Check out this Airbnb
Beautiful dining area
very minimalist white
I feel like I'm in a sanctuary
A very basic dining table
a nice clean white kitchen
just the very basic necessities
What the hell is that doing here?
With a wide variety of choices from convenient to interesting
affordable luxurious
Traditional or whatever you're into
there's somewhere to stay for everyone on any budget in Japan
this trip we opted to try an Airbnb for the first time to feel a little more local
Have a kitchen and have a bit more space
When scrolling through apartments
I came across one that I just had to experience for myself
Hey guys welcome back to my channel
and welcome to our house in Tokyo temporarily
so we're currently staying at this really cool Airbnb
It's listed at about 30,000 yen per night
or about $300 u.s.
And is located in the heart of Shibuya
Or should I say the loins of Shibuya
because I didn't realize this it's in the love hotel district
What's this they have costumes
and shampoo, they wash your hair
No, you can rent all that stuff
oh you can rent shampoo?
so you can choose the same one that you use at home
So people won't know you're cheating
So you can choose the same brand
That's why they have so many
So like that guy doesn't come home
And it's like you smell different than usual
You've got all these different love hotels
There's really famous nightclub called womb
and then you've got us in our giant egg
just minding our business
or it could look like a grain of rice or a spaceship
it's up to you
I think it's an egg though
I want it to be an egg because Japanese eggs are the best eggs in the world
it's actually the first thing I ate
it's always the first thing I eat when I come here
when we arrived here at 11:30 pm
I had an egg in me by like 12 pm last night so
Anyways this is our giant egg
It is an architectural masterpiece
Let me take you inside
Built in the year 2000
this building was carefully crafted by Japanese architects
Masaki Endoh and Masahiro Ikeda
It win a good design award in 2004
And photos of this home are on display in the Pompidou
Making it very renowned for his design
soon as you come in through the door
We've got an area for slippers and a place to put your shoes
They've left some umbrellas there for us to use
this home features this giant metal staircase
that runs from the basement floor to the top fourth floor
with this giant skylight at the top to light your way into something fun
Or something of your nightmares depending on how you look at it
It don't feel steady
What is this house?
This is so stupid
Why is there a toliet there?
Let me start with the downstairs
So Japanese homes are really interesting
Because they go
there always very high vertically instead of long horizontally
so everything is sort of stacked on each other
and they're usually around four floors
including the basement
and a lot of Japanese bedrooms are actually located in the basement
which makes perfect sense because it's a lot darker there and
Maybe even cooler a lot of people like to sleep with them cooler air
I do anyway, so I don't know that's what I'm thinking
But to me it makes perfect sense
So this home actually has two bedrooms
one at the very top and one at the basement
this basement bedroom has two twin beds
and then there is a giant closet all across the back
and a giant bookshelf slash desk
Which makes for a great place to work
Alright let's go up
So on the second level we have the living room area and kitchen
Overall the design is very minimalist
It's very clean, It's very white
There isn't really anything on the walls
It's very bare we don't even have a TV
I just feel really
calm here until I get to the stairs
the stairs are a good workout
here they have all of the cleaning supplies
and then a snack cover
the recycling bin of course
Japan is great on recycling.
They separate everything they do a really great job.
So here we have the combustible
here we have the non combustible
and then we can separate it further in the bins downstairs.
This is our sink and area to wash dishes
These are the dishes available
Stove is under here
And then the microwave is in here
which Sharla and I discovered doesn't fully open
putting our Shaylor cooking perseverance to the test
What?
Does it pushes a little bit back?
For fuck sake
Why designed this house?
And a fridge we have a little fridge
filled with all the best things we've got our eggs of course
another one of my favorite oden and canned coffee
Currently sitting on the most interesting part of the house.
There's actually a toilet in the kitchen and
I don't know why
They put it here
If you can think of any reason why this should be here
because I can't
please let me know in the comments
I just I I can't figure it out.
It it works. It's a working toilet.
You can actually sit
Flushes
Yeah, like there's even toilet paper here and everything
it's meant to be used
I wonder how I didn't catch this when I was going through the photos
and booking the house
I guess I now know not to skim through the photos quickly
because there may be hidden details that get overlooked
I also wondered if the home was designed like this on purpose
if the toilet intention was set from the very beginning
thankfully my curiosity was answered
because there was a book made on this house
featuring the whole process from the fascinating designs
to the building of the home
And yes, it was always in the plan to be here
I was also grateful to discover that there is a small toilet near the entry
that does contain walls
There's two ways to get to the top level
one is a ladder and one is a staircase
the staircase may look like the safer choice,
but that's not always the case
This little railing saved my life
because I slipped while carrying a load of laundry
and would have fallen to my death Sparta style
Hades does not have been here
but on the positive side they do make for a great workout
There are a lot of yummy food choices all around Tokyo
So coming home to this after a full day of non-stop eating
which I literally do from the time
I open my eyes to the time I close my eyes.
That's pretty thankful for the little bit of extra exercise
here we have a laundry machine a little sink to brush our teeth
This is where I do my makeup and skincare and everything
through here we have the shower and bathtub
It's a really nice sized bathtub and then through this side
Is the second bedroom
The ceiling is really cool. It's all curvy
Kind of feel like I'm in an igloo
true Canadian fashion
This kind of makes me feel like I'm in some sort of Japanese Danish German
I heard the owners German
Canadian fantasy world
I don't know.
There's a clothing rack over here to keep your clothes and
That's basically it
it's really clean it's really white like everywhere else in the house
I feel like a kid again
I feel like I'm in some sort of jungle gym.
Actually, Japan always makes me feel like that
Japan is a perfect place where you can just be who you want to be
regardless of your age
Regardless of what you're into
you can find it you can love stuffed animals
You can love comics
You can love all the things you loved as a kid
That we didn't really need to stop loving just because we got older
you could dress how you want to dress
you can be who you want to be and you can
Live in a giant jungle gym.
Now I'm doing that.
I'm doing that for four days
through this store here. We have a balcony
They've left us little outdoor slippers to wear
and the shape out here is so cool
It's like this little concave death
This right here is actually the glass where all the natural light goes through in the house
But it looks like a mirror from this direction.
I think it's so people can't see through into the house.
Oh we can see out
But they can't see in
overall I think that the whole concept of this place is
sort of privacy but not privacy
privacy because there's basically no windows in the whole thing
except for the skylight
We just have these really tiny windows
that barely open
just enough to get some fresh air
That's the maximum it opens
but then throughout the whole thing you can see the entire house
So this bedroom has no curtain or door.
You can see into it
if you look down here
You can see the people that are sleeping at the bottom
The toilet is there.
The shower is completely glass
so you can see into it from this room or from that room.
I think the idea of it is really cool
And it's a lot of fun and there's great aspects to it
And it makes for some great memories and photos a
nd it's probably good for one person up to a couple
but any more than that it gets a little bit
Revealing
private but revealing
complicated but simple
Confusing but I liked it.
It was everything I hoped it to be
and didn't hope it to be
and it was just cool to experience.
So that's it
that was my first experience of an Airbnb house in Tokyo
or anywhere in the world for that matter
and I feel like it can only get uninteresting from here
But I'm curious to see some other ones
We're actually going to be staying in three other Airbnbs
and in this trip, they're all very different
So you'll be able to see them in my future vlogs.
Alright, that's it for this house tour
I've got some business to take care of.
So I will see you guys a little later
I think that's weird. We shouldn't end it like that
Alright, and this is the end of this house tour.
Thank you so much for checking out this eggcellent Airbnb
that wasn't good either.
Thank you so much for watching this video.
I will see you guys in the next one
At plenty more Tokio videos coming so come back soon
Bye