Name: 在東京尋找公寓 (Hunting for an Apartment in Tokyo!)
Uploaded: 2025-06-18T18:17:53.000Z
Duration: 32 min 2 s

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I've been here for three years now, which isn't super long, but it's long enough to know that I want to move again.

我已經在這裡住了三年，雖然時間不算很長，但已經足夠讓我知道我想再次搬家。

I want to tell you about the pros and the cons of the place that I'm in, why I want to move, and also take you on the apartment hunt and search for my next place.

我想告訴你我現在住的地方的優點和缺點，我為什麼想搬家，還想帶你一起尋找公寓，尋找我的下一個住處。

Because yeah, moving in Japan is not a fun time.

因為是的，在日本搬家可不是件有趣的事。

Also, yeah, if you can hear just like a sound in the background, that's 10,000 cicadas outside.

還有，如果你能聽到背景音，那就是外面有一萬隻蟬在叫。

It's the peak of summer in Japan and it is hot.

So to start off with, if you knew as well, my name is Emma and I always say I live in Tokyo.

首先，如果你也知道的話，我叫艾瑪，我總是說我住在東京。

I live pretty close to Tokyo, but I live in one of the surrounding prefectures around Tokyo.

我住的地方離東京很近，但我住在東京周邊的一個縣裡。

順便說一句，對不起，我撒謊了。

Let's start with the pros and I'll tell you about the place that I live in currently.

先說優點吧，我先給你們講講我現在住的地方。

When I first moved from my last place three years ago, my goal was I want a big, beautiful place.

三年前，我剛從上一個地方搬來的時候，我的目標是我想要一個又大又漂亮的地方。

Relatively good access to the city, but I just wanted a big, beautiful apartment.

這裡交通相對便利，但我只想要一套寬敞漂亮的公寓。

That was my dream and my goal and I did it.

這是我的夢想和目標，我做到了。

I love this apartment for the apartment itself.

So it is a big, beautiful two LDK, so bedroom and an office and a living dining kitchen.

這是一個寬敞、漂亮的雙層 LDK，有臥室、辦公室和客廳、餐廳、廚房。

There's a really big balcony with a beautiful view of so many trees.

這裡有一個非常大的陽臺，可以欣賞到許多樹木的美麗景色。

I was the first person to live in this renovated apartment.

我是第一個住進這套翻新公寓的人。

It just means that someone cared a little bit when they put effort into designing this place.

這隻能說明，有人在設計這個地方時花了點心思。

A lot of Japanese places are very cookie cutter, the exact same thing over and over again, which can be very frustrating when searching for an apartment.

日本的很多地方都是千篇一律，一成不變，這在尋找公寓時會讓人非常沮喪。

So the soundproofing is really good, except for the doors and the windows.

是以，除了門窗之外，隔音效果真的很好。

You can hear everything outside and you can hear everything in the stairwell.

你可以聽到外面的一切，也可以聽到樓梯間的一切。

But other than that, you can't hear the neighbors through the walls.

除此之外，隔著牆壁，你聽不到鄰居的聲音。

Also the price for the place is really good.

此外，這裡的價格也非常優惠。

For a 2LDK, 55 square meter, newly renovated, I'm paying 128,000 yen, which is really good.

對於 55 平米的新裝修的 2LDK 房型，我只需支付 12.8 萬日元，這真的很不錯。

It's really good for the kind of place that it is.

就這個地方而言，它真的很不錯。

I didn't really look too much into location when I was looking for a place.

在找房子的時候，我並沒有太在意地點。

I had like a general timeframe of it taking to get into Tokyo, but I was like, yeah, it should be fine.

我有一個進入東京的大致時間框架，但我想，是的，應該沒問題。

I think areas like this are great if you have a family or a community that is in the area.

我認為，如果你有家庭或社區，這樣的地區就很不錯。

Sure, I've made some friends, mainly old ladies and some families.

當然，我也交了一些朋友，主要是老太太和一些家庭。

Most of my friends are in Tokyo, Tokyo, like Tokyo proper.

我的大部分朋友都在東京，東京，就像東京在地一樣。

If I want to go see them on the weekend, I have to catch the train in.

如果我想在週末去看他們，就得趕火車。

If I have any jobs, I have to catch the train in.

如果我有工作，就必須趕火車。

I'm basically catching the train in most days.

大部分時間我基本上都在趕火車。

That time adds up and it's a very busy train because a lot of people live outside of Tokyo to commute in because it's way cheaper to live outside.

這些時間加起來就是一列非常繁忙的列車，因為很多人都住在東京以外的地方，因為住在外面要便宜得多。

It's like a standing train for minimum half an hour.

這就像一列站著的火車，至少要站半個小時。

That might not sound like much to some people, but I think after doing it for three years for that much time, constantly going in and out, and it's not just half an hour sitting down on a train, it's half an hour standing on a train and then my area is very full of hills, so it's a lot of ups and downs and all arounds.

對有些人來說，這可能聽起來不算什麼，但我認為，在做了三年這麼長時間的工作之後，不斷地進進出出，而且在火車上不只是坐半個小時，而是站半個小時，再加上我所在的地區到處都是山，所以要經歷很多起起落落和周折。

Also, I live on the fourth floor with no elevator, another huge con.

另外，我住在四樓，沒有電梯，這也是一個很大的缺點。

After a big day, you finish up your day, you're tired, and then you get on the rush hour train and stand for minimum half an hour, depending on where you go.

一天的工作結束後，你累了，然後坐上高峰時段的火車，根據你去的地方，至少要站半個小時。

Then you have to walk up a hill and down a hill and up a hill and down a hill, and then you have to climb four flights of stairs.

然後，你還得上山、下山、上山、下山，再爬四層樓梯。

Of course, anyone can say, my commute's harder or my life is harder, and I absolutely believe you if that is the case and that if you're fine with it, hell yeah.

當然，任何人都可以說，我的通勤更難了，我的生活更難了，如果是這樣的話，我絕對相信你，如果你覺得沒問題，那當然沒問題。

如果你不能接受，那就太糟糕了。

But for me, I've realized I don't want to do this anymore.

但對我來說，我已經意識到我不想再這樣下去了。

I'm in a very lucky privileged position where I am able to consider and afford moving to a different apartment where I don't have to climb four flights of stairs every time.

我很幸運，能夠考慮並負擔得起搬到另一個公寓的費用，在那裡我不必每次都要爬四層樓。

Another thing is, I actually live in a, did it reveal?

另一件事是，我實際上住在一個，它透露了嗎？

If you guys don't know what danchi is, I believe it's like public housing.

如果你們不知道 "丹池 "是什麼，我想它就像是公共住房。

I don't know if these are still public housing, but each apartment is owned by a different owner, and they're very old buildings.

我不知道這些是否仍是公共住房，但每套公寓都有不同的業主，而且都是非常古老的建築。

Another con, the building is so old that it's 1968, and so it's before earthquake prevention, like there's a certain standard everyone likes, and it's 1981 onwards.

另一個缺點是，這棟建築太老了，是 1968 年的，所以是在防震之前，就像大家都喜歡的某個標準一樣，是 1981 年以後的。

There was a big earthquake and they changed a bunch of systems and then anything constructed after 1981 will have the newer earthquake stuff. 1968, I don't know if we got much going on here.

發生了大地震，他們改變了許多系統，1981 年之後建造的任何建築都會採用較新的抗震材料。1968 年，我不知道我們這裡是否發生了什麼。

That's why it's cheap to live in these places.

這就是為什麼在這些地方生活很便宜的原因。

You know, a lot of people won't go for no elevator and a lot of people don't like older buildings.

要知道，很多人都不喜歡沒有電梯，很多人也不喜歡老式建築。

So yeah, the age is a con for earthquake safety, but also there's pros and cons to danchi.

是以，是的，年齡是地震安全的一個不利因素，但丹墀也有利有弊。

They are a whole world within themselves.

它們本身就是一個完整的世界。

It's all of these blocks that look exactly the same, and they build so many community-based things everywhere, like libraries and ponds and parks and community events and stuff.

所有這些街區看起來都一模一樣，他們到處都建造了許多以社區為基礎的東西，比如圖書館、池塘、公園、社區活動等等。

I actually really love that about danchi.

事實上，我真的很喜歡丹奇的這一點。

There's a lot more responsibility, which can be a con, but also kind of a pro.

責任更大了，這可能是缺點，但也是優點。

It keeps you active in the community, but also it's super annoying, like having to fill out forms.

它能讓你在社區中保持活躍，但也超級煩人，比如必須填寫表格。

Like right now I've got a kaidanban, where I have to fill out like, yes, I've read the kaidanban, any notices, you get newsletters.

就像現在，我有一個 "看板"，我必須填寫 "是的，我讀過看板"、"任何通知，你都會收到通訊"。

You get put on trash duty to go and check that the trash has been taken and that people sorted it properly.

你會被派去執行垃圾處理任務，檢查垃圾是否已被運走，人們是否對垃圾進行了正確分類。

There's no management fee, because we are the managers.

沒有管理費，因為我們就是管理者。

For me, at this point, I'm like, I don't really want to do this anymore.

對我來說，在這一點上，我想，我真的不想再這樣做了。

Another huge thing is the trash, because there's no trash rooms for everyone.

另一個大問題是垃圾問題，因為沒有垃圾房供所有人使用。

Before 8am, five days a week, the trash sorting is very intense in this area.

每週五天，早上 8 點之前，這裡的垃圾分類工作非常緊張。

You have to go down the stairs, take it to the end of the street, and then come back and climb the stairs.

你必須走下樓梯，把它帶到街的盡頭，然後再回來爬樓梯。

But overall, I'm really done with that aspect.

但總的來說，我真的受夠了這方面的工作。

It's very community, do the right thing, take care of each other, little conversations with people every now and then.

這是一個非常團結的社區，做正確的事，互相照顧，時不時與人進行一些小對話。

比如，我交了很多老太太朋友。

Because these danchi have been here for so long, they're not really built super close together.

由於這些 "丹池 "在這裡已經存在了很長時間，它們之間的距離並不是很近。

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