NOTIFICATION SQUAD: Take a shot every time someone compares a single room to the size of their apartment. So what's the verdict? Good value for money given the private roof oasis and location in the heart of Harajuku? Or simply overpriced mayhem? A HUGE thanks to Alex for showing us around - if you want to explore the amazing properties on his website check out: i-home.tokyo Feel free to drop him a line if you have any questions about moving to Tokyo! - And as for me, it's back to the ironing board.
Actually I was thinking $20K a month wasn't too bad for one of one Tokyo's swankiest neighborhoods until I remembered all of fees upon fees upon fees and the special added fee for the "privilege of paying fees" fee and the "just because we want to screw you even more" fee and finally, the "you gotta be kidding me" fee!
honestly this place looks like a dump for 20,000 a month. There are penthouse apartments for sale in Japan for 2-3 million that are WAY nicer with newer amenities. 20,000x 16 years is 4 million. You could get a MUCH better loan on 2-3 million and pay a mortgage on a better penthouse than renting this crap box.
maybe it's his friend and he can be himself, or maybe he can can do what he wants because how many of the people judging have a TH-cam channel....vote thumbs down if you do
This guy is a very skilled salesman. I think his shining brilliance shined particularly bright when Chris said:"This is a great place to sit and eat Muffins." and the boi responded with a quite sincere sounding and slightly flattering:"It is."
@@finmetalwarrior the states is just toxic here, it's so suffocating sometimes and just standing outside, looking at our dull streets, it gives me a headahce. so I'm willing to learn some japanese and rush to japan.
At first I read it as 20,000 yen a month, and was jaw dropping at how good this place was for the price...and then you said dollars, and it all made sense.
looking at the comments i am flabbergasted how many people didn’t like the apartment. my guess? they’ve never lived in a major metropolis and don’t really know the insane value this flat offers. the 2 gardens alone are worth the money you pay! i never lived in tokyo but i lived in london for many years and the housing prices arent that different (i’d even say quality wise you get even less for your money in london cause many houses are old as sin and have very bad insulation, gas n electricity. also mold is a major issue :/) i absolutely love the layout from the masterbedroom to the dog garden to the living room. it is so cool n just feels like your own private oasis in the middle of tokyo. who csres for the gardens though? the person who rents or would they hire a gardener or...?
What Americans call "English Muffins" aren't actually English...we don't have an English muffin. Only McDonald's have a breakfast muffin and the cake type muffin which are both American haha
Hearing how many times this guy said his entire apartment would fit into one of those rooms makes me really appreciate the living situation I have right now. I'm renting an entire house for the price of one room because the homeowner just wants someone to live in the place while his mom is still alive. When she passes he's going to sell the house, I assume, and I'll find another place to live. Here's hoping Mom is hail and healthy for many years to come!
@@combsbrushes777 I sure hope he's coming. I sent him an invitation. He's in charge of bringing the tequila and said he'd get his mom to make some taquitos.
@Dan oz Where the fuck do you live where 250m²+ is an "average apartment"? Here in germany most single-family houses have around half that in living space!
The video is not totally depressing, I found the agent cradling a pug in his arms quite amusing (very reminiscent of Doctor Evil with a cat or Paris Hilton with a chihuahua at best)
I think it’s weirder how people are supposed to rent places like that. 20k a month in rent seems like such a waste. If you’re that rich to afford the rent you might as well buy property flat out.
@@Nick-hw4gd People don't though. They even mention it's for high level diplomats/ministers and company men where it's paid for by the Ministry for them to stay a bit.
"This is gonna be depressing". That hits home hard. Most people struggle to get by here in Okinawa, but one day, I had the opportunity to go to the company owner's house to troubleshoot some computer problems (because of course he was using a company computer as his home computer). The house was beautiful and had an amazing view of the city. Plus, he had central heat/AC which I've never seen in any house in Okinawa. I can only dream of living in a home like that here.
@@WookieWarriorz exactly, In Dallas Tx I've seen Apt bigger than this for 4-6k a month. Still pricey but as a westerner 20k for something that small baffles me.
I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one. My first thought was with the pug he seems totally the Bond villain. I was waiting for him to say "So we finally meet Mr Broad."
3:39 A BIT bigger than most bedrooms in Japan? Good lord.. It really puts into perspective how small Japanese apartments are. I absolutely LOVED the garden. How wonderful is that being able to loose yourself there and pretend you're not in the city
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Despite the price and debates about buying a real house, the house style is incredibly calming. Nice bedroom, awesome indoor outdoor experience, nothing too crazy (except the lift). I think if it was built anywhere else outside Tokyo, where land price is cheaper, this house design would sold instantly.
Starting out with a cheery "THIS is gonna be depressing!" 🤣 I'm a Texan, so I'm just makin' assumptions here, but that made me laugh out loud. It just sounded SO BRITISH!
Bruh 2 minutes on zillow and I just found a 20,000 sqft(1858 sqm) mega mansion within 100 miles of where I live. And it comes with 10 acres of land, a pool with a lazy river, a tennis court, a basketball court, and a 14 car garage for $17,000 a month.
It's kind of odd coming from NY where $20K/mo is nothing unusual (especially for 4 bedrooms) and paying only $20 for parking 2 hours in midtown is cheap.
Like they said, companies and embassies rent this level. The first to use as part of executive compensation packages and companies can write that off as an expense, and embassies because you need your diplomats to look impressive.
@@user-vm8pr7wb9o USD 20,000 per month for 200 sq meters would be 100 per meter. Thankfully I don't pay that much which makes me feel a bit better, but not much haha
As a German i'm pretty unimpressed with the glass walls. First off all seemingly nothing can be opened. And secondly it's only double-glass. In Germany the standard is 3x-glass and it already exists 4x-glass. I find this apartment also really weirdly shaped, with narrow corridors and such.
Was thinking the exact same thing. The rooms are big but the places where you would spend also a lot of time, like kitchen and etc are just narrow as hell ...
@@Shtifu Well it's in the biggest city in existence, so i guess 20k fits the market. The upfront 130k fee is straight out robbery though. The garden is not very japan'esque and the dog feet washer looks like a hobby craftsman did that lol.
@@KawaiiMaterial that's because the kinds of people that live in places like this dont do things like that. Like cook and clean @mezz a lot of Japanese building is like that. Even as an american I find their lack of....wall and window odd. Not enough insulation, not enough panes of glass, etc. But on the whole, especially with houses. They view construction as somewhat temporary and not an investment. It's very common for a house older than 30 years to not really be considered in the price of a real estate purchase as it's just going to be torn down. Excepting the surviving pre WW2 construction. A lot of the above has to do with classical Japanese construction techniques (wood and paper) and disasters. In 30 years the buildings after multille earthquakes reallyas sound as they should be and aren't up to the latest design codes. So might as well tear them down.
@@KendallM0219 No amount of 'location' can justify a 20K/Month price. You can probably purchase a really good home even in a great location for 4-5 million in most popular cities in the world. You can easily get approved for a loan if you have 20K/month money and just buy a. place that is 10x better than this and build equity. This is a crapbox for the price. Literally soulless. The 'garden' looks like weed growing and hasn't been cut in ages. The rooms give off a 70s vibe. Apart from being big, there is literally nothing here.
@@lasarith2 Total of $274,130. That's if you count everything economically scripted into your bill's without internet from University 2gb speed. At an extra $1,224.51 a year for 2gb internet from national university. Average cost to live in a size like that plus cleaning materials. Honestly it's a better cost of living and have considered buying something like this, just to piss of political official or High ranking $4,000 a month high level yakuza membership. LMFAO. I'd get a house in the US for that kind of money, with 10 acres and less utility money. .
What can I say? The apartment is gorgeous, of course... not to mention it is roughly five times the surface area of my own house... without the garden. The one thing that I liked most about the video is the fact that the realtor, Alex in the video, was so polite to say "my business partner and I..." and not the usual impolite and disrespectful way around most people do. Call me a bit oldfashioned but I do like polite people ;)
remember, it's Japan, inside the city limits of Tokyo... the SINGLE MOST DENSELY POPULATED URBAN ENVIRONMENT ON PLANET EARTH. period. full stop. no questions asked. no variables needed. it has more people per square kilometre of land than any other urban area on the planet. having an open cityscape view 360 degrees around the WHOLE apartment? every single window shown of the exterior of the apartment, since it's on the top floor... there's NO high rise buildings immediately right next door to the apartment building. that is a SERIOUSLY primo high Dollar $$ view in Tokyo.
@@lesliekilgore648 it's really funny how hyperbolic you got here because you're actually wrong. Tokyo is not the densest city/urban area in the world. Look it up lol. Paris is denser than Tokyo. And any random view in Paris is going to be nicer than this.
@@NeonShadowsx cool, thanks for replying. i guess my info was more than a decade out of date. my ex GF in the 2000's was a US Embassy worker's kid in Tokyo. i don't remember when she lived there, exactly. i remember it was more than a decade in length since she said she even went to HighSchool there and Tokyo U for 9 months. then her dad left the US State Dept. Foreign Services Division for 'home service' here in the States. plus i got the national density mixed up with the city in Tokyo. the 'urban footprint' city of Tokyo person per square kilometre is the highest in Japan! my bad i fucked that one up vs world stats. oops. :( 6,264 persons per square k Paris by the way, 21,000 persons per square k... yes i can do the research. bla bla bla. but you know what, Paris is rather shitty because the city itself is 12,012 square kilometres where Tokyo is 13,555 so over a square k bigger in size. that and i find Paris personally crap. it's insane to navigate. since i didn't speak French fluently every Parisian i interacted with treated me like shit. Google Translate talking out of my phone WOULD have helped, but not much. the taxi situations in Paris were a nightmare. i lost my ass using my credit card in Paris taxis. of course i traveled for pleasure/business there before the EU was formed so. shrug. my situation is very out of date. back then i found Heathrow a lot nicer than the city of Paris, but i didn't leave the airport in London. layover wasn't long enough to bother on that trip. i enjoyed Berlin more than Paris on that trip. the Germans bent over fucking backwards once they found out my nein was almost all i had. seriously, a damn McDonalds' kid in Berlin got 2 other employees who combined had enough English to help me order in German. the Parisians? i got told to 'fuck off American' in every store. even McDonalds in Paris gave me a stink eye. and i can fucking count to three in French and German. so asking for a #1 wasn't that hard in either city. Tokyo on the other hand is a public commuters' wet dream. nigh on 4 years ago old college buddy was there for fun. he downloaded the uhh oh god what was the company's name... Lobster Card? anways, he didn't even need cash, or a credit card, or anything, he set up the phone as a 'swipe' for trains in Tokyo for a week's duration. he typed in/set up 'i'm here, going here' the app did everything. it took GPS location, showed how to walk to the nearest station, how to navigate INSIDE the station, where to swipe the phone, what the trip would cost, where transfers were, up to date by the minute arrivals and departures, if you wanted to arrive somewheres by a certain time from a certain location it could tell you that too. it even told which side of the train to stand on for exit! :o damn app was like HAL from 2001 Space Odyssey. BTW, my ex is working her way up the Honda North American corporate ladder angling for a posting inside Japan before 2030. since she's still fluently bilingual.
Cree is it really? You think bamboo closets, waterfall countertops and lacquered kitchen cabinets is dated? You think gray is dated? You think cement and stone shower rooms dated? Tell us all why?
Hahahahaha!! Scottie the pug is the CEO lol. Great video, first time seeing your channel and I loved it! It's been a while since I've been in Japan! I DO remember the people staring at me like I was Godzilla lol. At 6'3 and 210lbs I did stand out quite a bit lol. Tokyo is an amazing city! Love Japan.
@@ladyinwight haha its because this apartment is so nice they can't imagine living there (fair enough). A mansion would never seem homely to me either
日本人：月額2000万？ この金額、アタマおかしい。 外人の不動産や：Here we are world famous in "Tokyo" ,right ? 日本人: 壁のインターフォン類の表示、日本語だけやけど？ 外人の不動産や：Woops !" Shitsurei shimashita 日本人：こんな低いとこにスイッチ、子供ちゃうで、いらえんやろ？ 外人の不動産や：I'm afraid. This is Japanese style. 日本人: ええかげんにしいや・・・
'This bedroom is the least big - let's just call it the smallest' - he was in typical estate agent mode there until he remembered you weren't looking to actually rent the place.
this apartment was way better than the 25,000 dollar a month one. I really like the garden and natural wood spaces. I do think that the kitchen could definitely be much bigger and they should've taken away space from the living room to make the kitchen bigger
I have to agree, and I feel like they went overboard with the closets. Sure you need storage space, especially when most of the walls aren't actually walls but windows instead. lol. But still, feels very impractical if you'd want to actually bring any furniture other than beds, a sofa and dining table with you.... I did like the wooden flooring though.
This video made me learn that there is such thing as too much space! (At least in my personal opinion 💦 ) I'd be lost if I had to treck to get from room to room 😂
Haha thanks, at least I'm not the only one xD I also wonder how you could even fill that huge living room with stuff that is actually useful. Like you need a couch, let's say two big couches to see big, a huge home cinema, a big table, someplace to store the kind of stuff rich people like to expose to flaunt their egos (like cups of the richest man or whatever)... then what? The place would be at most 30% filled xD
Agreed. As much as I would like quite a bit of space, that was a lot of large rooms that would to go waste if I was living there; I need space, just not that much space.
As a wheelchair user, I'm realizing that even a $20k per month apartment is built with small doors, tiny corridors, stairs that don't really need to be there... into an accommodation that would render wheelchair living quite poorly maneuverable. This is quite astonishing to me. Not only that space consciousness is still so present in a home for which traditional limitations don't really apply, but also that accessibility seems to be such an elusive type of luxury for the country as a whole when looking at it from the outside.
From my limited understanding japan doesn't have the best history when it comes to accommodating disable people and many parents of kids with disabilities send them off to hide them in disability centers that had lots of human right violations. I think its getting better so thats something.
@@GuillaumeCeccarelli which part of europe if you don’t mind me asking? because when i visited europe it seemed like a terrible place for wheelchairs, with the cobbled roads, frequent stairs, and lack of “disabled” bathrooms, elevators, and wheelchair ramps
@@imstupidbut I've lived for the longest in Stockholm, Sweden but have had an ok time living in Paris for a few years (though the apartment accessibility issue there is real, and I suppose, commensurate to a point with what I should expect in Tokyo), and I've had little to no problem visiting Barcelona & Madrid. True, there will always be problems of some kind that you have to overcome, but if you compare city life with the opposite (whether less dense urban areas or full-blown rural life), I still think cities win out in terms of ability to live well for wheelchair users.
@@naderkhouri9468 His clean look and posh accent may suggest he comes from a wealthy background, though it is of course just a stereotype. It probably helps to look and talk that way when dealing with wealthy clients.
wow I didn't expect the description of english garden but that really is accurate, those bushes and trees crowding over a path is very reminiscent of my nan's garden haha
"Very rare for Japan, this is dual pane glass" ... sound very odd coming from a place in Europe where 3-pane windows have become the norm for new buildings. I haven't seen a single-pane window in any but the oldest buildings.
I've been living and working in Japan for almost 4 years, and my apartment has single-pane windows. Most house and apartments in Japan don't have double-pane windows. They also don't have any rubber or seal around doors or windows. I can feel the wind because there's a gap between the sliding window in my bedroom. There's also a gap all around my main door. You can see the light from outside. Because of the lack of insulation, my apartment kitchen goes up to 40°C in summer and down to ~6-10°C during winter (the water leaking from my old freezer used to freeze during winter).
NOTIFICATION SQUAD: Take a shot every time someone compares a single room to the size of their apartment.
So what's the verdict? Good value for money given the private roof oasis and location in the heart of Harajuku? Or simply overpriced mayhem?
A HUGE thanks to Alex for showing us around - if you want to explore the amazing properties on his website check out: i-home.tokyo
Feel free to drop him a line if you have any questions about moving to Tokyo!
- And as for me, it's back to the ironing board.
Is there a puppy ramen machine?
Epic thanks for the video
If its $20k to rent per month how much is to buy?
Most interesting ad I’ve ever watched
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Lol, can't imagine a random rich person watching this video and be like "Yep, I'm moving in tomorrow."
Do rich people watch TH-cam? Or do they have their own secret rich people's version?
@@brintesiacirce9414 no lmao
Edit: I meant that rich people use TH-cam, I was answering his second question.
Realy?
@@brintesiacirce9414 TH-cam premium
@@sivvinod3187 we cant know until we become rich
Chris seems to be so proud about his ironing board kitchen space.
Live by the ironing board.
Die by the ironing board.
Who does not have ironing board kitchen space?
Such an irony
@@AbroadinJapan lmao i can hear chris' voice in this comment
What other uses has an ironing have? Could use one as a coffee table and be an upgrade from a bit of wood on top on a car tire.
Actually I was thinking $20K a month wasn't too bad for one of one Tokyo's swankiest neighborhoods until I remembered all of fees upon fees upon fees and the special added fee for the "privilege of paying fees" fee and the "just because we want to screw you even more" fee and finally, the "you gotta be kidding me" fee!
😂😂😂😂😂
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The rich probably get to avoid these fees weirdly enough
😭😭😭😭😎😎😎😎
Well,
It's empty for a reason I guess.
Surprised to see PD here
honestly this place looks like a dump for 20,000 a month. There are penthouse apartments for sale in Japan for 2-3 million that are WAY nicer with newer amenities. 20,000x 16 years is 4 million. You could get a MUCH better loan on 2-3 million and pay a mortgage on a better penthouse than renting this crap box.
Because if someone wants to purchase an apartment for 20k a month...they would probably just buy a house instead...
My guess this is intended for diplomat parties they will fill it up with hookers and drugs.
@@stephenshields4095 in the heart of Harajuku, Tokyo? Location matters as much if not more than the actual house itself you know...
chris wore his most expensive t shirt for this. He means business.
I would too! One must always Dress to impress
True but he did wear formal shorts 😂
maybe it's his friend and he can be himself, or maybe he can can do what he wants because how many of the people judging have a TH-cam channel....vote thumbs down if you do
and the camel toe shorts
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Alex was holding the dog like a bond villains, I love it. Chris, you can learn from him - you need more bond villain pets for more subs
He's essentially a post modern Bond villain.
Yes, the first thing I think is he's obviously a bond villan
This guy is a very skilled salesman. I think his shining brilliance shined particularly bright when Chris said:"This is a great place to sit and eat Muffins." and the boi responded with a quite sincere sounding and slightly flattering:"It is."
@@airyanawaejah2323 shekel shekel
It's also natraul to make typos, but this is one is positively supernatraul :^)
Something about your post made me giddy ☺️ carry on
I like how his friend can't turn off his real estate tour self as he's taking him through. Love it.
Lol yeah straight into presentation mode. Habit no doubt
I'm sure $20K in Texas will get you a 35 bedroom mansion.
And approximately one sq ft in NYC, pre-covid
@@hughjassstudios9688Give it another month. That shit is going to crash. Pretty sure Louis is right.
if you consider an old ranch house a mansion then sure.
@@Tiralful Louis is already right. It started falling a month ago. But then again owners don't sell it, they just keep it as an "asset"
@@hughjassstudios9688 same in London 😭
Plot Twist: It's actually Chris's apartment and he's too modest to admit it.
Chris can now afford it with all the subs :P that's why even though it was secret they could show it :P
He must have hired a company to move all his furniture to his secondary house then.
Could afford the apartment, could not afford any furniture lol.
I actually do wonder how much he's paid for all this
@@Dmitrisnikioff He has to be very well off, if not a millionaire.
Looking like an evil genius there holding the dog.
he's a realtor who caters to evil geniuses
A purposely bred disabled dog
@@geshkigal I mean, do you see what properties he's selling? Yeah. He's catering to evil genius billionaires
And definitely not ghey at all.
@@d.martin7692 Poor darling was forced into a bro handshake, I was hurting for him. The lack of respect !!
"This is the least big room. Let's call it the smallest." How avantgarde.
Alex giving some hard James Bond villain vibes.
I've been waiting for you, Mr. Broad.
Would've been even more villain-like if he had his pinkie on his chin while stroking the pug....
@@thedoneeye what's the rent for the apartment, Alex?
1 million yen! Muhaha!
Names broad, a broad.
Argh, you beat me to that joke by three whole hours
Watching the ads so that Chris can have a bigger kitchen
😂
To eat crisps
In reality we are just buying him a second ironing board.
@@LucaMolteni84 And 7/11 fried chicken!
All I seem to get is political ads xD so I can't watch all of them :(
Finally a rich people video that doesn't make me jealous of their wealth
i love how this man comfortably hold his pug at his office
This got recommended immediately, nice
Same here. Maybe youtube is stepping it up
Same
I also got a notification 😄
I’m from the twitter gang
A rare phenomenon for TH-cam indeed
"I would just roll around on the floor with it."
Don't pretend like you don't already do this, Chris.
In my current apartment, two rolls in and I'd smash into the wall.
@@AbroadinJapan smash *through* the wall
@@AbroadinJapan Even better, now you have an excuse to break in-- er rent that $20,000 apartment
@@AbroadinJapan so you have tried it :P
@@AbroadinJapan PSA: That's five rolls for the average person!
This is relatively depressing for the price.
I think all Tokyo is a depressing city.
Everything is cramped and narrow. That being said, if you've ever searched for a home you should realize that everything seems smaller when empty.
Where I live this is a dream come true lol
@@davidetre All cities are depressing.
@@finmetalwarrior the states is just toxic here, it's so suffocating sometimes and just standing outside, looking at our dull streets, it gives me a headahce. so I'm willing to learn some japanese and rush to japan.
that real estate guy looks like an absolute villain with that suit while petting his bull dog
I could watch a series of Chris touring Japan houses.
Tokyo Creative does a series on the homes of their staff. Chris Broad? This is the house that Carlos Gohsn escaped from.
I thought the same thing!
Dude seriously he could get alot of views touring different Japanese houses
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Same
This house he showing us
Is bigger than standard size apartment in japan
I love it
Wise decision to make the pug the CEO
It's like how every gondola company in New Venice makes blue-eyed cats their CEOs (from Aria The Animation)
it seems like a great decision at first, but i wonder if it has any buisness expertise whatsoever. maybe its just paying for everything
Well,at least the pug CEO wouldn't be stealing from the company. Unless it is food.
It's a tax dodge.
@@whocares2087.1 That would be a brilliant unethical decisionm
At first I read it as 20,000 yen a month, and was jaw dropping at how good this place was for the price...and then you said dollars, and it all made sense.
looking at the comments i am flabbergasted how many people didn’t like the apartment. my guess? they’ve never lived in a major metropolis and don’t really know the insane value this flat offers. the 2 gardens alone are worth the money you pay! i never lived in tokyo but i lived in london for many years and the housing prices arent that different (i’d even say quality wise you get even less for your money in london cause many houses are old as sin and have very bad insulation, gas n electricity. also mold is a major issue :/)
i absolutely love the layout from the masterbedroom to the dog garden to the living room. it is so cool n just feels like your own private oasis in the middle of tokyo. who csres for the gardens though? the person who rents or would they hire a gardener or...?
"This is a great place to sit and eat muffins" no one has ever said more british words than that
with all those controls i wouldn't be surprised if one is setup to be a muffin button
lol we don't really eat muffins in the UK, or even crumpets for that matter, that's just Chris mocking the stereotypes :'D
I wanna go sit at a place and eat muffins now, it is my support local businesses weekend after all.
Scones, don't forget scones
What Americans call "English Muffins" aren't actually English...we don't have an English muffin. Only McDonald's have a breakfast muffin and the cake type muffin which are both American haha
Why are all of Chris’s friends super rich and own these huge companies, but he’s still like a university student.
Because they're pretending :D
He may not have a company or something like that, but I think Chris is amazing, I love his personality, he feels like a friend to me
@@josuerosalesmontero783 completely agree on
Edit: *That, I hate writing on TH-cam
All these people need influencers like Chris to promote said companies.
Sure, let me know how it went
Don’t let Chris kid you, he can afford lots of stuff with his 2.4M subscription base. 🥳
Hearing how many times this guy said his entire apartment would fit into one of those rooms makes me really appreciate the living situation I have right now. I'm renting an entire house for the price of one room because the homeowner just wants someone to live in the place while his mom is still alive. When she passes he's going to sell the house, I assume, and I'll find another place to live. Here's hoping Mom is hail and healthy for many years to come!
repent Jesus christ is coming, repent before it's too late, Jesus loves you
@@combsbrushes777 I sure hope he's coming. I sent him an invitation. He's in charge of bringing the tequila and said he'd get his mom to make some taquitos.
It never really hit me how bad 2020 was until I saw a bond villain turn into a real estate agent.
I chuckled a little 😂
🤣 He even had a pet to stroke like a Bond villain. Luckily he didn't press a lot of buttons. One had to lead to a pit of sharks.
These are hard times
Really sick handshake at the beginning Chris. Dont know why people say you're old
EXACTLY.
Nothing really meant business until Chris whipped out the sickest handshake to a luxurious suited man with his handsome pug, respect.
That shake could travel back in time and deliver Clint Eastwood several strapping noogies.
I was really fixated on the handshake too and was so relieved to see your comment 🤣
@@ireneg2436 chris just looked so confused by the whole exchange 😂
You and Sharla make a good YT team! I particularly enjoyed the bike tour video you did featuring a number of guests, including Sharla!
“This is gonna to be depressing” how to start every day.
"This is gonna be depressing"
Indeed.
@Dan oz Where the fuck do you live where 250m²+ is an "average apartment"? Here in germany most single-family houses have around half that in living space!
The video is not totally depressing, I found the agent cradling a pug in his arms quite amusing (very reminiscent of Doctor Evil with a cat or Paris Hilton with a chihuahua at best)
I think it’s weirder how people are supposed to rent places like that. 20k a month in rent seems like such a waste. If you’re that rich to afford the rent you might as well buy property flat out.
@@Nick-hw4gd People don't though. They even mention it's for high level diplomats/ministers and company men where it's paid for by the Ministry for them to stay a bit.
I think what actually impressed Chris the most was the ability to hide the kitchen.
Anyone else notice how smooth their handshake is at 1:06?
Hats off to the guy for pronouncing scones correctly.
The day Chris starts dressing up for a video is the day I stop watching.
But I mean. He would look bloody good in a suit at least once eh?
😅
@@TopAnimeLoverEver 🥵
"This is gonna be depressing". That hits home hard. Most people struggle to get by here in Okinawa, but one day, I had the opportunity to go to the company owner's house to troubleshoot some computer problems (because of course he was using a company computer as his home computer). The house was beautiful and had an amazing view of the city. Plus, he had central heat/AC which I've never seen in any house in Okinawa. I can only dream of living in a home like that here.
No boss should live like that when his workers suffer. Greed stinks.
move to the west, most reasonable houses are nicer than this apartment.
You should work harder 48 hours per day. Oh well.
@@WookieWarriorz exactly, In Dallas Tx I've seen Apt bigger than this for 4-6k a month. Still pricey but as a westerner 20k for something that small baffles me.
Aldemar Aburto yep, this is a nice house but way overpriced, only cause of the usual size of Japanese flat.
This is my favorite property I’ve seen on either of your channels.
Not only was it interesting, but you two made it incredibly entertaining as well. Thank you! ありがとう
Alex standing there stroking his pet pug reminded me of Dr. Evil LOL
Chris favorite part of the tour - "No, you can't come up to my apartment" button
I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one. My first thought was with the pug he seems totally the Bond villain. I was waiting for him to say "So we finally meet Mr Broad."
3:39 A BIT bigger than most bedrooms in Japan? Good lord.. It really puts into perspective how small Japanese apartments are.
I absolutely LOVED the garden. How wonderful is that being able to loose yourself there and pretend you're not in the city
Yep if you ever watch some other videos of people living in Japan you will see how small apartments are
I'm in love with that iHome guy. So funny and sweet.
Chris, Sharla, deep sarcasm, a Bond villain and a bewildered-looking pug. I genuinely don’t need anything else to make my day.
He’s like The Godfather of real estate, holding that pug like a boss.
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And the dog is his CEO, he worth / makes more money than I do....that’s sad lol
@@JYYB Shhh, don't reveal Dogbert's real identity...
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Dat viel mij ook al op, Dr. Evil vibes.
Despite the price and debates about buying a real house, the house style is incredibly calming. Nice bedroom, awesome indoor outdoor experience, nothing too crazy (except the lift). I think if it was built anywhere else outside Tokyo, where land price is cheaper, this house design would sold instantly.
I love how the realtor is already standing up and holding a dog when Chris enters
Chris: “ *tHiS iS g0nNa bE dEpPrEsSiNG* “ Wise Words Right there
I saw just before Chris said this lol
The dog at the end made me feel better though
If Chris got this apartment he’d go out and buy an ironing board so he could use it as “Valuable kitchen space”.
Starting out with a cheery "THIS is gonna be depressing!" 🤣
I'm a Texan, so I'm just makin' assumptions here, but that made me laugh out loud. It just sounded SO BRITISH!
Bruh 2 minutes on zillow and I just found a 20,000 sqft(1858 sqm) mega mansion within 100 miles of where I live. And it comes with 10 acres of land, a pool with a lazy river, a tennis court, a basketball court, and a 14 car garage for $17,000 a month.
North Carolina real estate
"Big apartments don't care about your feelings."
-Alex Shapiro
I wonder if he has a sister in law who's a doctor
do u mean Ben Shapiro?
I doubt many Abroad in Japan watchers know about Ben Shapiro, but hopefully they now do. Or not.
@@23ofSeptember They gotta know just for the memes, man.
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I can see Royataro counting the no of chairs in the apartment 😆😂
Only the true OG's will understand
Yeah mate but you also have to factor in the thickness of the doors as a measure of wealth
I've seen all of Chris' videos but I sadly do not get this reference.
@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley th-cam.com/video/UUe_-wDuILw/w-d-xo.html Here is the video, it's the first part of the video where they show off the hotel
the super expensive hotel room video 😂
@@iqbalchuvan4890 yeah 😂
It's kind of odd coming from NY where $20K/mo is nothing unusual (especially for 4 bedrooms) and paying only $20 for parking 2 hours in midtown is cheap.
The “guest bedroom” is larger than my apartment. Congratulations
Do people actually RENT for that much? That sounds insane 😂
Haha check some of the rental prices in HK. Then you will be shocked.
Na, they buy them
Except if the kid is in college, then it is officially the kids bachelor apartment.
Must be nice...
Thats peanuts.
Check out hong kong and singapore.
Like they said, companies and embassies rent this level. The first to use as part of executive compensation packages and companies can write that off as an expense, and embassies because you need your diplomats to look impressive.
Meanwhile, Pyongyang apartments are free! Provided by the state
😂😂
Thank you based rocket man
LMAO 😂
Sugoi
LOL
"This is the the least big bedroom. Let's call it the smallest."
That would seem fair.
It's expensive because it's in Tokyo! It's all about location!
Ah, finally we get to see where Pete resides when he visits Japan.
Chris: Shows off a 200 sq meter penthouse with 2 gardens
Me: Crying in the corner of my 20 sq meter shoebox in Hong Kong
Wouldn't be hard since ur house is literally made of just corners
@@maryshen2926 Don't rub it in even more xD
To make it worse, the sq foot price of that penthouse is even cheaper than that shoebox of yours
@@user-vm8pr7wb9o USD 20,000 per month for 200 sq meters would be 100 per meter. Thankfully I don't pay that much which makes me feel a bit better, but not much haha
Hail from HK!
Definitely interesting mixture of woods. For some reason Japanese love this kind of early 2000s hotel style.
As a German i'm pretty unimpressed with the glass walls. First off all seemingly nothing can be opened. And secondly it's only double-glass. In Germany the standard is 3x-glass and it already exists 4x-glass. I find this apartment also really weirdly shaped, with narrow corridors and such.
Was thinking the exact same thing. The rooms are big but the places where you would spend also a lot of time, like kitchen and etc are just narrow as hell ...
mezz, your comment is very German. +10 points for fitting the stereotype. 🇩🇪👍
As a canadian, I am unimpressed as well, this place is so small for 20k a month.
@@Shtifu Well it's in the biggest city in existence, so i guess 20k fits the market. The upfront 130k fee is straight out robbery though. The garden is not very japan'esque and the dog feet washer looks like a hobby craftsman did that lol.
@@KawaiiMaterial that's because the kinds of people that live in places like this dont do things like that. Like cook and clean
@mezz a lot of Japanese building is like that. Even as an american I find their lack of....wall and window odd. Not enough insulation, not enough panes of glass, etc.
But on the whole, especially with houses. They view construction as somewhat temporary and not an investment. It's very common for a house older than 30 years to not really be considered in the price of a real estate purchase as it's just going to be torn down. Excepting the surviving pre WW2 construction.
A lot of the above has to do with classical Japanese construction techniques (wood and paper) and disasters. In 30 years the buildings after multille earthquakes reallyas sound as they should be and aren't up to the latest design codes. So might as well tear them down.
I love how he was introduced like a millennial James Bind villain-the relax suite-the haircut-holding a confused pug
That awkward moment when a $250,000 house is nicer than a 20k a month apartment in Japan.
I guess you're not in London then! LOL
Location, location, location. Is what I believe they’d say
Well I’d rather have the Tokyo apartment than some thing in the boonies
@@KendallM0219 No amount of 'location' can justify a 20K/Month price. You can probably purchase a really good home even in a great location for 4-5 million in most popular cities in the world. You can easily get approved for a loan if you have 20K/month money and just buy a. place that is 10x better than this and build equity. This is a crapbox for the price. Literally soulless. The 'garden' looks like weed growing and hasn't been cut in ages. The rooms give off a 70s vibe. Apart from being big, there is literally nothing here.
I hate dogs but the dog shown in the video got me feeling a different way. It is the most well behaved and cutest one I've ever seen.
I really needed this video for my own sanity. Thank you.
Did not expect to see you here!
Oh hello m'lord!
Confirmed that all British TH-camrs Just know each other.
@@robertthompson90 LOVE this channel
Cheers for watching mate!
"uh, I got 20,000 dollars, can I move in?"
"not so fast, mate"
this is ad....
It can’t be $20,000 a month , after 5 months you’d have bought it for the 13.63 million ¥.
@@lasarith2 TRY 14 MONTHS, PLUS UTILITY, TAX, AND GARBAGE.
@@lasarith2 Total of $274,130. That's if you count everything economically scripted into your bill's without internet from University 2gb speed. At an extra $1,224.51 a year for 2gb internet from national university. Average cost to live in a size like that plus cleaning materials. Honestly it's a better cost of living and have considered buying something like this, just to piss of political official or High ranking $4,000 a month high level yakuza membership. LMFAO. I'd get a house in the US for that kind of money, with 10 acres and less utility money. .
The dog washing feet garden hahaha. Love it.
What can I say? The apartment is gorgeous, of course... not to mention it is roughly five times the surface area of my own house... without the garden. The one thing that I liked most about the video is the fact that the realtor, Alex in the video, was so polite to say "my business partner and I..." and not the usual impolite and disrespectful way around most people do. Call me a bit oldfashioned but I do like polite people ;)
Chris: My favourite thing about this apartment is the view
The View: a jumble of concrete and glass boxes, power lines, air con motors, &c.
Some people like the city landscape
It's me, I'm people
remember, it's Japan, inside the city limits of Tokyo... the SINGLE MOST DENSELY POPULATED URBAN ENVIRONMENT ON PLANET EARTH. period. full stop. no questions asked. no variables needed. it has more people per square kilometre of land than any other urban area on the planet.
having an open cityscape view 360 degrees around the WHOLE apartment? every single window shown of the exterior of the apartment, since it's on the top floor... there's NO high rise buildings immediately right next door to the apartment building.
that is a SERIOUSLY primo high Dollar $$ view in Tokyo.
@@lesliekilgore648 it's really funny how hyperbolic you got here because you're actually wrong. Tokyo is not the densest city/urban area in the world. Look it up lol.
Paris is denser than Tokyo. And any random view in Paris is going to be nicer than this.
@@NeonShadowsx cool, thanks for replying.
i guess my info was more than a decade out of date. my ex GF in the 2000's was a US Embassy worker's kid in Tokyo. i don't remember when she lived there, exactly. i remember it was more than a decade in length since she said she even went to HighSchool there and Tokyo U for 9 months. then her dad left the US State Dept. Foreign Services Division for 'home service' here in the States.
plus i got the national density mixed up with the city in Tokyo. the 'urban footprint' city of Tokyo person per square kilometre is the highest in Japan! my bad i fucked that one up vs world stats. oops. :( 6,264 persons per square k
Paris by the way, 21,000 persons per square k... yes i can do the research. bla bla bla. but you know what, Paris is rather shitty because the city itself is 12,012 square kilometres where Tokyo is 13,555 so over a square k bigger in size.
that and i find Paris personally crap. it's insane to navigate. since i didn't speak French fluently every Parisian i interacted with treated me like shit. Google Translate talking out of my phone WOULD have helped, but not much. the taxi situations in Paris were a nightmare. i lost my ass using my credit card in Paris taxis.
of course i traveled for pleasure/business there before the EU was formed so. shrug. my situation is very out of date.
back then i found Heathrow a lot nicer than the city of Paris, but i didn't leave the airport in London. layover wasn't long enough to bother on that trip.
i enjoyed Berlin more than Paris on that trip. the Germans bent over fucking backwards once they found out my nein was almost all i had. seriously, a damn McDonalds' kid in Berlin got 2 other employees who combined had enough English to help me order in German. the Parisians? i got told to 'fuck off American' in every store. even McDonalds in Paris gave me a stink eye. and i can fucking count to three in French and German. so asking for a #1 wasn't that hard in either city.
Tokyo on the other hand is a public commuters' wet dream. nigh on 4 years ago old college buddy was there for fun. he downloaded the uhh oh god what was the company's name... Lobster Card? anways, he didn't even need cash, or a credit card, or anything, he set up the phone as a 'swipe' for trains in Tokyo for a week's duration. he typed in/set up 'i'm here, going here' the app did everything. it took GPS location, showed how to walk to the nearest station, how to navigate INSIDE the station, where to swipe the phone, what the trip would cost, where transfers were, up to date by the minute arrivals and departures, if you wanted to arrive somewheres by a certain time from a certain location it could tell you that too. it even told which side of the train to stand on for exit! :o damn app was like HAL from 2001 Space Odyssey.
BTW, my ex is working her way up the Honda North American corporate ladder angling for a posting inside Japan before 2030. since she's still fluently bilingual.
For that price, they could have installed monitors who simulate a nice view all day round...
Chris is missing the point, that living room is supposed to be your VR space, you don't need any furniture there.
Some pillows. In case you trip. Definitely some pillows at least.
And yes. I would trip. Over my own two stupid feet 😂
1:36 “someone who is good” oh Chris ❤
I have no idea what this video was about…. There was a pupper! A tiny doggo. A teeny woofer. 🥰
Easily the most impressive thing is that hella cool handshake at 1:07
You need to get out more.
Really? Huh standard formal greeting in South Africa💭
$20,000 a month and the elevator button is slightly tilted.
Surely worth a discount, right?!
Discount %30
whole interior is so dated
Cree is it really? You think bamboo closets, waterfall countertops and lacquered kitchen cabinets is dated? You think gray is dated? You think cement and stone shower rooms dated? Tell us all why?
@@bartwatts1921 because it is. New luxe apartments were doing this 7-8 years ago. Welcome to fashion for buildings. It moves. Don’t lose your hat.
Hahahahaha!! Scottie the pug is the CEO lol. Great video, first time seeing your channel and I loved it! It's been a while since I've been in Japan! I DO remember the people staring at me like I was Godzilla lol. At 6'3 and 210lbs I did stand out quite a bit lol. Tokyo is an amazing city! Love Japan.
wow we just did an apartment tour but this is crazy...! cant compare...I NEED A TV IN THE BATHROOM
I've seen more homely offices.
What are you doing here ?
Didn't expect to see you here!
what do you expect from an empty apartment?
@@ladyinwight haha its because this apartment is so nice they can't imagine living there (fair enough). A mansion would never seem homely to me either
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As soon as I got the notification, I immediately paused the Trash Taste podcast to watch this
A man of class I see
U are a person I can truly respect
We are a large demographic.
Those tree leaves look so crisp 10:37
OMG That dog was awesome lol!!!
動画を見る前：ドルと円を間違えてないか？
動画を見た後：間違えてなかった。
Before watching: Did he mistake dollar for yen?
After watching: He didn't make a mistake.
日本人：月額2000万？ この金額、アタマおかしい。
外人の不動産や：Here we are world famous in "Tokyo" ,right ?
日本人: 壁のインターフォン類の表示、日本語だけやけど？
外人の不動産や：Woops !" Shitsurei shimashita
日本人：こんな低いとこにスイッチ、子供ちゃうで、いらえんやろ？
外人の不動産や：I'm afraid. This is Japanese style.
日本人: ええかげんにしいや・・・
Well, there are private yachts with captain included, meals, fuel.. for $5000/week.. so why not an apartment in Tokyo.
'This bedroom is the least big - let's just call it the smallest' - he was in typical estate agent mode there until he remembered you weren't looking to actually rent the place.
this apartment was way better than the 25,000 dollar a month one. I really like the garden and natural wood spaces. I do think that the kitchen could definitely be much bigger and they should've taken away space from the living room to make the kitchen bigger
Love "well this is going to be depressing " I almost spat my pepsi out my nose when you said that . Then I subscribed , that was internet GOLD !
1:09 That handshake was smooth
wondering if they had to try it several times
Lol crazy how the finishes looks kinda cheap for this price range... shows you that real estate is crazy in Tokyo.
Compared to a similar valued western property, it's pretty awful. I guess space is just such a premium in Tokyo
I have to agree, and I feel like they went overboard with the closets. Sure you need storage space, especially when most of the walls aren't actually walls but windows instead. lol. But still, feels very impractical if you'd want to actually bring any furniture other than beds, a sofa and dining table with you.... I did like the wooden flooring though.
the game yakuza 0 is all about 1980s tokyo real estate
Indeed ! Im reonvating my home with better materials in a 300k house lol !
thats why you dont want to live in big cities that have limited space (tokyo, HK, london, new york, etc.), its way to expensive for what you get.
I really dislike how that Real Estate guy is always watching into the camera and not into this channels guys face.
Wowwwwww this is the size of a standard western house!!! But in Tokyo it’s ultra rich luxury!
At this price, one would think they would just buy a house.
Cant buy a house in middle Tokyo and location is everything
buy a house in tokyo?
@@sabereaseera1384 can buy a penthouse
@@sabereaseera1384 You can buy a penthouse also 20k seriously isnt worth it for this apartment. Theres better options.
Not everyone is interested in living in a house, plus those don't really exist in the heart of tokyo lmao
This video made me learn that there is such thing as too much space! (At least in my personal opinion 💦 )
I'd be lost if I had to treck to get from room to room 😂
The whole time I was just thinking about how much shopping you have to do to fill up those cupboards
@@ziksy6460 so I wasn't the only one who thought that
Haha thanks, at least I'm not the only one xD I also wonder how you could even fill that huge living room with stuff that is actually useful. Like you need a couch, let's say two big couches to see big, a huge home cinema, a big table, someplace to store the kind of stuff rich people like to expose to flaunt their egos (like cups of the richest man or whatever)... then what? The place would be at most 30% filled xD
Agreed. As much as I would like quite a bit of space, that was a lot of large rooms that would to go waste if I was living there; I need space, just not that much space.
I guess that comes down to philosophy... Diogenes would deface on the person who bought this place 🤣
“beautiful.. great for putting your socks in 😀✨” sold me.
As a wheelchair user, I'm realizing that even a $20k per month apartment is built with small doors, tiny corridors, stairs that don't really need to be there... into an accommodation that would render wheelchair living quite poorly maneuverable. This is quite astonishing to me. Not only that space consciousness is still so present in a home for which traditional limitations don't really apply, but also that accessibility seems to be such an elusive type of luxury for the country as a whole when looking at it from the outside.
From my limited understanding japan doesn't have the best history when it comes to accommodating disable people and many parents of kids with disabilities send them off to hide them in disability centers that had lots of human right violations. I think its getting better so thats something.
cities arent good places for wheelchair users or disabled people in general
@@imstupidbut In Japan? Perhaps. They've done me wonders in Europe.
@@GuillaumeCeccarelli which part of europe if you don’t mind me asking? because when i visited europe it seemed like a terrible place for wheelchairs, with the cobbled roads, frequent stairs, and lack of “disabled” bathrooms, elevators, and wheelchair ramps
@@imstupidbut I've lived for the longest in Stockholm, Sweden but have had an ok time living in Paris for a few years (though the apartment accessibility issue there is real, and I suppose, commensurate to a point with what I should expect in Tokyo), and I've had little to no problem visiting Barcelona & Madrid. True, there will always be problems of some kind that you have to overcome, but if you compare city life with the opposite (whether less dense urban areas or full-blown rural life), I still think cities win out in terms of ability to live well for wheelchair users.
Maybe if I work hard with sweat and blood until I'm around 65-70, I'll be able to afford the train ticket to the tour.
Lmfao
I might be able to afford snacks if you decide to bring along a companion. Or like, parking fees?
Wow, Alex has my respect. Starting a business is already hard but imagine starting one in a foreign country. That takes hard work.
I'm sure he had a familial cash injection
@@naderkhouri9468 His clean look and posh accent may suggest he comes from a wealthy background, though it is of course just a stereotype. It probably helps to look and talk that way when dealing with wealthy clients.
@Gap What would he have to look/sound like for you to believe otherwise? Or do you think such an occupation is impossible to get into without money?
wow I didn't expect the description of english garden but that really is accurate, those bushes and trees crowding over a path is very reminiscent of my nan's garden haha
The best channel on you tube. Watching Chris say..."I'd just roll around and around" and looking at the realtor's face.. 😂😂😂
"Very rare for Japan, this is dual pane glass" ... sound very odd coming from a place in Europe where 3-pane windows have become the norm for new buildings.
I haven't seen a single-pane window in any but the oldest buildings.
Its about room temperature, tokyo is not hokkaido and also a window instead a wall makes it rare.
Yeah, again, you're talking about Europe.
On the contrary, european toilets must remind the japanese of the middle ages. I guess every country has their quirks.
Try living in Australia... we basically have perspex windows 😭
I've been living and working in Japan for almost 4 years, and my apartment has single-pane windows.
Most house and apartments in Japan don't have double-pane windows. They also don't have any rubber or seal around doors or windows.
I can feel the wind because there's a gap between the sliding window in my bedroom. There's also a gap all around my main door. You can see the light from outside.
Because of the lack of insulation, my apartment kitchen goes up to 40°C in summer and down to ~6-10°C during winter (the water leaking from my old freezer used to freeze during winter).