Inside Tokyo's Most EXPENSIVE Penthouse Apartment
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- Published on Dec 12, 2020
- We go inside a luxury Tokyo apartment on the rooftop of a Shibuya tower, to see how far $25,000 a month's rent can go.
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NOTIFICATION SQUAD: Free wifi in a $25,000 apartment?! What a bargain!! I must say having gone around some of these absurd apartments with eye watering price tags, while they're intriguing to tour, I seldom walk away feeling envious. Having lived in three small apartments across Japan in the last 8 years I'm weirdly content living in a small space. That being said, a huge thanks again to the mischievous Alex for taking us on a whirlwind tour of a luxury Tokyo apartment!
You could be the next Robert Downey Junior, Chris, I'm rooting for you. Even when you don't really look like Robert Downey Jr
But how fast is it?
I spent a month in Japan. Love your videos! I would love to show you around Dublin.
In response to Mr.Mori's remarks on human rights riolations at the Japanese Olympic Games, I wanted to convey the fact that there are injustices and human rights riolations against one examinee by a more serious authority in Japan,and that there is a judicial crisis.😊
Three years ago in Japan, a staff member who was the organizer of the bar examination ,Ministry of Justice staff arbitrarily exposed the scores of the examinees' primary exams and the contents of almost all the subjects of the secondary exam treatises to the net , and relentlessly instigated the victim for bad taste. It was an incident in which he continued to perform manipulations to reduce the victim's impression and dropped it with personality attacks such as discomfort and death.
In addition, in order to eliminate the anxiety , the organizer uses a mobile phone to monitor the victim on a daily basis by vandalism, eavesdropping, voyeurism, grasping the location information, and continues to incite suicide relentlessly for the destruction of evidence on the net. By continuing to do so for the examinee, The Troll continues to incite suicide against victim or by unnaturally sticking and manipulating the impression, it interferes with the examination and the victim continues to fall into the examination. ..
It's like a prosecutor keeps trapping an innocent person by self-protection, and there was a serious and serious human rights violation.
You may not be able to see it from overseas, but please see the comment section of the 1st TheXvid of former Japanese prosecutor Nobuo Gohara and the official TheXvid comment section of Tokyo Metropolitan Govermet for details.
Even now, the handle names of the examinees, which are inconvenient for the Ministry of Justice staff, are constantly called by trolls and the trolls call another persons as the handle names of the examinees , continue to incite suicide against them,and make operations that reduce the impression of them in the examination thread of 5channel“予備試験スレ ”which is the exchange net bullet in board of the examinees.
There are Ministry of Justice staff in Japan that are not necessary in a society that only keep pulling the examinees' legs.
I've never heard of any other crazy exam where the exam organizer desperately interferes with one student's exam. Moreover, this test is a test to select Japanese lawyers. In this respect, Japan's judiciary lags behind the other contries.
Chris seems to be sharing a lot more of his time in hot tubs with his friends lately.
@Adam Aaáàa
That plus the comment of “we’re in the closet right now” just made me giggle
@Filali Nizar hhow so?
@Filali Nizar RIP Jiraya Sama, you fought a good fight. Big up the pervy sage!
Chris looks like jiraya sama
If this is an ongoing series, this is one of the most biggest opportunities to call this "Cribs Abroad".
LMFAO
Truth speak!
This series needs to be cancelled. It’s a lie. This apartment is 2 bedrooms !
Hell yea man
Yessss
Oddly enough, I was hit by a ping-pong ball from a 20-th floor penthouse, it didn't hurt, but I asked myself for a decade WTF happened until someone kind enough told me there's a penthouse in that building and they liked to play ping-pong there and many people had been hit by their balls as far as 2 blocks away, 'cause apparently the wind carries the balls quite far.
Do they get complaints!? I mean if it’s often enough people know about surely.
@howdw18 That's ... like, two lines of a haiku ...
But it's unfinished! It hurts!!
@Git Man Dear lord, that sounds like an awful death! LOL!
@A. C. Rusinov Nah a tennis ball's terminal velocity is about 60mph. Pro players serve at over 100mph and no-one's ever been killed by a tennis serve.
edit: I looked it up and one guy got killed by being hit in the balls and falling over onto his head
Ping pong show perhaps?
i ACTUALLY THINK WITH THE DRAG AND WIND RESISTANCE, IN FACT, THE PING PONG BALL WOULD HURT AS MUCH AS BEING DROPPED FROM A MEER 5 FT.
Lud?!!
I believe it’s spelled “mere”
Hey Ludwig
Ludwin
ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT 🏓
“Garbage storage room”. Sir, please stop showing everyone my bedroom.
😆😆
I was disappointed it wasn’t a garbage chute
Chris, I cannot put into words how much I appreciate your attitude in these videos of things normal people could never afford. Rather than rubbing how expensive something is in the viewer's face like some "influencers" do, you come alongside the viewer in being flabbergasted at the gross excess of some of these places. Sure, this is a nice apartment, but that's a LOT of home to manage, and it's not like you'd have much privacy with having cleaners come through regularly.
You come off as very genuine, and that alone is rare to find these days. Keep up the good work. :)
I love how he's advertising this to us as if it's a viable option. I will remember this video when my share of the inheritance from my middle eastern oil king father comes in.
Target audience: rich businessmen, ambassadors, heads of state.
Actual audience: some random weebs.
@Plane Crazy RAF amen 🙏🏻
@Theturtleowl yes.
@PurpleLightning6was9 Yeah, that’s not weeb money. That’s “suspiciously wealthy furries” money.
@Alice Indo Not ones watching this on TheXvid.
@DragnTulius' Chat Room - One Piece Discussions they could be... if they weren't spending all their riches on figurines and dakimakuras
PLEASE DO MORE OF THESE LUXURY APARTMENT TOURS!! I'm loving this new series from you and Sharla.
How many Takoyaki is that per month? That's the real question.
@Abroad in Japan how much fried chicken
more than enough to fill the jacuzzi that you can swim in
@Kimion at least 5
Is this a crossover episode?
Atleast 3
Alex is an amazing presenter and they are really funny together, great chemistry :) I like those videos, it's like a peek into another world!
hmmmm I'm not sure if the 25k a month is justified. at that price range, I'd rather buy a property than rent one.
@デラックス特撮DX Tokusatsu they don't have property in Japan yet.
I mean rich celebrities in my country rent expensive overpriced condos like this while their house is being renovated. They're so rich it doesn't matter. The priority is convenience.
Very true. I absolutely agree. Buying a house is more worth it for that price...Yikes.
@RMJ1984 why would they rent if they're absurdly rich and have apartment and mansion around the world?
These places are for the people who are so absurdly rich, that they have both. Like they have apartments and mansions all around the world.
@me jeff hahahahaha
Really enjoying these videos. I would like to see some of the quirkiest and most eccentric places to live in Japan. I challenge you and Sharla to find them, with Alex’s help of course.
That rooftop terrace is stunning! Doing your morning routine and stretches and work out there is just delightful
This seems like becoming a series as well: Visits of Despair
@Abroad in Japan nah risotto gonna rent it to brag to Chris
He needs to do this for restaurants, hotels, etc. Just visit places we can never dream of affording.
The *new* Abroad in Japan: Now with 80% more despair!
@jaktje 🙏😎
Lekkere reactie Rens xo Bart
I'm a Tokyo resident and I think this is a rip-off. It's expensive just because it's big. Shibuya is far from ideal place to live in. The view from the windows is awful and the interior design is cheap and boring. Let me tell you, Japanese rich people live in much better places than this.
Yeah. I saw Joey take a tour of Gackt's place.
Thanks for confirming this. I was about to go and rant on how that so called view was barely a view.
The spaciousness, the materials / the interiors, the rooms, I don't know but looks really enticing.
When you said it's not at the highest level of an apartment, I got taken a back
@Leyren What specifically was amazing about it? I've seen better places for even less than $3k. Not in Tokyo obviously but still, it just doesn't seem luxurious at all.
For $25k I would expect an apartment that's luxuriously furnished, with a specific artistic style. I would expect exotic woods, better staircase, a better location and some unique architectural features such as granite columns etc.
If we assume that the rent is calculated with the assumption that the entire price of the apartment will be re-paid in 20 years then this property is worth like $5.5 million? That's... a lot.
@Namelikeanyother Really? I found it quite amazing.
I love Alex’s quiet confidence. Definitely a top notch salesman haha
This city has always seemed to me really exiting, there is something in practically every corner to explore..... The idea of living in such a department with such a features, just blows my mind. I enjoy your videos mate!
I love your videos and have been watching for a while, I recently started watching with headphones and vr and its even better because I can experience the sound design and appreciate the production values better! Thank you for your content! Its been a real blessing especially this year since I'm stuck in America, unable to travel to Japan if I wanted to. Its been a lifetime goal of mine to visit Japan. I have a 22 day blueprint for a vacation I plan to take and you add inspiration as well as joy to my life! Thankyou again!
I love how Alex is so used to talking in his presenter voice that he just rolls with whatever nonsense Chris is saying.
@hobokenb0b bruh what? Keep your armchair intuitions to yourself man, he seems like nice enough dude. No need to do him like that.
Well at 15:04 he just fucking lost it LOL
@hobokenb0b I think that's just the feeling most people like him have 😂
not me he sounds super smarmy, and i really get a creep vibe from that guy. its totally baseless maybe he nurses sick kittens to health in his spare time, but i've learned to trust my instincts on such things and my hair is on end just watching and listening to him describe an apartment.
The mans well trained.
I love this series! Can we keep getting gaijin friendly apartment tours?! :D
I've been lucky enough to be invited at parties in some Tokyo apartments that were not as luxurious but pretty big and in a similar location (Shibuya, Roppongi etc.). Those guys usually work in finance. It's another world but I'm glad some of those guys don't mind inviting peasants from time to time lol
I love these luxury house tours, very interesting to see.
I love these types of videos! The CEO should create a channel just to make tour videos on all kind of apartments he promotes. I would watch them all.
I feel like this apartment was designed for the guy who buys 20+ exotic dancers for himself to drown his sorrows and loneliness every night
It's better than your wife divorcing you and taking half of your money
@coolbones He's not envious. He's just speaking facts
yeah, the target audience might be better than you in every possible way but at least you know they're lonely so you got that going for you. Sounds like cope to me buddy. Maybe the guy is better than you AND happy. :)
I wanna be that guy for a year or two.
Dan bilzerian?
One thing I love about guests on this channel, is the Chris will only do things like this with people that he genuinely gets along with and enjoys being around. All of his collabs shine because of it.
To be honest I thought the $20,000 one last month was far more attractive. Nicer garden and a better layout. Why is this one more expensive?
I'm living my Japanese dream vicariously through Chris and his many-faceted crazy Britishness.
Hi , I'm Chris , you don't mind me sending you a direct message... I'd love to talk to you
Chris, continue this as a series and call it CRIBS ABROAD !!!
Wait, an average Tokyo apartment only costs $1000 a month? Shit it's near double that here in Portland.
@Bt 7274 What isn't wrong with Portland
@Airyana Waējah lmao what’s wrong with Portland
Why Do You Live In Portland?!!!
The real question is, when are you going to show us the new Apartment tour once you move all your furniture in? >
"Those stairs go to heaven. You'll see that in a moment" _pulls out gun_
Chris stands in the balcony upstairs and says, "Wait, it's all Rosemary?" And realtor dude points the gun at his back and says, "Always has been."
You can tell Chris is an introvert because the first thing he thought of when seeing the "hidden" bedroom balcony was sneaking out of the party to drink alone out there. And I couldn't agree more.
Be a great place to take a guy or gal away for a few romantic minutes
This is the ultimate apartment for the ultimate lifestyle in the perfect location of Tokyo!
Definitely would love to keep seeing more videos like this
hello from Cyprus . we like to see more like this content . keep going
I think I liked the garden in the first apartment better, it seemed like your own secret oasis.
Ah yes, nothing like Chis Broad visiting Natsuki’s mansion.
@AxxL idc
@AxxLEverything’s good as long as no forests were burned in the gender reveal
Oh yes indeed.
@chip skylark Why do you care?
The rooftop garden area could legitimately be a venue for a small, intimate wedding. And then it's also perfect because the jacuzzi would be a novelty for the reception party.
Amazing vid. Honestly, though, I preferred the $20,000 one. I found it cozier and more functional; besides, the jungly rooftop garden was so zen and romantic, can't beat that!
Love the styling and all the materials used, so modern
This can't possibly be the most expensive apartment in Tokyo, I'd be really surprised. And disappointed.
In Japan there are very few obscenely rich people compared to western countries. Japanese CEOs make exponentially less than American CEOs. It wouldn’t surprise me if there’s just not a ton of demand for such luxurious places. Basically everyone is middle class in Japan.
Ikr
It was kinda basic
most expensive ONE BEDROOM apartment/pent house. I’d imagine the insane ones have multiple bedrooms etc
Been watching Chris for literal years. Never gets boring and is my favourite TheXvid channel by far 😎
It feels like watching some really damn good TV.
@Alayna just sharring his opinion, but I get that it was random.
We get a new knowledge on every video he released
Sure value, never disappointing.
@Alayna haha truee
In Dallas, you can rent an apartment this size (~2000 sqft) for
Cool! This inspire me to place stuff which have similar interior into my sims4
Now I enjoy the luxury in game rather in real life 😂
Secretly, this is Abroad in Japan taking us with him as he searches for his new apartment.
Chris “Some people say I look like RDJ.”
Alex *avoidance mode activated*
For some reason, even big apartements in Japan seem small. Is it just me? This didn't feel particularly big to me.
@Gouki are you poor by any chance?
Yeah I agree
The echo and the tatami carpet got me. I like the soft western csrpet..sorry 😉
@Brian umm nobody said it was a good deal lol smart people now a days
Chris broad, you have inspired me and my girlfriend from the back arse of Ireland to go to Japan! Would love to meet you for a pint mate
Bumping this for Chris Broad to have a pint with you
No wonder in anime if they see one of their classmate/colleague live in high rise apartments they're all shock. I'd die of heart attack w/ that price
It definitely feels like you're paying extra because it's in Shibuya, an extra floor, and a view. Crazy in comparison to what average Japanese living standards is.
Would love to see a video of the most expensive hotel room in Tokyo !
I feel after watching a couple of videos I can relate to this TheXvidr. Towards the end his enthusiasm for the apartment increases but inside his head he's thinking "are you mad!?" 🤣
I'd love to see a tour of one of the smallest apartments with everything you'd ever need included.
Have you ever watched a video about the apartment of the youtuber "Tokidoki traveler"? It's really small unique in its own way. She moved to a way bigger one right now.
Love this wish we all could go to the apartment to see it
The build quality is really good. Makes my house look like a little fishing hut.
Your camera/filming quality just keeps getting better and better 🥰
The gigantic one-person apartment to make you feel lonelier then you actually are,
"The apartment costs about $25,000".
My dumb self: Oh that's not bad.
"A month."
Me: Oh. Right. That'll do it.
I need my magic money!
I mean to rent the place for an entire year (assuming my math was right) is $300,000, which is the price of a new home or about a 2 storyish depending on your area. So I mean, it's not bad, but not cheap.
Exactly I thought 25000 for this apartment is a bargain lol
@Kevin S True. At the time I was thinking more "not bad for an apartment that size in Tokyo" than "oh yeah that's affordable" haha. Still a stupid moment on my part tho.
Even if that was a yearly rate, you probably need to be in a decent job but then again you are better off owning a small house than renting a big one.
To be honest this apartement upstair design remind me of franklin penthouse in GTA 5 lol
It would never make sense to pay that amount per month unless you're renting for a month or two (yes, yes. Even then its expensive)
my god I love those stairs!! as a photographer this is the sort of place I dream of .... photographing for rich people xD If your friend wants a Scottish Photographer at all, give us a call xD
Makes me want to buy something in Tokyo so I can visit often (if I had the spare money and time 😅). Fingers crossed for that better job lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣
It's nice that Chris takes us along on his apartment shopping. Natsuki's rock star career must really be taking off!
Absolute dream 😍😍😍 watching this whilst stressing about my landlady putting up my rent probs wasn’t the best idea today 😅
The last one you reviewed is preferred because the cozy aesthetic appeal. This one had greater location by far, however. Look at that first balcony view and the way it warped around the back.
The height of the tower and the escapism this one had more to offer.
Texans: "My bathroom is the size of that apartment."
Texas, where all you have to do is victimize two and a half unfortunate women a month to afford this apartment.
Yes but it’s also Texas
Chris, a suggestion: I think you can add tags to your videos so they get featured more often. It's a shame you post such quality content that don't get the number of viewers it deserves.
Realtor: You just had a lavish party with all your youtube friends
Chris: *tries to suppress laughter*
You could make that too second living room into a bedroom and have two. I’d probably want to have my bedroom up there it’d be amazing to wake up to the view
Amazing hotel, apartment, house, palace . . . place. Nice camera work BTW.
this isnt really a place to live in for long periods of time, even for extremely rich people it just isnt logical, for 300.000 dollars a year you can save up that money and buy a house thats 10 times bigger and more luxurious, this place is just to rent out for a month or two and party like hell while on vacation if you have money lol
Living in an apartment that big by yourself is creepy lol
Japanese Psycho when?
yeah all i need is a kitchen, bathroom and a room with enough space for my bed and a desk
You do realize any guy living here will probably have at least 3-4 hot AF women joining him in each tub right?
I wish I did
Randomness: I just came home to my parents place and heard your voice from the living room. Totally surprised (my parents arent youtube people, or internet people for that matter) I went to check why and realized you are on tv. I was all "I know this man! Ive been following him for years! This is cool!" So congrats Chris, you are shown on a Swedish tv channel right now! 8D
Life styles of the not rich and almost famous😉. I love these episodes. 👍🏼
I love that $25k gets you basically a US apartment that costs maybe $1400 (sizewise)
Where tf can you find one like that here lol
Ahhhhh It really depends on where you live... I live in NY and it would prob cost about the same if not more here. You can get a shoebox for $1400 😂
Find me one major city in the us where you can have even half of this appartement for 1.4k/month
yeah but unfortunately you have to live in the US which is the downside.
Tokyo is one expensive city to live in ...💲💸
This makes me wonder what the other apartments in the building go for, for comparison.
I love how it says it “only” fits 50 pairs of shoes in the shoe closet at the entrance
I think it has more to do with party hosting. I could imagine well over 50 people attending a party here.
@Lana Glad its tokyo. It makes sense
No storage for boots though. So disappointing 😕
yeah that was the joke dude
Ok I can see $5-10,000 a month not $20,00.
I'd probably get the 20k apartment after viewing this one. More functional and more rooms to have family and guests staying. Especially after a few of my parties. Peeps need some place to crash instead of drink driving :D
Ok this appartment looks pretty damn great O_O. Compared to the previous ones.
Total bachelor pad though
"Is it worth the money?" NO
Many good features, wonderful views, however, it is very austere. The property requires a lot of furnishings, artwork and imaginative lighting to lend charisma and create a feeling of home.
this looks like the kind of apartment where a tech-ceo would get murdered by his own robot
It gives me the feels of iRobot. Had Will Smith in it.
Hey, siri. Play funky town.
I'm sorry, hal. I can't do that
why am i laughing so hard at this lol
@Francheskha Janvijitsakul lol
I laughed so hard LMAO
I want a rooftop jacuzzi! Thanks a lot Chris!
"You could fit maybe 5 or 6 people in there"
Me: I'm thinking 2 comfortably o.O
The moment Chris sat in those bath tubs the value of the apartment immediately dropped to $20,000 USD per month...
Hey Chris, can you do a showcase of the cheapest apartments next?
This is honestly a nice surprise. I wasn't expecting any more Abroad in Japan videos in 2020!
Chris: "Some people say I look like Robert Downey Jr." the moment when the otherwise unflappable Alex is lost for words.
I think “The House,” in Minami-Azabu district of Tokyo would be the craziest single person apartment in japan.
"This is the most expensive one bedroom in all of Japan. "
Laughs in secret Japanese penthouse.
Wait, Sharla's bath has color changing lights and a TV! Hers is better!
This apartment is definitely worth the extra cash. The previous one, while nice, seemed excessive in space. While it did have a awesome garden area, all the ridiculous amounts of storage seemed tacky to me. This apartment is more balanced
Great video do this more often 👍
I've been shipping Chris and Sharla so hard for years... I just want it to happen so bad! lol
It's more like a mansion than apartment. So awesome
Love your channel keep the good work up you have brought me much joy through the epidemic
I'm I the only one who thought, "Tony Stark wouldn't rent an appartment. He'd just buy the space for Stark Industries, taking down Tokyo Tower."
Chris is probably living in a japanese theme park based in the UK.
The apartment doesn't look comfortable to live in. It seems too dark and gloomy.
Like the soul of the future resident.
Right? It has this depressing vibe