She Lives in a $46/Day Micro Apartment in Japan

This concept of living in Internet cafes in Japan has intrigued me for the last 10 years - and I’m glad to finally have told this story. What do you think about Japan’s cut-throat society? And extreme social isolation? Do you think it’s a good or bad thing? Would love to hear from you in the comments here so we can discuss some of these issues 🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵

$46 a day is still $1,399 per month, that’s devastating 😔

Tokyo seems like social media in real life: super shiny on the outside but depressing on the inside

never call local food gross in front of locals. thats mad disrespectful

That poor lady 😔 She has my sympathy. I hope she’s able to pull herself back out of this situation.

She spends 7000 yen/night at a net cafe ???? My Tokyo apartment is 60,000 yen/month so she's paying a lot more for worse living conditions. She could stay at a sharehouse with a real room until she saves up for her own place.

It truly makes you thankful for what we have.Thank you for your channel❤

$46 a day? I highly doubt that. I live 25 minutes from Kabukicho by train and I live in a 57 sqm aparthment with two big bedrooms, livingroom and decent kitchen for 137,000 Yen a month. If she is paying $46 USD a day, that would mean she is paying about 220,345 Yen per month for that small internet cafe. She can sleep at a capsule hotel for cheaper. She can sleep in a guest house in Shinjuku for like 80,000 yen per month and have a lot bigger place, a better life, and a lot more money. How can she even afford that as she said she makes 200,000 Yen per month working at a hostess club. The math does not add up. They have 11 sqm apartments in Tokyo with no guarantor or landlord fees for 35,000 yen per month. I just watched a video on it yesterday. So she is wasting her money. I have lived here for 7 years, I know the prices here.

I thought the video was about someone attempting a challenge, but as soon as I realized this was someone living there out of necessity, this took a really sad turn for me. These locations are really terrible not because they are small, but because they allow the marginalized to be forgotten in a vicious circle of poverty. It is just enough to help you get by but expensive enough to make it difficult to save up enough money to get ahead. This is indicative of a society where people have been forgotten and the availability of a societal safety net is gone. She is essentially a homeless youth fleeing abuse. She is literally one paycheck/downturn from making some very poor choices in a her life. I pray for her safety and that she makes it out of this situation okay.

What a beautiful young woman. I'm so sorry she was abused by her father and had to run away. I just wanna help her.

That sucks! There are prison cells that are more humane than this "room". Of cors you get depression. Thank you Drew for sharing the world with us. You are a good one!

That story had to be very difficult for her to share. I hope she finds a way to a better life. Thanks for the insightful story Drew.

Looking at Japan now, you may think it is a very strange country! But with the outbreak of the Ukraine-Russia war, prices in various countries have increased exaggeratedly. Perhaps Japan's current situation is a reflection of all countries in the world in the future! Hope someone can help reunite that girl with her mother! Thank you Drew for sharing this cautionary video! May God bless the world! 👍😍🙏

I've lived in Tokyo for 12 years and I've never seen more crap in my life than in this video. Firstly "Karin" is not Japanese. Tokyo is not one of the most expensive cities in the world. If she's working as a hostess it's probably because she's working there illegally without a visa. It's a country of 125 million people, 38 million in Tokyo and only 5,400 of them are living in net cafes??? Not to mention how epically rude it is to speak to someone with sunglasses on in Japan. This is a hostess scam. And so cringe.

I stayed in a capsule hotel in Akasaka for 2500 yen/night. I think I got a discount on top of that because I was staying monthly. But it was really brutal on my wellbeing. The worst part is you have no private space, or even what private space you have you can still hear things. A lot of nightlife workers lived there, and I would often go to McDonald's or similar until they closed to eat and have a desk/chair to sit on and watch videos or do work. Tokyo is a brutal city to be alone, and culturally most Japanese people don't make friends with strangers easily or quickly, so those that I met were either on the fringes or immigrants.

Thanks Drew! Well done! This is an important video, for many reasons! Good luck to Karin, you, and everyone. 😊

Let’s not exaggerate here. Tokyo is not nearly as expensive as living in LA. Japan also has a very robust train system so having to take a taxi is more of a luxury unless it’s after midnight.But it is also safe to walk at night in Japan. She works at a hostess club by choice and chooses to live in an Internet cafe. She is the one who ran away. She had a chance to get a good education but threw it away. She still dresses well and it is so cheap to eat out in Japan. Just like any other city, go to a fancy restaurant, and you will pay the high price. I would like a to live in a nice apartment in Newport Beach Ca. but guess what? It’s too expensive. All my friends in Japan are doing well. Videos like this are nothing but exaggerations. Of course times are tough but that is not only Japan. Ask anyone in the United States and they will say the same. Dont believe everything you see. If you hang out in the pubs and bars, you can easily meet people.

Hey Drew, keep being an inspiration for me and others! You rock!

Done watching! Her story is really sad. I hope that one day she can escape from this situation. Thank you, Drew. Your story is very unique

She pays 1380 dollar per month for living rent, but earn only 1300 dollar per month? How is that possible?