So if you want to talk about how will your experience differ from where it would say in North America, perhaps in Europe there is nowhere that you're going to find a house like this.

Mhm for a lot of people.

Just the mere mention of going apartment hunting runs chills down their spine.

They hate it.

It's a pain.

They don't want to do it.

And then there's a group that really, really enjoys it.

I'm in the latter group, and I'm about to do it here in Japan.

Usually you're going through a company or at least finding a listing online to see where it is that you're going to tour and then you sign through a company.

I'm going to show you guys specifically what companies I would use, and we'll go over that a little bit later in the video.

So we're gonna give you guys a glimpse into exactly what is it like to go apartment hunting and to find a new home in Japan?

Drew, the silent protagonist behind the camera, has actually been looking at a number of properties around Kyoto lately and so has a good relationship with one of the local realtors.

They were kind enough to show us a number of different properties ranging from old to new, big to small, the first of which was high in a tower building.

All right, guys.

So we made it up to the 10th floor.

That is the first apartment that we're looking at here.

So, yeah, I've never actually had to Tommy before.

That's kind of cool.

Also absolutely essential.

You leave this in every single home, but having the air conditioner, obviously that's huge.

And then you're gonna want to have enough space for all your clothing as well.

And then if you're a person who really, really loves to cook, considerations are given in the kitchen as well, and you actually get Wow, it is a wild view from out here.

That's incredible.

And that's actually really cool.

You can see the train down on that side.

You're going to show you guys looking over the other way, That is, that is where I've been previous or you hold the after in the video the beautiful garden.

That kind of sits, um, in one of the major sections in Kyoto heading over to the kitchen.

We have the obviously, we got the vent here, which is great.

You got something about their That's actually a pretty medium sized sink, as far as I've seen, when I've gone around and then in this corner here, we would set up our refrigerator.

And then, depending on the size of your workstation, you could probably put it right here in the bathroom that you're gonna find here.

There's something that's unique to Japan.

This is only in Japan.

I've never seen this back in Canada, not my personal preference.

And it happens where they'll put the toilet, actually in the same room as the shower.

But if you're on a budget, it can be a way that you're actually going to save some money because that often drops the price of your rent when you're looking at places.

Okay, guys, So we're heading to the second location now, and this one is more significant.

I believe it's a two DK.

That's what we're looking at here.

This will give you a great sense of if you're gonna go a little bigger.

What you can expect.

And lo and behold, it's significant.

So the kitchen is much larger.

There is a gas range stove over here that you've got interesting that it comes with this.

That's not something you should always expect.

When I moved into different apartments, you've often had to get your own.

What are these called Drew?

Thank you.

Have to get those yourself and your washing machine.

But if you purchase them, then you're saving money.

When you move to the next location, you can bring yours in under my feet.

Now is something I really find in Japan, which is carpet.

It's always it's always wood flooring or it's the Tommy, but I never, ever usually find carpets.

So that's kind of like this is a weird, nostalgic feel.

This reminds me of being back on Vancouver Island, so this would be your kitchen.

Then you've got perhaps a master bedroom there.

And then, if you're Baller Deluxe, this could either be your second bedroom or, if you wanted to turn this into an office to be a great space for an office.

And what is really cool here is that maybe perhaps do a little tour around the outside that we have a connected balcony so you can come out here.

I can't move.

What?

But I can try and you've got both rooms connected by the balcony, which is awesome.

And we'll take the camera off of me for one moment through fast pan over there.

Mhm.

We've got Kyoto Tower, so that's really, really cool.

Obviously, the most important thing you're searching for is a house, But second in importance to that is the resources that are available so you can find the best house for you.

There's a couple of online Web portals that you can go to theirs homes dot c o dot jpg.

There's como to use demo dot jp and then there's able to, and these are useful for a number of different services.

So, first and foremost, you can narrow down location.

You can look, for example, whether by station or you could look by address, and you can figure out where you want to live.

Following that, you can then search on these sites by preference of things that you want in your home, and the additional service on top of that is that from these portals you can book your viewing of the apartment.

Mhm.

Welcome.

Welcome.

Hello.

So this is especially cool to be in here.

Guys, this is the inside track.

Because of Drew.

This building is being renovated right now.

So most of the time, you can't come in and look at a place like this because they want to finish the renovations before you get to see anything else in here.

But there is the man I spoke with.

The real Terry was like, Sure, we can get you the key because Drew is awesome.

So let's take you guys on a tour.

This is really, really well designed for my preferences personally.

So we got in here.

The island kitchen and the island kitchen lets you make what you want to make and also be social with people while you're hanging out with them to give you guys a few critical stats.

This is after, like, building management fee.

It's about 68,000 yen and the initial costs, which are involved with like, uh, guarantee fees, brokerage fees, all that stuff.

If you wanted to have something like a workspace, I was thinking if I were set up my workspace, you would set it up here, and that would be one place for you to be.

As I said, make sure you always bring a tape measure.

We take, measure that out, everything works.

And then you come into the master bedroom.

We got wall to wall here so you can see you're gonna have a great light in this room.

The closet, which we were looking into as well.

I was talking about the bar.

We already got that pre installed in this place.

It's getting check marks all over the place.

We got a fantastic balcony out here so you can see Japan, for whatever reason, often doesn't have drying machines.

So you can see there's the contraction outside here that you would put a bar across, and this bar here would allow you to hang your clothes and take care of your laundry.

And then you got a view straight through to the mountains and I'd like to show you on the other side of the building incredible view.

Looking over to the river, you can't quite see the river, but you can see the mountains on the other side.

There's a lot in the location of this one, which is exceptional, which I really really, really like.

So this is the laundry room slash shower room.

You set your laundry up here?

We were talking about how maybe you need a gas stove.

I actually already have purchased my laundry machines, so I'm just gonna move mine in.

I gotta bring it up the stairs or whatever in the elevator.

But that's where you put this.

And then I'm just gonna let Drew peak in to the shower here.

I don't need to stand in there, but just so you guys can see it, that is the shower.

And this is one where you have the hand basin as well in the shower, which sometimes that's a separate unit.

Sometimes it's together, but really, really importantly for me again, we're talking about preferences.

I have first place or one of the places that we looked at today.

They have the toilet in the shower, which is pure caveman to me.

But if you want to save a few bucks, that's something you can do.

This one Let drew just take you guys into it.

They've again separated it.

So if that's a concern you have and it's a concern that I have, This place has it as well.

Okay, guys, So talking about an experience in Japan uniquely that you're going to have when you go looking for apartments, what's really, really cool today is that we're going to go now to look at a traditional co Matia.

So if you want to talk about how will your experience differ from where it would say in North America or perhaps in Europe, there is nowhere that you're going to find a house like this.

Allow me now to spirit you away.

This is the inside of the Mafia style location.

First thing that I get really, really excited about coming into the kitchen area is this this characteristic of Japanese homes that I could talk for hours about.

This is the interior garden that you'll find in the Mafia.

And in this location, we have not sure the type of tree that it is.

But the way that this connects to you even whilst in your home to the seasons and the way that they change and your connection with that is awesome.

You're coming into this area now where they've got the washroom.

Right here We have the Oteri right here.

That's just a polite way to say the bathroom.

We have the sink behind me here where you could brush your teeth and everything like that, and I'm going to let Drew go into this room here.

What's cool about it is the linoleum style reminds me of Santos Santos being more the kind of salt of the Earth location.

If you want to go to an on scene where a lot of them say, for example, will have rules about tattoos and that you can't have them in a nonsense but at many Santo's, they will allow you to.

And so anyone can go there, let you guys get a glimpse of this.

It's a It's a cool character, some real depth to it to goes right now.

I like that a lot.

Great.

Look, right?

Yeah.

Very cool.

Yes.

Yeah, the stairs.

So if I could level one criticism at every match to that I go into it's usually that these stairs are so steep, this is a drawback characteristic that they're really dangerous.

There was some movie recently on Netflix that was showing how somebody when they went up the stairs, they slipped and fell, and I don't know if I could Could I go as far as to say common Drew?

Or is this something that happens?

You know what happens with the Okay, Thank you.

So let's head up, guys.

Let's check out the room.

Mm, Super steep.

You can see the angle.

The including.

That's the word.

I remembered the word.

Okay, so I get really, really excited for this.

It's I can just imagine if I were better at calligraphy, being in this room as it was spring in the first leaves.

We're starting to grow from the tree, and you would be next to that.

And you can mark your experience in life.

And then we have perhaps, actually no, definitely the larger of the two bedrooms.

And this, then very much a community thing.

You're you're having to be considerate.

This would be quiet neighborhood not going to have to many raucous parties because you can see literally across into your your neighbor's porch on the other side.

Well, there you have it.

What it's like to search for an apartment to go house hunting in Japan.

I leave for Kyoto tomorrow.

I did find a place very very excited to move in there.

And what a huge change this will be.

I've actually lived in the countryside the entire time that I've lived in Japan.

Thanks so much for watching guys.

I hope you tune in for the many more videos to come.

But that is all for now.

The clock has run out catching the next one.