hey guys it's Kim here welcome back to my channel I have finally moved into my new apartment it took
a lot longer than expected so I got to Japan two months ago and at that time I was thinking you
know what I'm going to apartment hunt the first week choose an apartment and then the second
week we will be able to move in obviously that did not happen and it took us about three weeks
to find this apartment I'll explain more later but yeah apartment hunting in Japan wasn't as
easy as I thought it would be and apparently we moved in very quickly because house hunting in
Japan can take months a lot of my friends I spoke to said it took them at least two
to six months to move into a new place which to me is insane so I'm very grateful that we
finally have an apartment because we were in a service department for about six weeks and you
know what it was pretty difficult because it was a one bedroom with two people Plus
a dog so um yeah I don't know how we survived that but I am in love with my current place
there's still a lot of work to be done I will film an apartment tour once it's finished in
today's video I am going to be showing you guys four Apartments I viewed when I apartment hunted
on the very first day I filmed all the apartments I went to just because I thought you guys would
be interested to see what Japanese apartments look like we apartment hunted for another two
weeks before we found the perfect place just before we start let me show you guys what our
conditions were number one convenience as I get older time is money so I need to get to places
quickly convenience was the most important for me number two something relatively spacious we have
a dog and we want her to be comfortable obviously so we needed something that you know was at least
big enough for her to run around freely number three quietness I don't like crowded play cases
and I like to keep to myself so yeah I guess the quieter the better number four a relatively new
building now I didn't need the building to be very very new but I wanted something newer than what I
had when I was living in Japan last time because our place was just super old and it also was very
inconvenient but on the plus side the rent was very cheap number five easy access to a balcony
and a full window now Eric and I actually don't care about the view but our dog cares about the
view because she loves just staring out the window and staring at people walking by so
when we're told you know people that we wanted an apartment that has a view for a dog people would
be like are you getting an apartment for you or for the dog and I'm like can't afford a dog but
I really want her to live a happy and comfortable life so why not for our budget we wanted something
thing less than our Sydney apartment so in Sydney we were paying five thousand dollars a month for
rent I know it's Sydney but our landlord actually wanted to increase our rent to six thousand
dollars a month but luckily because we got our Japan visa and we booked our flights before they
were able to increase it that was okay no key money would be nice because in Japan there's
key money but then also there's the deposit now the deposit you can get some of it back when you
move out as long as there's you know no damage to the apartment key money is pretty much gift money
to the landlord to say thank you for letting me rent your apartment that's thousands of dollars
which you won't get back now obviously because we have a pet we have to pay extra deposit now
depending on the apartment from what I've seen it's usually one or two months extra
deposit which is completely understandable and I was happy to pay that but anyway those were
our conditions let's start the apartment tours we are at apartment number one one so this is
again come this is where you leave your shoes and it looks like there's some storage in here
storage room which I love because I have so much stuff so well also we've got like seven
suitcases as well so we can store them all in here our dog's crate that all can go inside
here so that's perfect bedroom number one I love how bright this is like what I've said
is that I really want an apartment that has lots of nice natural light because
the apartment we had in the city was really dark we have a walk-in closet look at that
going to the bathroom so much storage in here look at all this guys like
like there we go so there's more storage here as well like all of these open up so that's very
handy in here as well even more storage like storage is so important to us and then just on
this side this is the bathroom it's a very fancy Japanese bathroom to be honest now also what's
cool about this place is it's got a sauna so if you press this apparently the Mist comes out of
this thing on the roof and this whole room turns into a sauna so here more storage and then just
it's a toilet so you've got like your typical Japanese toilet here a sink this is the main
area we have so much space light is beautiful this is the bathroom I mean it's not this is a kitchen
Okay so we've got big sink gas stoves a lot of gas stoves we don't have an oven but you've got like
a grill here and this is really rapid Japanese Apartments but we've got a dishwasher we have a
second bedroom so we can use this as an extension of the living room if we want to I'm not sure if
we will we'll have to see how we place everything but this is smaller than the first bedroom and
there's a very small closet here I mean you can't it's kind of deep but you won't be able to fit too
much in here first apartment but so far is looking very good so I need to confirm the price let me go
and ask by the way this is Alex he's helping us around I already found your videos oh yeah
and then when we found out that you were a real estate agent I was like oh oh okay this one is 425
000 yet a month we are at the second apartment so first off we got the Gen Con this is a little
darker than the first one so here we've got storage for shoes toilet so like the first
apartment a Japanese toilet and a sink storage at the top now in this one this is going to be the
main bedroom so they said this place hasn't been cleaned yet so all this stuff at the walls that's
going to be cleaned up or they're going to replace the wallpapers but this I feel like this room is
quite small it's only going to fit literally just a bit and that's it but we've got closets
and then here we've got a small storage this is Eric's closet then this is my closet bathroom so
looks like you can find toothbrush or something I don't know just I don't know we have a space
for the washing machine and then just to your left right here we have the bathroom this one also has
the sauna option like the first apartment uh where is it right there yes storage so
you know what I feel like I prefer the first apartment because it's got the storage room
this would be the second bedroom so I guess we can kind of use it for like a study or maybe a
guest bedroom when people visit because I know a lot of friends and family is going to visit us
here it's very spacious this is the living area so this is the study here but to be honest this
is a huge study that I feel like it's almost like a third bedroom if we were to rent this
place we would um turn this one into like maybe my filming studio and maybe my computer can go in
here we also have like a garbage disposal which I didn't I mean I've never used one before oh
we've got cabinets here and storage area so the other department did not have this this is the
third place so again kind there's no like actual proper game time here but um you just leave your
shoes here or put them in a Shoe Closet which is I feel like that's what we're gonna do it just makes
it more cleaner main bedroom so this apartment's already staged so it gives us some idea on what we
can do a walk-in closet I love this so much space in here we can I don't know put some plants oh no
I won't put a plant there I can't I can't take place I killed my cactus a couple of years ago
nice open kitchen I really like the look of this no dishwasher here but that's okay because I don't
actually use well we have had dishwashers in the past and we barely used it but we've just got
gas stove we've got a little Grill here storage these are all storage then it becomes this side
another living areas this is the second bedroom so this is kind of like uniquely shaped so we can
use this as like a studio around this way there is another closet just a small one so I love how
they staged the closet as well but that is the third apartment Less storage I think compared
to the previous ones we've went to over here we have a bathroom so it's similar to like the
other apartments this is the sink area so we've got some storage similar to the other apartment
and then we've got some storage down here as well skincare there all right then we've got the
washing machine spot right here some more storage and then this actually connects to the kitchen
so this is the kitchen here a very spacious gas stove it's a dishwasher yes that's a dishwasher
oh that's fancy is this where you hide your snack so I can't eat them lots of space I love this like
it's just very open I like the square layout we've got a very small closet in here but you can store
this would be the second bedroom so I guess you can use this as a study filming Studio
you have a walk-in closet toilet so yeah I feel like all the toilets are very standard they all
look quite the same and then this is the main bedroom it's big right I really like the size of
this closet space here so decisions I like this place a lot so the price of this one is 480. so
those are all the apartments I viewed on my very first day of apartment hunting so they were all
very beautiful and honestly I would have been happy to move into any of those but there were
a few things that we had to think about so for example the first apartment was oh that was my
favorite but the location wasn't very convenient it was quite far from the nearest train station
so that was out the second apartment Eric and I weren't too keen on the look the third one I
liked then I just felt like the layout was quite strange I prefer just you know normal Square rooms
but the shape of the rooms were just I don't know just kind of threw me off and I thought
that it was going to be hard to furnish the last one was actually my favorite but okay
in Japan apartment hunting Works differently to Australia and Eric and I were kind of taking our
time in Sydney Eric and I had no issues renting and we were able to get the places that we wanted
almost immediately because how it works is that people just apply for the apartment and they
choose the application that they like the best and for Eric and I because well at the time when
we were renting an apartment we were you know a married couple we had dual income and we didn't
have a dog at the time so it was much easier and we were like always chosen for the apartments we
rented in Japan however it's first come first served now I did not know this because when
I moved to Japan six years ago I was renting apartments through companies that were catered
towards foreigners which is okay but honestly in my opinion from what or from my experience
actually I felt that the apartments that they were offering were too expensive for what it is they
were much older and all also because we have henna most of them don't allow pets so that's why this
time around we you know try to find an apartment the normal way which was a lot harder but at the
end of the day I felt like it was worth it because I am so in love with our apartment but also I have
to mention that let's just say we were apartment hunting in Sydney because we have a dog now that
makes us much less favorable and it would have been 10 times harder to find an apartment in
Sydney as well so the fact that we were able to find this apartment oh I'm just so grateful but
anyway that is the end of today's video I hope you guys enjoyed it if you want to see more Japan
Vlogs make sure you follow my Vlog Channel I have been uploading quite a lot of Japan Vlogs there
so if you want to see moving in Vlogs and just Vlogs of me hanging around in Tokyo check out that
channel I also have a gaming channel for against an impact guides so if you want to you know
find every single chest and get your impact follow that channel I also have my social medias which
I will link down below I'm so excited to make more Japan guides and now that I finally got an
apartment there'll be lots coming soon so if you guys have any recommendations for videos
you want me to make let me know down below and I will see you guys in the next video bye guys
[Music]
thank you