Name: What It’s Like House Hunting In Japan | Kyoto Apartment Tours
Uploaded: 2021-03-31T18:35:23.000Z
Duration: 12 min 23 s
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What's really, really cool today is that we're going to go now to look at a traditional co matia.

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So if you want to talk about how will your experience differ from where it would say in North America, perhaps in Europe there is nowhere that you're going to find a house like this.

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Just the mere mention of going apartment hunting runs chills down their spine.

And then there's a group that really, really enjoys it.

I'm in the latter group, and I'm about to do it here in Japan.

Usually you're going through a company or at least finding a listing online to see where it is that you're going to tour and then you sign through a company.

I'm going to show you guys specifically what companies I would use, and we'll go over that a little bit later in the video.

So we're gonna give you guys a glimpse into exactly what is it like to go apartment hunting and to find a new home in Japan?

Drew, the silent protagonist behind the camera, has actually been looking at a number of properties around Kyoto lately and so has a good relationship with one of the local realtors.

They were kind enough to show us a number of different properties ranging from old to new, big to small, the first of which was high in a tower building.

That is the first apartment that we're looking at here.

So, yeah, I've never actually had to Tommy before.

You leave this in every single home, but having the air conditioner, obviously that's huge.

And then you're gonna want to have enough space for all your clothing as well.

And then if you're a person who really, really loves to cook, considerations are given in the kitchen as well, and you actually get Wow, it is a wild view from out here.

You're going to show you guys looking over the other way, That is, that is where I've been previous or you hold the after in the video the beautiful garden.

That kind of sits, um, in one of the major sections in Kyoto heading over to the kitchen.

We have the obviously, we got the vent here, which is great.

You got something about their That's actually a pretty medium sized sink, as far as I've seen, when I've gone around and then in this corner here, we would set up our refrigerator.

And then, depending on the size of your workstation, you could probably put it right here in the bathroom that you're gonna find here.

There's something that's unique to Japan.

I've never seen this back in Canada, not my personal preference.

And it happens where they'll put the toilet, actually in the same room as the shower.

But if you're on a budget, it can be a way that you're actually going to save some money because that often drops the price of your rent when you're looking at places.

Okay, guys, So we're heading to the second location now, and this one is more significant.

This will give you a great sense of if you're gonna go a little bigger.

There is a gas range stove over here that you've got interesting that it comes with this.

That's not something you should always expect.

When I moved into different apartments, you've often had to get your own.

Have to get those yourself and your washing machine.

But if you purchase them, then you're saving money.

When you move to the next location, you can bring yours in under my feet.

Now is something I really find in Japan, which is carpet.

It's always it's always wood flooring or it's the Tommy, but I never, ever usually find carpets.

So that's kind of like this is a weird, nostalgic feel.

This reminds me of being back on Vancouver Island, so this would be your kitchen.

Then you've got perhaps a master bedroom there.

And then, if you're Baller Deluxe, this could either be your second bedroom or, if you wanted to turn this into an office to be a great space for an office.

And what is really cool here is that maybe perhaps do a little tour around the outside that we have a connected balcony so you can come out here.

But I can try and you've got both rooms connected by the balcony, which is awesome.

And we'll take the camera off of me for one moment through fast pan over there.

We've got Kyoto Tower, so that's really, really cool.

Obviously, the most important thing you're searching for is a house, But second in importance to that is the resources that are available so you can find the best house for you.

There's a couple of online Web portals that you can go to theirs homes dot c o dot jpg.

There's como to use demo dot jp and then there's able to, and these are useful for a number of different services.

So, first and foremost, you can narrow down location.

You can look, for example, whether by station or you could look by address, and you can figure out where you want to live.

Following that, you can then search on these sites by preference of things that you want in your home, and the additional service on top of that is that from these portals you can book your viewing of the apartment.

So this is especially cool to be in here.

This building is being renovated right now.

So most of the time, you can't come in and look at a place like this because they want to finish the renovations before you get to see anything else in here.

The real Terry was like, Sure, we can get you the key because Drew is awesome.

This is really, really well designed for my preferences personally.

The island kitchen and the island kitchen lets you make what you want to make and also be social with people while you're hanging out with them to give you guys a few critical stats.

This is after, like, building management fee.

It's about 68,000 yen and the initial costs, which are involved with like, uh, guarantee fees, brokerage fees, all that stuff.

If you wanted to have something like a workspace, I was thinking if I were set up my workspace, you would set it up here, and that would be one place for you to be.

As I said, make sure you always bring a tape measure.

We take, measure that out, everything works.

And then you come into the master bedroom.

We got wall to wall here so you can see you're gonna have a great light in this room.

The closet, which we were looking into as well.

We already got that pre installed in this place.

It's getting check marks all over the place.

We got a fantastic balcony out here so you can see Japan, for whatever reason, often doesn't have drying machines.

So you can see there's the contraction outside here that you would put a bar across, and this bar here would allow you to hang your clothes and take care of your laundry.

And then you got a view straight through to the mountains and I'd like to show you on the other side of the building incredible view.

Looking over to the river, you can't quite see the river, but you can see the mountains on the other side.