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What would convince Japanese people to live in a home where there’d been a death or “accident?”

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 18, 2025
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Jiko bukken survey examines the deal-breakers and deal-makers among apartment hunters in Japan.

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• (accident apartments • accident properties • apartments • COK • jiko bukken • society • survey)

Japan apartment hunting – Can you find cheaper rent by avoiding the peak spring moving season?

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 14, 2024

With tons of college students and office workers looking to move at the same time, is dodging the “new lifestyle” season a smart move?

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• Japan
• (apartment hunting • apartments • COK • Living in Japan • moving season • new lifestyle season • shin seikatsu season • SNJO • society)

If you have an apartment in Japan, your “fire disaster insurance” may also be toilet insurance

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 4, 2023

Got a busted toilet in your place in Japan? Check for this before you pay the whole repair bill.

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• (apartments • COK • Insurance • life hacks • Living in Japan • SNO • Toilets)

Can a Japanese lawyer help stop a neighbor from getting our reporter’s bike all wet?

• Master Blaster
  Jul 14, 2023

There ought to be a crime.

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• Japan
• (apartments • bicycles • crime • law • lawyers • Living in Japan • parking • Yuichiro Wasai)

Japanese moving company scam? The time we almost called police on a removal rep

• Oona McGee
  Apr 6, 2023

A warning to anyone using a moving company in Japan. 

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• Japan
• (apartments • COK • crazy • life in japan • Living in Japan • moving • moving companies • moving from Tokyo • moving to Japan • police • removal • SNJO • weird • Yuuichiro Wasai)

Apartments with no bath or shower rising in popularity among young Tokyoites, report says

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 23, 2023

No bath, no problem?

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• Japan
• (apartments • baths • Living in Japan • public baths • sento • society)

Super cheap apartment in Japan has a steamy past, free water

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 13, 2022

Low monthly rent for rooms that used to rented out by the hour.

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• (apartments • crazy • hotels • love hotels • weird)

Tokyo real estate agency sends beautiful women with you on apartment visits for date-like mood

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 31, 2022

Girls Chintai wants to help customers make the right chintai choice.

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• (apartments • beautiful women • COK • real estate • weird)

Do Tokyo’s Reversible Destiny Lofts really hold the power to reverse your destiny?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 19, 2022

Architectural landmark is designed to expand your mind in new ways.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • apartments • architecture • art • COK • colour • cool • history • japanese architecture • Mariko Ohanabatake • Mitaka • preservation • Reversible Destiny Lofts • SNJO • Tokyo • travel)

How much money do you need to live in your own apartment in Japan?【Survey】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 1, 2022

Think living in Japan is crazy expensive? Think again.

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• Japan
• (apartments • COK • Living in Japan • moving to Japan • society)

Restoring Nakagin Capsule Tower’s rare “pink capsule”, formerly used in the sex industry

• Oona McGee
  Mar 3, 2022

One final hurrah for the soon-to-be-demolished iconic building. 

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• Japan
• (apartments • architecture • city living • interviews • japanese architecture • Kisho Kurokawa • Metabolism movement • Nakagin Capsule Tower • shimbashi • SNJO • Tokyo)

“Gamer apartments” available to rent for under US$350 a month, comes with full gaming PC set up

• Katie Pask
  Feb 23, 2022

The ‘e-room‘ comes complete with gaming PCs, desk, chair and more.

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• (apartments • Basara • COK • cool • crazy • e-sports • gamer • pro gamers • pro gaming • video games)

The anime cosplay DJ in Tokyo’s crazy Nakagin Capsule Tower apartment【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 26, 2021

Koe finds the perfect space in which to find her creative voice.

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• Japan
• (anime • apartments • architecture • COK • cool • cosplay • crazy • music • Nakagin Capsule Tower • SNJO • tokusatsu • weird)

Neighbors Kamikitazawa introduces us to the cool side of shared Tokyo apartment rentals

• Oona McGee
  Oct 7, 2021

Where neighbours become good friends…

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• (apartments • architecture • buildings • design • Japanese property • property • rental • renting • Setagaya • share house • social apartments • Tokyo)

Before and After: Renovating a rundown rental property in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Sep 24, 2021

Apartment renovation in the middle of Tokyo is a DIY inspiration. 

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• (Apartment • apartments • before after • before and after • cool • DIY • Japanese apartments • Japanese property • makeover • Office Space • property • renovation • rental • renting • renting in Japan • Tokyo living)

Reversible Destiny Lofts needs your help to protect its destiny during coronavirus pandemic

• Oona McGee
  Sep 21, 2021

Architectural landmark in Tokyo faces a shaky future.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • apartments • architecture • art • COK • cool • crowdfunding • demolition • history • japanese architecture • Mitaka • preservation • Reversible Destiny Lofts • Tokyo • travel)

This Tokyo apartment complex lets you paint your room, offers community BBQ and camping gear

• Dale Roll
  Sep 17, 2021

And it has a community DIY workroom!

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• (Apartment • apartments • barbecue • camping • communal living • cool • DIY • Japanese apartments • outdoors • social apartments • Tokyo living)

Living with coronavirus in a Japanese share house

• SoraNews24
  Sep 15, 2021

Firsthand account reveals there are pros and cons to catching the virus in a communal living environment.

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• Japan
• (apartments • coronavirus • Delta strain • interview • pandemic • share house • shared living • social apartments • Tokyo)

Nakagin Capsule Tower’s rare “pink capsules”, formerly used in the sex industry

• Oona McGee
  Sep 15, 2021

The people of Nakagin Capsule Tower are a wealth of knowledge when it comes to the history of the soon-to-be-demolished iconic building. 

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• Japan
• (apartments • architecture • city living • interviews • japanese architecture • Kisho Kurokawa • Metabolism movement • Nakagin Capsule Tower • shimbashi • SNJO • Tokyo)

We check out Films Wako, a “social apartment” building with a movie theater inside

• Dale Roll
  Sep 1, 2021

And the price for a room is actually super reasonable!

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• Japan
• (apartments • Films Wako • Saitama • share house • social apartments • Wakoshi)

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