These tiny buildings are 100% legal in Japan 

I would be afraid of 5mph winds all the time but I'd still love to live in one. haha

Tokyo Lens also did a tour of the yellow building with the orange accents and he narrowly avoided hitting his head on the staircase on the way up.

his was fosho quirkier. lol@@d0lph1n63

How does one say claustrophobic in Japanese?

I think its pronounced parsimonious scrimp or frugal. lol@@2sday538

Exactly! Fibre internet? Clean facilities? Safe area? That goes for *at least* 1.2k/mo here! :|

Yeah sure until you start to wonder how is the furnitures going to come in...hell delivering packages to the room is a pain too.

futon, small chair and small folding table easy@@cordeliacentauri1737

@@cordeliacentauri1737I guess you can’t fit that much furniture in the first place lol probably a futon, a table for 2 with one chair and a mini fridge 🤔

how wasy is it to get there by the train?

At first glance looks like a leftover wall isn't it?

yea its such a beauty, but I believe they would have some bugs or insect issues.

I'm glad you caught that one!

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@@rick3747 2,500,000 sounds about right.

Yes, that made my latent claustrophobia come out. I'm not sure I could make it up that staircase. But for $250/month maybe...

I felt the opposite…I kinda like tiny spaces.

As long as there is a window and I can climb down, I'm in. What happens if there is an earthquake?

I actually live in a trailer with both of my parents, (I'm not always home though) and I felt uneasy watching it myself lol

You’d be better off buying a wash basin and washing in it in your closet.

And considering how cheap prepared food is at Japanese grocery stores and konbini, it's very doable.

Honestly a lot of people rent small flats like that as extra storage space

I am a firm believer in quality over quantity. I would rather live in a small space in a nice area than a large place in a bad area. Japan is SO nice to live in, that living in a small space is perfectly fine, and honestly living in a small space might be SUPERIOR because it forces you to go out and explore, as well as keeping material possessions to a minimum. Housing depreciates, houses fall apart.... So my mentality is why invest more into housing than necessary? An apartment, home, factory, workshop, store is JUST a means to an end, by staying small and spending less resources I have MORE resources to spend on things that actually matter. That apartment is PUSHING what I think is acceptable, but it is still acceptable. Many people don't actually need a lot of space so why pay for it? Japan is truly remarkable. Here in the USA we simply aren't building cheap housing, we have NO diversity when it comes to housing. Many people might not want to live like this, and that's fine, but at least Japan has the OPTION for the people who do like living like this. That's what's so important. Many people not share my views, and many people might not like small spaces, but I DO like small spaces so I would at least like the option.

@@brycemcewen6146 " Honestly a lot of people rent small flats like that as extra storage space" Could also work as a commuter home, rented for being close to the office, then go to your home further out on the weekend. Or for some high schooler sent off to a private school far from home, bonus of being smaller so they fit better.

Plus these apartments are far more stackable than vans (6 stories in this case!) and have full utilities.

But isn't the real luxury to have that space available? Sure, when money is tight because you don't have it or are saving it up for other goals, living small and efficiently is a good thing. But ultimately it sucks having to repurpose the same space multiple times per day. People like having spots they can underuse and then leave just as they are.

@@Volkbrecht As a person who's 60 years old now - I can honestly say that I have discovered 'how much is enough' and the answer is 'One actually doesn't need much at all'. Even in my van I did not repurpose space as I set up the bed permanently (easier for napping too!) Backpacking, for years at a time, taught me all that I truly need I can carry in one bag on my back. The feeling of freedom and self-direction is much more satisfying to many of us rather than under-use of stuff or space. Attics, basements, guest rooms, garages (and vehicles themselves), etc., are repositories for things one doesn't really need at the same time enabling excess consumption You (rhetorically) ask, '...isn't the real luxury to have that space available?' and I respond, 'No. The real luxury is experiencing a life unencumbered by excess and filled with new scenery, people, places, foods, languages, nature, etc., etc.'

@@drunkvegangal8089True, but I do feel like some people would have to swallow a very difficult pill to accept that kind of life when most are used to much bigger spaces.

@@theorangeoof926 I do understand your point of view about space. I was born and raised in Canada - land of tons of space - and exactly this shared mentality :D Truth is that the majority, the huge majority, of people never had much space in their dwelling for most of human history. When a child even my grandmother (b. 1903) shared one bed with all her female siblings and the further back one goes the less space most people had. Loneliness and isolation are just two of the mental health concerns we face today which just didn't exist in our past (except for the very wealthy and extremely atheistic/religious practitioners). Image a childhood where you were seldom alone; where whenever you woke up you could hear your loved ones breathing and they kept you warm. Many slept with the whole family in the same room - most of the world still lives like this. Where if you woke from a nightmare you were instantly comforted and, when bereaved, injured, or just sad, the entire family was in close proximity. Makes me wonder what damage our obsession with space (and things) has wrought.

And the traffic, but it seemed like a low traffic area.

@@gunnar6674 Japanese walls are so thin it can hear every footsteps and neighbor talking

In that yellow building, you don't have neighbors to your sides. You have the floor all to yourself.

Tokyo Portfolio. Not profile. But absolutely agree, this was a great video!!!!

Next, Chris Broad.

@@jtho8937 Maybe Sharla because her and Greg are Canadian and then Chris.

Don't forget Norm from Tokyo Lens is also Canadian! It would be awesome to see a collaboration between all of them.

Funny thing is that I filmed this in June 2023. I just had a bunch of other projects I was working on.

That's why this is so familiar to me!

I was gonna ask about this...

Life where im from > tokyo lens

@@ika32no need to make it a competition, theyre both great

Or even just a video about Shinjuku Station. It's a complete maze.

Yeah, I'd assume a small place like that isn't a long term solution. Good for a student or some single person who is out most of the time. There's a lot of light from the windows, which I think would help out a lot. I've personally lived in smaller rooms / setups before, so I would have rented a place like this in my 20s.

@@LifeWhereImFrom Was the toilet room shared with other apartments, though? That would be a deal breaker for me.

@@Yesica1993 If my memory serves me correct, each apartment gets their own toilet.

@@LifeWhereImFrom Oh, okay!

@@LifeWhereImFrom "Microapartments are inhumane" say many people who went through college in dorm rooms that were even smaller... drives me nuts.

You guys have homes?

80% of Americans could not fit in these buildings.

No way, most of America is not New York City.

as an american, id rather live in a big suburban home with a garage and be free instead of living in a pod and eating bugs like klaus schwab wants, i hope we never build these dystopian apartments in the US

as a non American I would 100% live in it if the rent was cheep

That cafe is my favorite building for months. Do you know what is on the second floor of this building?

@@user-bg2oi4bz3p Well, I'm not sure what's on the second floor. Maybe the first and the second belong to the same café Semorina.

Honestly might be a waste. Ethan did a video (youtube ID E6w_W6GyHEs ) on Wagyu and burgers.