Have you guys ever wondered what a $4 million house looks like in Tokyo?
In this video I'm gonna take you inside of a brand-new modern Tokyo house
and then break down the cost
So we'll be checking out this nisetaijūtaku model house
also known as a two-generation house
So, this is your Japanese take on a modern house
It's pretty common in Japan for the grandparents to live with you
And as you can see the two doors allow for more privacy
And what's pretty sweet is right here
we have wheelchair access for grandma or grandpa
When you enter a Japanese house,
you'll notice the floor level is different at the entrance
This is where you take off your shoes
So on the first floor, right next to the entrance,
this is where the grandparents live, in this tatami room
It has a table in the center for during the day
and then at night you can move the table over to the side of the room
and you can put your futon down on the tatami mats
If you've ever visited Japan and you've ever been to a ryokan,
this setup is very similar
In fact, a lot of modern houses don't have tatami rooms,
but older generations are just more comfortable with tatami mats,
that's why they offer this solution
Look at all these details, so cool!
Nice, there's a little display area
Now, let's check out the living room for all generations
So this place is so big, it almost feels like a restaurant
One of the reasons why they made this place so spacious
is that it's designed for two families,
so that's why you have this big table behind me
You have this huge kitchen right here
and then you have that big living room over there to the right
Well, maybe not in western standards, but it's pretty big here in Japan
Just behind the dining table you can see that there's a desk over there
and that desk is designed for the kids to study
Their mom, if she's in the kitchen or dad is in the kitchen, cooking,
they can still watch over their kids while they're studying
and grandma and grandpa can also obviously
help with their homework, if need be
This is the main kitchen
In a traditional Japanese kitchen
they usually don't have dishwashers
But in this kitchen they've built in a little dishwasher
And they usually don't have large stoves
but they do have these fish grills
In Japan, many families cook a lot of fish and
these fish grills are a time-saver
One of the things that I love about this traditional refrigerator,
is that it has two soft freezing trays for your meats,
which I love because I just put beers in there
and it just keeps my beer super cold
And then it also has this like cool egg tray
Right here they actually have an icemaker
So you put your water in here and then just below
you have your ice
And, in the bottom section,
this is mainly meant for vegetables
It's got a microwave stove and toaster
That's pretty convenient for your little appliances
that you don't use on so often,
but then you once wanna use it and it just pulls out, just like this
This is the air conditioning unit
In Japan, houses don't have a central heating,
so what you'll find is that each room
will have its own dedicated air conditioning unit
So this room may be hot, but the next room,
if you haven't turned on, could be super cold
But guys, let me show you one of my favorite parts about this house
Look, I'm inside!
I'm outside!
Yup. It has an open balcony just outside of the living room
I love how this is all connected
There's just one like free-flowing design
This is a bathroom and changing room
This is a towel rack
What's pretty nice about it, you see these common in lodges and whatnot
If you haven't seen these before,
basically you just hang the towels like so and it heats them up
You can touch it
It doesn't get too hot,
but it will dry the towels even faster than if you just set it outside normally,
plus it acts as a little heater for the room
This tub is pretty sleek,
but it's not as sleek as electronic controls
Let me show you!
So what this tub does is it allows you
to automatically fill the tub at a preset temperature
so you can specifically set it to 36 degrees
and the water will be that warm
And then after using it a while, you can just press the reheat button
and it'll reheat the water to the temperature you specified
Pretty freakin cool!
I mean hot!
It also has its own air conditioning with dryer feature
so you can hang and dry your clothes inside of the bathroom
Dope! And this bathtub even has a lid
These lids are used for families
because in Japan the families often share the bathtub water together
And always one of my favorite parts of a Japanese home
is the washing machine and dryer
All you do is you put your clothes in, put the detergent and the softener in
and within a few hours everything is clean and dry
You may think that this is just a closet, but guess what?
It's not
It's a mini office
And it's got grandma's secret sewing room too
Now let's move on to the second floor
So since this house is designed for two families,
the second floor is generally made for the younger family
and because it's a younger family,
it's a little bit more cozy than we saw downstairs
And, look, this room is just so jazzy!
The kitchen size is designed just enough for four people
Cozy master bedroom with a walk-in closet
connected to the hallway
And check out this hidden floor on the top of the house
And for sure, it's got solar panels, pretty common these days
All right
So let's break down the cost of building this house in Tokyo
Currently, the average price of land in Tokyo and the central 23 wards
is about 1.4 million yen per square meter
which works out to be about $13,200 per square meter
To build a house this size we're gonna need about
264 square meters of land,
that gives us the cost of land $3.5 million
The house itself is about 230 square meters
would cost about $660,000 to build this house
So the total cost comes out to be about over $4.1 million
So, what are you guys saying, worth building a new house in Tokyo?