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Coming to Japan from Canada (and the crazy housing market that is Vancouver), I was surprised to find out that the average family could afford a brand new house, even in the city of Tokyo. In this video I explore how this is possible.
CORRECTION: The stats I gave for median annual household incomes in the United States and Canada are not quite right. I explain why in this video youtube.com/watch?v=61FnnmvFhHY.
Thanks to all my patrons who support me making mini-docs like this! patreon.com/lifewhereimfrom
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When The Dust Settles 2 - Jack Elphick
Whimsical And Playful 7 - Gavin Luke
Whimsical And Playful 11 - Gavin Luke
Playful 5 - Josef Falkensköld
Whimsical And Playful 15 - Gavin Luke
Whimsical And Playful 13 - Gavin Luke
Jaguar Jive - Niklas Ahlström
All Is Good Again 2 - Magnus Ringblom
Girl Next Door 3 - Martin Landh
Information Sources
monocle.com/film/affairs/most-liveable-city-2016-tokyo
http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/hdr_2015_statistical_annex.pdf
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihonbashi
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_wards_of_Tokyo
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_Japan
http://tochi.mlit.go.jp/h19hakusho/chapter1_sec1/setsu_1-1_eng.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_income
http://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/k-tyosa/k-tyosa15/dl/03.pdf
http://nbakki.hatenablog.com/entry/Distribution_of_Yearly_Household_Incomes_in_Japan_2013
http://nbakki.hatenablog.com/entry/Household_Income_byWards_Tokyo_23_Wards_2013
http://www.shinseibank.com/english/housing/apply.html
homes.co.jp/kodate/b-1163610000274
http://japanpropertycentral.com/real-estate-faq/house-buying-guide
ft.com/content/023562e2-54a6-11e6-befd-2fc0c26b3c60
ft.com/content/79297b7e-24c6-11e5-bd83-71cb60e8f08c
ft.com/content/d95ea1f6-5512-11e4-b616-00144feab7de
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Metropolitan_Government
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn
http://urbankchoze.blogspot.jp/2014/04/japanese-zoning.html
http://www.mlit.go.jp/common/000234477.pdf
http://urbankchoze.blogspot.jp/2014/05/japans-housing-mix-example.html
Image Sources
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Theosakamainichi-earthquakepictorialedition-1923-page9-crop.jpg
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Kanto-daishinsai.jpg
http://tokyo12345.weebly.com/uploads/5/5/1/1/55114133/378469_orig.jpg
flickr.com/photos/urbzoo/3767766524
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Firebombing_of_Tokyo.jpg
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Incendaries-b29.jpg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Japan#/media/File:Sto1001.jpg
By Kzaral - Own work, GFDL, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3603086
By Kzaral - Own work, GFDL, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3603138
By Kzaral - Own work, GFDL, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3603021
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Tokyo_special_wards_map.svg/2000px-Tokyo_special_wards_map.svg.png
By Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重) - The fifty-stree stages of Tokaido (one of 53 prints, +2 for start and terminus), Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3982623
By 不明 unknown - 古い絵葉書 old postcard, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7926295
By Fg2 at en.wikipedia - Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here. Original uploader was Fg2 at en.wikipedia, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3279447
By Aimaimyi - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8699651
由Aimaimyi - 自己的作品，CC BY-SA 3.0，commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6101371
http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/11/global-house-prices
By Gryffindor - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10306293
Coming to Japan from Canada (and the crazy housing market that is Vancouver), I was surprised to find out that the average family could afford a brand new house, even in the city of Tokyo. In this video I explore how this is possible.
CORRECTION: The stats I gave for median annual household incomes in the United States and Canada are not quite right. I explain why in this video youtube.com/watch?v=61FnnmvFhHY.
Thanks to all my patrons who support me making mini-docs like this! patreon.com/lifewhereimfrom
Video Gear I Use
📷 Camera: amzn.to/2JzuLII
📷 Wide Lens: http://amzn.to/2BcJCGJ
📷 Prime Lens: http://amzn.to/2C2LEpt
📷 Drone: amzn.to/2Qbt9XV
🎤 Microphone: amzn.to/2Pxx58d
📺 Monitor: http://amzn.to/2E8XzUI
📷 All the rest: kit.co/lifewhereimfrom/youtube-filming-gear
Connect
🗲Patreon: patreon.com/lifewhereimfrom
🗲Life Where I'm From X Channel: http://bit.ly/ytlwifx
🗲Website: http://www.lifewhereimfrom.com
🗲Facebook: facebook.com/lifewhereimfrom
🗲Instagram: instagram.com/lifewhereimfrom
🗲Twitter: twitter.com/lifewhereimfrom
Music by Epidemic Sound http://www.epidemicsound.com
When The Dust Settles 2 - Jack Elphick
Whimsical And Playful 7 - Gavin Luke
Whimsical And Playful 11 - Gavin Luke
Playful 5 - Josef Falkensköld
Whimsical And Playful 15 - Gavin Luke
Whimsical And Playful 13 - Gavin Luke
Jaguar Jive - Niklas Ahlström
All Is Good Again 2 - Magnus Ringblom
Girl Next Door 3 - Martin Landh
Information Sources
monocle.com/film/affairs/most-liveable-city-2016-tokyo
http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/hdr_2015_statistical_annex.pdf
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihonbashi
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_wards_of_Tokyo
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_Japan
http://tochi.mlit.go.jp/h19hakusho/chapter1_sec1/setsu_1-1_eng.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_income
http://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/k-tyosa/k-tyosa15/dl/03.pdf
http://nbakki.hatenablog.com/entry/Distribution_of_Yearly_Household_Incomes_in_Japan_2013
http://nbakki.hatenablog.com/entry/Household_Income_byWards_Tokyo_23_Wards_2013
http://www.shinseibank.com/english/housing/apply.html
homes.co.jp/kodate/b-1163610000274
http://japanpropertycentral.com/real-estate-faq/house-buying-guide
ft.com/content/023562e2-54a6-11e6-befd-2fc0c26b3c60
ft.com/content/79297b7e-24c6-11e5-bd83-71cb60e8f08c
ft.com/content/d95ea1f6-5512-11e4-b616-00144feab7de
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Metropolitan_Government
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn
http://urbankchoze.blogspot.jp/2014/04/japanese-zoning.html
http://www.mlit.go.jp/common/000234477.pdf
http://urbankchoze.blogspot.jp/2014/05/japans-housing-mix-example.html
Image Sources
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Theosakamainichi-earthquakepictorialedition-1923-page9-crop.jpg
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Kanto-daishinsai.jpg
http://tokyo12345.weebly.com/uploads/5/5/1/1/55114133/378469_orig.jpg
flickr.com/photos/urbzoo/3767766524
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Firebombing_of_Tokyo.jpg
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Incendaries-b29.jpg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Japan#/media/File:Sto1001.jpg
By Kzaral - Own work, GFDL, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3603086
By Kzaral - Own work, GFDL, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3603138
By Kzaral - Own work, GFDL, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3603021
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Tokyo_special_wards_map.svg/2000px-Tokyo_special_wards_map.svg.png
By Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重) - The fifty-stree stages of Tokaido (one of 53 prints, +2 for start and terminus), Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3982623
By 不明 unknown - 古い絵葉書 old postcard, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7926295
By Fg2 at en.wikipedia - Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here. Original uploader was Fg2 at en.wikipedia, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3279447
By Aimaimyi - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8699651
由Aimaimyi - 自己的作品，CC BY-SA 3.0，commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6101371
http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/11/global-house-prices
By Gryffindor - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10306293
