So first things first, the reason why we're moving is well because you guys know that I'm pregnant, going to have a baby, I'm 17 weeks today, my baby is as big as a pop tart.

所以，首先，我們要搬家的原因是，你們知道我懷孕了，要生孩子了，我今天17周了，我的孩子就像一個爆米花一樣大。

Pop tarts are pretty big, which just kind of blows my mind.

爆米花是相當大的，這只是有點讓我吃驚。

We're in the second trimester and as I get bigger things are just getting harder.

我們已經進入第二個三個月了，隨著我的身體越來越大，事情也越來越難。

Especially since we moved into this place, which is honestly, it is a blessing to live here.

特別是自從我們搬到這個地方，說實話，住在這裡是一種幸福。

It's really hard to find an apartment that has two floors and we really liked it because it had two floors had a state, it had some stairs.

真的很難找到一個有兩層樓的公寓，我們真的很喜歡它，因為它有兩層樓有一個狀態，它有一些樓梯。

It looked like a little mini condo, much smaller than a condo.

它看起來像一個小型的迷你公寓，比公寓小得多。

It did have some stairs and it was a designer apartment.

它確實有一些樓梯，而且是一個設計師公寓。

So it looked really nice but it is quite old, not as old as a lot of apartments here in Japan.

所以它看起來真的很好，但它相當老，不像日本這裡的很多公寓那樣老。

When you do go searching for apartments, it definitely has its fair share of mold and dust problems, which is the majority of apartments in Japan, I hate to break it to you, but you're going to have problems with that.

當你真的去尋找公寓時，它肯定有其公平份額的黴菌和灰塵問題，這是日本的大多數公寓，我不想打斷你，但你會有這方面的問題。

That's why they have like a whole section at the grocery store of something called Cobby Killer in Japan where you just bleach and use tons of chemicals to basically clean your apartment.

這就是為什麼他們在日本的雜貨店裡有一整塊叫做Cobby Killer的東西，在那裡你只需漂白和使用大量的化學品，基本上可以清潔你的公寓。

Another thing is stairs are star starting to get really hard to go up and down.

另一件事是樓梯開始變得非常難上和難下。

We also have stairs outside of our apartment.

我們的公寓外面也有樓梯。

We don't have an elevator.

我們沒有電梯。

So when the baby's born just carrying a newborn up and downstairs is not going to be ideal for us going up and down three flights of stairs every single day is not going to be ideal either.

是以，當孩子出生後，只是抱著一個新生兒上樓和下樓對我們來說並不理想，每天上下三層樓也不理想。

Also space, we live in what's called two LDK so in Japan the apartment sizes go like three L.

還有空間，我們住在所謂的兩個LDK裡，所以在日本，公寓的大小像三個L。

D.

D.

K.

K.

To D K.

致D K.

One DK.

一個DK。

It depends on the size, so what that means is two rooms means living room and D means dining K means kitchen, so it has a living room, a dining space and kitchen.

這取決於大小，所以這意味著兩個房間意味著客廳，D意味著餐廳K意味著廚房，所以它有一個客廳，一個用餐空間和廚房。

A lot of people do live in apartments with young Children in this size.

很多人確實帶著年輕的孩子住在這種規模的公寓裡。

It's doable 100% but not ideal in my opinion.

在我看來，這100%是可以做到的，但並不理想。

Another thing I have to say is that our area isn't exactly family friendly.

我不得不說的另一件事是，我們的地區對家庭並不完全友好。

Now there are families around their schools around so don't get me wrong, it's not like the most dangerous place in Japan or anything like that.

現在他們的學校周圍有很多家庭，所以不要誤會我的意思，這並不是日本最危險的地方或類似的地方。

I do have to say the station, this is a bit shady.

我確實不得不說車站，這有點陰暗。

I've been followed a few times.

我被跟蹤過幾次。

I've been approached a few times by men, you see a lot of young teens just messing around.

我被男人接近過幾次，你看到很多年輕的青少年只是在亂搞。

There's always some kind of commotion at night or drunk people.

晚上總是有一些騷亂或醉酒的人。

It's not exactly the best place for a family to live in my opinion and I will share with you where we live when we do move and why I don't really recommend it.

在我看來，這並不是一個家庭的最佳居住地，我將與你分享我們搬家時住在哪裡，以及為什麼我不太推薦它。

100% felt like we weren't completely entirely safe.

100%的人覺得我們並不完全完全安全。

My husband has come and gotten me at the station a few times because I was so nervous and kind of traumatized from those situations and moments I lived here because my work was close by.

我的丈夫來車站接過我幾次，因為我非常緊張，而且在那些情況和時刻，我住在這裡，因為我的工作就在附近，所以有點受創。

But now I don't work at that place anymore so I can go pretty much anywhere.

但現在我不在那個地方工作了，所以我幾乎可以去任何地方。

Obviously my husband works in Tokyo so we need to find a place that's close for him to commute.

很明顯，我丈夫在東京工作，所以我們需要找一個離他近的地方，以便他通勤。

Another thing is our bikes have been stolen three times and we found them three times.

另一件事是我們的自行車被偷了三次，我們三次都找到了。

And the weird thing was it was only our bikes that were being taken and put places nobody can ride the bike because they didn't take the keys.

而奇怪的是，只有我們的自行車被拿走了，放在沒有人可以騎的地方，因為他們沒有拿走鑰匙。

So we were confused as to why our bikes were being moved.

所以我們很困惑，為什麼我們的自行車會被移動。

We found my bike at a 7 11 down the street.

我們在街邊的7-11號找到了我的自行車。

We found my husband's bike in another parking lot near us.

我們在我們附近的另一個停車場發現了我丈夫的自行車。

It was really strange and it kept happening and the police would come and they'd have to fill out all these reports.

這真的很奇怪，它不斷髮生，警察會來，他們必須填寫所有這些報告。

It took forever.

它花了很長時間。

But we were very concerned that maybe somebody in this apartment didn't like us because when we did get our bikes back they would be like knocked down.

但我們非常擔心，也許這個公寓裡有人不喜歡我們，因為當我們真的拿回自行車時，他們會像被打倒一樣。

But at one point like something to cover the bike because nothing to cover our bikes.

但在一個點上，像有東西可以覆蓋自行車，因為沒有東西可以覆蓋我們的自行車。

So when it rains, it gets rusty, someone kept lifting that cover up and looking at our room number and like it was just really shady stuff going on and it kind of scared me a little bit.

是以，當下雨時，它就會生鏽，有人一直在掀開那個蓋子，看我們的房間號，就像這是非常陰暗的事情，這讓我有點害怕。

There were a couple of families that lived next door to us.

有幾個家庭住在我們隔壁。

They all moved out.

他們都搬走了。

Most people moved out actually because we thought there was a suicide that happened below us, which is super unfortunate.

大多數人都搬走了，實際上是因為我們認為在我們下面發生了一起自殺事件，這是超級不幸的。

But when we talked to the police, um, it wasn't a suicide.

但當我們與警察交談時，嗯，這不是自殺。

It was someone who died of natural causes.

那是一個自然死亡的人。

A lot of the apartments below us are single apartments, so nobody knew what had happened to him until I guess his sister called and was confused.

我們下面的很多公寓都是單身公寓，所以沒有人知道他發生了什麼事，直到我猜他的妹妹打電話來，感到困惑。

It's very heartbreaking that that happened.

發生這種情況非常令人心碎。

But the police never told anybody what happened.

但警方從未告訴任何人發生了什麼。

So at first I was like, well, it could be anything.

所以一開始我想，好吧，這可能是任何事情。

It could be a suicide which happens a lot here in Japan or it could be a murder which scared me the most because you never know.

它可能是自殺，這在日本經常發生，也可能是謀殺，這讓我最害怕，因為你永遠不知道。

It blows my mind that the police don't tell anybody in this apartment because I guess it's like confidential, but like in my opinion, I would want to know if it was a murderer or not because I don't want to live in a place where someone is messing with their bikes.

這讓我很吃驚，警察不告訴這個公寓裡的任何人，因為我想這就像保密一樣，但是像在我看來，我想知道這是不是一個殺人犯，因為我不想住在一個有人在亂動自行車的地方。

It could be the same person.

這可能是同一個人。

I don't know.

我不知道。

I was just creating all these scenarios in my head and it was just like one thing after another of events happening.

我只是在腦海中創造所有這些場景，就像一件又一件的事件發生。

So everybody moved out, the police reassured us at least and told us because they knew that I was pregnant and I was scared that it wasn't a suicide, it wasn't a murder.

所以大家都搬走了，警察至少讓我們放心，告訴我們，因為他們知道我懷孕了，我很害怕，這不是自殺，不是謀殺。

It was just someone that died of natural causes allegedly.

據稱，這只是一個自然死亡的人。

So that happened below us.

是以，這發生在我們下面。

So it just kind of left this really negative energy, this bad vibe.

所以它只是留下了這種真正的負能量，這種不好的氛圍。

A lot of people left, like I said, there were, it was a family that lived next to us.

很多人離開了，就像我說的，有，是住在我們旁邊的一個家庭。

They were so nice, they had two kids, but they moved out because of the space.

他們人很好，有兩個孩子，但因為空間問題，他們搬走了。

They wanted more space.

他們想要更多的空間。

I do not blame them another time someone tried to open the door, but I think there's a junior high school kid that lives next to us.

我不怪他們，又一次有人試圖開門，但我認為有一個初中生住在我們旁邊。

I rarely ever see him come outside.

我很少看到他到外面來。

I don't know, maybe he thought that was his room or something.

我不知道，也許他認為那是他的房間或什麼。

I don't know, it kind of freaked me out a little bit.

我不知道，這有點嚇到我了。

Our apartment's pretty secure as in like you need a key to unlock from outside.

我們的公寓非常安全，就像你需要一把鑰匙從外面開鎖一樣。

You can't just like walk into the apartment complex, just all these events that were happening.

你不能像走進公寓大樓一樣，只是所有這些事件都在發生。

It was just like the universe telling us and confirming you should leave, you should leave find a safe place to raise your kid.

這就像宇宙告訴我們，確認你應該離開，你應該離開找一個安全的地方來撫養你的孩子。

It's more about like space safety.

這更多是關於像空間安全。

I just, I've been living in this same place for I think five years that I've been in Tokyo.

我只是，我一直住在這個地方，我想我已經在東京呆了五年了。

That is the reason why we're moving.

這就是我們要搬家的原因。

It's pretty straightforward, We're having a baby and we really want a nicer space and we want to feel safe wherever we're going and in a more family friendly area, if that makes sense.

這很簡單，我們要生孩子了，我們真的想要一個更好的空間，我們希望無論去哪裡都有安全感，在一個更適合家庭的地方，如果這有意義的話。

This apart, hunting has been an absolute struggle.

除此以外，打獵絕對是一個艱難的過程。

I'm going to share with you the website that most people look on to find apartments.

我將與你分享大多數人尋找公寓的網站。

I'm not going to share with you my location of where we're looking obviously, but I just want you to get an idea and what apartment hunting actually looks like.

我不打算與你分享我的位置，顯然我們正在尋找的地方，但我只是想讓你得到一個想法，尋找公寓實際上是什麼樣子。

Another thing that I want to address is there are apartments that don't allow foreigners unless you have a Japanese husband or wife.

我想說的另一件事是，有些公寓不允許外國人進入，除非你有一個日本丈夫或妻子。

I know it's crazy.

我知道這很瘋狂。

My husband didn't believe until we went to talk to an apartment company and he looked at the apartment that we were thinking of going to see and it said no foreigners allowed and the apartment company actually had to call them up and say there's a foreigner here.

我丈夫不相信，直到我們去和一家公寓公司談，他看了我們想去看的公寓，上面寫著不允許外國人進入，公寓公司實際上不得不給他們打電話，說這裡有一個外國人。

Foreigner here but her husband is japanese and they were okay with it.

這裡有外國人，但她的丈夫是日本人，他們對此沒有意見。

There is a lot of racism and discrimination when it comes to renting apartments here.

在這裡租房的時候，有很多種族主義和歧視。

It's not easy for foreigners.

對外國人來說，這並不容易。

Actually if you're just a foreigner in looking for apartment, don't expect anything shiny and beautiful when it comes to the look of the apartment.

事實上，如果你只是一個尋找公寓的外國人，不要指望公寓的外觀有什麼閃亮和美麗。

The reason why they do this is because there are a lot of foreigners that rent apartments that just leave and go back to their own country and they don't pay the fees and they try to avoid it, which is how some foreigners ruin it for all of us basically.

他們這樣做的原因是，有很多租房的外國人就這樣離開，回到自己的國家，他們不支付費用，他們試圖逃避，這就是一些外國人基本上毀了我們所有人的生活。

Fortunately I'm married, I have husbands that is japanese that can do a lot of the negotiating.

幸運的是我已經結婚了，我的丈夫是日本人，可以做很多談判。

I remember my husband didn't even have a job.

我記得我丈夫當時甚至沒有工作。

I lived in Japan for seven years at that point and I spoke some japanese and I had a legit job and they still wouldn't let me sign the apartment contract or anything like that.

那時我在日本住了七年，我會說一些日語，我有一份合法的工作，他們仍然不讓我簽署公寓合同或類似的東西。

Some apartments want to be able to communicate with their tenants, which is understandable.

有些公寓希望能夠與租戶進行溝通，這是可以理解的。

So that's why there's a lot of no foreigners allowed when it comes to apartment hunting.

所以這就是為什麼在尋找公寓時有很多不允許外國人進入的原因。

That's one thing that you're going to struggle you could possibly potentially struggle with.

這是你要掙扎的一件事，你可能會有潛在的掙扎。

So I have a plug in here to show you in english.

所以我在這裡有一個插件，用英文給你看。

There is no english on this website um and kanji can be very overwhelming, especially if you're looking for a place like for example, I mean it's google translate so like this is not china website, it's called sumo is the most common website to find apartments in Japan.

這個網站上沒有英語，嗯，漢字可以說是非常令人不知所措，特別是如果你正在尋找一個地方，比如說，我的意思是它是谷歌翻譯，所以像這不是中國的網站，它叫相撲是在日本尋找公寓的最常見的網站。

You actually have to manually go on here and look on your own unless you hire a realtor.

實際上，除非你僱用房地產經紀人，否則你必須自己手動上這裡尋找。

So I just wanted to share with you what this looks like.

所以我只想和你分享這看起來像什麼。

So basically you can choose your area in Japan where you want to live, let's go to rental.

所以基本上你可以在日本選擇你想居住的地區，讓我們去租房。

Let's try Tokyo, you can check based on where your train line is or where you want to live near what area you want to live near.

讓我們試試東京，你可以根據你的火車線路在哪裡，或者你想住在什麼地區附近來檢查。

This is like the process of apartment hunting.

這就像尋找公寓的過程。

I swear to God you guys any place that's like directly in the city, you're going to find a really really cheap looking old apartment that's very not spacious.

我向上帝發誓，你們任何像直接在城市裡的地方，你們都會找到一個非常非常便宜的看起來很不寬敞的舊公寓。

Let's see if we can kind of look outside and around Tokyo because that's where a lot of people live anyway.

讓我們看看我們是否可以在外面和東京周圍看看，因為無論如何那是很多人居住的地方。

So now if you scroll down more you can choose like more things.

所以現在如果你向下滾動更多，你可以選擇像更多的東西。

So realistically a lot of people spend.

是以，現實中很多人都在消費。

Especially if you're like a family maybe max 1008 100.

特別是如果你像一個家庭也許最大1008 100。

That's really expensive but we can do that.

這真的很貴，但我們可以這樣做。

Let's do 2000 just for fun and giggles.

讓我們做2000年，只是為了好玩和傻笑。

2000 or less.

2000年或以下。

$2000.

$2000.

Usd.

美元。

I'm talking in dollars just for you guys to understand a little bit more.

我說的是美元，只是為了讓你們多瞭解一點。

You can also do you are apartments which is urban renaissance apartments.

你也可以做你是公寓，這是城市復興的公寓。

It's owned by the government.

它是由政府擁有的。

I lived in one and I was in Nagoya and it was super nice but the ones here are not nice.

我住在一個，我在名古屋，它是超級好的，但這裡的不是很好。

I will looked at you are apartments and they're just not ideal.

我看了看你的公寓，它們只是不理想。

We're probably not going to do all of these here because I just want to show you what apartments might look like.

我們可能不會在這裡做所有這些，因為我只想向你展示公寓可能的樣子。

If you don't specify any of these things you can choose.

如果你不指定任何這些東西，你可以選擇。

Like how far you want to walk to the station, the size of the apartments were looking for more like a bigger space.

比如你想走多遠到車站，公寓的大小被尋找的更像一個更大的空間。

So three L.

所以三L。

D.

D.

K.

K.

Two L.

兩個L。

D.

D.

K.

K.

Is what we're living in now.

是我們現在所處的環境。

So you kind of want to avoid this if you're living by yourself.

是以，如果你是一個人住，你有點想避免這種情況。

Maybe you just wanna one V.

也許你只是想要一個V。

One L.

一個L。

D.

D.

K.

K.

Or um a two K.

或者嗯，一個二K。

Two K.

兩個K。

Two L.

兩個L。

D.

D.

If you can find it you can choose like new construction, How old do you want the place to be?

如果你能找到它，你可以選擇像新建築，你希望這個地方有多老？

But I did find that it doesn't matter how old the apartment is because some apartments actually renovate.

但我確實發現，公寓有多舊並不重要，因為有些公寓確實在裝修。

We're looking for a place with an elevator and air conditioning and all of that stuff.

我們正在尋找一個有電梯和空調以及所有這些東西的地方。

So you can choose that here as well and get super super specific.

是以，你也可以在這裡選擇，並獲得超級超級具體的。

But the more specific you are, the harder it's gonna be to find an apartment.

但你越是具體，就越難找到公寓。

So here's a three LDK apartment.

是以，這裡有一個三LDK公寓。

This is like family sized apartment is pretty cheap for a family sized apartment.

這就像家庭大小的公寓，對於家庭大小的公寓來說是相當便宜的。

It is 34 years old and it's about nine minutes on foot to the station.

它有34年的歷史，步行到車站大約9分鐘。

But you can actually click on this and look at what it looks like.

但你實際上可以點擊這個，看看它是什麼樣子。

Some apartments don't show you exactly what's inside shows that there's a tatami room and there's the size.

有些公寓並沒有向你展示裡面的具體內容，只顯示有一個榻榻米房間，還有尺寸。

So six J.

所以六J。

Means the size, it's like six joe or like joe or something.

意味著大小，它就像6個喬或像喬什麼的。

I think that's how you say it.

我想你是這樣說的。

The size of the room is based on tatami mats.

房間的大小是基於榻榻米的。

So this one square is one tatami mat.

所以這一個正方形就是一個榻榻米。

So this room is about six tatami mats in size.

所以這個房間大約有六個榻榻米大小。

This is what the building obviously looks like.

這就是大樓的明顯樣子。

And here's some really crappy pictures and a lot of the pictures that are taken are really crappy to begin with the kitchen looks pretty decent and pretty nice actually.

這裡有一些非常蹩腳的照片，很多拍攝的照片都是非常蹩腳的，開始的時候，廚房看起來很體面，實際上很不錯。

The bathroom looks pretty dated.

浴室看起來相當過時。

I just have to say that this is a very common bathroom though in an apartment.

我只想說，這雖然是公寓裡很常見的浴室。

Like it's something that you would see in most japanese apartments.

就像你在大多數日本公寓裡會看到的東西一樣。

This is a nice spacious room, has wooden flooring closet space.

這是一個很寬敞的房間，有木質地板的壁櫥空間。

Here's another room that's in the apartment.

這是在公寓裡的另一個房間。

I don't know if you can see this but this is the sink, this is a pretty standard sink that you'll see in a japanese apartment and a balcony.

我不知道你是否能看到這個，但這是水槽，這是一個相當標準的水槽，你會在日本的公寓和陽臺看到。

If you click on the view details part and you can probably see the pictures a lot more closely.

如果你點擊查看細節部分，你可能可以更仔細地看到圖片。

You probably should do this to begin with.

你也許應該一開始就這樣做。

And then here it tells you the key exchange fee usually in japan you pay a deposit which is usually two months of rent for something called gift money.

然後這裡告訴你鑰匙交換費，通常在日本，你要支付押金，通常是兩個月的租金，叫做禮金。

In Engl where you give money to thank the landlord for letting you live in this space.

在英國，你給錢以感謝房東讓你住在這個地方。

So you pay a pretty penny to the landlord saying thank you and I call this thank you money so you have to pay a good amount of money to say thank you to the landlord for lending you this apartment and then there's the guarantor fee and the moving fees at the end of it.

所以你向房東支付相當多的錢說謝謝，我把這稱為感謝費，所以你必須支付相當多的錢來感謝房東借給你這個公寓，然後還有擔保人費用和最後的搬家費。

Moving fee is about 7000 to 10,000 U.

搬家費約為7000至10000美元。

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This apartment that we're living in now was 7000 or $8000.

我們現在住的這個公寓是7000或8000美元。

Again I'm saying this in dollars because the majority of you are in the States, it's about $15,000 to move into this place which is extremely expensive and that's before paying a moving company which is usually an extra $1000 just to move apartments unless you get like a really cheap service which we did last time and we regret it because it took forever and my husband was doing most of the work and then you have to pay move out fees.