I Stayed in a Tiny Japanese Apartment

[@christine4223]

This was a fascinating video. I can see the appeal, especially for adults in their twenties. One thing that struck me was the fact that the food storage units had no locks on them even though each room had its own unit. I can't imagine living in a country where it's taken for granted no one would steal your food.

[@skylarkblue1]

That seems to be just part of the culture over there. I know there's many people who take naps out in public and like on trains and such, just leaving their bags next to them and such.

[@Ipsiel]

Only in Japan you can trust a huge majority of it's locals to not do that.

[@Eclin]

Nah it’s fine, i spent 2 years on these places and no one has reported any stolen food.

[@Capoyi]

yea japan is a place where if you forgot your phone in a public toilet, the next person that goes in will chase after you to return your phone (it happened to my sister x'D)

[@Ana-rf4wj]

Are people already adults in their twenties?!

[@Patterrz]

That lounge and kitchen area was WAY bigger than I expected it to be, super cool

[@liammac4580]

I had the same thought haha

[@burai97]

I stayed in a share-house when I studied abroad in Tokyo that was fairly similar to this one and it was great. You had your own rooms to allow for some nice privacy if you needed to study, do some work, or just be alone but if you wanted to hang out with some people or play on some game consoles/watch TV, you could always go to the lounge area and usually there was at least a few people there to hang out with, particularly around meal times and on weekends. We weren't allowed to use a hot plate or microwave in our individual rooms but the kitchen, which was also attached to the lounge, was decked out with more than enough appliances like microwaves, rice cookers, and toaster ovens along with multiple sinks and stove-tops. If anyone ever gets the opportunity to stay in a share-house in Japan, I 100% recommend it.

[@2111jade]

And I’ve been hesring from a lot of people that you aren’t going to get your stuff stollen in Japan rither so those baskets are a good idea

[@UzumakiNarue]

Can u order stuffs online if u live in one of those shared apartments?

[@burai97]

@@UzumakiNarue At least at the share house I was at, yes. We had our own mailboxes for small parcels and then for larger packages, there was an office for the share-house we could visit during the day and pick up packages. I ordered stuff from Amazon JP all the time and never had any problems.

[@burai97]

@@2111jade Yeah, nobody (that I know of) really ever had any issues with items going missing from those baskets. Normally people would store either non-perishables or their own cookware/utensils if they'd rather not use the shared ones. Even with food that was put in the shared fridge (we had our own mini-fridges too but regardless), as long as we wrote our name clearly on the packaging, nobody else would touch it without your permission.

[@zerufilm2847]

!!

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Someone cooked fish inside a toaster so she ended up having raisin bread mixed with fish? That's the ultimate food crime

[@behelitquest]

You know her content feels like to me like good manga. I get what i wanted and it just gets better.

[@behelitquest]

Btw Saitama beat the sh¡t out of Garou as expected. I like this duo

[@shidokusunagi7755]

That fact that you have the energy to comment to any video is just nuts.

[@whothis5318]

You...

[@andrewrichards188]

@@behelitquest oof i diddnt read the new chapter yet

[@addiecore]

This literally looks like a better version of my college dorm. The kitchen was shit in college. Also I just realized Aki looks like a Frat boy to me in this video. Definitely some colorful and interesting drip, no hate

[@bigfoottroisiemepartielave1759]

She looks like an extra from a Spin Doctors music video. And I just dated myself.

[@BlueCrashFigurineHoldingWumpa]

She looks like a kid that would make Ash Ketchum cry👊 before becoming friends later in the episode🤝

[@BlueCrashFigurineHoldingWumpa]

She looks like she spends her summers researching Pokémon🔎 and barebacking Ash Ketchum's mum💦

[@MikeAruba69]

She looks like those "Radical Kidz" from those 90's Toy/Snacks Commercials. Totally tubular, dude! 😎

[@LunguA]

My college dorm doesn't have a kitchen LOL I have to make do with an electric stove that I bought and cook everything on it

[@HonobreadYT]

Thanks for making this video! I've recently been curious about living in Japan alone for a little bit and didnt know how nice a sharehouse could be. Definitely something i might look into more 🤔

[@pillowlint7542]

:D honobread moment

[@user-tj9fj6zr3b]

Better watch out for the corner lmao

[@aZnLy96]

Even as a shy, introvert this looks soooo cool! I'd love to stay there. I probably wouldn't always cook in the shared kitchen, and have a tiny stove and rice cooker in my room though. The showers outside suck a little too but maybe I'd get used to it? Oh yeah I'd need a fridge in my room too. But I've lived like that before so it's good. Still the shared areas look soooo cool. And free karaoke what 😱😱

[@shawnsomething64]

Same :O it seems really homely and relaxing

[@aZnLy96]

@@shawnsomething64 yess 🤗

[@inuush]

As a level 100 introvert (schizophrenic) I would probably never use the kitchen or any areas that have people in them except showers and laundry room, so I'd just end up getting a normal apartment, but I can see this being really cool, the apartment size doesn't matter to me so the only problem would be the social aspects, but if I was short on money I wouldn't complain about anything at all, it's quite cozy.

[@mickeymouse12678]

As someone with a lot of anxiety, this looks like a literal nightmare to me. When I used to live with only a couple of roommates, I could never comfortably leave my room to use the kitchen unless I knew they weren't there. I can't imagine trying to time that in a sharehouse. I'd probably just subsist entirely on canned foods I would store in my room.

[@l.f676]

I don't know about the rules there, but some places I saw around where I live don't allow you to have portable stoves in your (or don't even allow you to eat in the room...). I guess some places don't have many rules, but some others can be strict.

[@mckenziehartman4555]

I love how Feel My Rhythm by Red Velvet is going strong in the background. Seeing these options for living in Japan is awesome to! I’m happy you make these videos Aki!

[@-Matchuchu-]

YESSSSSSSSS LOL

[@Goodboy-gd1wl]

Aki: "Japan might open their borders soon" Narrator's voice: *eventually*

[@firstdecade7703]

technically you can enter for a business or study reason just not travel. I just arrived last month in tiny shared house smaller that this.

[@an_awkward_crybaby]

3:55 this is off topic, but I love that feel my rhythm is playing in the background

[@erikamaral5274]

Aki chilling in the hammock with Red Velvet blasting in the background, such a vibe ✨

[@danielladelbirut9219]

Yes indeed

[@jojo6783f]

Good song

[@veethorn]

i love aki, her energy and her channel. DEFINITELY the best channel out there!

[@bruvvos]

I personally don't agree but I love her energy too and that's why I like KZbinrs like Cory because of their energy

[@veethorn]

@@bruvvos thats alright, everyone has their own tastes :) i love cory !!

[@mr_ozzio5095]

In the UK that that would be a "dorm block", "shared house's" are normal house's with 3-5 bedrooms which are private and everything else shared! Looks very nice and very clean though, better than any collage style dormitory I've seen!

[@corruptedteka]

That sounds so cool !

[@Animefreakess]

Or the old fashioned term a boarding house... It seems like they're coming back in. Would certainly help the housing crisis and the slum landlords situation.

[@Isador911]

This seems cool but requires way to much interaction for me. I need time away from people. I would end up being the person who sneaks out only when everyone else has gone to get food and then scurry back to my burrow.

[@masanobumaou]

Yeah, same. I could never comfortably live at a place like this. 😅 But for social people this can be heaven, and good way to make a lot of friends.

[@FandomTOBY]

same lmao unless I'd manage to make a single friend I'd rather avoid everyone lol

[@a_me_1]

Same here, I'd never even go to Uni outside of my home city because there is no way I'd be staying in dorms near other people😅.

[@ClockworkJim]

Having to leave the building makes it way to much.

[@EspeonMistress00]

@@ClockworkJim You don't have to. The building they are at has it's own kitchen, they just prefer the other kitchen

[@kathana_da]

We need more of these around the world, it's perfect for people that don't feel quite confident yet with living alone but want to move out from their family house

[@GrandBlueCosmic]

Aki: Promare poster? We take those. Aki: No seriously, we take those *steals*

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

Lol! I'd just rewatched that movie about a week ago, awesome to see someone with a wallscroll of it

[@reem7708]

This is like an irl reality show but without the cameras. Seems like a lot of fun tbh

[@a_me_1]

I think the place looks lovely. But as someone with social anxiety I'd probably starve if I lived there, since I'd be avoiding the social areas lol. Actually correction, I couldn't cope with living there in any way, I love the little neat living space though XD.

[@Victoria-dh9vb]

I felt that way when I started backpacking and staying in hostels. If it's any consolation, you do get accustomed to it. This sort of thing is actually a great way to build your confidence/manage social anxiety

[@a_me_1]

@@Victoria-dh9vb thank you for your reply, I'm glad to hear that it helped you out😄

[@corruptedteka]

I was actually thinking, also as someone with social anxiety ( I'm a shut in right now ), that this could REALLY help me, you know, force me to get out because I have to, and I also really struggle with loneliness so... even if this is extremely scary, it would probably be good for me, and I think I might even enjoy it. Except the shower. Dear lord, except the shower.

[@a_me_1]

@@corruptedteka loneliness mixed with social anxiety is so hard, I hope that things will improve for you, either though something like this, or though something else 💕

[@corruptedteka]

@@a_me_1 Well things aren't going to improve today anyway, it's a horrible day for me. Eventually though. Thanks for the encouragement.

[@hanniemarie]

I think i've been watching Aki for many many years now, she just takes me right out of my worries. Love her channel and will always stick around

[@wisteria1588]

this is coming at the most opportune time for me bc im actually searching for sharehouses right now, thank you for walking us through this one ;; ive always heard relatively bad things about sharehouses, but this one looks pretty nice and clean!

[@brezze3431]

3:55 yass red velvet 💕💕, love the video aki! Always enjoy them!!!⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@Rebe8d89AH]

This really reminds me of uni student accommodation in Britain. My accommodation was pretty much exactly like that except there were 2 large kitchen diners each floor (one per apartment). And then there were large common room areas/social space at ground level.

[@RS-bn1ty]

Hey Aki would you ever do a video about how accessible Japan is for wheelchair users? Every apartment or hotels seems super tiny and as someone who is in a wheelchair that seems awful 😂 but I would love to see that as well!

[@giapponesepercaso2534]

I saw a lot of share house and sadly few of them have building accessible to wheelchair user, even if is true that you can have a room at the ground floor, not all the facilities are at the same floor, i've seen almost 10 sharehouse and just one had an elevator but all of them were on a hill...true is that i lived in kanagawa and it's basically hill everywere so maybe in tokyo is different

[@_desertork1839]

May I suggest some videos for you? Life Where I'm From X has two videos on this matter: episode 13 and 16. One for everyday living and the other for travelling in wheelchairs. The channel is top tier content in my opinion, he (Greg) also has a main channel with the same name except without the X that is more light hearted in case you're interested.

[@RaeRemix]

When I went to japan about 9 years ago for school with someone with a broken ankle that used a knee-wheelchair thing, it was very inaccessible for them. I cant imagine wheelchair use would be great tbh.

[@sajinnie]

not feel my rhythm in the background HELP i thought my spotify accidentally started playing. made me love this place even more!

[@platinumplus4016]

Im super introverted but that shared house looked so cool. Loved hearing you sing hope to hear it more! 😍

[@Maddy_isK3wl]

I LOVED THIS VIDEO so much I’ve been planning on moving to Japan so this was very helpful

[@eeveeinspace]

0:50 TGCF fan spotted (the plant plushies)!! Great taste 😁

[@laurnl]

3:55 omg feel my rhythm we stan 😌

[@monochromaticempress6519]

I'm going to assume they eat cereal often and this is why there are spoons by the mirror

[@virturii2571]

I have the biggest fear of living alone someday, this would be so perfect.

[@nero-san3554]

I never knew that i needed Aki singing in my life. But here we are- i kinda want to hear more of aki singing

[@RedDawnRocker]

IKR? I wonder if she and Joey ever considered doing a song together. He's great on the piano.

[@eigersA1101]

Feel my rhythm on the background at 3:55. nice.

[@beloslavachilingirova2921]

I live in a sharehouse and they are actually quite awesome, especially if your roommates are cool. You really get the "univerity found family" experience 😁

[@haberschnack]

My best friend lived in a share house/ dorm house in Nagasaki some odd years ago and the rooms were real modern, had their own bathroom but a lot less space. Only for one single bed, a desk and a wardrobe. I slept on the floor for two weeks when I came to visit them^^ The kitchen was really big but very old and kinda moldy. Saw some roaches running under the sink and a moldy rice cooker. We went out to eat most of the time. But the vending machine in the hallway was always good for a nice snack! Just to be a 20 year old again and I would love to live there! Thanks for showing us Aki!!

[@maineman5757]

I'm surprised how much this feel like a hotel. They even have cleaning staff and vending machines!

[@suprsillysimii]

EARLYY!!! and your adorable as every aki! Keep the work up!

[@flofeee]

I can't imagine living in a place like this with total strangers but if you knew the people and got along with them, then sure, it sounds nice!

[@Victoria-dh9vb]

I mean, I think you would get to know them and get along pretty quickly. Just going off of experience with hostels, there's a vibe with people who are into group accommodations. They are usually pretty chill

[@TanteKuka]

Your friend has good taste in shows! The Promare poster is great and the Diluc Standee. And were those plushies in the plant Hualian? Very cute anyway! And an interesting video :)

[@Sjochumsen]

I am staying at a share house (social residence with lots of people) while going to a Japanese university for a semester, I also stayed in a "normal" smaller share house 4 years ago. I really like it, it is very easy.

[@MoistCrumpet]

This looks like a wonderful living arrangement if you really wanna live on your own but also don’t wanna be starved of human interaction. A lot of people complain about the size of those micro rooms/apartments in Japan, but I personally think they seem quite cozy.

[@shon_maemae]

We gotta love the respect for feel my rhythm in a vlog 🎵

[@J_Mirae]

3:54 Ayeeee Feel my rythm is playing in the background 🥰

[@cherryoak6126]

This is such a feel good video, I love having the screen across the bed like that ☺️

[@cadeylabonte3376]

Aki, I am LOVING this look in the intro!! holy moly!

[@jelliifyysh]

this seems so cool and im defiantly considering for when I go study abroad in Japan but one of my weird anxieties is taking up too much time in the bathroom >.< so if its the ones you have to share with everyone else... I feel like I'll barely ever use it lol

[@ting-tingwei451]

0:50 omg i love ur hua cheng and xie lian plushie!!!

[@princereptar2578]

It's such a cute little room!

[@sheridanwolf]

Other comments: Talking about the room and the video Me: Staring at the area with Baron Bunny and everything else there

[@SetASpark]

Sounds like a good way to overcome social anxiety. I like how it's two separate buildings so you can hide in your room if you want to...but I can't share bathrooms with strangers, my OCD would never...maybe it would help with that too lol

[@animegirl8920]

Aki’s singing voice is so cute!

[@caitlintravis270]

I'm surprised more people haven't mentioned it!!

[@dhels222]

I like this share house. Looks compact but not too tiny. And personally, i love small kinda type house/room. So this share house suit me so well.

[@0ydnes]

5:18 For an apartment you have to pay other things too, a sharehouse is a cheaper solution.

[@wxldfl4wer850]

Really appreciate the shiki no uta remix in your vids, I've noticed it quite a few times now lol, I FKN love that song.

[@__-ix9lh]

Aki holding the camera looking like she's choking us up in the air. And I'm okay with that.

[@0therun1t21]

Looks like a great way to learn and get used to new ways of doing things too. And lots of space to dance in the hangout room, I like it. I've lived in varios situations including an artist's type warehouse and shared a lot, this place is very nice, great kitchen. Love the vending machine deal. Overall it's pretty damn cool!

[@duckydae]

chillin in a hammock listening to feel my rhythm, sounds like heaven to me 🥰

[@erikamaral5274]

Vibing with Red Velvet blasting, what more could you ask for ✨

[@No1joystan]

3:54 FEEL MY RHYTHM COME WITH ME🩰✨💐 REVELUV NATION RISE!!!!!!🗣🗣

[@bakicci]

4:00 Red Velet playing in the background 🥰

[@nastinda_violet]

0:49 *squishy sounds* HUALIAN under the tree🥺💜🥺💜

[@mediocritycentral]

3:58 Reveluvs you can freak out now 🤘

[@mediocritycentral]

song is "Feel My Rhythm" by Red Velvet if anyone's asking

[@aliyahpulido953]

Ooooh, Aki! Your singing voice is so pretty!

[@mangoblaze]

ugh this made me yearn for my university days 😭🧡🧡 I miss communal living and all of my friends being so close to me

[@PixxieDevil]

When you got to the ravioli part t made me wanna send him a new pasta maker 🤣 great video, thank youuuuus

[@dorothy309]

You give me the most wholesome vibes X)

[@morganshryock4847]

I currently live in a studio so I don't mind small spaces, but having to share bathroom/kitchen with strangers sounds like hell lol. That's exactly why I decided to live on my own, sharing spaces with ppl in college (even if they were my friends) was such a bad time. I guess that's just the introvert in me talking tho haha

[@KevinRodriguez-uf6wn]

Feel my rhythm being in the background of the lounge is so amazing

[@slashbat2375]

My guilty pleasure is looking at sharehouse sites, dreaming of the day I graduate and can move. One time I saw this really sick one that had a rock climbing wall in the lounge. And lots of them come with full sized fridges

[@_console]

13:03 great song choice!!!

[@beatificdreams]

The spoons are in the sink area because that's where dishes get washed. I love tiny living. So much less stress!

[@AibisAnimeWorld]

If I weren't the biggest introvert in the world this would have been an absolute dream omg. A++ karaoke choice

[@colonia04]

That is an awesome sharehouse. That room could be my room in the future. It's small but comfy.

[@CloudsAndCoffins]

The Galo and Lio wall scroll was so cute

[@bolortuyasundui595]

ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER SLAYYYY

[@lorrane2177]

So much nicer than I've seen on line for Osaka share houses. I did see one that offered free rent in exchange for hosting 2 English classes a week. The room was smaller than your friends, did not have its own sink, and wasn't as nice. Keep singing!!!. You've got a nice voice!

[@aushealore8694]

Its like a really nice practical dorm (I used to live in dorms for 2 years)

[@fluffylover1231]

What are the odds I go on break as soon as Queen Aki uploads ❤️ Edit: this is definitely a thing in America too, The difference being most American share spaces are actual houses that people have bought and then rent out by room. BUT it’s ridiculously expensive, I mean $500-$600 for your room a month. But this is more like an apartment that you have roommates with.

[@supremedwaekki]

At 3:57 red velvet feel my rhythm great music choice 👍🏻👍🏻

[@TdogEN]

Aki your videos especially this type of content are always super helpful and informative! in the next 5 or so years i plan on moving to Japan so this stuff is really interesting to me. Keep up the great work

[@SlavinJapan]

That video gives me flashbacks to when I lived in a share house. Good experience, made some really close friends, but I’m happy about having my own place now. 😂

[@kcbrandao3802]

Sweeeet. Thanks. Good to see akidearest haning out with friends.

[@gayuu5148]

When I saw aki eating stinky fish toast,it reminded me of my dad when he told me about that one time when his mom fried 'papad' in same oil that she previously used to fry fish.... 😂😂😂

[@snowhehehehe]

I love the whole vibe of the video PLUS I love how most of the time you can hear Kpop being blasted in the background😭🤌🏻💖

[@Dakimakura333]

YOUR OUTFIT AT THE START IS SO CUTE!!!!!

[@Elena-jz9ct]

Man I wasn't expecting to be so entertained by this video, those places are so awesomely put together

[@phoelinx2750]

This seems like a 20 years old dream, be able to cook, watch a movie, karaoke, etc with 10+ friends from the dorms.

[@a_me_1]

Depends on your social skills, It's my idea of a nightmare personally😂.

[@phoelinx2750]

@@a_me_1 I get what you're feeling. I too, have a fear of talking to people, but this place seems like could change that since there's a lot to talk about. I'm saying all of this but in reality i don't know if i could manage that lol

[@a_me_1]

@@phoelinx2750 I feel the same, I think about doing stuff like this, and it seems good, like it could help until I imagine myself actually there, I know I'd give of awkward vibes, I'd be afraid my awkwardness would make others feel awkward too XD.

[@steffanycontreras8020]

When I saw snow white figure 0:48 the SINoALICE fangirl in me was screaming

[@arose4u2]

Many apartments won’t rent to foreigners or will charge you more, but share houses do. An apartment also has the added costs of deposits, gift money, utilities etc

[@nekokikogaming3530]

This was absolutely amazing. I want to live there now and eat the entire mini fridge. Or maybe I'm just hungry 🤔. Either way, looks like so much fun and so clean and efficient.

[@pollypocket2282]

Wow… I’ve never seen such a nice share house! It is so cool… my dorm were slums compared to this!

[@BDunback]

Can i just say the outlaw star remix when you were cooking was liiiiiiit!

[@MollyDollyy774]

Aki great video! 4:04 Thats more of a Swing Chair, And I have One, Its great! I like Swings, Its Part of My Autism, I get a High Soothing Sense from Swings, So I like going on My Swing Chair!

[@Vista8008]

The room actually look very nice..its always my dream to go to Japan..

[@nsta5796]

I'm just so curious about how the vending machine fridge keeps people from taking more stuff after they open it. Sensors with an automatic charge or honor system 🤔

[@PogromcaDeszczu]

Japan, they just trust people. Which would be cool in other countries too 😅

[@rosegoldrose6249]

Yeaaah here in my country we can't trust people 😅

[@aceholt708]

i was wondering the same. tbh i wouldn't be able to resist the free food!

[@StarYuma]

I showed this to my daughter since she really wants to visit Japan one day, and she loved your review! Honestly so did I :)

[@chadhaynes3171]

That was definitely interesting it looks like it wouldn't be that bad to live there just as long as everybody kept up with her dishes that right there is a little bit my pet peeve and of course to keep the appliance that people use clean

[@nairobicataluna]

Omg that is absolute luxury! That is such a good and nice idea! I would absolutely kill for having one of those in California TvT Comparing that to the expensive 500-700 renting rooms in Cali, that is heave TvT The one I was in was like 500 bucks and it was even more WAY tinnier than that And it's not like you could try getting a tiny aparment cause HA Aparments in Cali are like 1,500 - 1,800 and that's the cheapest you can possibly find (Btw this is just the place and part I live in, idk if other places are cheaper than that, though I doubt it)

[@AdrianMartinez-gc3pz]

I know this doesn’t have to be said but imma say it anyway I love the outfit aki 💕 it looks super cute 🥰

[@Yanfei_meow]

3:55 really caught me off guard when I heard Feel my rhythm by Red velvet lol

[@fairydragneel4567]

I thought no one noticed that lol, but I’m glad you did

[@erikamaral5274]

Omg same here haha

[@foodtravellife88]

Your amazing aki!!!!

[@DtWolfwood]

Was wondering where I heard the song she used at the end cause the lyrics sound familiar then I realized Samurai Champloo. You know you've got a legendary ost when you can still recognize it remixed after all these years.

[@rapthor666]

Thanks, on no-skip-list but having seen so many other shows, i forgot it came from SC!

[@quasi8180]

Man i wish i could move to japan i dig the vibe and a walkable city would be soo great