I had a 3 hours commute total for work during my first job, now i live a 25 minute bike ride away. Still sucks when it rains, but my soul isn't screaming at me anymore. I totally get it.
That's sounds chuffing horrible ("chuffing" is standing in for another word I won't use here ;p) I'm lucky enough to have never needed to commute to work, at least not at any meaningful distance or by taking a train, but I feel awful for you or anyone who has to/had to do that. For me a train ride is a wacky novelty, but for a lot of people it's a daily grind and my heart goes out to them.
I drove 1hr one way for my job for 8 years. I think it really depends on the job. It also depends on the culture you come from. As an American, happiness is last on our list. Lol!
Man, the commute time does wear on you. I live in Chicago. When I first moved here I had like a 45m-1h commute. Eventually when I got a different job my commute went up for a bit. Eventually thanks to covid I got to go WFH and my mental health improved a ton. Went from commuting every day to riding the train maybe twice a year. I can walk every where I need to go in my neighborhood. Not spending 8 hours a week dealing with public transit has been a blessing. It's exciting when you first come and everything is new, but it grinds you down.
Took the CTA during my high school years. Everyday. Blue line downtown to transfer to orange line. Then western bus south … and back home every day. I’ve been on the CTA about 3 times in the last 5 years. No more seeing open air drug transactions or witnessing anymore shooting/ stabbings for me!!! 😅
Oh my gosh yeah my commute was similar! When I lived with my parents it was a car ride to the CTA parking lot and then two trains- took at least 1.5 hrs one way and it was hell- If it snowed it was over 2hrs or so with all the delays. Finally moved out and then it was still about 45mins but I lived right by the train and it was just one train so that was “shorter” but even then it still adds up (that and the fact it wasn’t…the safest area to live and take the train at night and I worked nights so it was an Uber home every day after they changed my hours…not riding that train at 4am by myself nope). Now I live in Korea and public transport is so much better and getting to work is fast and easy. Sometimes you gotta move across the world for better commutes to work 🤣 tho now the trip home…is 14hrs by plane so…
I have a friend who grew up in a danchi in the 80s and 90s and he says the levels of nostalgia he feels for his childhood community are off the chart. He's lived in the US for twenty years but is now thinking of moving back so his children will have a similar experience. That's made me curious to the point that visiting his danchi neighborhood has become one of my Japan trip top things to do bucket list.
wow. it's been 3 years since you've been there??? I've been such a huge fan of you and I'm always rooting for the best in every project or personal endeavor you do!!!
Right? It's weirding me out that I can remember the tiny apartment, the hamster apartment (the one that was one big room) and the boyfriend apartment (the 2br with the tiny kitchen). Feeling a bit like a long-term stalker tbh!
Babe wake up, a new apartment searching vlog from Emma just dropped!! In all seriousness, I'm super hyped for your next apartment and all the upcoming videos documenting the move. I've been regularly rewatching your moving vlogs from 3 years ago to motivate myself during the hunt for a longterm place in Berlin. Thank you for coming back to YT! ❤️
The other day I was on a train (I live in Japan too) as the train started moving I began to feel a vibration in my lower back, thinking it might be just be from the train itself I ignored it at first, but it was only on my left side so I without thinking I reached out behind me and felt something which I can only describe as *crispy* and I jumped out of my seat and turned around to see a f****** cicada! Surprisingly it didn’t start screeching! I don’t know how I missed it when I sat down but there was a curve in the seat back and I think it was hiding there at first. They are *everywhere* 😖 You're so brave to have put up with that stairwell for 3 summers!
OMG. I have learned to trust nothing again recently. I got flying coackroaches. Thought it was a hair falling on my leg when I went to the bathroom in the middle of the night... yup
@@oyaoya5200 feels like they both have special powers. Cicadas live underground for how many decades? And roached can swim in apne underwanter for 40min. Like what the heck
Moving in Japan is rough, moving in Japan as a foreigner, even with a sponsor, is even worse. Xenophobia is a big issue when looking for places to rent/live. Yes, not just Japan obviously, but since it is a video about Japan, it needs to be mentioned because too many have a too good view on that country. To be fair, a lot of things seem to be better, as a tourist, living as a foreigner there is so different.
@@jilllangman9343It's mainly down to the fact that landlords would prefer Japanese residents as they deem them 'more permanent' than your average foreigners who might just decide to go back home in a year or two (even though this isn't necessarily the case, but an unfortunate generalisation). It's a bit harder for a Japanese person to do that. Chris Broad covered this in good detail.
Emma, you have come a LONG way since your first TEENY TINY apartment video! That was my first video that I saw from you and I have been a subscriber ever since your TEENY TINY first apartment!
I hope you thrive as well as expected in your new place! Glad you got moved in before your Australia trip and then got to properly relax 😊. Also I remember how stressed out you were at the thought of having to move out of your old apartment after the original two-year lease - kind of nice that you got to move out on your own terms! Good luck with the space organization!
Congrats on the apartment!!! I am excited for you! Also, I didn't realize how much I missed your videos until now. The animated dancing cicadas, the on-screen text, the humor... they're just so fun (even with the grody actual cicadas lol). Oh and I absolutely love your hair! You always look so lovely but your hairstyle is super cute! Thank you for blessing all of us with an Emma video!! ❤❤❤❤❤
I lived in a 4th floor walk-up for 19 years. It gets very old. Recently moved to the 2/3 floor (built into a hill so 2nd floor on one side, 3rd on the other) but with an elevator!! It is a game changer.
lol the way I saw this and went again!? While at the same time was like I do like these videos because it’s so fun seeing different apartments in japan. 😂
I didn't expect a 30min video about apartment hunting to be so interesting and uplifting. Emma strikes again. Last place ("the one") looked the best even without knowing it had the best location. I think Emma struck gold with this one. Second to last seemed really nice, layout seemed decent enough (IMO), and then she showed the view outside the window, can't imagine living like that 😅
I’ve been a subscriber of yours for the better part of 6+ years (possibly even longer) and I just wanted to comment that I am still very much obsessed with the way you do your outros. The icecream head (or is it white poo? 💩) with the music. I appreciate you keeping that consistent throughout the years. 31:41
4:30 you describing your commute and then being so tired looking at going up the stairs just really made a lot of “end of day” scenes in anime make more sense. Especially ones where people go back to danchi!
so happy for you that u got the apartment you wanted, here's to new beginnings 🍻 . Will be fun furnishing the new place, can't wait for the next video! Enjoy your time back in Australia :)
I can't believe you're moving again, I'm so excited to see your new place!!! I've been watching you since your 8^meter apartment, and it's been so fun to be able to be on this journey with you!
128000JPY for an apartment with 2 rooms and a living room - That's a real nice price! For comparison we live in Denmark near the main city Copenhagen, its a 15-20 min train ride from here, and we pay equal to 147.997JPY for a big 2 bedroom and living room apartment (84 M2) Danchi sounds a little like our apartments here, its not owned by the government, nor a private person, but a big company who only owns housing, and are under strict rules by the government - so its kinda like public housing in a way. Its very nice to not have any bad landowner breathing down your neck :) We also have communal spaces, benches and we have to vote on changes like a new playground or whatever it might be - There is also activities for the elders, and public gatherings and bingo nights lol! The amount you have to pay is not that much worse in my opinion, especially not for an apartment in the city haha! Good on you for finding that nice new apartment
It seems a lot cheaper than the prices we pay in big cities in western Europe. But keep in mind that the salary in Japan is also significantly lower. So in a way it evens out.
This makes me happy I own my home & never have to move again! But I do love the excitement and fun that comes with starting in a new place, especially when you're moving closer to the people, places & things you love 😊 Glad you followed your gut and found somewhere you really want and got it 🎉🎉🎉 Sending lots of positive vibes so everything goes smoothly from now on ❤ Looking forward to seeing Tokyo myself in a couple weeks and your videos have been invaluable in planning, esp your disabled in Tokyo one - so thank you ❤❤❤
I will forever associate Japan with cicadas. I've never heard such loud cicadas (we have them where I live but Japan is next level). Congrats on the new apartment!
Congrats Emma. If you are able to make your life better then you should. Everyone deserves to be happy. I sincerely hope it all works out well for you.
Congrats again for the new appartment! and wow, the terror of the cicadas in the staircase was really something! lol, seeing it now I understand your hate for them! Wishing you so many good things in your new place! yippee!
Lovely to see you again, Emma! Your videos got me through a rough time a few years ago, so the nostalgia of watching you apartment hunt once again got me right in the feels. So happy and proud for you. 🎉
Joining you on the house hunt. Government just put a compulsory purchase on the place I rent in Kigali. Lived there nine years, but apparently we really need another luxury hotel 😏 Lot of people now got three months to find somewhere else to live. House hunting also hard because we don't really have estate agencies where you can look at pictures and prices. You have to tour around, paying the agent for every house they show you - which is a huge incentive to show you houses that don't meet your spec. But we don't have to give the owner a gift - that sounds wild. Really glad you found a nice one.
Emma! The past year, I've moved 3 times. Finally in a place that's stable with my partner in a location (city) that I absolutely love. I've been here a month and I'm so, so happy. Best of luck organizing and making the new place home! Also, what's really wild is I remember you moving to the place you moved out of, and when you said it had been three years, I actually gasped.
It's so interesting to discover how similar things are around the world even though we are many time-zones apart. I live in Germany in a very lovely, very cheap apartment in a block built in the late 50s/early 60s too, which is owned by a housing cooperative. The houses are not that nice to look at, but the apartments are, plus all my windows look over a pretty green space as well, with massive old trees and shrubs. It's so quiet an lovely and I only need 10 minutes by bike into the inner city. I totally get how you love the space itself but want to go for a shorter commute.
Always a delight to see you reemerge on YT! And with moving news, no less! Thanks for showing us the insides of some interesting places, I always love imagining what I would do with a space. Good luck with the move! Looking forward to seeing how you use this new layout.
Yay, Emma!!! So glad you got the new gem of a place. I think it's fair to say you've earned it after so many years of trains, stairs, and other miseries. Good luck with the move!
I've grown nostalgic for a long commute. Living at home, my commute to the centre of Melbourne was just on an hour and to get to work required changing modes. My current one I could probably walk to work in an hour and the commute is about 15 minutes. I used to always get a seat on the long commute though and I got so many things done on it that you just can't do in that short amount of time. Hope moving went well!
Thank you for sharing your moving ordeal with us. I lived in Okinawa for five years ending in the 90s, and your story brought back many memories of what I had to go through as well.
Moving house again so she can make another viral video again, the dedication that this lady has! 😂 Seriously congrats on the move looking forward on how new the place treats you ❤
Congrats on your new apt! I remember when you had your first place and could touch both walls just by reaching your arms out wide! It's been so cool to see how much you've grown and to see your confidence grow as well! Can't wait to see your new place once you're settled!
YES kill that commute. I had a 45 min bus ride for a while and moved home so I could have a 15 minute bus ride bc I hated it so much. Then I switched that for a 15 minute walk. Which is great! Until it's June-August and 30°C+ with 80% humidity. I also wouldn't blame you about the steps. I only have one level to climb and it still annoys me.
Nice to see a new post! Apartment hunting on Tokyo must be stressful and frustrating- like moving in general. Glad to see you got the place you wanted ✨️
The cicadas! I've rewatched that part so many times, so hilarious! It's so true, they panic at the last second and go busting in all directions, so unpredictable!
Fuck yeah, proud of you. Rent pricing is pretty crazy everywhere(Living in Melbourne so I get chu) and for you to find a dream place with very little compromise is worth the extra money if you can budget for it. Anyone that gives you slack can suck eggs, this is something YOU value and it's not just your home, it's also a workplace for you. It looks stunning so far, can't wait to see bits and pieces through the next videos.
I'm so happ you got it! Yay! Enjoy the process of setting it all up. Funny how you post this the day I read a manga with someone looking for an apartment in Japan lol.
I'm also in the process of apartment hunting and preparing for the move. I had a viewing last week and I did not sleep all week!!! It's so stressful but also exciting!
Hey Emma, I saw you yesterday sitting on a bench with a friend in Azabu-juban. It was surreal to see your face in person. Didn't want to bother you, but wanted to say Hi! HI!
I'm glad you waited to find exactly what you were looking for! and don't feel bad for paying a little extra to get those amenities. its better for your mental health anyway. overall rent just sucks everywhere. we pay 4500 a month for a townhouse in california but it's worth it for us because its exactly where we wanted to be and its a short commute for my husband for work.
I don't personally relate to the long commute part, but GIRL I STILL GET IT. Rooting for you to get this new apartment and get some of your time back!!!
So glad you were able to get the new place! Heck yeah being close to social life and way less time commuting and less stairs and ✨24 hour trash!✨ Your old place was lovely and all but omg the cicada stairwell..................... 😱 Like logically I know that cicadas are harmless but holy crap being in a narrow space where some giant chaotic lurching noisy bug will suddenly fly around is so very nope. The cicada stress reduction alone is a definite life improvement lol!
Congrats! Hope you and your plants thrive in the new space. I like hearing the prices, it makes daydreaming of moving possible, lol Here in Florida I pay $2100 for a 2bedroom/2bathroom house with a large kitchen, dining room, long back porch and two car garage. I wonder if our humidity compares as it gets swimmingly hot here, too! Look forward to your next video!
Glad you found a place that works. That's so hard in ANY city, let alone one where the language isn't your first language and you are a foreigner. May you have a happy long stay in your new place.
When I studied in Japan I lived in Saitama and was commuting to Tokyo every day for 1.5 hours one way. It definitely was something. Thankfully it only lasted for 3 months. :D
Congratulations on the new apartment!!!!! I'm excited for the next video!!!! I love your editing and humor~♡♡♡ The cicada part was super funny!!!! (Though I sympathize, I also wouldn't want that large of a bug flying at me.)
The cicada video was hilarious 😂 I feel u!!! I have the same but with grasshoppers, which my village is fuuuull of them, huge ones and everywhere! Also… congrats!!!! ❤
🌿 So excited for you! Love the move in decorating part. Can't wait to see what you do with it. If you feel discouraged with the enormity of it all, you could frame a sample of the faux brick wallpaper & to remind you why you love this one... LOL. It's your sanctuary ! Congrats.
ahhh im so excited for you!! I hope everything goes to plan ✨ I loved the idea of cicadas until I saw them abroad and had one fly in my face SUPER TERRIFYING haha 😭
I love seeing videos like this in Japan from a variety of content creators. It gives me realistic expectations of what to expect if I ever want to move to Japan from the U.K. I'm currently looking to move abroad, but I'm narrowing down which countries I want to apply a working visa for 😁
Congrats on getting the new apt. I left video running while i took a shower letting any ads or anything run unskipped so hope it helped by a few cents 😂
Only 128 000yen? That's a steeaaal. That's $1,248CAD you'd be EXTREMELY lucky to get a studio but you'd probably only be able to share a condo at that price here. *cries in Canadian*😭
Thank you for mentioning commute times, or (perhaps even worse) that a large number of people are left to stand on commutes. I noticed this one throughout various parts of the world… People willing to take cuts in available pay and other items, just to work remote.
Raise your hand if you're here since the tiny apartment :) Go Emma! You can do it!
The cicada horror part had me almost crying with laughter
If it's bad, then that's a sign you wont see that amount again for probably 11+ years due to their lifecycle. :-)
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That is soooooooo me!!!!!!!!🤣😂😂😂🤣🤣
All the oh fk and no no I was wheezing 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Well, aren't Cicadas good eating, if you cook them, then cover them with chocolate? 🤣
I had a 3 hours commute total for work during my first job, now i live a 25 minute bike ride away.
Still sucks when it rains, but my soul isn't screaming at me anymore.
I totally get it.
That's sounds chuffing horrible ("chuffing" is standing in for another word I won't use here ;p) I'm lucky enough to have never needed to commute to work, at least not at any meaningful distance or by taking a train, but I feel awful for you or anyone who has to/had to do that. For me a train ride is a wacky novelty, but for a lot of people it's a daily grind and my heart goes out to them.
I drove 1hr one way for my job for 8 years. I think it really depends on the job. It also depends on the culture you come from. As an American, happiness is last on our list. Lol!
They say there's a direct correlation between "happiness" and commute time - bike riders are apparently often the "happiest!"
Man, the commute time does wear on you. I live in Chicago. When I first moved here I had like a 45m-1h commute. Eventually when I got a different job my commute went up for a bit. Eventually thanks to covid I got to go WFH and my mental health improved a ton. Went from commuting every day to riding the train maybe twice a year. I can walk every where I need to go in my neighborhood. Not spending 8 hours a week dealing with public transit has been a blessing. It's exciting when you first come and everything is new, but it grinds you down.
I did this for school and work. CTA is disgusting lol 😆 I also drove and the commute is about the same time as well. Traffic enrages me so much!!
Took the CTA during my high school years. Everyday. Blue line downtown to transfer to orange line. Then western bus south … and back home every day. I’ve been on the CTA about 3 times in the last 5 years. No more seeing open air drug transactions or witnessing anymore shooting/ stabbings for me!!! 😅
Oh my gosh yeah my commute was similar! When I lived with my parents it was a car ride to the CTA parking lot and then two trains- took at least 1.5 hrs one way and it was hell- If it snowed it was over 2hrs or so with all the delays. Finally moved out and then it was still about 45mins but I lived right by the train and it was just one train so that was “shorter” but even then it still adds up (that and the fact it wasn’t…the safest area to live and take the train at night and I worked nights so it was an Uber home every day after they changed my hours…not riding that train at 4am by myself nope). Now I live in Korea and public transport is so much better and getting to work is fast and easy. Sometimes you gotta move across the world for better commutes to work 🤣 tho now the trip home…is 14hrs by plane so…
it's funny, that mixed with the cicadas really summed up the Chicago-area experience this year 😂
the commitment to feet censorship cracks me up every time 😂
Sad wikifeet noises
I wasn’t sure what was happening at first. Is feet fetish stuff that aggressive? I never knew.
@@yucabacho it's more of a meme than a serious thing, always good for a laugh
@@IamTheOppressorsorry didn’t get it, what’s wrong with the feet?
@@duallove6909 people put feet pics on wikifeet for people with fetishes
I have a friend who grew up in a danchi in the 80s and 90s and he says the levels of nostalgia he feels for his childhood community are off the chart. He's lived in the US for twenty years but is now thinking of moving back so his children will have a similar experience. That's made me curious to the point that visiting his danchi neighborhood has become one of my Japan trip top things to do bucket list.
wow. it's been 3 years since you've been there??? I've been such a huge fan of you and I'm always rooting for the best in every project or personal endeavor you do!!!
Right? It's weirding me out that I can remember the tiny apartment, the hamster apartment (the one that was one big room) and the boyfriend apartment (the 2br with the tiny kitchen). Feeling a bit like a long-term stalker tbh!
Babe wake up, a new apartment searching vlog from Emma just dropped!!
In all seriousness, I'm super hyped for your next apartment and all the upcoming videos documenting the move. I've been regularly rewatching your moving vlogs from 3 years ago to motivate myself during the hunt for a longterm place in Berlin. Thank you for coming back to YT! ❤️
same!!
The other day I was on a train (I live in Japan too) as the train started moving I began to feel a vibration in my lower back, thinking it might be just be from the train itself I ignored it at first, but it was only on my left side so I without thinking I reached out behind me and felt something which I can only describe as *crispy* and I jumped out of my seat and turned around to see a f****** cicada! Surprisingly it didn’t start screeching! I don’t know how I missed it when I sat down but there was a curve in the seat back and I think it was hiding there at first. They are *everywhere* 😖 You're so brave to have put up with that stairwell for 3 summers!
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@@mapsadsymp aargh!
Cicada isn't that bad like roches, is it?
OMG. I have learned to trust nothing again recently. I got flying coackroaches. Thought it was a hair falling on my leg when I went to the bathroom in the middle of the night... yup
@@oyaoya5200 feels like they both have special powers. Cicadas live underground for how many decades? And roached can swim in apne underwanter for 40min. Like what the heck
Moving in Japan is rough, moving in Japan as a foreigner, even with a sponsor, is even worse. Xenophobia is a big issue when looking for places to rent/live.
Yes, not just Japan obviously, but since it is a video about Japan, it needs to be mentioned because too many have a too good view on that country.
To be fair, a lot of things seem to be better, as a tourist, living as a foreigner there is so different.
I agree! I originally had a part about it but was going to put in the next video. Should have featured it in this too, that aspect is very important.
@@TokidokiTravelleroh my goodness! So on top of all the paperwork, you have to hope they will be impartial to your ethnicity? That’s so crap! 😝 ❤
I feel so bad for nice people like her… She bearing the burden of unruly foreigners elsewhere like the Kurds in saitama.
@@jilllangman9343It's mainly down to the fact that landlords would prefer Japanese residents as they deem them 'more permanent' than your average foreigners who might just decide to go back home in a year or two (even though this isn't necessarily the case, but an unfortunate generalisation). It's a bit harder for a Japanese person to do that. Chris Broad covered this in good detail.
@@realnoscope thank you 🦋
Emma, you have come a LONG way since your first TEENY TINY apartment video! That was my first video that I saw from you and I have been a subscriber ever since your TEENY TINY first apartment!
So happy for you! ☺️ This is insane compared to your first tiny apartment. 😆 (Yes, that’s how long I‘ve been watching your content😘)
Since you and Sara were talking about moving around the same time, I was expecting the two of you to move in together to save on costs!
I had the same thought. So I'm still wondering who Sarah's new roommate will turn out to be.
I hope you thrive as well as expected in your new place! Glad you got moved in before your Australia trip and then got to properly relax 😊. Also I remember how stressed out you were at the thought of having to move out of your old apartment after the original two-year lease - kind of nice that you got to move out on your own terms! Good luck with the space organization!
Congrats on the apartment!!! I am excited for you! Also, I didn't realize how much I missed your videos until now. The animated dancing cicadas, the on-screen text, the humor... they're just so fun (even with the grody actual cicadas lol). Oh and I absolutely love your hair! You always look so lovely but your hairstyle is super cute! Thank you for blessing all of us with an Emma video!! ❤❤❤❤❤
Not to laugh at your pain but you swearing on those stairs had me dying 😂
I lived in a 4th floor walk-up for 19 years. It gets very old. Recently moved to the 2/3 floor (built into a hill so 2nd floor on one side, 3rd on the other) but with an elevator!! It is a game changer.
Always a good time when Emma drops a new vid. Congratulations on getting the place you wanted.
lol the way I saw this and went again!?
While at the same time was like I do like these videos because it’s so fun seeing different apartments in japan. 😂
It really doesn't feel like it's already been three years since the last move!!
I didn't expect a 30min video about apartment hunting to be so interesting and uplifting. Emma strikes again.
Last place ("the one") looked the best even without knowing it had the best location. I think Emma struck gold with this one.
Second to last seemed really nice, layout seemed decent enough (IMO), and then she showed the view outside the window, can't imagine living like that 😅
I've been watching you for years and years, and you're moving again! Good luck girl 🎉
I’ve been a subscriber of yours for the better part of 6+ years (possibly even longer) and I just wanted to comment that I am still very much obsessed with the way you do your outros. The icecream head (or is it white poo? 💩) with the music. I appreciate you keeping that consistent throughout the years. 31:41
8:29 almost died from fright! I hope your new place is as bug-free as can be!
same
that scared the heck out of me.. I hate bugs too!
Emma’s hometown full of bugs , critters, Hard to believe she’s an Aussie.
@@Barrysushi569 Just cuz you're Aussie doesnt mean you're not afraid of bugs... Everyone has a fear of bugs/insect/any creepy crawlers.
@@series25a point taken however the irony is there
Congrats on your new place Emma! Very happy for you. You smashed it!!! Welcome to Tokyo
4:30 you describing your commute and then being so tired looking at going up the stairs just really made a lot of “end of day” scenes in anime make more sense. Especially ones where people go back to danchi!
so happy for you that u got the apartment you wanted, here's to new beginnings 🍻 . Will be fun furnishing the new place, can't wait for the next video! Enjoy your time back in Australia :)
the respectful leg blurring, always a pleasure watching your stuff haha
I can't believe you're moving again, I'm so excited to see your new place!!! I've been watching you since your 8^meter apartment, and it's been so fun to be able to be on this journey with you!
128000JPY for an apartment with 2 rooms and a living room - That's a real nice price!
For comparison we live in Denmark near the main city Copenhagen, its a 15-20 min train ride from here, and we pay equal to 147.997JPY for a big 2 bedroom and living room apartment (84 M2)
Danchi sounds a little like our apartments here, its not owned by the government, nor a private person, but a big company who only owns housing, and are under strict rules by the government - so its kinda like public housing in a way. Its very nice to not have any bad landowner breathing down your neck :) We also have communal spaces, benches and we have to vote on changes like a new playground or whatever it might be - There is also activities for the elders, and public gatherings and bingo nights lol!
The amount you have to pay is not that much worse in my opinion, especially not for an apartment in the city haha! Good on you for finding that nice new apartment
It seems a lot cheaper than the prices we pay in big cities in western Europe. But keep in mind that the salary in Japan is also significantly lower. So in a way it evens out.
This makes me happy I own my home & never have to move again! But I do love the excitement and fun that comes with starting in a new place, especially when you're moving closer to the people, places & things you love 😊 Glad you followed your gut and found somewhere you really want and got it 🎉🎉🎉 Sending lots of positive vibes so everything goes smoothly from now on ❤
Looking forward to seeing Tokyo myself in a couple weeks and your videos have been invaluable in planning, esp your disabled in Tokyo one - so thank you ❤❤❤
Oh man, I relate to the low key anxiety of purposely upsizing and looking for a place at a higher rent 😅 Happy we both got the apartment we wanted!
ITS BEEN 3 YEARS ALREADY??? Holy hell time moves fast
Ayy, congratulations! I'm so happy for you being able to live in the city and not commuting. Can't wait for the apartment tour!
I will forever associate Japan with cicadas. I've never heard such loud cicadas (we have them where I live but Japan is next level). Congrats on the new apartment!
Queensland is also next level
I’m so happy for you! Going through a stressful time and am excited to have something to celebrate! Take care!
Congrats Emma. If you are able to make your life better then you should. Everyone deserves to be happy. I sincerely hope it all works out well for you.
I’m so excited for you! New adventures. That’s what life is all about. And 24 hour garbage and no stairs is huge. Can’t wait to see it!
Congrats again for the new appartment! and wow, the terror of the cicadas in the staircase was really something! lol, seeing it now I understand your hate for them! Wishing you so many good things in your new place! yippee!
It feels like only yesterday that you moved into that place. Time flies!
Lovely to see you again, Emma! Your videos got me through a rough time a few years ago, so the nostalgia of watching you apartment hunt once again got me right in the feels. So happy and proud for you. 🎉
Yay 🎉 Congratulations… Moving!!!
I love being able to watch this knowing that she got the apartment and the move is completed for her 😊
Best of luck with everything and congrats on finding such a great apartment!!! Its great to see you on here again 😊
Joining you on the house hunt. Government just put a compulsory purchase on the place I rent in Kigali. Lived there nine years, but apparently we really need another luxury hotel 😏 Lot of people now got three months to find somewhere else to live. House hunting also hard because we don't really have estate agencies where you can look at pictures and prices. You have to tour around, paying the agent for every house they show you - which is a huge incentive to show you houses that don't meet your spec. But we don't have to give the owner a gift - that sounds wild. Really glad you found a nice one.
Emma! The past year, I've moved 3 times. Finally in a place that's stable with my partner in a location (city) that I absolutely love. I've been here a month and I'm so, so happy. Best of luck organizing and making the new place home!
Also, what's really wild is I remember you moving to the place you moved out of, and when you said it had been three years, I actually gasped.
It's so interesting to discover how similar things are around the world even though we are many time-zones apart. I live in Germany in a very lovely, very cheap apartment in a block built in the late 50s/early 60s too, which is owned by a housing cooperative. The houses are not that nice to look at, but the apartments are, plus all my windows look over a pretty green space as well, with massive old trees and shrubs. It's so quiet an lovely and I only need 10 minutes by bike into the inner city. I totally get how you love the space itself but want to go for a shorter commute.
Congratulations on getting the new place! Excited already for the next video!
Always a delight to see you reemerge on YT! And with moving news, no less! Thanks for showing us the insides of some interesting places, I always love imagining what I would do with a space.
Good luck with the move! Looking forward to seeing how you use this new layout.
Yay, Emma!!! So glad you got the new gem of a place. I think it's fair to say you've earned it after so many years of trains, stairs, and other miseries. Good luck with the move!
I've grown nostalgic for a long commute. Living at home, my commute to the centre of Melbourne was just on an hour and to get to work required changing modes. My current one I could probably walk to work in an hour and the commute is about 15 minutes. I used to always get a seat on the long commute though and I got so many things done on it that you just can't do in that short amount of time.
Hope moving went well!
Good luck with the move! Hope the new apartment works out! Excited to see more moving and apartment content.
I discovered your channel because of your tiny apartment and now you're in a much more spacious place 😊
The apartment searching breakdowns are so useful!! Congrats on getting the apartment you wanted! I'm happy for you.
Thank you for sharing your moving ordeal with us. I lived in Okinawa for five years ending in the 90s, and your story brought back many memories of what I had to go through as well.
Moving house again so she can make another viral video again, the dedication that this lady has! 😂
Seriously congrats on the move looking forward on how new the place treats you ❤
Wait she went viral!?
@@astrowolvez Long time ago she had a tiny apartment in Japan video go viral.
@@Highwind2013 😂
Congrats on your new apt! I remember when you had your first place and could touch both walls just by reaching your arms out wide! It's been so cool to see how much you've grown and to see your confidence grow as well! Can't wait to see your new place once you're settled!
YES kill that commute. I had a 45 min bus ride for a while and moved home so I could have a 15 minute bus ride bc I hated it so much. Then I switched that for a 15 minute walk. Which is great! Until it's June-August and 30°C+ with 80% humidity.
I also wouldn't blame you about the steps. I only have one level to climb and it still annoys me.
Nice to see a new post! Apartment hunting on Tokyo must be stressful and frustrating- like moving in general. Glad to see you got the place you wanted ✨️
The cicadas! I've rewatched that part so many times, so hilarious! It's so true, they panic at the last second and go busting in all directions, so unpredictable!
Came for the tiny apartment, stayed for the excellent Emma content. Welcome back from UA-cam slumber!
Congrats on the new place, it looks great! Looking forward to seeing it furnished, if you decide to show it!
I hope your moving goes well! I've been watching your videos for several years, and it's fun to see how things are changing with you 💝👍
Yayyyyy to getting the new apt!!!!! Congrats and well wishes to the ‘fun’ moving process Emma!!
I can't believe you have been there for three years already! I'm so excited for you! Good luck with your move! ❤❤❤
Fuck yeah, proud of you. Rent pricing is pretty crazy everywhere(Living in Melbourne so I get chu) and for you to find a dream place with very little compromise is worth the extra money if you can budget for it. Anyone that gives you slack can suck eggs, this is something YOU value and it's not just your home, it's also a workplace for you. It looks stunning so far, can't wait to see bits and pieces through the next videos.
I'm so happ you got it! Yay! Enjoy the process of setting it all up. Funny how you post this the day I read a manga with someone looking for an apartment in Japan lol.
I'm also in the process of apartment hunting and preparing for the move. I had a viewing last week and I did not sleep all week!!! It's so stressful but also exciting!
queen of moving has returned!!!
From your micro-mini-apartment to where you're headed next, you've come a long way, Emma. Kudos !
So SO happy for you that you got the apartment! Wishing you as smooth of a move as possible
Hey Emma, I saw you yesterday sitting on a bench with a friend in Azabu-juban. It was surreal to see your face in person. Didn't want to bother you, but wanted to say Hi! HI!
I'm glad you waited to find exactly what you were looking for! and don't feel bad for paying a little extra to get those amenities. its better for your mental health anyway. overall rent just sucks everywhere. we pay 4500 a month for a townhouse in california but it's worth it for us because its exactly where we wanted to be and its a short commute for my husband for work.
"10,000 Cicadas" with vocals by Natalie Merchant... "Hey, hey, give 'em what they SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEE"
I don't personally relate to the long commute part, but GIRL I STILL GET IT. Rooting for you to get this new apartment and get some of your time back!!!
So glad you were able to get the new place! Heck yeah being close to social life and way less time commuting and less stairs and ✨24 hour trash!✨ Your old place was lovely and all but omg the cicada stairwell..................... 😱 Like logically I know that cicadas are harmless but holy crap being in a narrow space where some giant chaotic lurching noisy bug will suddenly fly around is so very nope. The cicada stress reduction alone is a definite life improvement lol!
Censor of the dogs always makes me laugh 😂 Great video Emma and congrats again on the new apartment!
I always have and always will enjoy your content and thank you so much for taking us along in your journey Emma. Good luck, you got this!!
Well done and congratulations on your new apartment!!!!😊👌👏🙌🙏👍❤🎉🇯🇵
Plot Twist: Elevator regularly breaks down. "D'oh!"
woah, seeing the old Emma in the door way part made me realise how long i have been watching this channel. Wishing all the best for you!
Congrats! Hope you and your plants thrive in the new space. I like hearing the prices, it makes daydreaming of moving possible, lol Here in Florida I pay $2100 for a 2bedroom/2bathroom house with a large kitchen, dining room, long back porch and two car garage. I wonder if our humidity compares as it gets swimmingly hot here, too! Look forward to your next video!
Glad you found a place that works. That's so hard in ANY city, let alone one where the language isn't your first language and you are a foreigner. May you have a happy long stay in your new place.
I'm in love with cicadas. Also really love your videos 🫀
When I studied in Japan I lived in Saitama and was commuting to Tokyo every day for 1.5 hours one way. It definitely was something. Thankfully it only lasted for 3 months. :D
I'm so glad you survived your cicadas attack 😨
Good luck with the new place, Emma!!! 👏👏👏
Congrats! I love how you explain the process for those of us who are clueless as to how it all works there. It's very interesting!
I had a 1hr 40min one-way work commute, so I understand the soul crushing relentlessness. I’m hoping my next job will be better 🤞pray for me
Congratulations on the new apartment!!!!! I'm excited for the next video!!!! I love your editing and humor~♡♡♡ The cicada part was super funny!!!! (Though I sympathize, I also wouldn't want that large of a bug flying at me.)
The cicada video was hilarious 😂 I feel u!!! I have the same but with grasshoppers, which my village is fuuuull of them, huge ones and everywhere! Also… congrats!!!! ❤
🌿 So excited for you! Love the move in decorating part. Can't wait to see what you do with it. If you feel discouraged with the enormity of it all, you could frame a sample of the faux brick wallpaper & to remind you why you love this one... LOL. It's your sanctuary ! Congrats.
Emma, I’m so happy you’re making positive changes to your lifestyle! We all know how does little annoying things add up at the end of the day!
ahhh im so excited for you!! I hope everything goes to plan ✨ I loved the idea of cicadas until I saw them abroad and had one fly in my face SUPER TERRIFYING haha 😭
I love seeing videos like this in Japan from a variety of content creators. It gives me realistic expectations of what to expect if I ever want to move to Japan from the U.K. I'm currently looking to move abroad, but I'm narrowing down which countries I want to apply a working visa for 😁
Congrats on getting the new apt. I left video running while i took a shower letting any ads or anything run unskipped so hope it helped by a few cents 😂
Been 3 years already? 😱
Good luck finding the new place! Hope is all you wish for 🎉🎉
Our emma is happier 😊
Also this video gives twitch vibes because of how funny and open she is and I love it.
I wonder which area she was living in.
Only 128 000yen? That's a steeaaal. That's $1,248CAD you'd be EXTREMELY lucky to get a studio but you'd probably only be able to share a condo at that price here. *cries in Canadian*😭
Thank you for mentioning commute times, or (perhaps even worse) that a large number of people are left to stand on commutes.
I noticed this one throughout various parts of the world… People willing to take cuts in available pay and other items, just to work remote.
Congrats on the new place!
Congratulations on the new apartment! 🎉