Hey guys! Good morning. So I've been staying in Tokyo for the past
three days. I've been here filming this little documentary
not for my channel, it's actually for a project for
the Canadian government. If I am able to show it on my
channel in the future I probably will but I'm not really sure
that wasn't talked about, but anyways
because I've been in Tokyo working for the past three days,
I wanted to rent out a place to stay so I didn't have to
travel back and forth because we were starting filming really early
every morning, and,
that would mean I would have to leave my house at like 5am which is not fun
So, I went on air bnb and I found
the cheapest place to stay
in Tokyo. It was just over 3000 yen
a night. If you put that into dollars it was probably about
I would say like around 32 dollars american
a night, which is a really good deal, for a place right in
Tokyo. I'm staying in koreatown
Closest station is Okubo Station,
and if you walk just like 2 minutes down the road, you're
right in the centre of oreatown. There's tonnes of good food
and shopping, and it's really fun, and
Shinjuku station is actually really close, so I'm right in the
centre of Tokyo for just over 30 bucks a night, which is a really
amazing deal. So, I wasn't expecting
the place to be huge. I saw the pictures and it looked
very small, but I was really surprised when I came in here.
It really is really tiny. This is
the bedroom, behind me here. It has a really cute
wallpaper, I'll show you after, and
you can see the kitchen behind me here
And then over here we have the washroom
the toilet/shower, and that's literally it
This is the entire apartment
I would guess that it's about 12m^2.
When you come in you put your shoes down here in the genkan
I've got my bags just sitting here
There's a little garbage can, and
this is the kitchen! It's tiny,
but it has everything that you need. A microwave,
a hot-water-making pot
some bowls
Down here they've got some mugs and cups, salt and pepper,
all the cooking utensils, and there's one burner, so you
could cook here, if you wanted to, I didn't try it out, I just went
out to eat, cus I'm in koreatown, the food's amazing.
Sink.
In here they give you a little bit of storage which is actually
the only storage space in the entire apartment
They're just using it for some pots and pans, and oils and
laundry soap or something I think that is?
So inside the fridge it looks like this
it's basically a normal fridge, but a really small version
it's got a little area here which is the freezer
so you can keep things frozen if you put them inside here
That's about it! Can't fit much in here,
a few drinks, but it's good if
you're just staying for a few days and you wanna keep some drinks cool
Alright now for the grand tour
of the bedroom. Here's my futon
they actually give you two futons, so
two people can stay here comfortably, but, I layered
them on top of each other because it's just me so
I could get some extra layers, and it was actually super comfy
It was really nice
And you may have noticed that the floor is
tatami mat
Traditional Japanese flooring, it has
a very distinctive scent to it, it kinda smells like
Hay, I guess if I could
compare it to something you guys would recognise. The
smell of hay. I really like it, some people
aren't a fan of the scent, but I think it gives a very
traditional Japanese feel to a room
The room also comes with all your basic stuff, like
tissues, toilet paper, a little mirror for doing makeup(it was kind of a struggle
to do my makeup in there this morning, but i'm glad I had something),
a hairdryer,
and a TV, which I never use,
but I guess it's good, for some people.
And then my favourite part is this really pretty sakura
wallpaper that they've out on the wall here
I wonder if their landlord knows about this
they never let you change wallpaper
or anything in Japan, but it looks like they've just
attached this wallpaper to the wall, but it looks really nice,
I think it goes well with the other red walls
And I found a hook, it took me so long
to find this, I was like "oh no! There's nowhere to hand my jacket"
but I found a little
a little hook to hang my jacket on, so that works.
There's an air conditioner which was much needed, because
it was freezing last night so I had the heater on all night.
And here there's like the remote controls and a little table
charging station.
And that's about it for the bedroom, so very small
but definitely enough for a stay
in Tokyo
Are you ready for the grand tour?
Tada!
This is it.
This is the entire toilet/shower room
The toilet's in the corner here, and when you have a shower you basically
can close the toilet lid, and sit on it
and have a shower there if you like.
Or you can stand in this little area here
It's very crowded
And yeah, that is about it guys
That is the entire apartment a total
of about 12m^2,
I would say. I'm really curious
as to how much the rent is. Like I said, the location is great
which will definitely up the price a bit , but
it's really tiny. This is the smallest apartment
I have ever been in, in Japan.
So for those of you who aren't familiar with how Air bnb works,
this isn't a hotel, or a place specifically made for
customers to stay, it's actually someones apartment
that they've rented, and, like probably a spare apartment
that they own, and they're renting it out for travelers,
or people that are here in Tokyo on
business, Japanese people that are on business to stay.
So this is an actual apartment building that has regular residents living
in the other rooms, so there are people that are living here
as their, their normal house, not using it as a hotel.
So what do you guys think?
Would you be able to live in a place like this? Apartments in Japan
are quite tiny, normally,
but this is definitely the smallest one
I have ever been in. But like I said, it has
everything you need, if you are able to
minimise your possessions,
I feel like, you could live here, no problem.
I would be, probably the most
frustrated with the kitchen, because I like to cook,
and having one burner is a super pain in the ass.
My first two apartments in Japan,
I believe, only had one burner, and I really didn't like it
So I think that would be the thing that bothered me the most.
Not to mention the very tiny fridge, because I do a lot
of cooking, I would not be able to store many ingredients in there.
But other than that, I think it's definitely doable, it's probably
quite cheap, and the location
is amazing, so
it really depends what your priorities are.
I'm actually going to a concert today with my friend Greg, so I'm gonna be
meeting up with him in the afternoon, and I told him to come here,
to my Air bnb so he can check it out,
and I wanna see what he thinks, because he lives in a pretty small
apartment in Japan, but even so, I would say it's about
two times the size of this one,
so this will probably be something new for him.
Greg's here!
Welcome, to my home -I was hoping this was
the right one, I was lost at the bend? but we're good we're good
Imagine if you just knocked at some strangers door
-Like "Hello!"
So I was just giving my viewers a tour
of the room, and I told them that
I told them that it would probably be
a new experience for you, because for me this is the smallest apartment
I've ever seen, in Japan, but
yeah, come on in, take a tour
-Oh God!
Let us know what you think
-This already looks way smaller than I had imagined
Cos your place is really small, right? To me, that was
the typical small Japanese apartment
-Yeah, but it's bigger than this, it's like
wider - Yeah, i was just telling them, I think your place is maybe two
times the size of this in total? I would say -Mmm, cos I also have
-You have like the hallway -The hallway
-and the kitchen -My kitchen is like twi-
-yeah, this is, welcome to the kitchen
-My kitchen's like two times this, and then - Yeah
-Where-where's your toilet
-That's the best part! Come see the toilet
-Isn't that the shower? -And the toilet, in one
Greg's not a fan of the
no one is really, it's kind of -Oh no!
it's kind of frustrating, because the floor gets wet
when you have a shower and then it's wet all day
so when you go to use the toilet the floor's all wet
-Ew -But,
they do provide you with slippers, but I
I just give up, and I got the slippers wet in the shower, so
They're pretty useless now, but if you wanted you could kind of prop the slippers
up in the corner and try not to get them wet and you could use them
-Yeah, cos you can't put them out here cos the mats -Yeah cos then the tatami would get wet
Yeah, it's really weird to see a washroom,
and then tatami, because you don't want anything on the tatami
You don't want shoes, you don't want water
and it looks like maybe some of the previous people that stayed here,
just stepped right on the tatami cos it's kinda wet
It's got like a stain
Yeah, that's such a weird design. You'd think they would put
some kind of difference flooring, just at least
in front of the bathroom part, but
But yeah, that's it!
Do you think you could live in a place like this? -I'm trying to figure out
pooping on
a kinda wet seat, but that just does not sound like the best experience.
-You'd have to wipe it off every time, you'd have to dry it off
-But then where would you put anything? I can't even hang a towel in here
-I just realised that there's no place for the toilet paper
-No
They had it just sitting on the table here, when I came in
But they're yeah there's no toilet roll
because you wouldn't be able to keep the toilet paper in here because it would
get wet when you had a shower -You don't even have a
You can't even like, flush the toilet?
-No there's a, that thing
-Oh my gosh they look the same
How would you even know?!
Oh wow -Yeah
That's, that's small and that's big flush
-Oh, it's on the side -Yeah
-That's different
At least you've got a painted mural -Yeah,
the wall's nice right?
-Oh, it would have been cool if it was painted
-That would have been cool, they probably would have charged a little more than 30 bucks a night
if they hand painted it
How much do you think the rent is here? I was just trying to figure out
how much the rent would be
you're right in like central Tokyo, you're really close to Shinjuku
but because of the size, I would say like maybe
450 dollars a month or something
like 45000 yen
if I had to guess, that's what I would say
-Probably like 500 dollars-Yeah, you think?
with tax because-cos it's quite old,
it's not like it's new or something, so it's old and small
-Yeah, right? So once you had your clothes, they would take up
the majority of the room -This kind of reminds me
of like those animes where you would have this guy
that has like just a TV, just a bed
they don't even show his clothes -But in those cases,
it's usually a room in their parents house, so that makes
sense, cos its like their room, so this is like going back to
highschool, when you just had one room to put all your stuff in
It's weird, I guess if you think of it like that, then
you just have to decorate it
how you did in highschool, half of your wardrobe and
stuff
Alright well we are off to explore Tokyo before
our concert tonight, hope you guys enjoyed this mini apartment tour
I find it really interesting
If you'd like to come stay here you can find it listed
on Air bnb if you just search under Okugo area
Alright guys, I will see you soon, Bye!