Comments on: How are Japanese houses?

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By: kirin

kirin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:25:11 +0000

Normal apartment for a single is called "one room" in Japanese and yes, it's like studio in the U.S.

By: jessy

jessy — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:58:58 +0000

i can relate when you say you cannot live without japanese food, bath, and taking shoes off.!.!.!.
now that i live in US for a bit, these things (food, bath, shoes) are different.
I am from puerto rico, and there, the bath is connected to the floor. like US baths', there the ''bath'' is just a part of the bathroom that is divided by see-through doors.
and people don't wear their shoes inside the house too. we use house sandals. there is an old saying "dirty shoes will bring worms". we still take our shoes off here in US, but it gets tireding to tell other people to take their shoes off when they visit. ^^''
thank you for giving exampols of housing markets.
i see advertisement of "Daiwa House" in many dramas, and now i know what it is. xD
i guess a normal apartment in japan, is like studio in US.

By: kirin

kirin — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:05:01 +0000

Wow, that's so reasonable. In my area (a river across Tokyo, so it's cheaper than Tokyo) 70 sqm apartment house costs 35 million yen. (Is it like Hong Kong, or maybe a little betther?) When it comes to a house with 2nd floor, it'll be 50 -60 million yen even in this area. Of course people buy house by borrowing money from bank and the house is mortgaged until we return all debt. It's nice if your house will be sold at higher prices. In Japan it used to be like that, but not any more.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 08:10:15 +0000

Hello again! Mm… Perhaps one day soon, I'll make a video to show you my apartment in Singapore? ^_^ It is 110msq and costs a bit less than 15 million yen. It'll take us about 25 years to pay for it. But we borrow $$$ from the Govt at an interest rate of about 2.5%. The housing market is good now. I can sell this apartment for about 25 million yen. But if I do that, I'll have to live under a bridge or something. Haha…

By: kirin

kirin — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:12:01 +0000

Barefoot in the house, yes! Same in Indonesia? I feel this is the best, and for this I will never understand Western culture where they wear shoes in their house. In Japan apartment is cheaper than house because 5 people would share the land if the apartment had 5 floors. Thanks for your comment. I've never been to Jakarta. I've only been to Bali.

By: mei

mei — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:20:38 +0000

barefoot in the house??just the same with Indonesian people:D

reading your post about housing in Japan, I can figure it out that there no diff with here in my country. In big city as Jakarta, which land price are so high, average people just like us just can buy average house. 2 rooms, small kitchen and small bathroom(no bath up). About Apartment, it's a bit different with your country Kirin, here high society live in apartment. coz price for apartment are higher then a house

By: n a n d a

n a n d a — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:31:55 +0000

thank you so much. i already appreciate u replied my comments and requests hehe
will be waiting for it patiently

By: kirin

kirin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:14:32 +0000

Hi nanda, thank you for your comment.
Do you often watch Japanese dramas? Then you have to know that the setting in most of dramas are a little bit far from reality. I mean heroine would live in a nice apartment. In reality, if the heroine works for such and such company and the age is such, then how could she live in such a nice house? …something like that. I rarely can watch TV, but have you ever watched Hatarakiman, for example? I happened to watch that drama (a few years ago though), but there's no way the heroine can live in such a nice apartment if she were out of the drama.

Next time (which does not always mean next post), I'll write about how we make the most out of the limited space. I may refer to our interior decoration then or next after next time. So please be patient until then. Stay tuned!

By: Rosa

Rosa — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:59:38 +0000

Great! That would be a great follow-up post for the Japanese houses post. Thanks! I will definitely stay tuned!