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From what I can see in the video, it seems to fall more into the 1K category - a single room with a kitchen - making this even more pricy! 1DK tends to have two
by minikomi 10y ago
From what I can see in the video, it seems to fall more into the 1K category - a single room with a kitchen - making this even more pricy! 1DK tends to have two separate rooms, one of which can be quite small. Agreed on the price - a quick search for 1K or 1DK apartments in the most expensive ward in Japan shows that only even the most spacious apartments ever go over that range:
1K : http://madori.chintai.net/1k/tokyo/area/13103/o=3/ http://madori.chintai.net/1k/tokyo/area/13103/o=3/
1DK: http://madori.chintai.net/1dk/tokyo/area/13103/o=3/ http://madori.chintai.net/1dk/tokyo/area/13103/o=3/
- level3 10y agoIndeed, I previously lived in a 2LDK in a very nice tower mansion in that ward (in Shibaura, near Mita Station), and that was around 700sqft for under $2500. I was sharing with a friend (so my rent was only half that) but it was amazingly comfortable. My current place is a 1DK, slightly smaller than the apartment in the article, but even that feels big for one person. In any case, after living in Tokyo, I find it hard to describe a 300sqft apartment as "tiny."
- sologoub 10y agoMost 1-room apartments in Russia/former soviet bloc also have the 1DK layout - that extra room makes an amazingly big difference in livability.