This looks more like dorm-room living, especially with the Ikea loft bed. And no kitchen? Forget it.

No kitchen? D: But. How do you cook and bake?

Unacceptable!

I see a lot of opportunity in this. Maybe it doesn't bother me as much because I lived in nyc for a good while. I wish the price was a little bit lower. The proportions of the floorplan drawing bother me more than anything.

I guess to be fair to them, it might have been better to show the apartment with the least dorm-like furniture. The other one was quite decent.

And how many times do I have to hear how people don't cook anymore? If you're one of those then this is for you, if not, then don't live there.

This could have a lot of potential if decorated the way the Japanese sometimes set up a small apartment, with a real futon (the kind you roll up and put away during the day), some minimalist furniture, and a microwave oven for preparing food (no dinner parties without delivery or catering, obviously.)

I'd be into the idea if it had a kitchen. To echo one of the above users, that's just unacceptable. Put a little counter space and a small oven on one of those walls, and I'm there.

Nice idea, but I'm with the others, I'd rather have a kitchenette than none at all.

I lived in a tiny apartment perhaps not quite that large that was, infact, a single hotel room when initialy built back in, what 1912 or so. However, the bath was down the hall and I had a kitchen, mind you, a poorly designed one that was essentially a bank of upper cabinets, a free standing 20" gas stove and fridge that was too tall for the space and hid the one tiny steam radiator behind it and a tiny sink on the opposite wall and the only closet in the entire space and it had not been updated much since the 1950's when some renovations took place.

Hey, it was cheap, close to school and when a poor starving student, you make do. :-) Mind you, this was in 1994.

This might be ideal for folks who work downtown in nicely paid jobs, but the commute from their home in the outer burbs or beyond is a bitch. The cost of gas saved alone during the week might be the equivalent of the rent.

I would love an apartment like this for school. All the electricity, phone, cable etc. is thrown in, and I'd get to bring my dog! The kitchen aspect is a little bothersome, but I'd def. cope.

But how hard is it to create your own little kitchenette? Just a little hot plate and a toaster over or something is all you need.

I live in a 201 square foot apartment in Tokyo. It's just 233cm wide and fairly long. The first 40% or so taken up with the utility closet, unit bathroom (toilet and bath together), 'kitchen' (small sink and 1 electric burner, no counter space), washing machine area, then a door and step down to the living area.

My main issue is that I brought too much from the US with me to Japan and it's been a struggle getting rid of perfectly good clothes, books and other stuff that I just don't use enough. If you cut down on clutter is nice. No, I don't have a double bed anymore. My semi-double futon is probably going to become a single bed for the size and underbed storage. The desk is probably going away or shrinking considerably. I just don't use it.

One wall is lined with tall 41cm deep racks/shelves and I'm planning on keeping the rest open. Probably getting a kotatsu (heated table) for working on. Great in the winter time. It should make the place seem more open, and allow me to get 6-8 people in for dinner or other events rather then the 3-4 I can do now.

I think the above apartment plan is ok except for the lack of a sink. There are quite a few electrical or gas appliances you can buy to suit how you like to cook and at least in Japan the modern microwave ovens are incredible and handle just about anything well. No sink makes cleanup impossible though. (The bathroom could work, but I bet it's small)