Alright guys so today is a bit of a rainy day here in Osaka.
Not ideal for sightseeing so we figured let's give you an apartment tour of our place here
in the city.
We've been staying here for about a week and we got this place for $30 US dollars a night.
That is a steal for Japan.
Like that is so budget friendly in my opinion.
So we're going to go upstairs and we're going to give you the grand tour.
Okay so we made it to our floor.
First things first we've got a little hook for our umbrella.
Everyone keeps their umbrellas outside.
No one takes them.
That is wonderful.
" Okay so we are inside the apartment and if
you've been traveling in Asia you know that no shoes are allowed inside the house.
This is the area where you take off your dirty shoes and then you have this little cupboard.
Yeah you've got your cupboard for all of the shoes.
Little shoe rack.
So you put your shoes in.
My shoes are size 10 quite large.
They barely fit.
Haha.
And then you are supposed to change into these slippers.
Your slippers.
Now again my feet are way too big so I just go around barefoot but yes once you step onto
the wood no shoes ever.
So all Sam and I have done right now is just change positions so I'm going to show you
what is behind the first door and basically this is our bathroom.
And our bathroom has three different sections.
It is the largest Japanese bathroom I've ever seen.
When we were looking at properties I was actually kind of surprised by the size of it.
So come check it out.
So we are now inside the bathroom and this first section here it basically has a washing
machine.
A large sink, a mirror.
This is where you brush your teeth.
Get ready in the morning.
Then over here behind this frosted glass door we have our shower and our bathtub.
Now I just had a shower so the floor is soaking wet.
I'm going to put on my flip flops.
Flips flops.
Outside.
Um but yeah basically you have a bathtub.
It is a short bathtub.
You have to be shorter than me I feel to like stretch out your legs.
Definitely shorter than me.
Yeah.
And then we also have a shower head.
Yeah.
And you shower in this section.
Yes.
And the floor gets wet.
And then basically the water goes through this drain down here.
It drains there.
Oh and something I've got to mention is the water pressure is awesome here.
Real good.
Such a nice amount of hot water too.
And they also have a big mirror here.
You have your shampoo, body wash and all of that stuff.
Yeah and they left us with a lot of complimentary shampoos and things.
Yes.
So that is the shower section.
I'll step back out here.
And then we have our toilet.
So if you come in.
It is compartmentalized.
Yeah.
So it is small.
It is little but it has got everything you need.
And I need to show you this.
When you flush the toilet.
So this is the toilet handle.
Yep.
Look at what happens.
You can wash your hands and like the water you are using to wash your hands is used to
fill the tank.
So you are not wasting any water.
That is genius.
I was amazed.
That is genius.
When I saw that.
And of course then we also have our little box with all of these buttons if you want
to wash your bum.
You can make yeah the whole experience of using the toilet in Japan is really nice next
level.
Oh and heated toilets.
I nearly forgot the seats on the toilet are heated so yeah when you sit down it is never
cold which is lovely.
So that was the bathroom.
Now we'll take you inside the apartment.
So we are opening another door and next up we are going to show you our living, dining,
kitchen area.
Alright so we are now in the main living area I'd say.
We have a nice big couch with some pillows then right across we have this little table,
dining breakfast table.
Um the apartment isn't large enough for chairs.
Haha.
So what they've done is left us stools yeah that you can just stack under the table.
You know what.
It is great for storage.
I tried those the first few days and it is pretty interesting experience for a man who
is about 200 pounds.
Sam is too big for stools.
Yeah.
Um yeah what else.
We have this little heating element.
We haven't actually cooked in this apartment because it is so cheap to run to Lawsons or
to 7-11.
That is right.
But technically you could cook here.
Yeah there is a lot of buttons to press.
Just one thing at a time.
Um yeah you wouldn't be able to make a fancy meal at all.
We also have a microwave, we have a kettle and this cool retro fridge.
Interesting thing about the fridge once you've opened it once and you close it it kind of
locks.
Yeah it locks down for a little bit.
It is like it doesn't want you snacking throughout the day.
Yeah.
You know what is funny the first time that happened I thought I was just being weak.
I'm like urgh what is wrong.
It is really hard to open it yeah.
There we go.
There you go.
You have to give it extra force the second time because it is like oh no you just ate
something.
But then it resets itself.
Yeah.
So if you don't try to reopen it again for a while then it is totally fine.
Mmmhmm.
And yeah that is basically this section.
It is quite small, quite cozy.
And then we have this set of sliding doors and just behind me is the bedroom.
So moving on to the bedroom.
I actually forgot to mention the couch that is in the kitchen it converts into a bed.
Yeah.
And then as soon as you walk into the bedroom you have a second couch that turns into a
bed, plus you have the real bed.
So technically in the apartment listing they said you can fit up to six people here but
honestly that would nuts.
Insane.
Because this would take up the whole space.
That would take up the whole space.
How do you use the toilet?
If you wanted to have the experience of being a sardine in a can.
Yeah.
Then yeah.
But man otherwise no.
I would not recommend it.
Otherwise no.
Um so yeah this is the bedroom.
We have a big TV that we haven't really made use of.
We have a double bed.
It is quite comfy, a little night stand and then we also have a closet.
Yes.
Now everything is super tight here so you kind of have to like squeeze through these
little spaces.
Yeah.
Um but we do have a pretty large closet so we actually bothered unpacking for this trip.
So we've hung up our shirts, my dresses.
Um how rare.
To unpack like this.
Four drawers for like our bottoms and socks and stuff like that.
Our bag of dirty laundry.
And they left us an ironing board and all of that stuff but who irons nowadays.
Seriously.
I don't.
That is for sure.
Yeah, so this is the bedroom.
We've got AC.
What else makes it interesting.
I'm trying to think.
Um something interesting is that there is enough space under the bed.
Oh yeah that we can store our bags.
I like that.
This bed is high up.
Look at that.
So you can stuff all of your luggage underneath which is much needed yes because I'm not sure
what we would do otherwise.
Yeah this has been great to be able to put it under there.
Like this is quite a spacious apartment I would say by Japanese standards.
Yep.
But it also feels very tight even though it is only the two of us in here.
Like we are constantly kind of like bumping into each other and stuff.
And now to the balcony we go so the space between the bed and the balcony it is like
this much.
Yeah.
So you kind of have to squeeze through here.
Kind of the waddle.
Waddle your way out.
Yeah, I'm going to open the curtains so you guys can see what the view is like.
It is basically just buildings.
I mean we were in a residential area with tall towers.
So it is not spectacular but it is a good location.
We are like half a block from the metro which has been super convenient.
And yeah we're also next to a highway so we do get a bit of noise but it is okay if you
keep the doors and the windows closed.
But yeah.
Now let's go outside.
Is it still raining.
It looks like it may have stopped raining.
Oh wow.
Exciting stuff.
It has been raining all day.
So now if you come on out here.
I have this bar but you can take it off basically to hang up clothes.
I've hung up the towel and I've usually put the clothes on hooks and then put the hooks
here.
So yeah and the views.
The views.
Pretty standard I would say.
Maybe Sam can do a little pan for you all.
So yeah that is pretty much a wrap for our Osaka apartment tour.
I hope you guys enjoyed that and that you have an idea of what to expect in the city.
Honestly I think there are some really budget friendly properties when we were looking there
were a lot of places that were listed for like 30 or 40 dollars a night for like private
apartments.
So yeah have a look around.
We found this place on airbnb.
It has been really good.
And that is it for now.
We'll see you in the next video.
Tata.