Alright so today's video is sponsored by Social Apartment

and I am so happy that they invited me here because

this is something I've always wanted to experience

but I never got a chance to in my life unfortunately,

so today we are going to experience what it's like

to live in a shared living space.

I am so excited, I have always wanted to do this.

I feel like it's a really awesome way to meet people and

make friends and I think we're gonna have

a lot of fun today.

The lobby area is just so nice looking.

I am so excited to see my room and explore

the rest of the place, so I'm gonna give you guys a tour.

We're gonna talk to some people that live here and

I think it's gonna be lots of fun, so let's go.

So now we're gonna enter the lounge/living area.

Oh my God.

- People play that.

- That's awesome.

- We've had people (mumble) games up in here.

- So they provide video game consoles;

there's a Wi, U, a PS4 and a big gorgeous pool table.

I haven't seen one of these in a while.

This is the kitchen area, where people who live here

can come to cook. Wow! I love how everything's provided.

It'd be really easy to move in here.

You wouldn't have to worry about bringing

a whole bunch of things with you.

So as long as you just generally clean up after yourself.

- We provide the dish soap and everything,

sponges and everything, so when you have used something,

we ask that you clean it, put it away;

but in terms of cleaning out the sink, mopping the floors,

cleaning out the fridge, those kind of things,

we handle all of that. I remember my first apartment.

- Yeah. If you haven't lived in Japan before,

this might not look like anything special to you;

but having this countertop area is such a luxury.

In Japan, it's very often a sink about this big

and then, maybe, like one burner.

And then that's it. There's no countertop in between.

(Spooky music)

So this is great, this is lots of space.

Do lots of people make a big nabe and then

share it with others?

- Yeah, so we have a lot of nabe parties.

- Cool. And here's the espresso machine that

I probably cannot figure out how to work,

but it looks like it makes delicious espresso.

- There's actually a waiting list for them.

- No way, wow! Two hundred dollar toaster,

where else would you get the chance to use a

$200 toaster.

- Obviously a microwave.

- Microwave.

- And I love that we have an oven here.

- Yes, I love that you have an oven.

I can't live without one, ever since I got one

my life has been so much better.

So everyone gets their own storage box to store

dry food, cooking supplies and stuff like that;

so you don't have to keep it in your room

and clutter your room.

- Alright, we're going to explore the Working Lounge now.

(Girl whispering)

- They have a studio space here where you can

come and get some work done. If you're like me,

and you don't get anything done in your own room,

this is perfect. They've got one Mac computer

that's available for everyone to use.

- And copy machine and printers for everyone to use as well.

- Awesome.

- Up on the 10th floor, they have a bar.

It's a seated bar area where you can just hang out

and chat with people. Any drinks you find in here

are free to take. You can just help yourself.

People just come and bring stuff and leave it

for everyone to share. There's a microwave and a

portable burner if you want to whip up some food

on the counter here. At nighttime,

it gets really lively in here, especially on the weekends.

- The view from the bar at nighttime is gorgeous.

They don't mention this on their pamphlet but

the building is located right in the middle of

three Poke stops.

- Alright, now I'm gonna take you guys up to

my favorite part of the entire apartment,

the rooftop terrace. Look at the view!

You can see the skytree, the skytree is so beautiful

at nighttime, guys.

And down below here, all these trees along the river are

cherry blossoms, so in the spring it must look amazing!

They have all these seated areas so you can come up here

and bring food and they also have a barbecue here

that you can use whenever you like and have a barbecue

with everybody and they also have all the tools and

everything that you would need to do that.

- Also on the top floor is the laundry area,

which is completely free for residents to use;

but they also have a special laundry service

where they will do your laundry for you twice a month,

wash it, dry it and fold it up.

I thought that was really neat.

- We're about to go into our room for the night

and see what it looks like.

Everything's gray, guys, it's gray.

- They have both furnished rooms and non-furnished rooms.

You have your own personal, tiny kitchen set here

so you can cook in your room if you would like to;

but of course there's the gorgeous kitchen space downstairs.

And the fridge.

The washroom area has a toilet, a sink and a shower;

so you have everything that you need in your room.

- And here's the bedroom. It's so pretty.

I'm loving the gray decor.

There's a closet here,

air conditioner, a definite necessity in Japan.

And we're up on the 10th floor so we have amazing view

of the park outside.

Wow, we're so high up.

I love it, it's a nice size for a Japanese apartment.

The floors are gorgeous, everything is so new.

- We're taking a rest in the room for a while

and while I'm sitting here, I just want to give you guys

my general thoughts on the living space. I love this place!

It's so nice. Everything is so clean and

everybody who is using the space makes sure they

clean up after themselves. They're really respectful and

as we were walking through the building, all the people

that live here were greeting us, saying Hi;

and it just feels like such a warm and friendly

atmosphere and I think it would be such a great place

to make friends. I get lots of questions about

how to make friends living in Japan and, myself,

as someone who doesn't like to drink and go clubbing,

I really don't have many tips other than

meet people at school, meet people at work,

but now that I know that a place like this exists,

if you're worried about coming to Japan on your own

and not knowing anybody, living in an apartment like this

would just be perfect for you.

You would have, like, over 100 other people living

with you that you see every day.

In the kitchen, in the lounge, out on the deck,

and you can just chat with them and I feel like

it would be so easy to make so many friends.

Everyone is just so sweet.

It's just such a great group of people.

It's a Friday afternoon, so lots of people are at work

or at school and there aren't too many people in

the shared areas at the moment; but apparently Friday night

can get kind of lively so I'm looking forward

to seeing who's hanging out at the bar later on

or going to go to the cafe for dinner really soon and

try out some of those sandwiches.

And I can't wait, cause I love a good sandwich.

Alright, we are downstairs at the cafe now

and we're gonna grab some drinks.

They have a really cool menu.

I think I'm gonna go for the elder flower sour

with grapefruit.

(Man speaking Japanese)

- They're making all their original syrups for the drinks

in house here.

(Techno music)

(Woman speaking Japanese)

- That is a good sandwich.

Alright, it's just starting to get dark outside

and people are gonna be coming home from work

so we're gonna go check out the lounge area;

see what everyone's up to down there.

- We found someone cooking dinner.

(Woman speaking Japanese)

- We have now joined a group of wonderful girls

who are making yaki soba. It's so much fun.

I love this place, I don't wanna go home.

(People speaking Japanese)

(Laughter)

- We're having an awesome time here talking with everybody.

We've made friends from one, two, three, four

different countries so far.

We're hearing all different languages.

It's so much fun.

So there's about ten people in the kitchen right now

just cooking and chatting and apparently it's gonna get

busier and busier as the night goes on.

They told me that the peak will probably be around

midnight. It's about 10 p.m. right now.

Alright, we're back in our room now and I think

we're gonna go to sleep. We're getting pretty sleepy.

We had a blast downstairs with everybody.

I'm having so much fun here,

I'm gonna be sad to leave tomorrow.

But we still have some time in the morning.

We're gonna wake up and have breakfast,

see what's going on in the kitchen and

hang out with everybody a bit more,

so I'll see you guys in the morning. Good night.

Good morning, guys.

We're downstairs in the kitchen area now

and it's time to try out the toaster.

I brought my bread. Ooh, someone else is making something.

I'm so excited to try the toaster.

Apparently it cooks your toast with steam.

So you fill up this tiny, little cup with water

and empty it into here.

- Ooh, it looks nice. Whoa. Whoa.

- Ta da!

Okay, let's try this toast.

It looks really nice.

Mmm, it's crispy on the outside,

but still really fluffy and chewy on the inside.

Alright, so we're back at home now.

I didn't want to leave, to be honest.

We had such an awesome time, it was a lot of fun.

And we were only there for one night

and we already made friends with five different people

from five different countries.

I can just imagine what it would be like if

I spent a whole year or two there.

A few things that stood out to me were there were

lots of Japanese people living there,

so if you are coming to Japan and wanting to make

Japanese friends, I think this would be a really,

really good way to do that.

They're interested in learning English and

you can learn Japanese from them,

kind of like a language exchange.

It's just a perfect opportunity to do that.

There's so many chances for you to just sit down

and chill with people and chat, cook together.

Really easy environment to make friends.

I can give you guys some details on the price now

and cover some questions that you might have

about living there.

The price is approximately 1,000 US dollars a month;

and if you've never lived in Tokyo or

looked at prices of apartments in Tokyo,

that might seem kind of expensive, however

that is the general price of an apartment in this area.