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Yo!

Hi! So today I want to show a video of my new apartment.

I've been here about 2 weeks.

This place is probably about 40 years old, maybe a bit more,

and most of the apartments in this building

are still the old, traditional, tatami mat flooring sort of apartments.

This one has been renovated recently and I think there's been only one person in here,

that was here for probably a month at most.

But yeah, everything's still new,

there's bits of little dust and dirt from the renovations still on things

cause I've only just moved in.

It's semi-furnished, so I've got a bed (as you can see),

I've got the table that the camera is on, and a chair.

And a fridge, but... most of the things are not included in the apartment,

like (dining) tables and extra chairs, TV, all that sort of thing.

It's more, kind of, high tech I guess -

bidet in that bathroom, uh, toilet, the water is controlled digitally,

so the bath you actually have to press a whole bunch of buttons

to get it to fill up and heat up and all that.

The water itself, the temperature is controlled digitally.

And it's got a whole bunch of studio, hotel-ey lights in here as well,

for decoration I guess.

I originally wanted tatami mats, but this place was really nice, so...

I ended up choosing this one.

It's not the typical sort of apartment,

compared to normal, old-style, kind of, traditional Japanese apartments,

but I thought I'd give you a look at what some of the newer ones

are starting to look like,

and there's a lot being built at the moment that kind of have a similar design, so for those

interested in moving to Japan, this is one of the options I suppose.

But yeah, check it out, let me know what you think... and...

...yeah!

See you!

Hi everyone, and welcome to my new apartment.

I've just moved in, I've just finished signing the contracts about 20 minutes ago

and I'm just doing a quick video.

It's a bit late at night, so I'll be a bit quiet so I don't disturb the neighbours.

This is the entrance hall.

It's freshly renovated, but it is in a building that's about 40 years old

so I guess I got a bit lucky.

This is the shoe cupboard.

So, you can see there's a lot of racks for the shoes.

This is where you leave your shoes.

You're not allowed to actually wear your shoes in a Japanese household,

so you should wear slippers.

My agency has provided me with some but I'll be wearing my own just because I prefer those.

So, if you go through this small hallway...

...this section leads off to the bathroom/bath area.

This is for the kitchen and the bedroom. So, the main area of the apartment.

So, this has been freshly put in.

I'm not sure if it was last month (August) or this month (September).

I think probably last month.

And they've provided a few little things.

3-part gas burner.

Push in to make the fire go, and then you press down to keep it going.

Afterwards, you press that and it stops it,

which is pretty cool.

Above that is the rangehood.

All these cupboards'll really come in handy,

but what I found interesting was the cup holder (I'm assuming).

Looks cool.

Here at the sink we've got this, which you can put on either side if you flip it over.

Just depends where you want to dry your dishes.

Here we've got the fridge.

I haven't actually got a dining table or chairs or anything like that,

so I'll be getting my own.

That's all my stuff, kinda sprawled across the floor.

Got the closet, the vaccuum...

...have the normal light, which is just up here.

Or, you can turn that off and have those really cool looking lights,

which you can then adjust to how you like.

So next is the bedroom, which is the same thing -

you've got normal lights and then you've got adjustable lights.

That's very cool.

Aircon.

Single bed.

(I've already started unpacking just a little bit.)

In here are all the manuals.

And this is a remote for the lights...

... and a remote for the aircon.

Internet.

This is the balcony.

Got the washing machine outside.

(Bit of space.)

You can't see anything through this but there's curtains on the side which are also really nice.

So, there bedroom can actually be closed off by sliding doors.

They're a bit awkward at first but I think I can get used to them.

So, back to the hallway.

This is the bathroom area.

Got a switch for the toilet...

....the bath...

...and for the fan.

This is the bath area.

Got something where you can fill up your bucket.

You've got a normal shower, which is also adjustable.

Got a bath cover.

Mirror that goes all the way.

The water comes from there.

Basically what you do is turn it on...

I haven't yet had a chance to figure it out, so I'm learning now...

...but I think it was...

...that?

You can control the temperature that comes out.

I haven't quite figured it out yet.

Let's turn that off...

Over here is really interesting.

It's actually a TV, which I also haven't figured out how to use yet, but...

So that'll be an interesting experience, having a TV in the bathtub.

So, back to the bathroom...

Got a normal sink and a mirror....

...towel rack...

...a bidet toilet, which is also really cool and I was quite happy about getting that.

So it's got the normal bidet features - you've got the back, got a soft stream,

bidet and a stop button, plus also the strengths here.

Just like a lot of toilets in Japan, if you flush it....

you can wash your hands and the water gets recycled.

Okay!

So, thank you for watching.

Hopefully that kind of showed a different type of Japanese apartment.

And... yeah, again, sorry about the awkward voice.

I'm trying to keep it down.