A 95-Square-Foot Tokyo Apartment: 'I Wouldn't Live Anywhere Else'

[brooklynite]

New York Times

TOKYO — At the end of a long day at work in the offices of Japan’s professional baseball league, Asumi Fujiwara returned to her apartment and changed into pajamas. She wanted to get in a light workout before going to bed, so she placed her vinyl yoga mat on the floor in front of the toilet, rolling it past the single kitchen burner and the one-slot toaster and toward the foot of her desk.

After a bit of stretching, she stood to get into the warrior position. Instead of extending her arms fully, though, she pulled her elbows into her sides. “I need to modify my poses or else I will hit something,” Ms. Fujiwara, 29, said.

Such is life in a 95-square-foot Tokyo apartment.

With its high property prices and the world’s most populous metropolitan area, Tokyo has long been known for small accommodations. But these new apartments — known as three-tatami rooms, based on how many standard Japanese floor mats would cover the living space — are pushing the boundaries of normal living.

[Disaffected]

1. What I want to know is

where do you get a one slot toaster?

[bamagal62]

2. If any place has a one slot

Toaster, it’s Japan. Tokyo has a store similar to a target where you can buy all sorts of cool things. I miss that store a lot! I wish I could remember the name of it!

[miyazaki]

3. Maybe Don Quijote.

-one slot toaster can probably be found at a decent electronics store (denki), but alas, more than likely at amazon japan; often with same day order and delivery lol.

[Disaffected]

4. Amazon.ca has a listing for one but,

it is specified (on the packaging, not on the web site) as only suitable for Japan (where the line voltage is apparently only 100V - if you operate it in the US or Canada, it will overheat and malfunction as noted in the comments). It's the only one I have found unfortunately.

Why Amazon sells it for NA is certainly a question.