Comments by "vangrails" (@vangrails) on "Brand New Japanese House Tour" video.

  1. My reaction is also a joke.
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  2. AFAIK: That toilet at 4:59 has a sink + faucet on top that you an use for washing your hands. After you used the water for washing your hands, this water is collected for flushing the toilet. That saves water.
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  3. I don't because I have been in Japan.
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  4. See 1:23 .
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  5. Indeed, and the water that you use for washing your hands is later used for flushing the toilet. That saves water.
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  6. How expensive would a house of that size be in NYC? Tokyo is bigger than NYC and land is really scarce in Japan because Japan is densely populated and very mountainous and a Japanese house has to be earthquake resistent.
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  7. Japan is not that expensive anymore. Cities like NYC and London or countries like Switzerland and Norway are more expensive.
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  8. I don't think this house is made out of wood, it is made out of concrete.
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  9. But how expensive would such a house be in NYC or London? Tokyo ia a very big city and very densely populated.
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  10. Do all rooms have floor heating? I wouldn't mind a bit more explanation about the heating of the house.
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  11. And this house has floor warming if I understand correctly.
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  12. But this house has hot water (of course it has hot water), it doesn't have a warm water tank but is that needed if you have a powerful heater? I have however no experience with a hot water storage tank. In many Japanese homes you can set a timer on the bath tube, so the bath tube will be completely filled when you wake up. I wish I had that system. Maybe that is an alternative to the warm water tank? What does such a tank exactly add? And it also has central heating as far as I understand. The video sadly doesn't really explain how the heating system works but as far as I understand this house has central heating. I wish however that this video did explain that more clearly.
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  13. Okay, I am sorry, I didn't understand that you don't consider floor heating as central heating, you want both. Is that needed if a house isn't too big and well insulated? I thought that floor heating alone would be enough? I don't have a warm water tank but I don't have to wait before the water heats up. I never have to wash my face with cold water. I don't have to turn a heater on, I guess I don't understand what you mean with that? The Japanese have very sophisticated water kettles/boilers with lots and lots of buttons to keep the water warmed up for a cup of tea 24/7. Very annoying when just want to have a cup of tea on your hotel room and you don't know which buttons to push because but can't read Japanese but I assume that these machines do their job for the Japanese.
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  14. This is Tokyo. A house this size would be much more expensive in NYC or San Francisco even when Tokyo is much bigger than NYC. You can buy houses in Japan for next to nothing in small remote villages. Location does matter in the US and Japan. However Japan is more densely populated so land is scarce and all houses have to be earth quake resistent. Japanese houses used to be badly insulated against the cold but that is finally changing.
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  15. It is Tokyo. A house of that size would be more expensive in London. NYC and San Francisco.
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  16. That is their culture.
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  17. Do you really need all that space?
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