Name: What a $400,000 House in Tokyo Japan will Get You
Uploaded: 2025-08-01T18:29:03.000Z
Duration: 19 min 47 s
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This is a house in Tokyo you'd get for $400,000.

Past simple

So in this video, I wanted to do something a little different than the usual, and I wanted to give you a tour of a $400,000 house in Tokyo, Japan.

Future simple

That's 60 million yen, and I'm going to show you what you really get for this price.

But first, to give you some background, the reason I have access to this place is that my real estate friend is planning on renovating this house.

But before he does, he said I can give you guys a full tour of the place.

But anyways, let me know if you guys like this type of video.

If you want to see more, let me know in the comments.

I've actually never been here before, so let's go check it out now.

So this is the house, a 160 square meter 4LDK house with two garages and a backyard sitting on 181 square meter plot of land.

A 44-year-old house with a market value of 60 million yen, about $400,000 US dollars.

So this is the actual front door, and apparently no one has actually lived in here for the last, I think, three years.

So it'll be interesting to see what's inside.

But just looking around, they do have this cool drain system, some stuff that's kind of like overgrown right here.

They have some security floodlights, I guess, right here.

Okay, so it's not much warmer in this house, so I think I'm just going to leave my jacket on.

But looking around, it kind of doesn't have that typical Japanese vibe, kind of more like a blend of Scandinavian and Tokyo home, I guess.

For Japan standards, this open entrance area is quite roomy.

Oh wait, actually look, it's like typical in a Japanese home, they actually have a little shoe closet here.

As I go through here, I'm trying to figure out what my friend would do to renovate this place, and how he's going to change all of it.

So let me know in the comments also if you guys have any ideas on what you guys would do yourself.

Okay, so I think this is the main living room area, and you can see it's still very, very lived in.

Lots of interesting features, you got that cool chandelier area right there.

You have that Seiko clock, I wonder if it still works, maybe put some batteries in there.

You have these two wide open windows that lead into this balcony area, you can do a lot with that.

AC there, you got these really kind of old curtains.

It's still in fairly okay condition, you can see the floors are a little bit soft.

Old TV plugs here, it looks like these cabinets are still pretty cool, so you might be able to refurbish them.

If I could figure out how to open this door.

Okay, so look at this, this is actually pretty cool.

I didn't even realize there's like a little side gate over there.

Yeah, there's so much that you could potentially do with this.

I mean, you can just throw a hot tub, barbecue, throw a jacuzzi, maybe a sauna and a cold bath.

You know, I've actually been into that recently.

I could just like clear this out and let Wolfie play and have like a place for him and his friends to come.

At the end of the day, quite a bit of stuff you can do.

Just I think around the corner, let's go around this way.

Just here, this is kind of like a cemented area.

You can put like a little awning, sit out here, have some tea, have a beer, just hang out with some friends.

And apparently this right here is a parsimony tree, you know, twice a year, you probably have some fruits coming in.

Okay, so before we move on, I thought it'd probably be a good idea to explain the housing prices here in Tokyo.

So in Japan, housing properties are evaluated based on the land value plus the building value.

In Tokyo, the average land value is about 1.2 million yen, 8,110 US dollars per square meter.

While in this area on the outskirts, average is about 330 yen, 2,230 US dollars per square meter, which would value this house's land at around $400,000.

But since the house was built in 1980, has been poorly maintained, left unrenovated with no one living here for three years, the house value in Japan is considered close to zero.

Therefore, a total valuation of $400,000.

I'm interested to see what the kitchen is like, it's kind of low.

Okay, so this is the kitchen area right here, and it's a very typical Japanese kitchen.

I love the fact that there's so much space.

Just looking at this area in itself, like I'm living in central Tokyo and just feel like this space alone is as big as our apartment.

You have the stoves, you have three burners, it even has one of these small Japanese fish grills.

It's like an old school air conditioning unit right here.

Oh, and then you even have some storage in here, built-in storage.

It's not really a refrigerator, but it keeps things cooler.

Look up there in the cabinet area, they have some old school alcohol.

I don't even know if you're able to drink this stuff, but 15-year malt whiskey, Highland Queen Fine Old Scotch Whiskey, got some Suntory Old Whiskey.

Finding these little treasures from the House of Suntory Limited, the oldest distillers in Japan.

Okay, I guess it's just Suntory, you know, it's probably at least three years old for sure.

Literally, there is so much potential that you can do with this place.

I almost wouldn't mind living here myself if I renovated it.

So what is interesting, I think this is a 4LDK, so that means that you have the living, the dining, and then you have four rooms.

So we have four more rooms to go, so let's continue on.

This light right here keeps bothering me, it just keeps on flickering, but you know, what would you expect?

Okay, so this is the bath area, got the sink here, little outlet for your washer and dryer system right here, got some cabinets, got this cool little heater, then you got the breaker here as well.

This is the tub area, kind of like a smaller size bath, perfect for the population, but it's cool.

So this here is a Japanese style bath, just press a button, have some coffee or tea, and then after like, I don't know, 15 minutes, the bath will be like perfectly heated to what level you want.

So definitely love that part about Japanese houses.

And then also, you know, you can also just take a shower here if you don't want to take a bath.

Even has some side handles here for people that need handles.

Okay, and I think just around the corner here is the toilet area.

Okay, so I think there's one more room over here, so let's go check it out.

Okay, so this room here has some cool tatami action going on, pretty standard Japanese room.

So I don't know if I renovated it, if I'd keep it or not.

Maybe some people like it, but pretty cool because it like leads out into the backyard area.

Just over here, they have some closets for futons.

Yeah, there's quite a lot of storage space in this house, and like per room, they have a lot of storage space.