How Much Building a House in Japan Really Costs

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Where's your "Day in the Life of a Yakuza Member" video???

My family actually just built a house in Japan! In our case, we’re in a small town, so land (and construction) prices are a bit lower. We also didn’t go with one of the major construction companies, but a small local company. The benefit of this is the whole process is a lot more hands on…we were actively involved in drawing up the plans and decision-making (and problem-solving) throughout the whole construction process. A little more work, but way more fun! Plus it really feels like YOUR house when it’s finished! (Did I mention, living in small town Japan is awesome? It works for me, anyway!)

I'm Japanese, but I'll share my personal opinion. Two years ago, my son's family built a house in Saitama Prefecture, next to Tokyo. It is less than an hour by train to central Tokyo. The house, including the land, cost about 50 million yen (approximately 320,000 USD at the current exchange rate). The area was about 90 square meters. Land prices vary greatly depending on the location, proximity to the station, and surrounding environment. In central Tokyo, it would likely cost over 100 million yen (more than 700,000 USD at the current exchange rate).

Paolo in every room: "I would put a TV there."

No bathroom on the first floor for the grandparents. They are going to fall down the stairs and shit themselves in the middle of the night.

We bought a house + land package 2 years ago and have been living in it for a year now. We live in Chiba, around 45 minutes from Tokyo. And we paid 35 million yen for BOTH together. It really depends on the house maker and if you buy house and land separately. And of course the city you’d like to live in. :)

As a designer, I live for videos like this! Moving to japan and building a house is a dream of mine! Id definitely make some changes but overall this house looks amazing! Also, projects like this take WAYY longer (at least in Massachusetts). Like 1-2 years from planning to construction and furniture

Just cant stop watching all of these great content videos at 2-3am before sleeping

I think most people outside of the city live in houses and lots combined for about 230,000$. This house is quite rich.

Exactly what I needed to see. Thank you.

A small suggestion please turn down the background music a bit and try not play it the entire video. Sometimes it can be really tricky to decipher what you are saying.

This home is absolutely beautiful and so spacious and has great natural light during the day! I couldnt help but laugh at all the TV's Paolo wanted to put in this home. In the future I predict Paolo having a TV in every room when he gets a house lol

$1,200 for a brand new modeled bathroom with bidet is insane. Smartphones cost more than that, and I'd take the bathroom over smartphone any day.

Absolutely gorgeous house! Thank you for sharing.

Paolo, this house is incredibly beautiful!

Always a good day when we get a Paolo upload 😊

Would have been helpful to see a floor plan for the home. I really couldn’t get a sense of the size or where we were in the house.

What a nice relaxing watch 👍 more please

Im suffer from panicattacks etc. But i realized that watching your videos make me allot calmer and just hearing your voice makes me happy. Keep up the good work. Love this channel.