I live just off a street called Azuma, which is a one-way side street with not that much traffic, but a few shops and restaurants along the way. In the past 6 months we’ve started seeing a boom in the area, with new udon, ramen, and other shops opening in succession. This week will see the opening of a new “healthy” (no additives) bento shop, and then next month will see a Matsuya gyudon shop just beside it, both just 10-20 seconds from my place. Add to this my new regular haunt, King Ramen, as well as our local Velocce coffeeshop, and we’re pretty much in need of nothing when it comes to quick and cheap food. I still can’t believe how cheap our rent is.
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Jean Snow lives and breathes design and pop culture in Tokyo -- sustained by an unhealthy addiction to magazines and frequent visits to his favorites cafes. He has reported on these obsessions for the following online/offline publications: Time, Inside (Australian Design Review), Gizmodo, Gridskipper, Kotaku, Tokyo Q, Superfuture, OK Fred, Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, I.D. (International Design), Metropolis, Azure, MoCo Loco, Kateigaho International Edition, Game|Life, and The Japan Times. He also manages the gallery space at Cafe Pause.
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how cheap is it?
oh…converted to u.s. currency if you please.
just curious……
95 000 yen (probably around US$850-900) per month, for a 2LDK, 1 minute from Ikebukuro station.
interesting, thanks.
what is LDK?
L = Living
D = Dining
K = Kitchen