My Job in Japan 🇯🇵 | Real Estate, Model Home Parks & Pork Udon

Hi! Welcome to Tonari — daily life in Japan 🇯🇵 "Tonari" means "next door" in Japanese. 🌍 Turn on CC (subtitles) to watch this in your own language! Today I'm taking you to work with me. I work in real estate. I find land for people, and then we build their home on it. It's an ordinary job here, but almost nobody outside Japan has seen it. 🏠 Why Japanese roads have to be 4 meters wide In Japan, you cannot build a house unless the road in front of it is at least 4 meters (13 ft) wide. The reason is simple: fire trucks have to get through. If the road is too narrow, the landowner gives up part of their own land to widen it. We call this "setback." You lose a little of your property, so that everyone on the street stays safe. After walking these streets for years, I can guess a road's width just by walking it. 5 meters. 6 meters. I'm usually right. (To be fair, most people in this job can do that.) 🏘️ What is a model home park? Imagine an auto mall — but instead of cars, it's houses. Several homebuilders each build a full-size home on one site, so you can walk through all of them and compare in a single afternoon. One thing they don't tell you: these houses are much bigger than what people actually build. A real home is usually less than half the size. 🍜 Lunch: pork udon − Ichimi and shichimi Japan has two red chili powders. Shichimi is seven spices, for aroma. Ichimi is pure chili, for heat. Most udon shops put a small box of it on your table. Add as much as you want. − Light broth and dark broth In western Japan the udon broth is light and clear. In eastern Japan it's dark. I grew up in the west, so the first time I saw a dark bowl in Tokyo, I was genuinely shocked. − Prices Ohagi (rice cake with sweet red bean paste): ¥230 (about $1.55) Lumonde Ice: ¥243 (about $1.65) — a small luxury on a hot day 【 About this channel 】 I share the everyday Japan that most people never get to see. No tourist spots, no big events — just ordinary days in an ordinary town. Subscribe if you'd like to spend a quiet day in Japan with us 🍀 All videos have English subtitles. #japanvlog #lifeinjapan #japanrealestate #udon #japanesefood #workinginjapan #dailylifeinjapan #japaneseculture