FOR ANYONE WHO MISSED LAST WEEKS VID: "A Night in Japan's OLDEST MAZE" ukposts.info/have/v-deo/anl6foaYim5lqHk.html *Anyone else calculate how many of those blinds you would need to close in order to NOT be arrested on that toilet!?* But Could YOU Live Here? TINY APARTMENT PLAYLIST: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/sV1ieK2fn22Vppc.html

This feels like a black mirror episode when the tenant is entertainment for everyone looking in to watch.

Did an artist make this so we question what an apartment is?

Pleeeeeeeease try to find a tenant who will let you show us how they actually use this space. I’m genuinely fascinated!

I want the feng shui guy to tell us where furniture goes. 😂

Forget the claustrophobic panic I would feel getting up to that apartment and living in it, I would have nightmares of leaving a window open and falling out of my home and ending up as a pancake on the street. What if you dropped your phone and it just slid out of the side of your home. Oh my God. I don't even know how most of that is legal.

Out of all the places you've shown, this one has been the first one to actually set off my instant 'Nope, absolutely not' reaction. Nooooo way this is liveable.

This looks like a sims house someone built on a budget of 1000 simoleons...

My claustrophobia could never, it just feels like an endless hallway that you can't escape from.

Dude, this is like, insane - the price, the layout, the clear health and safety hazard of the entire place! I think you need to try and get a tour with one of the residents because I REALLY want to know how people live in there!

It makes me so happy to hear that Ayaka is a full-time architect! You go, girl.

I actually saw this on Instagram before you posted this video and shared it to my friends. We could not understand it, so this was perfect! Thanks for this!

I could see that space being a challenge but also fun! But that's coming from a guy who has no problem camping in his car. Also super happy to hear Okazaki is returning!

I can't imagine how hot it is going to get during the summer in that glass box and creating a draft does not seem like a good idea as whatever you can store there will probably be blown out onto the streets.

I mean, remove the bath and this would make a great like art studio for someone. The concept of it as a living space is so insane I can't even...

I am so glad we got rid of cable t.v.,this is far more entertaining! Thanks, I love Japan but that apartment is on a whole new level of micro.💕✌️The bed would have to be a roll away futon the size of a sleeping bag, and clothes,food stuff,supplies would hsve to be stored in stackable containers I would guess?

Im happy to hear Okazaki-san will be in future videos. I really love her insights on these tiny living spaces.

Yeah, that'd be a no for me. It's just not usable space. As you say you could fit a futon on the floor on the side with access but where would you store it when it wasn't out ... or anything else ... you haven't even got a fridge, or space to put one. Using the bath or toilet would be a constant fear of someone seeing and, despite the aircon unit, trying to keep it's greenhouse like structure at a comfortable temperature would be a constant fight. Not sure having plugs in the floor next to bath is particularly safe either

As someone who suffers from both claustrophobia and a fear of heights.. this apartment is a living nightmare.

Huge congrats to Ayaka! Can't wait to see her show up again soon (and hopefully more regularly!), she's such a joy to watch and always brings such an amazing perspective, plus you guys bounce off of each other so well! It's so wholesome!

Just looks like a converted balcony. Mental!

Love the outlet+floor drain combination below the bathtub.

Oh lord when you opened the window and swung your leg out my heart was in my mouth🙀

I would totally want this!! I would put the bed against the back walls by the bathtub. I would crawl forward to get out of bed and use the front room for my living room and fridge space. That view is gorgeous!

The person who designed this should be indicted for war crimes.

This is one of the few times I don’t think I could stay in the apartment. Having to open and close all those blinds would drive me crazy. Not to mention the price.

The reaction to this apartment is, "Awww hell no!" and even if you had small enough furniture, those stairs aren't wide enough for anything. Thanks Norm, that was a trip

Its more like an aquarium. Reality show for the neighbours free of charge. 😂

How did that building pass safety standards!?!? That's dangerous as Hell! One slip and you could literally roll out of your apartment and plummet several feet to your demise.

I think this is the first tiny apartment that you showed that I can't imagine living in. Even the one that was just a bed, a toilet and a shower was way better. In that at least you had proper storage room, and it felt somewhat cosy.

Architect made sure there is no ROOM for improvement left..!!

So close to a million, I can’t think of a harder working more deserving content creator!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😺

I've recently fallen down the rabbit hole of watching your video, and as a 6'4 aussie dude that is NOT a small person, it is fascinating to see just how compactly some people can live. In Essence, i can see myself living in some of the places you've shown before (The tall Archetects home was amazing, and the 5 floor place was too!) but I just cannot believe the size of some of the spaces they expect you to squeeze through! Alot of the stairwells and doorways are so low and narrow, which for their population makes sense, but I could barely get into some of these place. This apartment, The actual living space seems amazing to me, a little cramped but i could see plenty of ways to make excellent use of it, though I'd rather that weirdly placed extra sink just not be there, as I'd probably mainly enter the shower that side instead of climbing the toilet. The dealbreaker for this place would honestly be the stairwell though. and maybe the frist floor solves the issue but then you lose the cool view aspect of the place. Anyway, loving the videos, hope we see more soon, and im glad Okazaki-san is showing up again soon. The way she just see's a spaces potentiall, and when there is a tiny little hole goes 'if i fits, i sits' is fun to watch. it makes sense she loves cats so much.

Biggest dealbreaker is the lack of safety with the windows. If I were gonna have to live here I'd definitely be installing plywoods all around the place. If I'm not allowed to do that then it's a no deal for me.

NIGHTMARE!! I almost yelled when you opened the window to show no safety things.... YIKES!!!!

Other than the worrying electrical issues, this is actually one of my favorite odd places you've toured since the very first round with Ayaka's apartment. I think it would be so fun to figure out how to utilize this space! Also, I am entirely driven by view and natural light, of which this place is obviously abundant -- I would totally make it work just to feel like I was living *in* the street, I actually really enjoy that feeling. I probably would only do it if I were living there for an extended vacation/wasn't working a regular job, though. It would be a lot less feasible if I were coming and going from work every day. But as an experience for a few months, would love to live there!

For me it looks like a death trap... I see myself falling from the windows in many bizarre ways xD

This is not an apartment. This is an art piece. Unlivable

Being able to open those floor to ceiling windows and there only being a bar in place would worry me so much, I would be paranoid about dropping something either directly out the window or it rolling across the floor then dropping out the window 😂. Also appreciate you bringing along the tape measure, helps to give a better sense of scale 😁

Dude! $800-900 USD for rent is NOTHING! I would absolutely live there for that little amount for rent! That's amazing!

What an uncomfortable and frightening place to live. I thought that while watching a couple of days ago and come back here to report this video gave me a nightmare.

I’ve drunk walked into closets thinking it was a room door guys. I’d have to baby gate the whole place! 😂

All they had to do to fix the layout of this building when constructing it was offset the stairwell to one side instead of in the middle. Also, being on the top floor and having 100% window coverage... It would get so god damn hot during the summer there.

I randomly came across your page and I freaked to see you have the same black pullover as me. For the life of me I can not remember where I got it from but it was YEARS ago. 🤣

Oh, I like this apartment! There are lots of inspiration and combinations to stay in this apartment. You just have to think abit Out of the Box sometimes...

Crazier than the triangle apartment? Just seeing that the apartment is like a big donut around a staircase surrounded by windows... I've got to agree so far!

If money wasn't an issue, I think it'd be kinda cool to rent two apartments on consecutive floors. The higher floor could be the main living space while the lower floor would fit storage and other amenities. If you're a plant lover, everything could go on the lower floor with curtains always up.

I absolutely LOVE all of that natural lighting. Theres something about the walls just being windows that i find extremely appealing. I think i could legitimately live there... Although not for $1000 a month 😅 thats more than my rent, by about double. And i live in a 2 bedroom house.

Everything else I can kind of imagine myself to work with if I had to live in this, but the fact that it's SO echoy with only hard window surfaces all around you that it would drive me crazy.

You are absolutely right. I have so many questions about this aquari- I mean apartment.

I took a break from all the stressors bouncing around my brain right now and ended up being slightly stressed out by the (irrational or maybe not…) thought that you could go out any one of the windows. Usually, I can find some redeeming quality in tiny spaces, but I found myself screeching in terror half a world away. 😳 Thank you so much for much-needed distraction, and ,on a personal note, for creating a community that steps up and steps in when someone needs them most. Take care!

Not one person in these comments mentioned how difficult it would become having any amount of trash in that apartment... Any mini fridge would be next to that extra sink but realistically its a crash pad for someone who is used to having nothing of value n works nearby

Reminds me of some dialogue from one of my favorite movies. "The way you have it there. The chimney stack would come right up through the middle of the room. Leaving you with something in the shape of a square donut. Which of course might be very warm in Winter. But otherwise of doubtful utility."

I feel like I would live with the windows open constantly to trick myself into thinking I have more space. But I'm also afraid of heights, so it would last maybe five minutes? Either way, the fact I have to close curtains if I want to use the washroom is a deal breaker.

I’ve lived in 19’ travel trailers that not only had more amenities but felt more spacious.

Cross ventilation during the summer would be great. Just open two windows on either side and you wouldn't even have to touch the a/c. And I think you could get decent storage with some of those collapsible hanging closet organizers. Those outlets though, feel very unsafe in the event of spills, clogged toilet, or rain water getting in.

I'm 30 and moving and I wish we had places like this here in NJ. I can't stand the lack of storage most laces offer. You should see how they do storage and small living in Italy all the furniture is multi-purpose. I love it! So clean looking.

I've never said this about any apartment before (Japanese or otherwise), but it's definitely somewhere you would want to install electronic blinds, either manually controlled (singly or in groups) and/or preset for different times of day and night. And you would definitely want to install some kind of blind system around the shower that was properly waterproofed and drained downwards into the tub, because the amount of usable shower/tub space that shower curtain removed was just fricking ridiculous! 😲 Are we assuming Norm perhaps approached the bathtub from the wrong direction, and that coming from the hand basin side instead would be much easier than climbing over the toilet? And that way, the hinged glass partition behind the toilet is basically closed permanently rather than becoming a shower door? Personally I'd be tempted to use the emergency ladder as my regular entrance and exit method, and that way the topmost flight of the internal staircase would be made redundant and I could partition it off for myself and instantly double the total floorspace! 😂

Claustrophobia in full effect! 😟 The window safety bar....heck no! The blinds would stay shut if I lived there. I imagine it gets pretty cold during the winter too. Thanks for the tour.

Every time you opened a window I screamed internally. Seems my fear of heights outweighs my claustrophobia LOL

This is the most interesting tiny apartment you've given a tour of I think! I'd be curious to see one that is actually lived in to see how someone has set it up. It makes me wonder if an apartment like this is more for someone who commutes far for work? Do they just stay here during the week and travel to their home on the weekends? Or more of like a "vacation" apartment? Though it's definitely overpriced for what it is. I'm also amazed by those windows, damn what a hazard! And how do these full panel windows stand up to earthquakes? Being such a seismically active area, ceiling to floor windows seem like a REALLY bad idea. Great video, Norm! Thank you!

Id love to hear Ayaka's ideas for this place. I have a feeling she'd love it and have great ideas on how to use it

I'd have a custom loft bed with enough room on the edge so I could walk through the corridor without ducking down. You have to think vertically with this place and probably a lot of custom furniture. Thin but long wardrobes that could maybe double as a wall to block the windows. Maybe if the landlord allows it, a folding table connected to the side of the wall that can fold out when needed. Lots of hooks and depending on what the material of the window frames are, very strong magnets for above head storage. LED strip lighting around the top with diffusers would be a must.

Place is definitely beneficial for smaller people (and I can already see how they can layout the whole place), overall the whole place still looks presentable~

This is THE PINACLE of "make it work".

Cliff from Dear Modern actually came up with a good layout for this crazy apartment. However, this place feels very ... unsafe? I would have a hard time trusting those sockets, especially the one next to the bathtub!

Nice! I love the tiny apartment videos

I love this apartment! Think it would be fun trying to figure out how to live in that space!

OMG I ❤it!! I would hang a hammock to sleep. And you can have so many plants growing!

People who Hate Heights are Going too Love This Place 😂

I’m in love! If only this was in Los Angeles where the climate would work with that much glass.

Im a paramedic and having to evacuate someone from that appartment is now my worst nightmare, thank you

Excited to see Ayaka again, would love to hear what she thinks of this place if you get a chance. I think for storage I would figure out some sort of rolling cart solution if I had to live there and just shove carts into other parts of the house when I needed to use a space. I would guess you'd need to close at least 9 of the blinds for the toilet to be obscured sufficiently.

Would be cool to see a video of someone actually living here and how they decorated the place. 😁😁👍 Great video by the way! 😁😁😁

The ultimate expression of the Japanese adage: "Houses should be designed for Summer". Would love to see Ayaka-san again. She is part of your channel's Lore by now. That she is both a full-fledged Architect and a tiny house lover would be an asset for similar Videos.

I love how artsy, We Andersonesque the apartment becomes when the blinds are down. It almost becomes this green screen type of endless room like in the matrix gun scene.

Love the minimalist style tiny house! I like how they try to make everything simple such as hiding the outlets in the floor and the bathroom door is glass and only halfway to the floor. Just imagining how to make this house to my own space is already fun!

I enjoy all the video's you have been uploading but I think this has been my favorite series since you started doing it. Keep on finding more crazy and tiny apartments. Video's are awesome as always.

This feels like its only a matter of time before you fall out the window living in this thing. I tensed up real hard when you stood on the corner and pointed your camera down at the street.

You are a very brave man for testing that bar so 😭

Mhh the term "psychopath" comes to mind when thinking of the architect.. Thank you for this tour, Norm! Always fun to explore weird places!

Finally, the perfect apartment for an exhibitionist.

I enjoy your channel ❤ I have a couple of concerns:. With those stairs, I would see a problem when someone moves in or out. Also no privacy at all with all that glass 😂😂😂😂 BUT, at least it has a washer LOL, and looks clean and new. You rarely see that in NYC 😮

I think this have to store everything from the ceiling. I envision alot of hanging baskets & horizontal poles for hanging clothing.

Dude! Thanks for getting up early to show us that gem! I don't know that I could ever live there (no storage!!!! no fridge!!!!), but it's fascinating to see that it has been created, and to hear that people are interested. Probably be great for someone who's living the simplest life possible (few possessions, buying meals daily). Keep up the good work!

I can imagine opening some blinds but not all of em, it could also help divide the different areas of the apartment, like having the toilet and kitchen area with the blinds shut, with the entrance/bedroom area with the blinds open.

this is wild 😆 excited to visit, not sure if i could stay there tho

This is giving my every type of anxiety including some new ones I didn't know existed.

That light coming in at 7:25 **chef's kiss** and again at 8:04 you could shoot a cool music video here.

Congrats Ayaka!! Can't wait to see what buildings you find and hopefully build in the future.

I would hook up a sleeping hammock in the main room, that can be taken down when not in use. A roll up foam camping mattress for if I didn't feel like the hammock. One good, comfy chair and foot stool (eames style). Hooks on the walls for clothing storage in the section with the extra basin and a few foldable storage boxes. One narrow, drop leaf table on wheels, (the sort that is only 17cm wide when collapsed) and a folding chair that could be hung on the wall when not in use. I would love being able to open all the glass doors but hate the fact it only has a single railing, so would want to install at least one other bottom rail. Glass privacy stickers and narrow vertical plant wall for bathroom and toilet area.

It's interesting for people because of how different it is. I think it might be best, not really for living, but for getting changed or having a rest stop for an hour or two while you're moving across the city during the day (because of your work e.g.)

Wow, that apartment was crazy. I absolutely couldn't handle that apartment just for one reason the 360 glass windows, cause I'm afraid of heights.

Bro.. You KILLED it on this video! One of the best jvloggers in the game. Amazing video!

I really want to see what an interior designer would come up with for this space! I think I would add a corner bar area in the main room to add more counter space, doubling it as an office space. A part of me would kind of want to design it like a balcony and embrace the balcony life. 😂 I’d put up a room divider to give more privacy from the toilet and the main room. I think I’d sleep in the corner on the side where the sink is. Maybe a roll out sleeping mat is all that could be functional. I would be up for the challenge. 🤣🤣

I think if it were at least 3 times the size and designed like a luxury penthouse it could be very interesting . It has so much light coming in and great views. You could have glass that blacked-out for bathroom and bedroom areas to give privacy. I like it!

That place is nightmare fuel for me. Not as much space wise but the height! I'm afraid of heights. I already have problems sitting next to a windows in a apartment building, let alone if the windows are floor to ceiling hight and makes it looks like about to fall out the room if I make the tiniest of movement.

i dont know i would live in this apartments. But the tiny aparments alway spark my intrest to see and what peolpe make of it

The blinds down made it look more liveable!!!!

I would fill that place with plants, textured rugs and wicker furniture, it would look so pretty with the sun flooding in 😍😍 Futon goes where the bathroom sink is, living area in the widest part.