{"id":10058,"date":"2021-11-29T18:05:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T09:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vhbloglive.wpengine.com\/?p=10058"},"modified":"2025-09-08T09:47:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T00:47:20","slug":"5-must-have-items-for-your-japanese-apartment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/vi\/interior-design\/5-must-have-items-for-your-japanese-apartment\/","title":{"rendered":"5 v\u1eadt d\u1ee5ng c\u1ea7n c\u00f3 trong c\u0103n h\u1ed9 Nh\u1eadt B\u1ea3n"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Living in a new country can offer some challenges.\nCheck out our article on the 5 must-have items for your Japanese Apartment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leaving the comfort and familiarity of\nyour home country is a huge undertaking and one that requires a certain\nmindset. You will be experiencing a different culture and learning to adapt to\nnew ways of life. This begins in your daily life and continues to your living\nand work areas. Your apartment will need to be thought of the most as it is the\nplace you will live and relax in after a busy day. You won\u2019t be comfortable in\nyour new surroundings at first and you will soon find that some things available\nin your home country won\u2019t be available here. You will also find that you will\nneed some new items that are more common in Japan that you may not have needed\nback home. We will look at the top 5 items you\u2019ll need when you live in a\nJapanese apartment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wall Hooks<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This is a touchy subject as you may get a\nfew differing opinions on it, but for the most part in Japanese apartments, and\nhouses, the walls are extremely thin and easy to damage. If you are used to\nwestern walls it will be a little surprising to hear full conversations come\nthrough your neighbor\u2019s apartment. You may sometimes hear the neighbors above\nand below you, too. Any sound that is louder than a normal conversation will be\nheard by your neighbors and some will take a proactive approach to let you know\nthey don\u2019t like it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This also affects the durability of your\napartment walls. Wall in Japanese apartments don\u2019t take even small damage well.\nThey can be torn and have the paint or the wallpaper peel. Usually, there will\nbe something in your contract that will detail what the owners allow or\ndisallow to be hung from the wall. Most landlords refuse to allow anything to\nbe hung on walls. Others will rarely allow you to use heavy objects like nails\nor thumbtacks. Sticky adhesive can be purchased at the 100 yen stores, but they\nare not the best solution as they tend to tear the wall more often than not. Some\ntypes of wall hooks that don\u2019t use adhesive and instead have small pins can\nalso be found. These hooks will still pierce the wall, but the needles are\nsmall enough to hold themselves up and not damage the wall. They are\ninexpensive and come in large packs of up to 10. You can find them easily and\nthey help you decorate your room without worrying about your repair and\ncleaning bill being extra high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kotatsu<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Japan is a rare country that feels the\nfull force of every season. Summers are very humid and hot, Spring is warm,\nFall is cool, and Winter is very cold. You will be surprised if you come from a\nwarmer region and you find you didn\u2019t think ahead about keeping warm. One of\nthe best solutions in Japan is getting a kotatsu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A kotatsu is a table that has a small space\nheater attached to the bottom of it. They come in varying sizes and can cost up\nto 200,000 yen for the high-end models. They usually have a special kind of\ncomforter that is draped over the top of it and cover everything down to the\nfloor. You can slide underneath the blanket and warm up with the heater\nblasting heat. The kotatsu will fit in any size Japanese apartment and some can\nfold away for storage. During the warmer months, you can remove the heater and\nuse it as a normal table. They are the perfect answer for anyone looking to\nbeat the cold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Futon<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Most Japanese apartments are very small\nand offer little room to store your belongings. It makes residents have to\nthink of the best ways to creatively use their space. A typical western-style\nbed may seem like a good idea, and some of them offer extra storage underneath,\nbut they tend to take up too much space. The dimensions of a double-sized\nmattress can remove as much as 40% of your living area. To help you have a\ncomfortable bed and ensure you can save room, you can purchase a futon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Futons are perfect for Japanese apartments\nand houses. They come in a variety of sizes and materials. They are available\nin all department stores and are easy to transport or delivered to your place.\nThey keep heat with the right comforter and they can fold away for easy\nstorage. The typical apartment dweller will have a futon that can be stashed in\ntheir closet during the day and pulled out when they are ready for bedtime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Drying Pole\/Clothes Line<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One main difference living in Japan is\nthat clothes are dried outside. A regular Japanese apartment and house will\nhave the correct attachments for a washer and nothing else. They will typically\nhave a veranda or a patio area that you can use to hang your clothes out to dry.\nThe problem is that there is no pole or line for you to use. You can easily\npurchase a long pole or strong clothesline to hang outside. You can purchase inexpensive\nclothespins and hangers to optimize the space you will have outside as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rice Cooker<\/strong>\n<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This particular appliance will be\nnecessary if you don\u2019t know how to cook rice in a pot, or don\u2019t want to. Rice\nis an important staple of the Japanese diet, and it is used in most of the\ncooking there. You will do yourself a huge favor if you get an electric rice\ncooker. These appliances come in many shapes and sizes and will be able to\naccommodate any price range. They store away easily and take up very little\nspace in the kitchen. Many can be used as slow cookers as well allowing you can\ncreate meals in advance to help you keep steady meals at the ready. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These items are almost necessary to make\nsure you have an easier time living in Japan. They will make life manageable\nand allow you to adapt to your new surroundings quickly. You will find some\nother items that will be helpful, but the 5 items we covered here are a top\npriority when living in Japan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Living in a new country can offer some challenges. Check out our article on the 5 must-have items for your Japanese Apartment. Leaving the comfort and familiarity of your home country is a huge undertaking and one that requires a certain mindset. You will be experiencing a different culture and learning to adapt to new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":9122,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[134],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interior-design"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}