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Dear International Investors,

I surveyed a new apartment building in Ojima in Koto-ku on the other day. 

 Its specifications are as follows:

Price: 130,000,000 yen

Location: 8, Ojima, Koto-ku, Tokyo (8-min walk to Higashiojima station of Metro Shinjuku Line)

Land: 193.27 sq. meters

Floor Area: 228.64 sq meters

Built in: 2008

Coverage: 60%

FAR: 240%

Structure: Wooden (coated with galvanized steel sheet)

 Annual Income: 9,084,000 yen

Yield: approx. 6.98%

Seen from outside

seen from outside 2

seen from outside 3

The building is attractive for investment because it is new.  Currently, it is fully occupied.  But one should bear in mind that its value may not be so high as it looks because it is basically wood.   Also, the neighborhood is residential and quiet with almost all of the apartment buildings there being lower than 5 stories.   There is a vibrant shopping street along Shinohashi street which is about 5-min walk from the building.

a local shopping district

 Koto-ku where Ojima is is an old part of Tokyo.  You should visit Koto-ku, if you are interested in old Tokyo.  Koto-ku is well connected to other areas of Tokyo by JR Sobu Line, Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line, Tokyo Metro Tozai Line, and Tokyo Metro Shinjuku Line.  Kinshicho is particularly popular and populus with international tourists.

Shibaura Island Grove Tower

Its main features are as follows:

 Name: Shibaura Island Grove Tower

Location: 4, Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo (8-min wlk to Tamachi station of JR Yamanote Line)

Type: 3 bedrooms

Floor area: 175.83 sq. meters

Balcony: 19.97 sq. meters

Structure: RC / 49 stories + 1 story underground

Built in: 2007

Monthly rent: 850,000 yen

Deposit: 2 months of rent

Key Money: 2 months of rent

Renewal Fee: 1 month of new rent

Other features: gym, kid’s room, convenience store, private park w/ barbecue corner & party room, machine parking (32,000 yen/month), and concierge service.

living room

a view from living room

 The area is in a southeast corner of Minato-ku and in-between Yamanote Line and Odaiba which is a popular commercial site with a broadcasting station and entertainments.   About 6-hectare land has been recently developed by Mitsui Real Estate, a family company of one of the largest congromerates in Japan.  The development includes three high-rise condos and one rental tower with parks and commercial facilities and is making it possible for as many as 4,000 families to live on the land.

a panoramic view

a view of a canal

a panoramic view 2

Dear International Investors,

I showed four apartments to my client on Sunday afternoon.    The following is information of one of them.

Name:  Takanawa Pair City (a unit on 6th floor)

Location: 4, Takanawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo (7-min walk to Shinagawa station)

Price: 49,800,000 yen

Floor area: 68.75 sq. meters

Structure: RC / 9 stories

Built in: 1976

Maintenance Fee: 22,070 yen/month

Repair Fund: 20,811 yen/month

Other features:  In an exclusive residential neighborhood of Shinagawa, Sunny, Quiet, Nice view

Takanawa Pair City is an apartment building with unparalled stateliness.   It is built on a 2,194-sq. meter land and is in a very quiet residential neighborhood of Shinagawa.  

Takanawa Pair City - apartment building's entrance hall

The 2-bedroom unit we saw is nice.  It is sunny and quiet and has a nice view and proximity to greenery.  But a bottleneck about the unit is that the room will probably need a major upgrade before delivery.    Wallpaper and carpet must be replaced.  And the upgrade will probably cost approximately 8,000,000 yen. 

Takanawa Pair City - Living Room

Takanawa Pair City - Living Room 2

Shinagawa is a main gate of Tokyo.  In fact, it has functioned as a check-point of the Tokaido which has been connecting Tokyo and other big cities of western Japan (e.g. Nagoya, Kyoto, and Osaka) for about 400 years.   The areas around Shinagawa station are bustling with high-rise office buildings on the station’s east and southeast sides, with the world’s first-class hotels and low-rise, high-end, and quiet residential neighborhoods on the western side.  Shinagawa is growing.  It is a promising place for investment and residence.

Dear international investors,

I surveyed a brand-new apartment building in a quiet residential neighborhood of Omorinishi in Ota-ku yesterday afternoon.  Its specs are as follows:

Price:  188,000,000 yen (12 x 7-jo studio (@approx. 90,000 yen) + 3 x parking lot(@approx. 31,500 yen))

Annual revenue (estimation): 14,094,000 yen

Yield (estimation): 7.5%

Location: 2, Omorinishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo

Station: 5-min walk to Heiwajima station (Keihinkiyuko Line)

Land: 223.71 sq. meters

Floor area: 306.82 sq. meters

Structure: Steel / 3 stories

Coverage: 60%

FAR: 200%

a brand-new investment apartment building under construction

a brand-new investment apartment building is under construction

Heiwajima  is a Keihinkiyuko Line station and is in-between Shinagawa and Haneda Air Port.   Because it is close to both Shinagawa and Haneda and rapid trains stop at the station, commercial districts around the station are bustling with small retails and shoppers although the areas are not so large. 

a commercial district at Heiwajima station

a commercial district at Heiwajima station 2

Neighborhoods are almost 100% residential with detached houses and newly-built  low-rise apartment buildings.   They are very quiet.  When I was there at around 4:30 pm, there were many bicycle riders. 

neighborhood of Heiwajima

neighborhood of Heiwajima 2

In my view, Heiwajima community looked very successful and attractive with much foot, bicycle, and auto traffic.  Also, I surveyed three local apartment buildings similar to the brand-new one in size, new-ness, and location in order to understand occupancy ratio of the neighborhood.  Unexpectedly,  the occupancy of the three apartments is high – 8/8, 13/15, and 46/60.  The last one (=46/60) may not look so good at first.  But the apartment building will be filled in due course because it is brand-new and people have just begun moving in.

a local apartment building

a local apartment building 2

Kan nana seen from a pedestrian bridge near Heiwajima station

a view of Kan nana in Omorinishi

Yesterday, I showed a trendy apartment in Minamiaoyama of Minato-ku to a French Embassy personnel who just arrived in Japan.   I am writing this not only because I want to introduce a beautiful rental apartment in a very popular district of  Tokyo, but also because I want you to know that I sometimes handle a rental apartment or a house to look for an occupant upon an owner’s request.  As a matter of fact, the owner of Land Minamiaoyama is our client and has purchased this property in this past May.

Land MinamiaoyamaLand Minamiaoyama 2

Aoyama 1 chome Crossing

The room is well-maintained and beautiful and comes with shining hardwood floor, white wallpaper, and latest equipment.  Also, it has a nice view of Roppongi, Nishiazabu, and Aoyama from a living room and a bedroom.   I am sure that the room will bring you so much comfort with proximity to so many activities and entertainments.   Personally, I like Aoyama so much because I can walk to the Tokyo Metropolitan Gym (public) from Aoyama.   In addition, there are many world’s first-class companies in Aoyama.  The owner is willing to negotiate about rental terms.  So, if you have any questions, please contact me.

Land Mimamiaoyama seen from a bedroom

Land Minamiaoyama seen from living room

Land Minamiaoyama Living Room

 

Land Minamiaoyama - view from living room

Land Minamiaoyama - gas cooking stove

Land Minamiaoyama - kitchen

Land Minamiaoyama - Lavatory

Land Minamiaoyama - Japanese style bath

Land Minamiaoyama - neighborhood

Dear international investors,

Tokyo Sky Tree is under construction.   It is scheduled to complete in 2011.   As of today, it is 126-meter tall.  

Tokyo Sky Tree under construction

Tokyo Sky Tree under construction 2

The about-610-meter-tall (!) TV tower is in Oshiage of Sumida-ku which is east of famous Asakusa.   Looking from Asakusa, Oshiage is over Sumida River.  Oshiage is within a walking distance of popular commercial districts, such as, Asakusa, Riyogoku, and Kinshicho.  Althoug it has good access to those popular sites, it is not so known among people.   On the contrary, it looks underdeveloped.   Very little development has occured on Oshiage for at least the last 30 years.

Tokyo Sky Tree under construction 3

Tokyo Sky Tree under construction 4

Oshiage consists mostly of low-rise apartment buildings and of old detached houses.   There is a local shopping street, but much of the town looks so inactive.   According to a local ramen maestro who has been keeping a small ramen shop for the last 33 years, Oshiage was far more populas than now with then-flourishing textile and printing businesses which have recently drained into Asian countries.    Also, I have learned from the ramen maestro that Japan’s first ready-mixed concrete plant was where Tokyo Sky Tree is about 100 years ago and that it provided ready-mixed concrete to Tokyo and helped Tokyo become westernized then.  

Oshiage station

Oshiage station 2

Oshiage station 3Oshiage station 4

Oshiage station 5

local ramen shop in Oshiage - thank you for teaching me history of Oshiage!

Dear International investors,

I went to survey an investment property in Oshiage of Sumida-ku. 

Its main features are as follows.

Type: Apartment Building (total number of units is 14)

Price: 160,000,000 yen

Location: Oshiage, Sumida-ku

Station: 3-min walk to Oshiage station (Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line)

Land: 138.78 sq. meters

Floor area: 382.28 sq. meters

Structure: RC

Current operation rate: 94.9%

Current annual return: approx. 13,416,000 yen

Current yield: 8.39%

Built in: 1987

Coverage: 80%

FAR: 300%

investment property in Oshiage

investment property in Oshiage 2

This northeast-of-Tokyo neighborhood is well connected to other areas by Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line (e.g. 21 mins to Hanzomon station) and is within a walking distance of Asakusa, Riyogoku, and Kinshicho.

The apartment building itself may be nothing more than an attractive investment opportunity with a good yield.  But the value of the whole neighborhood may change drastically in near future due to Tokyo Sky Tree (about 610 meters tall).

Tokyo Sky Tree is under construction on the other side of Oshiage station and is going to complete in 2011.  Currently, the neighborhood consists mostly of low-rise apartment buildings and some old detached houses.  But it is posting good potentiality because of its proximity to the tower and commercial zones, such as, Asakusa and Kinshicho.

Please let me know, if you are interested in this property.

Tokyo Sky Tree under construction

Tokyo Sky Tree under construction 2

Dear international investors,

I saw an about-290,000,000-yen apartment building in Ichikawa on the other day.  Ichikawa is a Tokyo’s satellite city with a high population growth.  As of August 1st, 2009, Ichikawa’s population is 219,279.

You may think that Ichikawa is far from Tokyo.  But it is conveniently connected to central parts of Tokyo.  For example, from Tokyo station to Ichikawa is only 18 mins by JR;  from Nihombashi station to Minamigiyotoku station 19 mins by Metro Tozai Line.

Moreover, Minamigyotoku station is just one stop from Urayasu station which is a gateway to Tokyo Disney Land which has been commercially successful and been very popular not only among Japanese families but also among international tourists.

view of an apartment building in Ichikawa

Specifications are as follows:

Price: approx. 290,000,000 yen

Location: Kakemama, Ichikawa

Transportation: 8-min walk to Minamigiyotoku station (Tokyo Metro Tozai Line)

Structure: RC / 4 stories

Land: 399.78 sq. meters

Total Floor Area: 784.26 sq. meters

Land restrictions: 60% (coverage) & 200% (FAR)

Built in: 1987

Monthly revenue: approx. 1,900,000 yen

Deposit: approx. 4,000,000 yen

Tax (2007):  1,007,600 yen (for land + building)

Appraisal (2007): 73,039,806 yen (for land) & 49,742,474 yen (for building)

view of apartment building in Ichikawa

view of apartment building for investment in Ichikawa

view from an apartment building in Ichikawa

view of inside of an apartment building in Ichikawa

I have just visited an interesting investment building.  It is in Kita-ku of  Tokyo.   Also, it is just 3-min walk from JR (=Japan Rail) Oji station.  On average, more than 60,000 people use Oji station a day. 

Oji has good access to other major areas of Tokyo.   Major JR stations in Tokyo are comfortably connected to Oji station – Tokyo  (19 mins), Ikebukuro (17 mins), and Shinagawa (30 mins) . 

I hope this information will provide you the opportunity to consider investment with Tokyo property.

JR Keihintohoku Line, Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, and Toden Arakawa Line meet at Oji station

The following data are of the investment building in Oji.

Name: Oji OJ Building

Location: 1, Oji, Kita-ku, Tokyo

Price: approx. 150,000,000 JPY — to be negotiated

Current annual revenue: approx. 20,000,000 JPY (for 12 units + current operation rate 100%)

Land restrictions: 80% (coverage), 600% (FAR)

Structure: RC / 9 stories

Completion: July, 1972

Floor area:  669.83 sq. meters

Transportation: 3 mins walk from Oji station

view of investment building in Oji

south view of investment building in Oji

view of a major crossing nearby Oji station

small retails and bars are abundant around Oji station

 

an interesting real-estate is now for sale

an interesting real-estate is for sale

It is a 4-story small commercial building with about 37 sq. meters for each floor.    Its details are as follows:

Price: 128,000,000 yen

Location: Maruyama-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

Land: 37.4 sq. meters

Floor area: 142.2 sq. meters

Coverage: 80%

FAR: 400%

Completion: 1996

Current rental revenue: 7,110,000 yen

Transportation: 11-min walk to Shibuya station (JR Yamanote Line) & 5-min walk to Shinsen station (Tokyu Inogashira Line)

It is interesting because of its prime location:  it is in-between most crowded areas of Shibuya and Shoto (one of the most exclusive residential neighborhoods in Japan).  Also, the real estate is currently on an about 15-meter wide street, but the street is going to be widened for the next three years and traffic of people will increase greatly.

a bar is on 1st floor

this street on which real-estate stands will be widened