2014 JET Programme Room Tour - TheJetCoaster.com

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Hey guys, if you want to see more awesome JET and Japan stuff, visit my site www.thejetcoaster.com please^^ also: www.instagram.com/apollojet www.twitter.com/GTalbo Okay here it is, FINALLY, an updated room tour video:) It's been about 4 years coming. I feel like this is a good update to my original room tour video because it shows what your apartment will eventually look like when it's full of stuff that you accumulate from your life in Japan. Everyone's place will look different, and to be honest I've got a thing for nicely designed interior spaces. I think a person's room is a reflection of their self, so I try to make my place as inviting as possible. Most of the stuff in my apartment was given to me or I bought really cheap from departing ex-pats and JETs at "sayonara sales". I think the only furniture that I bought myself were my couch, a couple tables and tv stand, and my bed. As well, lights and little things. I don't need all this stuff. It's nice to have, and I feel a certain amount of accomplishment from having a decent place, but really at the end of the day I feel like I could walk away from all of it and be happy with a suitcases of clothes and a few possessions. I've come to realize through my time in Japan that what I value the most is great experiences, freedom to do what I want, and a few, high quality things. Souveneirs are great too, and if you can, collect meaningful artifacts of your travels, instead of random trinkets from a tourist trap. However, even those $3 items can be meaningful too if you find a way to attach a story to it somehow - thats the most fun:) Lastly full disclosure: My apartment was a bit messy before I shot this video, so I spent a whole day cleaning up and throwing things out. You don't need a lot of things to be happy or to be comfortable. Just the essentials. Buy a few good quality things (a good mattress, a comfortable chair for example) and get the other things really cheap from people who don't need them anymore. Living in Japan is awesome. Just the experience and novelty of living in a Japanese home with tatami flooring, thin walls, and a kotatsu, its a lovely thing.