How Much Building a House in Japan Really Costs

This is a full Japanese House Tour in Tokyo of a common style Japanese multigenerational house, which means it provides separate living space for 2 families so grandma and grandpa can live along with the family. In this Japan Home Tour, I'll break down some of the costs for you of building a house in Japan. This Japan house costs 88 Million Yen about $560,000 USD to build before tax and without land. Given it’s a total 316㎡ that works out to be about $1800 per square meter or $164 per square foot. This costs fully ensures that it meets all of Japan’s strict building codes to withstand a m7 seismic level earthquake. The time it takes to construct this type of house in japan usually takes about 150 days and considering the time to plan and design from signing the contract, it takes about 200 days on average.

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[Jordan-inJapan]

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!)

[xXCrimsonWolfXx]

$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.

[thehobojarpen]

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

[Thorium_Th]

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

[justinepagee]

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. :)

[gotakazawa]

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).

[CapnxJakE]

This was such a really awesome video to see how much a modern Japanese house would be and the features and design it would have!

[jackandmeli]

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

[Glorious_Yellw]

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.

[laurabuchanan]

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.

[OmgitsReese]

Always a good day when we get a Paolo upload 😊

[UPN]

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

[atmeal]

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.

[PhoenixNorthstar]

Great video, one thing I would like to see if you do this sort of video in the future ( and that is often included with video's like this) is to put up a basic floor plan of the house, flashing it up for a few seconds either all at once or each floor as you go, which makes it easier for your viewers to fully visualise the space. Hopefully that wouldn't be seen as too intrusive since you're already showing the house in its near entirety ( I noticed you skipped a room marked "Office" next to the Genkan, presumably for privacy/security reasons).

[nexromancer]

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.

[ehabhenedeh]

Again another video to enjoy at 4 AM WEEKLY
Love your videos❤❤

[sarcophagi]

Really hope Maiko was doing the editing on this one cause... it just felt great. Felt like I got to see the "corners' of the house from previous shots, kept me interested without the usual action when Paolo is in a more active space, normal but jazzy background jams, usual content which I can relax to. Thank you :)

[aapoetik]

15:58 "Hmm, let's see... Peter Rabbit of a Geisha" 😂😂

[alexkudzin]

I’d like to see a house tour for a net zero house, a traditional style house / restoration, and a new build mansion (hopefully at a stage where you can customize some of the layout)

[katarina]

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