cushions, so they're not the porous type. Just wipe to dry.

@@j134679 yeah true it saves the hassle

I imagine you'd have to be a high-level project or business branch manager that the company asks to move to Japan. Or something lol

There are a lot more affordable apartments available, this is just highlighting the slightly higher end of single living in Tokyo.

It’s higher than the average monthly income of Japanese living in Tokyo.

The price is not insane at all. It is for the location. Central area should be expensive.

Companies are giving expats a stipend for rent undoubtedly - or have to pay. Tokyo is that expensive. The only good news is the ¥ is cratering so your $ goes a lot further.

Yep

That machine is a washer and dryer in one

Generally the higher the floor, the more it is, unless there's no elevator.