Shinjuku is one of Tokyo’s most popular and expensive wards, but now, there is a property with rent so low that it defies anything else Tokyo has ever seen: A small, 10 square-meter apartment (yes, in Tokyo every meter counts!) close to Shin-Okubo Station will be available for an astonishingly low 99 yen per month. That’s about 86 cents. Even if you think that 10 square meters are not enough, for 99 yen one can’t help but want to live in this place. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Park Hyatt Tokyo / パーク ハイアット東京 (@parkhyatttokyo) An apartment of this size would usually rent for far more […]
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