I'll take the condo. When in Rome and all that, learn to live a little more minimally. Also it's much cheaper and more light comes in! This house feels very closed to light because of the high balcony walls.
I like both. Since Im single, an apartment would be great but if I was living with other people, a house would be perfect. When I was in Tokyo, living in a house with a group of people was the best experience.
If i can afford , a house all days . I always prefer my privacy. I don't want my personal work/entertainment or whatever that happen in my house bother my neighbors. Another thing It may not happen in Japan but it happen quite a lots where I am living ( Texas, USA). If you are living in an apartment or a condo and meet "unlucky neighbors" . no matter how clean you are your condo/apartment easily get infected. It's less so a problem if you are living in a house
I can feel that you put a lot of effort in the energy and "character" you portray in this video in particular. Like it a lot. Feels less corporate and more hanging out with a friend
Not entirely sure when the building was made, but that cabinet/shelf at 10:44 definitely looks like a spot where you were supposed to put an old tube TV.
Yup, that's why the cables were underneath and were re-routed to the LCD mount. I really like the fold-in doors in the living/dining area. Let's you use the space without running into them constantly.
This was good. I couldn't live there, but it covered every single thing I'd need to know before making a decision. It's amazing you managed to get it all in within a 12 minute video. Well done.
The "minibar" section might have been where the TV used to be, back in the days when TVs were based on cathode-ray tubes and were fairly large. Not using the TV? Put it behind a cabinet.
what a fantastically designed house, every tiny bit is used sensibly. although those stairs you were sat on, although beautiful did not look safe. i particularly liked the mini garden, i think id turn it into a zen sand garden 🤣
Loving this channel (thank chris abroad/Cdawg for finding it lol).. Japanese homes are so different to to the UK and its always interesting to see. Especially the random rooms and spaces that they seem to have lol.
The way Alex starts these videos hunched down like Quasimodo doing his intro then taking those few awkward gliding steps away from camera is strangely endearing and very Japanese animé-like. It's becoming a template I look forward to 😅
We had one in my house growing up in the 90s (obviously not as high tech) but it'd clear the air really well and it didn't "pop out", you just lifted the lid on the vent.
It actually works fine, not amazing but decently. The only problem is ours got stuck...it can no longer go down so we just leave it up. Not a big deal I guess but unprofessional.
OH MY GAWD I LOVE THE TINY GARDEN RIGHT OUTSIDE THE OFFFFFFFIIICCCCCEEE!!!! I would love to have a little ricefish porch pond nestled in some mossy waterfalls to look at all day, sheit!
"This is for your 'Mini Bar'." Bro, it hasn't been THAT long since CRTs were a common household item. 😂 I'm only 25 but I still know what an entertainment cabinet looks like!
10:53 Thats where the TV used to be when people still used CRTs. Its why there are slats to allow IR signals to be picked up. The modern TV mount was a later addition.
That first bedroom is surely designed to be split in two. Those tracts on the floor and the two doors mean you could put a wall right in the middle. Good for a family with kids.
Looking at the ceiling and floor, that one bedroom has 2 entrances because it is setup to be dividable into 2 sections. It just isn't configured that way at the moment. This is reinforced by the "smaller" bedroom being fancier. Speaking of that 2nd bedroom, I'm a weirdo for thinking the lower closet spaces would be cozy little places to sleep
I bet I know what that spot beside the TV mount that you said might be for a mini-bar might be for. All of that cabinetry looks fairly old so I bet that cubby was for a CRT TV that you could hide away to clean up the look. All of the wiring coming out of the wall passthrough behind the mount was added later on.
I live im Canada and by no means plan on living in japan and currently have no plans to visit japan any time soon.....so why am I addicted to these videos?! 😅
At around 10:30, he looks into that self thing. . I think that is originally where you were to put your TV. I don't know about Japan but in ye olde days of the US, you would have your TV in a similar setup.
Super neat house! I'm not a fan of the floating stairs, my balance can be just awful when I'm tired, but otherwise I could see that as a place I wouldn't mind living in. Waaay out of my price range, but if I ever win the lottery I'll keep this channel in mind XD
Lower outdoor space would make an excellent spot for a Jacuzzi. If I was bringing in the kind of money to secure that rent, I would make an offer to buy the house outright.
i really love this house, only thing (which is probably out of your control) it could have done with a bit of a clean, like the courtyard walls and closets
Honestly yeah, the price isn't that horrifying as someone lives in the SF Bay but Tokyo offers much better quality of life in terms of safety, convenience, and things to do. That being said the price for Japanese locals must be crazy since they don't have the tech salaries of the Bay though. I'd trade off square footage in my apartment to move there any day if I could miraculously learn Japanese and work there for a company that doesn't make you work crazy hours.
You pay a lot for the location here. Naka-Meguro is a very popular upscale district very close to places like Shibuya, Ebisu and Roppongi, yet it has a more laidback atmosphere than the really busy places like Shibuya or Roppongi. I just checked and Naka-Meguro is currently on the 12th place of neighborhoods (defined by closest train station) where people wanna live in Tokyo. It clearly isn't for someone with average income.
@@kurapan779 yes! I really like Nakameguro a lot! You’re right, definitely not for the average income earner. Probably more for the expats working for some multinational company or something..
I think that 2nd bedroom with the floor level closet is perfect for a child. I'm not sure why he believes this 2 bedroom rental is not large enough for a family with 1 child. People in large cities in the US like NY and San Francisco live in apartments as big as only the lower level of this rental. This rental has a whole, huge open space living room and kitchen plus underground parking with storage. Definitely more than enough room. The 1st larger bedroom, I would think about blocking off the 2nd door so there would be more usable space but even if you don't there's still enough space in that room.
Excellent video!, i would love to see more houses reviewed by you. The house itself looks more like a zombie apocalypse proof bunker than a home, too dystopian for my taste.
That isnt a mini bar its for a CRT TV before flat screens were a thing. You would have your AV stuff below with the TV on top plus you could hide everything. which was common in the 90 and early 00.
Surprising they’re asking this much for how old the place looks. Solar is cool, but for the location a roof balcony would have maybe tiny bit made it pretty worth it.
Very nice video as usual. As for the place, i really have to say it doesnt feel comfortable to me at all. It makes me feel claustrophobic and all these dark colors in a small room don't help :D
What a strange layout. It has odd appeal, but also really quirky. The super long room looks like it was two rooms before. There's an AC unit on each side, and the dividing line in the middle. The "smaller" room looks like it could've been the master. The closet space could pass of as capsule hotel units XD.
"It's a cross between Soho in NY & Silverlake in LA"... LOL, I'll pass. Not the scene for me. I'm sure someone would love it though who likes that kinda location. Absolutely beautiful place regardless, the designer should be proud.
there is a youtube video of an american that built a custom house in japan and its a fusion of japanese and american design which i really liked because i really hate those metal unit kitchens and unit bathrooms here in japan. He put in custom wood cabinets and no plastic unit bathrooms. search youtube fore "i built a house in japan" if i remember the title correctly
I dunno how new the house is but are you sure thst recessed space in the living room console wasn't originally for crt TV and when tvs got thinner they just mounted Vesa and shifted everything over?
I really do love the all around top level windows in the middle floor, I bet it has incredible ambiance at night. Though I do wish you would have shown the other balconies as well.
I don't think I could ever get used to the tiny spaced Japanese Apartments or Houses. The Office would make me claustrophobic, so would the bathroom. And the rest of the living space isn't much better. The windows are on the top of the walls, so you can't see anything. Stairs are way too narrow and the kitchen lacks an oven - as do most other japanese homes. The only way seeing myself in a japanese house would be to remodel the whole place, and not only the furniture but pretty much everything, from windows, walls, etc. Unless maybe it's one of those traditional pre-war homes, which are kinda lovely actually.
¥650k/ month, 2 month security and 1 month key money is ¥1,950k. You said total initial move in cost is ¥4.3m including your commission. That means your commission is ¥2m????? That's $15k in commission!!!!! That's crazy!
The initial fees are the first two months rent (the first month is prorated, so between ¥650,000-¥1,300,000), 2 months security deposit (¥1,300,000), 1 month key money (¥650,000), the guarantor company fee (50% of one month, so around ¥325,000), and my commission of the standard amount of 1 month plus tax (¥715,000). Don't worry, I don't get paid that much.
Nearly 4 times my monthly wage while offering less space, less self suffiency, less confort, less safety then out of town real estate. Only thingit saves on is the transport cost to city which is usually 100 - 300 so you pretty much over pay by 4k minimum. You pay to suffer whit this real estate.