CORRECTION: The stats I gave for median annual household incomes in the United States and Canada are not quite right. I explain why in this video kzread.info/dash/bejne/aGV60NCmpqnOeLw.html. The numbers should have been higher for both countries.

@surundi9012

7 жыл бұрын

Life Where I'm From are you buying a new house?

@aoipoi2587

7 жыл бұрын

Life Where I'm From wheres akio?

@inesribeiro553

7 жыл бұрын

Hello Life Where I'm From, greetings from Portugal. I've been watching your videos since the very 1st one, and I've got to say I've always been in love with Japanese culture, but watching your videos makes me want to move to Japan even more. I'm a graphic designer and illustrator, currently halfway through my Masters Degree, I don't speak any Japanese, even though I plan on learning as soon as I have some financial stability, but I do speak English and Portuguese of course. Do you think I will have any chance at all? I'm not quite sure how the job market goes on Japan, and even though I've searched online many times, it is not that helpful, and it lacks a lot of information. I loved your video, it was really informative, keep up with the good work :) Say Hi to Shin and Aiko for me, they are the most adorable kids I've ever seen.

@qwertyuiop-yk9vf

7 жыл бұрын

Life Where I'm From Yo I live in Burnaby too!!!!

@michaelshen7977

7 жыл бұрын

I like that you mentioned burnaby like its famous like sidney. I am from burnaby*

Not even in japan, not even buying a house...why am I watching this?

@sssaaa1392

6 жыл бұрын

Zerviscos I'm also not even understanding English very well

@Lilliac2004

6 жыл бұрын

Zerviscos it satisfying

@NYC1

6 жыл бұрын

Because you're too lazy to work

@evotme9995

6 жыл бұрын

Cause you have herpes.

@Nautilus1972

6 жыл бұрын

I love it.

I came here for a house tour, ends up learning about Japanese housing. I am neither Japanese, nor close to living in Japan. Im also 15.

@sampathk1212

6 жыл бұрын

Good ! When i was 17, my hobby was designing my own floor plans for my future home. I had hundreds of my own creations without even geting learned anything from anybody. I was a commerce student )

@hellofellas5661

6 жыл бұрын

mxrtin cxstillo same but 18

@Wackyorb

6 жыл бұрын

mxrtin cxstillo congratulations ur learning about the world

@0xHusseinx0

6 жыл бұрын

mxrtin cxstillo That's quite good for a 15 year. Keep it up.

@a130078949

6 жыл бұрын

hahaha you will need this one day

When my dad said we're living in a mansion in Japan I couldn't believe it, and then...yeah

@klo.yuliaa

3 жыл бұрын

ur living the dream

@Tirlex

3 жыл бұрын

Ahh I see....

@thiya4627

3 жыл бұрын

mansion in japan has different meaning....

@itsukimihara

3 жыл бұрын

@@thiya4627 means apartment

@jofx4051

3 жыл бұрын

Wew cool

I love how Japan can be so modern, with some very pretty well-kept architecture, and that they keep everything so clean, organized, and colorful.

@ryanscott6578

3 жыл бұрын

At the same time, you have to carry cash everywhere because contactless cards are rare and online banking is not well developed, Japanese bureaucracy is ridiculous and you have to fill out a ton of paperwork for everything - nothing can be done online for the most part - people take 10 days off work to move house because the process is such a nighmare, hell offices still use fax machines. It's an interesting dichotomy of ultra modern in some ways and stuck in the past in others.

@shukrantpatil

3 жыл бұрын

That’s fine haha

@AlexSchwartzATV

2 жыл бұрын

@@ryanscott6578 its so weird to think that major cities in china use contactless payments and japan still uses cash. in america, i can't even stand using swipe credit cards anymore lol.

@krollpeter

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlexSchwartzATV I want Japan. I do not mind carrying coins. Fax is safer than any message system.

@frez8141

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlexSchwartzATV In Russia, I can pay on the bus with NFC, pay taxes online, and there is a mobile application of government services, but this is pointless if the economy is fck up?

Buying a home in London is impossible for an average family unless you're mega rich or leave London and buy a house elsewhere

@cm3655

7 жыл бұрын

Hee Tee Same or worse in Hong Kong. Let's weep together lol. At least London has a vibrant sophisticated culture. Hong Kong has become a prostitute for materialistic tourists.

@N21345

7 жыл бұрын

I feel you... Same in Barcelona :(

@majordudette

7 жыл бұрын

Ditto Los Angeles area. Hence the youth staying with their parents in record numbers, delaying starting families of their own. Prices change the whole societal structure of life.

@happyhandylife4101

7 жыл бұрын

Same with quite a few areas of the US also. My husband and I left the state we were born in because there was just no way to afford a house in a decent town there. We are happy where we live now but wonder if our kids will even be able to afford to stay here.

@Sha-Ne-Ru

7 жыл бұрын

yup! most families in London have a mortgage to pay off. my family live in east London, not even IN the city, but the house prices are ridiculous ! lol mum and dad took out a mortgage or our current house 20 years ago? and still have like 10/20 years left on it lol

I'd much rather have a small home in a safe, world class city like Tokyo where there are endless things to do and see, than 10x the land on some boring midwestern US suburban cul de sac, where you are forced to use a car to get anywhere, and its culturally dead Edit: This comment really blew up, so I wanted to underscore a few points: - The houses *are* smaller there than what you'd usually see in the US, but by making the region compact and walkable, you extend the notion of your frequent 'hangout places' from just your house to your neighborhood and downtown area, all of which are quickly accessible by bike or on foot - There are also smaller yards, but that allows the houses to be more compact, which allows more people in a given area (population density), which creates the capital necessary for things like lots of nearby parks, more and more varied businesses and shop, and of course Tokyo's legendary rail system (one huge reason ubiquitous rail isn't really doable in the US is there often isn't the population density to justify the costs per mile) - Greg posted in an older video about how Tokyo is like a city of many small towns. In these small towns, you will see lots of adults, parents with kids, and even kids by themselves walking to school and elsewhere around town. When more people are out and about more often, the more random/unplanned encounters you have. This boosts familiarity of your neighbors, as well as visitors. More human interactions help foster more sociable people. With kids it teaches them how to behave and interact better with adults in real life scenarios (there is even a whole TV show in Japan about sending young kids off to the store alone for the first time to get a simple thing or two from the shop keeper). Contrast "soccer moms" who have to chaperone their kids to school, to structured "play dates", as well as neurotic adults who grew up in US suburbs isolated from many experiences and distrustful of strangers as a default behavior. - Lots of people out doing daily things also increases what Jane Jacobs called "eyes on the street" - the notion of lots of people keeping informal tabs on the neighborhood against, say, theft and break-ins (probably not a huge issue in Japan anyway :P)

@ishasingh7778

7 жыл бұрын

zephc Omg so true! even I despise travelling via car and depend on public transportation to travel throughout a city

@ButacuPpucatuB

7 жыл бұрын

zephc You make a great point. Land isn't everything when you weigh it out with the quality of life and your wants, dreams, and needs.

@shsjdhdjdhdh

7 жыл бұрын

zephc EXACTLY!!! Living in the US basically means that i have to go EVERYWHERE by car, and i have no freedom in going everywhere i want.

@eekaygames

7 жыл бұрын

Agreed 100%. Sure the city isn't for everyone. I hate it when I see people say crap like 'I can get a mansion in blah blah Arkansas for that price' and I'm like, that's great, having fun living in a crappy place with nothing to do. There may come a point I'll want a quieter life, but until then, its the hustle and bustle for me!

@MrBlueberry33

7 жыл бұрын

Maybe you think living in small town/city is crappy, but some find it fun or relaxing. Not everyone needs bars and night clubs to have a good time. There is a lot you can do with land in a "crappy place", more than you are allowed to do in a big city. Like the guy above said, its about your quality of life. You say you hate when you hear someone say they can buy a mansion in the middle of no where, well maybe they hate it when you say they live in a crappy place.

$300,000 in Indonesia can buy 3 houses in central Jakarta. or 10 houses in smaller Cities... i can see the comparison now.. we're poor, hahaha

@unclehuang6809

3 жыл бұрын

maso?

@suiken3149

3 жыл бұрын

This amount can build you a commercial building in Philippines.

@lukiewookipookie9264

3 жыл бұрын

Here in Auckland New Zealand, house prices are ridiculous.

@samwhite3267

3 жыл бұрын

In southern Germany 300,000€ can get you a small apartment of around 65 sm, but only in more rural areas. In Stuttgart it can be ca. 900,000€ for an apartment in the city area with round about 90sm and like 3 rooms. Kind of crazy.

@100cents5

3 жыл бұрын

My country is fucked up. An average person earns $3000 yearly but it's real estate is ridiculous like my house which is only 1300 sq.ft costs $200,000. An average person can never buy a house here

This is wonderfully researched. A rarity on the internet these days, thanks!

but what about the Godzilla situation?

@stlkngyomom

7 жыл бұрын

erikponciano Dave Chapelle resolved it 12 years ago.

@MrRafarivera

7 жыл бұрын

everytime i was in my tiny apato, and eating karage watching friends, for some reason when i felt a shake, i thought of godzilla, it was certainly very frightening, really, i smoked out just to calm the nerves then i had to go to 7 eleven and buy more onigiris and chu hi

@MandeepSingh-hn4jd

7 жыл бұрын

im more concern about tsunami situation

@bennymathew8531

7 жыл бұрын

erikponciano so for that reason I'm out

@_Gilles_

7 жыл бұрын

erikponciano there's NERV for that

Living in an increasingly unaffordable San Francisco Bay Area city where a development for just three homes was strung along for months by the city council and then had its demolition permit denied. Hearing that quote by the planner at 10:39 made me weep.

@alastairhewitt380

6 ай бұрын

We live in a prison

You can get a comparable house for $80,000 USD in Tokyo, Nebraska.

@jasadreancuyno2886

5 жыл бұрын

That's too much.

@commandersykes5392

5 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@thexvault

5 жыл бұрын

@GamingTV tokyo nebraska is in america LMAOO

@therevenger3191

4 жыл бұрын

JasC JVlog I agree. Who wants to live in Nebraska?

@bkackmagic555

4 жыл бұрын

1mil here in California orange county

Everybody I know: "Housing in Japan is way more expensive than here" This video: "No"

@azabujuban-hito8085

3 жыл бұрын

Of course not 🤣 im a foreigner living in Tokyo. I bought my house here 4 years ago ( in Edogawa !). And now thinking about buying a second house somewhere in rural area.

@azabujuban-hito8085

3 жыл бұрын

@@tb1527 Not at all !!!

@xN3vUr4H

3 жыл бұрын

@@azabujuban-hito8085 damn... Ur living my dream... Wish u luck there and nothing but success! I will some day go to Japan and live there

@azabujuban-hito8085

3 жыл бұрын

@@xN3vUr4H Thank you. I hope someday you can achieve your dream.

@stleonardtrap192

3 жыл бұрын

living a quality life in japan is super expensive otherwise you live in an tiny apartment all cramped so yeah Japan is expensive country.

Thanks to Gen Wa for the difficult task of doing the subs for the master English track! That makes doing subs in other languages much easier kzread.info_video?ref=share&v=iGbC5j4pG9w

@katherinele4311

7 жыл бұрын

Life Where I'm From

@1973Washu

7 жыл бұрын

@James Canadians are perfectly understandable to Australians. Some American accents sound strange though... It is all a mater of perception.

I lived in Edogawa for a while. Love that place. Close enough to the major hubs of Tokyo to be convenient, but far enough away to escape the city crowds. Tokyo public transport is so convenient that, regardless of where you live, it's almost impossible to be inconveniently placed.

@MrWalker1000

6 жыл бұрын

C0192ll_ isn't the overcrowded aspect of it really bad . Public transport is nice but very crowded

@Yoshiki-kh3xs

5 жыл бұрын

I’ve been living in Edogawa for 10yrs

@Yoshiki-kh3xs

5 жыл бұрын

It’s amazing

@anniep2837

5 жыл бұрын

Heh.

@lailakhan6007

5 жыл бұрын

C0192ll_ l

Why everything is so aesthetic in japan

@Zalazaar

3 жыл бұрын

I don't see it

@90sanime52

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh fr

@Frag-Adapt

3 жыл бұрын

Ikr

@MB-yw7up

3 жыл бұрын

They're a detailed people as a whole

@mach1nefan

3 жыл бұрын

**clears throught** because J A P A N

The next big hurdle to get over is finding a realtor that will sell to foreigners. My friend had realtors literally tell him “we don’t sell to foreigners”.

@sivvinod3187

3 жыл бұрын

I guess you could mediate through a Japanese friend? Though I've heard realtors being very mad about doing it like that.

@lvzyours

2 жыл бұрын

No I think their smart for not selling to foreigners

@ronaldvanas9492

2 жыл бұрын

@@lvzyours Why exactly? If a foreigner is contributing to the economy and can speak japanese at basic fluency, should they not be allowed to buy housing?

@tzetzo_tzetzov

2 жыл бұрын

@@ronaldvanas9492 Judging by the side effects of Europe's openness I can understand why they might not want to sell land to foreigners.

@fenrisares

2 жыл бұрын

@@tzetzo_tzetzov for example London, that almost doesn't have native London ppl :(

The beautiful thing about countries that are occupied 75% by mountains is that they must find a way to be more efficient. In the US, because we have so much space, suburban sprawl is a nightmare. Few other countries have this problem (maybe Australia) where you have to drive every where to do every single thing. It looks like Japan has done it just right though, good public transportation, zoning laws , combined with the freedom to build whatever you want. The pencil homes and micro apartments could be the future. I traveled to Tokyo a few years ago and was surprised by the fact that it's actually more a low-rise city than an overwhelming mega-lopolis. Coming from the US, which is so centered around the auto industry, I found the local markets, noodle shops and convenience stores fascinating. Anyway, thanks for the video., keep up the good work.

@starlightshimmers

7 жыл бұрын

In Canada it's worse, imagine 35 million people in the 2nd largest country in the world, everything is so spread out we have to drive everywhere.

@dustywaxhead

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Partly why I want to become an urban planner

@FirstnameLastname-nx1oh

5 жыл бұрын

Mario that’s awful, I love the space and scenery American suburbs offers.

@buccaneerbabe89

5 жыл бұрын

yup live in australia and can't easily walk to things in the suburbs!

@genli5603

5 жыл бұрын

Caleb Gallegos Sounds about right. Urban planners do like to try to force people into their tin can communist paradise rather than give people what they want.

I really like the mix-use zones of the residential areas, really makes you feel connected with the communities, where in America I can't even get out of my home owner community without a car..

It's amazing what you can accomplish when you get rid of zoning and actually allow people to build more housing whenever and wherever they want

@invaderjoshua6280

2 жыл бұрын

Cities only thrive when they are allowed to be organic.

@winzyl9546

6 ай бұрын

There is zoning in japan and it makes sense. American zoning is absurdly bureacratic and anti walking.

@alastairhewitt380

6 ай бұрын

@@jeremyjackson7429 The US is trying its damnest to keep slavery alive. I HATE living in the US and am doing everything possible to go remote so I can leave again. Many immigrants who come to the US also leave because it is not how it is portrayed in movies. My family used to work with refugees from Sudan and many of them went back. A country that has been plagued by internal war for decades. Truly I think the US is the worst country on the planet and I would give anything to live anywhere else.

@Kraci1ius

6 ай бұрын

@@jeremyjackson7429 North America have this weird concept of applying suburban designs with huge house and large yard to everywhere from outside to the inner city. While rural villages have no problem applying this concept, cities are not the right place. Inner cities should have their own urban design codes that allow middle-size apartments and smaller street suitable for walking. Cities should be build for people living in it like Tokyo, not for people living hours away like Toronto.

30 Minute train ride and I am halfway across my country :P Scale difference is insane. Netherlands so tiny.

@meemeelipota

7 жыл бұрын

No I don't I have to drive 30 mins in train just to get to my university which is the heart of my city 😓

@Haileyishappy

7 жыл бұрын

It's a half hour train ride across my city

@dalton5229

7 жыл бұрын

I drive half an hour to work everyday, and the distance across my state is tiny.

@Hellifor

7 жыл бұрын

Having ridden the subway/train system in several cities across the world, it is important to remember that the 30 minutes mentioned isn't necessarily a straight shot. The train will stop at multiple stops which increases the overall time. If it only used the initial stop and final destination, the time would be greatly reduced.

@brid8923

7 жыл бұрын

lol My state doesn't even have train :\ we have these ghetto bus that only go through the metropolitan area, otherwise you gotta take a car. To get from one end of my state to the other is about 4-5 hours.

That's why I live in Hokkaido. A 3 story, 6 bedroom mansion goes for 400K here

@FMRebs

7 жыл бұрын

Wow. Is it easy to find jobs there?

@danesebruno

7 жыл бұрын

FM R depends on many things. If you are a native English speaker then yes. You can easily find teaching jobs.

@stinkinweeb632

7 жыл бұрын

Bruno Danese I have a good pronunciation but sadly isn't native English speaker. So, living there should be hard :D

@danesebruno

7 жыл бұрын

Being an actual native is not that important. What really matters for employers is how well you can lead a class full of wild children

@stinkinweeb632

7 жыл бұрын

Bruno Danese That's great. But as an Asian, I know that most employers would pick a stuttering European than a fluent Asian.

Once went to japan, and my heart left there 😍

@dah4291

4 жыл бұрын

Aren't we all? 😄

@mathewng1988

2 жыл бұрын

Left my heart there the first time I went. And has been visiting my heart every year, prior to the pandemic.

Imagine if the bay area had those zoning laws. Basically all the problems fixed

@Someonesaidthis

3 жыл бұрын

If all of California had those zoning laws, especially LA

@codacreator6162

3 жыл бұрын

Just need to limit or eliminate investment in housing. Far too many of American homes are held by investment companies as a means of income, which is pricing average American families out. Same time, we suck at building multi-housing units large enough to accommodate families without stacking people in bedrooms like prison cells.

@kai663

2 жыл бұрын

Not quite. Another thing that’s needed is the transit system

Well done episode, Greg! Love Edogawa Ward :) -john

@LifeWhereImFrom

7 жыл бұрын

+ONLY in JAPAN haha ;-)

@lucth16

7 жыл бұрын

Well done but he forgot the most important thing. Distance from the closest train station in Japan is KING! He should have stressed that. I live in Kanagawa in a medium size house and it was about 370,000$. Why? I'm 10min walking distance from the train station. 300,000$ in Edogawa-ku... that house must be tiny and in the middle of nowhere.

@ethanshaw2718

6 жыл бұрын

ONLY in JAPAN I live in Canada and you can drive on an open highway for over 15 hours and still be in the same province

@May9ninth

6 жыл бұрын

+Luc Sasaki how long have you lived their

Wow, I really appreciate how much time and research you put into this video for us. I live in the middle of the desert 70 miles away from Mexico and it is far different here than what you are sharing!

@LifeWhereImFrom

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

wow, just saw the chevrolet suburban at 4:32. seems pretty brave to own it in tokyo.

@Abel-Alvarez

Жыл бұрын

lmao right? i just noticed that as well.

As an urban & regional planning student, this video was so interesting to give an outline about housing and the policy of Japan especially in Tokyo! Awesome! Good for comparation studies in specific about land and housing.

4:20 . saitama's apartment XD

@outlawdudegaming2949

4 жыл бұрын

TATAKAE ! HEROOOO !

@n.r80888

4 жыл бұрын

In the first part, it was more like 4:12

i like japan. its surrounding is clean and beautiful..

@elmalanmalan2175

5 жыл бұрын

but inside people house s are dirty

@guessedkatie

5 жыл бұрын

el malan malan really?

@elmalanmalan2175

5 жыл бұрын

@@guessedkatie japan everything looks good on the surface when you lived here you realized there is another japan.

@guessedkatie

5 жыл бұрын

el malan malan oh I didn’t know

@jethalal4209

4 жыл бұрын

Just don't, literally don't practise orthodox islam there.

I am living in Frankfurt, Germany and a new modern 120 square meter house costs minimum a million euros. I love japan and have an eye on a house in Tokyo.

I love this video so much! You answered questions I didn't even know I had from when I lived in Japan.

So many people seem surprised to find that property costs vary substantially from country to country. Yeesh.

@peacebewu

7 жыл бұрын

I think that's normal. Like checking the prices of the stuff in the market and it makes you "whoa".

@Strideo1

7 жыл бұрын

genjii931 It's probably because they have local governments that don't do anything to address the housing shortages where they live. In the San Francisco bay area it's ridiculous how much housing costs and every new development project can be held up by people filing court cases over every tiny detail they don't like. It's disgusting.

@seanlewis3381

7 жыл бұрын

Personally I think it would be wierder to travel the world and find out all land costs the same everywhere. Prices should vary, this is totally natural and yah its weird that people dont expect it.

@seanlewis3381

7 жыл бұрын

those hundred dollar houses in detroit are usually condemned with homeless people living in them. With no utilities and broken houses as neighbours. There is a reason those houses are so cheap.

@GloomGaiGar

7 жыл бұрын

Surprised by the difference probably not by fact that they vary.

This is gonna sound weird for a 16 year old but I love this channel and its videos to see what its like in places i dont live

@LifeWhereImFrom

7 жыл бұрын

Doesn't seem weird to me, thanks for watching!

@CraigMansfield

7 жыл бұрын

iy626 What's weird about it? This is your world, too. Be interested in everything.

wait a minute at 9:44.. there's a power pole in front of the garage? then how..

@luist.121

4 жыл бұрын

That’s why it’s still available lol

@Saga3

4 жыл бұрын

Rizka Sekar yes

@marcusjones7082

4 жыл бұрын

Bicycle parking I guess xD

This was so well presented! Learned much! Thank you!

Big fan of Japanese cities. I'm a Canadian urban planner who lived in Japan for four years. Although the houses are smaller, the houses and cities use space very efficiently and so there are many amenities near by. Nice analysis between Burnaby and Japan. Interesting that it's basically the same net cost per area, but in Canada you're paying for land that is rarely used (yards, especially the front yard). I'd much rather have a denser urban environment like in Japan with many amenities outside my front door (and a cheaper house!), instead of dead space. Do you have a urban planning background? Seems like you have a pretty good understanding of the basics of urban planning.

@LifeWhereImFrom

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I'm a fan too! My brother and mother have studied geography / city planning and work in relevant government departments in Canada. I studied business. I got into cities and urban planning while filming at UBC, where I'd have to record lectures from special presentations. A lecture series was done on liveable cities, which really sparked my interest.

@rockshot100

7 жыл бұрын

Since the culture is so different there, the planning considerations there are also much different, it is all soooo interesting.

@Sandouras

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's much better to live like an ant in a densely populated concrete hell. Please get your weabooness checked.

@coreynewcomb685

7 жыл бұрын

Different strokes for different folks I guess, but don't knock it until you've tried it my friend, Japanese cities are FUN.

@coreynewcomb685

7 жыл бұрын

Light reading for you: urbankchoze.blogspot.ca/2014/04/japanese-zoning.html

Next video, How to get a job or career in Japan?

@LifeWhereImFrom

7 жыл бұрын

I have some videos about working in Japan... but at the moment it's not covering the how part, just the what it's like part.

@carolyang9023

7 жыл бұрын

Life Where I'm From l l l l l l l l了。。

@joyboydesu5968

7 жыл бұрын

I'm planning on working in Japan in the future. I'm keen on the job career and citizenship (if you're making one).

@OurLove4Dance

7 жыл бұрын

Life Where I'm From Okay I'll check it out. Thanks for the reply.

@OktaviaVon

7 жыл бұрын

english teacher bruh it's like super easy to become one just they could put you anywhere in Japan..

This video was much more interesting than I expected it to be! It sparked a long conversation with my family on housing where I’m from (which before this I knew nothing about). I also loved learning about housing in Edogawa, which, coincidentally, I was learning about in my Geography class last week! Thank you for the extremely well done & incredibly informative video; I look forward to seeing more! 😊

This is the best video I have ever seen on youtube. The logistics you covered, the understandable comparisons. Amazing, great moves, keep it up.

ugh....now I want to know MORE!! Cannot wait til you add to this video with new ones...

i got a headache from all that math.

@mrnarason

7 жыл бұрын

lol I didn't recall any math that would even give you close to any even a migraine

@rickdeckard5719

7 жыл бұрын

Whatever Aristotle.

@lucygirl4926

7 жыл бұрын

@Rick Deckard Me too. Numbers, in general, give me a headache. Couple that with the cartoon-ish way that Japan presents everything...well, pass the Advil!

@gr8fuldeadhead1979

7 жыл бұрын

Rick Deckard same

@lilaratnaningrum5847

7 жыл бұрын

😢😢😢😢😢mee tooo

I love how informative this is. Not like I'll ever use it though 😞 lol

This is so exciting I can’t wait for more. I’m slowly realizing I want a home there one day!

I was born in Tokyo and its crazy awesome, endless things to do and everyone is so polite. Really makes me proud to be half Japanese.

Love the fact that you can own a house near or in one of if not the biggest cities in the world on a normal salary. I choose to buy in Saitama tho, which is still pretty close to Tokyo. I'm from Vancouver as well an you need to an NHL star to be able to afford a house in Vancouver.

@vinsokukan1879

5 жыл бұрын

Please explain to the rest of us(by normal salary)?

@louisazraels7072

5 жыл бұрын

@@vinsokukan1879 not needing to be a manager to afford a house I'd say.

@kristinesharp6286

4 жыл бұрын

@ITHEREONETHATHASNT if they had just built enough housing for the numbers of people they want living there. Instead they don’t want people to have babies and think the isn’t enough space for wildlife. People need to look at a map.

@konataizumi5829

4 жыл бұрын

@ITHEREONETHATHASNT Every KZread video has that one alt-right comment xD

@joseph1150

4 жыл бұрын

@ITHEREONETHATHASNT Not quite true. Canada has a bunch of unused land. Too much honestly. But their zoning laws and property rules prevents development for most areas.

The zoning law info and examples at 8:00 and beyond is great, very well presented

Hello! Just stumbled upon your videos today and have been binge-watching since! Hope your life in Japan has been amazing. Cheers, A viewer from Surrey, BC!

Wow, that was well done and so informative. Thank you.

Tokyo seems very beautiful,thank you for sharing

Very well researched and thoughtfully explained. Great video.

I love how informative and personal your videos are, thank you! :) (Hope to be working in Japan in the near future)

When comparing income in Canada and Tokyo it is important to mention (like in one of the last sentences of the video) that in Tokyo you usually don't need a car. The price of an average car including all costs (including the price for the car) is at least 500 Dollars per month. This compared to the costs of the loans that are mentioned shows how relevant that is.

It would be so cool if you guys could talk about affordable housing in Kyoto. My friends and I are considering going there on a teaching program. This was a really cool video though. Well-produced and informative. It gave me NHK World vibes actually. I half expected Peter Barakan to show up halfway through. XD

@yesseniagomez4603

7 жыл бұрын

have you went to Kyoto yet? :)

@synthiandrakon

4 жыл бұрын

With the zoning laws in kyoto being the same what you will find will be very similar if not a little cheaper with the population and demand for kyoto being much lower

As always, your videos are extremely fascinating!

This is very interesting and well-researched. Good job!

Another documentary quality video! Good job.

$300,000 is expensive? Come to Singapore.

@cm3655

7 жыл бұрын

Nasrullah Zaren Come to Hong Kong.

@PsyQoBoy

7 жыл бұрын

Come to Sydney One bedroom apartments range from $500,000 to $800,000. Houses range from $800,000 to $4,000,000 with the average house around $1,500,000

@randomstuff5492

7 жыл бұрын

That's cheap compared to Palo Alto. $2,500,000 USD for the median house.

@GrumpyStormtrooper

7 жыл бұрын

that's because you have mad taxes

@fernando18455

7 жыл бұрын

Meet me at Beverly Hills

Thank you so much for creating these videos! I'm planning on teaching English and fundamental arts in japan in my future, and watching your videos and learning how accessible the country can be inspires me. Cheers!

@disparoz7420

3 ай бұрын

Did you do it??

im 16, broke and watching this

@methcat5005

3 жыл бұрын

Been a year. U still broke?

@abdullahrashid7385

3 жыл бұрын

@@methcat5005 nah im good

@methcat5005

3 жыл бұрын

@@abdullahrashid7385 very cool bro

@psychadelicaddiction4554

3 жыл бұрын

Well dats me rn isnt it 🤣

Thanks for this super informative video! There is a lot of info to digest and it's going to take several replays to get it all xD This means that this video took an even longer time to make! Thank you so much for doing all the research and footage capture :) It's great to see all the info presented in a way that the average person can understand ^^ TY and keep up the awesome work!

@rockshot100

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, I just commented that Greg should have slowed down and made the video longer. Do you think you would have been bored? I could not digest all of that info at that pace. Let's see what he says.

@LifeWhereImFrom

7 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, thanks!

it's insane how well done this video is

This video was made with exceptional quality. Beautiful shots!

This was a super informative video, thanks!

These homes are really small. In the US, homes that size are usually marketed towards singles or couples. I can't imagine having a family in one of those detached houses. Especially the one in the preview clip at the end of the video. Very informative, though! Thanks for sharing.

@LifeWhereImFrom

7 жыл бұрын

The average home size in Japan is close to 1,000 sq. ft. Really depends on the area. Main parts of the city are a lot smaller than off in rural areas. But 1,000 sq. ft. place would be marketed towards a family, with 1-3 kids. They would have 3-4 bedrooms and thus be called 3LDK or 4LDK (L=living room, D=dining room, K=kitchen).

@sassy3923

6 жыл бұрын

Be thankful you were born in a better country.

This is great! Really explains the housing situation well. People think Tokyo is so expensive, but (comparing to other large cities) it's not so much. Plus I'm trained as a planner, so totally into the nerdy zoning analysis ;-)

Such a fantastic channel. Every video is so well made in every respect. Thank you so much. :)

The quality of this video is on another level. Congratulations from spain

That was a very comprehensive documentary. Thank you!

I​ and my children had just moved to Tokyo. Thanks for the heads up!

@nishikata991

2 жыл бұрын

hope they'r doing good its been 3 years since this comment

Extremely informative video.

Great video, love the detail into zoning laws and the charts and tables provided.

Wow this is EXACTLY the kind of video I was looking for. I was researching property in Chiba just last week. I thought Tokyo would be out of the question.

@LifeWhereImFrom

7 жыл бұрын

Great, glad it helped! You should really go around different neighbourhoods and check out open houses. I find that on the weekend it's quite easy to bike or walk around and drop in on places. I also found that even if I had the layout from a flyer or online, actually going into the home really changed my perspective.

I saw : riverside just like the scene of literary girl from daily lives of high school boys. a house just like in gintama. train crossing just like kyou kai no kanata :3 japan

@hiimetai7547

7 жыл бұрын

dont forget that life in japan is not anime

@godslaya4563

7 жыл бұрын

saif rehman You watch gintama!!!! Not a lot of people do!!

@fireaza

7 жыл бұрын

Ha ha, there's a million places in Japan that look like that! These anime aren't exactly depicting something unique and special.

@thekickassmexican102

7 жыл бұрын

currently on episode 90 😆

@imasepan

7 жыл бұрын

weebs.

So informative! Thank you!

Very nice format thank you LWIF Good information keep up the good work.

Do people normally have home insurance to cover natural disasters like earthquake, flooding, tsunami? Will the payout be adequate to rebuild the house?

@joseph1150

4 жыл бұрын

Most of the price of a house is land, the actual house is cheap, mostly prefab garbage, won't last more than 30 years, and doesn't have central heating or insulation. AC? HA! In the US the land is cheap (in most non core urban areas) but building is expensive (because we have to have HVAC and insulation).

No mention of Property Tax, so their's no property tax charge? Anyone know the cost?

@LifeWhereImFrom

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's a good link. But, there's some fine-grained details that change things. I don't think the article mentions that for the types of homes I showed in the video, you'd pay 1/6th the tax. So 1.4% of $300,000 and then divide by 6 = $700. Then there's the municipal tax at 0.3%, which you pay 1/3rd. So 0.3% of $300,000 and then divide by 3 = $300. Altogether $1,000 a year. But the assessed value for taxes is lower (I believe) than the market value, so it should be less than $1,000. Plus there are deductions for new homes to factor in. Also, as your home devalues (as has been the trend for about 25 years now), the taxes will get reduced as well.

@SalesGeniuses

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all the helpful information.

@Dax893

7 жыл бұрын

My father-in-law told me that if it's your principal residence, you pay an annual property tax of about 0.5% of the current assessment. If it's your secondary residence, as his Tokyo home is, the annual property tax is about 1.5%, or a type of penalty.That was in 2007, so things may have changed. He's a real estate agent, so I think he knew what he was talking about.

@juandenz2008

7 жыл бұрын

One of the driving factors (but not the only one) of the property bubbles in major Australian and New Zealand cities is what they refer to as "negative gearing" where a paper loss on a property investment can be offset against other sources of income such as wages and salary. It seems as if Japan allows this too. However countries like the USA and the UK don't allow it.

So glad you mentioned Kasai! I lived there for 3 years (back to Canada now) and am now considering buying a condo there.

these are some dope videos. definitely putting tokyo on my list of places to visit and even live for a bit

I bought mine in Shin Koiwa ( Edogawa Ward ) for US$340 K. And you dont even have to take Keisei train coz we do have JR Station that goes straight to Shinjuku and Akihabara without having to change train.

Your actually correct with the comparison of The Bronx and Edogawa. I used to live in New York city and it takes about 30 minutes to get from The Bronx to Manhattan. Of course The Bronx back then was NOT a nice place to visit. However, The Bronx has always been a diverse neighbor with a plethora of history. Also, the food is delicious!

@danli9884

5 жыл бұрын

good comment, too far down ,but i agree. i don't think bronx is a good comparison maybe queens or even new jersey is slightly better comparison ,but maybe toronto singapore is a even better comparison as the neighborhood atmosphere match at 150% to 200% price hike...

such a wonderful video. thanks so much for sharing

Thank you for the video! It was interesting!

This seriously hurts as someone who lives in Toronto. I will likely never be able to afford to buy a home here and will probably have to leave the city eventually.

@ra1ng1rl

5 жыл бұрын

Firepower mood bro I wanna cry ;-;

Nice video. Rachel & Jun made a video (last year?) about custom-designed homes in Japan; worth a look if you're into the topic.

@LifeWhereImFrom

7 жыл бұрын

Yep, saw those vids. I will be releasing a video about custom houses soonish.

@genjii931

7 жыл бұрын

Very cool; looking forward to it.

It was a good paced well explained video. Good edition. Cheers dor you. What you propose was given.

I like your explanation. Keep it up!

4:31 - The irony.. a gigantic Suburban next to a tiny Kei car

As everywhere, I think the main difficulty lies in being able to pay back that long-term loan. These days so many young people get stuck with limited-term work contracts and have no idea where they're headed financially in the next 5 to 10 years. It's really tough to commit to building a house under these conditions.

@taoliu3949

2 жыл бұрын

All buying a house means that you have development rights to change it however you want. If you don't care for those rights, renting makes more sense.

Really informative video thank you👏

Wow that's fascinating. Depreciating housing is super uncommon here in the US, property and home value tends to only ever go up. I would love to know more about why home prices in Japan depreciate! Hell, in my area even collapsing buildings increase in value over time... Thanks to the constant stream of wealthy landlords who horde property and can afford to renovate.

In my country with $300.000 USD you would get almost a mansion... Those tiny homes would cost something around $15.000-25.000 USD

@dananthonynegre9186

6 жыл бұрын

In my place (Malaybalay, Philippines), the house shown in the video will cost $45,000 USD. Keep in mind that I live in a semi-rural area of a developing Southeast Asian nation. That house is almost the same with ours (land area & 2-storeys) and my parents annual income minus tax is only $9,500 USD. So I'm curious on where you live.

@Carrrol

6 жыл бұрын

Dan Anth 9500 per year or month?

@adrianbehan7966

6 жыл бұрын

He said 'annual' income which is per year.

@Carrrol

6 жыл бұрын

adrian behan oh thank you , I didn’t know that

@therealmacgyver5470

6 жыл бұрын

ok and your country is?

I really enjoyed this video. You should make more like this as many foreigners like us are interested in purchasing realty in Japan.

I love your channel and the videos you put out. They are all genuine great content. Thank you. :)

It would be awesome if you could cover prices on the country side!

I bought a new house in Japan, no married, no permanent visa, 15min from Shinjuku, rounded by sakura trees, can see Fuji mountain and Skytree from my balcony, famous fireworks etc and only 35 million yen. Right now if you want to buy a new house in my area it costs more than 50 million yen. No regret!

Excellent video, a lot of information presented very clearly

Thanks for the quality video.

I missed your videos man