Aoyama のアーカイブ

There are many bus routes in Tokyo, but it might take a lot of nerve to use it for the first time.  Actually, it is easy to take the bus once you get used to it, just like taking it in your mother country.

If you find a bus stop, the bus route and timetable will be written on the pole.  You can check the destination of the bus there.
Hop on the bus.  If you have a Suica or Pasmo (IC cards), you can pay the fee with simply holding it over the sensor.  If you don’t, you can pay by cash, putting in the coins or bill in the box next to the driver.
When the bus approaches to the stop you get off, push the button on the wall or poles, and the bus will stop there.

Below are some bus lines running in the center of Tokyo.

Toei Bus (都営バス)

The routes of Toei Bus are spread around the 23 wards and Tama.

Adult Fee: JPY200 flat price
Route map and time table available at: http://www.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp/bus/map/index.html (Jap)

Hachiko Bus (ハチ公バス)

Bus lines in Shibuya-ku, named from Hachiko, the most famous dog in Japan, whose statue stands in front of Shibuya station.  On the buses are drawings of Hachiko.
There are four lines, running around Yoyogi-uehara, Jingu-mae, Honmachi, and Daikanyama.

Adult Fee: JPY100 flat price
Route map and time table available at:
http://www.city.shibuya.tokyo.jp/eng/com_bus/index.html (Eng)

Chiibus (ちぃばす)

Bus lines in Minato-ku.  There are 7 routes; Tamachi, Aoyama, Akasaka, Shiba, Azabu, Takanawa, and Shibaura Konan.

Adult Fee: JPY100 flat price
Route map and time table available at:
http://www.fujikyu.co.jp/express/ (Jap)

There are more bus lines running in a particular ward, such as Edo Bus (江戸バス) in Chuo-ku, and Nakanon (なかのん) in Nakano-ku.  The merits of using these lines are that the fee is cheap (most of them are JPY100 flat price), and there are bus stops close to each other.  Find a route in your neighbor, and make the most of it!

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Nezu Museum is a museum located in Aoyama, exhibiting its collection of Japanese and Oriental art. 
The museum opened to the public in 1940 and escaped the destruction suffered by the estate property in the bombing of May 1945. Closed due to large-scale renovation and renewal from 2006 onwards, it re-opened in fall 2009 with a completely new museum building by the Japanese architect Kuma Kengo (隈研吾).

Included in the collection are a pair of Edo period folding-screens of Irises by Ogata Korin. It also includes other paintings of renown, calligraphy, sculpture, ceramics, textiles and archaeological materials, as well as objects in lacquer, metal, and wood. The collection also consists of Chinese bronzes of the Shang and Zhou dynasties.

The Nezu Museum is also known for its vast, Japanese-style garden.  This garden is dotted with tea ceremony houses.  Nezu Kaichiro (根津嘉一郎), the founder of this museum, spent his afterlife in tea ceremony, and his collection of tea paraphernalia is exhibited in the museum.If you are interested in Oriental art, especially concerning tea ceremony, Nezu Museum is worth a visit

 

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Kimono is very expensive to buy.  Some are very cheap, but those are inferior in quality…But there is a way to purchase high-quality Kimono at a relatively low price: visiting an used Kimono shop.

Of course, these Kimono are not brand new, some of them have stain, but there are many chances to encounter Kimono from the 20th, 19th century, or from an even older period.  Just taking a look at the old Kimono with traditional patterns and retro coloring is exciting!
Below are a list some of the used Kimono shops in Tokyo.

Jidainuno Ikeda (時代布　池田)
Location: 5-22-11, Shiroganedai, Minato-ku
Website: http://www.ikedashigeko-collection.co.jp/pages/english/collection/c_index.htm (Eng)

Yumezo (夢蔵)
Location: 1-17-2, Ebisu, Shibuya-ku

Tansuya (たんす屋)
Location: 10-11-3, Roppongi, Minato-ku

Antique Mall Ginza (アンティークモール銀座)
Location: 1-13-1, Ginza, Chuo-ku
Website: http://www.antiques-jp.com/e.html (Eng)

 

Used Kimono are sold at some antique flea markets too. 
I hope you will find your favorite only-one Kimono!

 

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Bell Minami-aoyama #101

Agent commission 50% Off!

Bed Rooms: 1
Floor Area:  56.44 sqm / 607.53 sqft
Address:  7-7-2, Minami-aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Access: 5 minutes walk to Aoyama-icchome Station / Hanzomon Line, Ginza Line, Oedo Line
Completion: Oct. 2003
Structure: Steel-reinforced Concrete

 

Rent: JPY198,000/month
Management Fee: JPY12,000/month
Key Money: 1 month
Deposit: 2 month
Parking: Not Available
Pets: Not Allowed

 

 

Bell Minami-aoyama is located in the residential area of Aoyama.  A few minutes of walk will take you to the business district, but theis neighborhood is quiet.
Near the apartment is a store of Imaemon (今右衛門), a traditional pottery brand, and other stores of folk art.

The entrance is semi-underground.

 

Entrance hall.
The floor and some parts of the wall are bare concrete.

  

Room entrance.
Some parts of the rooms are before cleaning and repairing, but of course, they will be finished before you move in.

 

Storage on the corridor.

 

Living dining kitchen.
Not so much light comes in from the fogged glass window, but there are many lights on the ceiling to cover that.

 

Kitchen, with 2 cooking stoves.

 

Down the stairs…

 

Powder room.  Inside the mirrors are cupboards.

Rest room.

 

Utility space can be hidden with a Collapsible door.

Bath room, equipped with dryer.
(The wooden board in the photo doesn’t belong here…it is a door for a closet in some other room)

Bed room.

 

Closets in the bed room.
The door of the closet in the right is missing…I think the door in the bath room belongs here

 

A part of the bed room ceiling is open.
In the photo is the open ceiling from the lower and upper floors.

 

The balcony is on the underground floor, so not much sunlight can be expected…

 

物件名：Bell南青山
賃料：198,000
敷／礼　：2/1
仲介手数料50% Off！

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La Vogue Minami-aoyama #302

Agent commission 50% OFF!

Studio Type
Floor Area:  39.89 sqm / 429.39 sqft
Address:  15-7-6, Minami-aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Access: 11 minutes walk to Omotesando Station /Chiyoda Line, Hanzomon Line, Ginza Line
Completion: Jan. 2003
Structure: Steel-reinforced Concrete

  

Rent: JPY138,000/month
Management Fee: JPY20,000/month
Key Money: 1 month
Deposit: 1 month
Parking: Not Available
Pets: Not Allowed

 

 

La Vogue Minami-aoyama is an apartment on Roppongi Street.
From outside the entrance, you can view the huge look of Roppongi Hills.

Entrance.

 

Entrance hall.

 

Room entrance.
The stubby door knob is cute, and it fits in the hand

 

Inside the entrance.
The plentiful shoes closets will cover up all your shoes collections

 

Rest room/powder room with utility space.

 

The mirror slides to left and right, and behind it are cupboards.
There are cupboards also on the left side of the mirror, and behind the toilet.

 

Bath room, equipped with dryer.

Kitchen, with 2 cooking stoves.
With many cupboards, and wide spaces on the sides of the sink and cooking stoves, this kitchen can be used quite spaciously

 

Studio.
The room can be divided in to two by boards, that are usually housed  (you can see the boards in the left part of the right picture).
You can use the divided rooms as the living dining room and the bed room

The wall is built up like this.  On the left is even a door!

Closet in the studio room.

 

Balcony.
Right in front is the Aoyama Street, so the air isn’t so fresh.

 

物件名：ラ　ヴォーグ南青山
賃料：138,000
敷／礼　：1/1
仲介手数料50%Off

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Grand Maison Nogizaka #203

Agent commission FREE!

Studio Type
Floor Area:  24.01 sqm / 258.45 sqft
Address:  19-15-1, Minami-aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Access: 1 minutes walk to Nogizaka Station /Chiyoda Line
                       6 minutes walk to Roppongi Station / Oedo Line, Hibiya Line
                       8 minutes walk to Aoyama-icchome Station / Hanzomon Line, Ginza Line, Oedo Line
Completion: Nov. 1981
Structure: Steel-reinforced Concrete

 

Rent: JPY95,000/month
Management Fee: JPY5,000/month
Key Money: 2 month
Deposit: 1 month
Parking: Not Available
Pets: Not Allowed

 

In the neighbor of Grand Maison Nogizaka are many Japanese restaurants.

And in the same building is a Mediterranean restaurant

No autolock at the entrance.

Corridor on the 2nd floor.
The next building is under construction.

 

Room entrance.
There are no keyholes, for the door opens with a card key!  Simply press the button, and hold the kardkey over the silver sensor

 

In the entrance.
It is pretty rare for a small entrance space like this to have a tall closet.  There are spaces to hang coats, and to place shoes.

Kitchen, with 1 cooking stove, and a small refrigerator.
It’s OK for just making tea or coffee, but not enough for real cooking.

 

Prefabricated bath room.
The design of the sink and the tiles are cute

There is a big gap between the bath room and corridor, so mind your step!

 

The room can be used pretty spaciously if you don’t place too many furniture.

 

物件名：グランドメゾン乃木坂
賃料：95,000
敷／礼　：2/1
仲介手数料無料！

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Planet Minami-aoyama #402

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Studio Type
Floor Area:  19.35 sqm / 208.29 sqft
Address:  15-7-6, Minami-aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Access: 10 minutes walk to Omotesando Station / Hanzomon Line, Ginza Line, Chiyoda Line
Completion: Sept.1999
Structure: Steel-reinforced Concrete

Rent: JPY88,000/month
Management Fee: JPY5,000/month
Key Money: 1 month
Deposit: 1 month
Parking: Not Available
Pets: Not Allowed

Planet Minami-aoyama is an apartment with an antique appearance, with the stone-built entrance and the wooden door.  Even the gate to the bicycle park has charm

Entrance hall.

Corridor on the 4th floor and the room entrance.

In the entrance.

Utility space and kitchen.
In the kitchen is one cooking stove, and a small refrigerator.  Maybe not enough if you cook frequently.

Studio.
The room is bright, with a balcony facing the south

Small balcony.
Right in front is the capital freeway, so the air isn’t so fresh.

If you lean out, you can get the view of Roppongi Hills

物件名：プラネット南青山
賃料：88,000
敷／礼　：1/1
仲介手数料50%Off！

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Palais Royal Minami-aoyama #401

Agent commission 50% Off!

Bed Rooms: 2
Floor Area:  78.37 sqm / 843.60 sqft
Address:  6-4-5, Minami-aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Access: 4 minutes walk to Omotesando Station / Hanzomon Line, Ginza Line, Chiyoda Line
Completion: Dec. 1977
Structure: Steel-reinforced Concrete

Rent: JPY380,000/month
Management Fee: JPY0
Key Money: 2 month
Deposit: 2 month
Parking: Not Available
Pets: Not Allowed

 

In the neighbor of Palais Royal Minami-aoyama is a shopping complex, Glassarea Aoyama.
Also, right in front of the apartmenti is Comme de Garcons, a pret-a-porter brand.

Entrance.

 

At the autolock door is a carpet saying Palais Royal Minami-aoyama.  The design reminds me of an old coffee shop

 

There is a lounge, and a Japanese dry garden as a courtyard.

Rest rooms for common use.

Elevator.
The whole ground floor has a massive atmosphere with the floors and walls covered with bricks.

 

Corridor on the 4th floor.

 

Entrance.
The retro door knob looks nice

 

Inside the entrance.

 

Powder room, with utility space.
Inside the mirrors are cupboards.

Rest room.

Bath room, equipped with dryer.

 

 

Bed rooms.

 

There is a gap between the bed room above and the corridor.

Closet on the corridor.

 

Living dining room.
The arch gate to the kitchen is cute

 

Kitchen, with 3 cooking stoves.
The retro design and colors evokes the 1970s, when this apartment was built

 

Balcony.
You can get a peek of Roppongi Hills  behind a tree

 

物件名：パレロワイヤル南青山
賃料：380,000
敷／礼　：2/2
仲介手数料50%Off！

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Minami-aoyama Residence #203

Agent commission FREE!

Studio Type
Floor Area:  28.72 sqm / 309.15 sqft
Address:  13-15-6, Minami-aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Access: 9 minutes walk to Omotesando Station / Hanzomon Line, Ginza Line, Chiyoda Line
Completion: Jan. 1970
Structure: Steel-reinforced Concrete

Rent: JPY125,000/month
Management Fee: JPY0
Key Money: 1 month
Deposit: 2 months
Parking: Not Available
Pets: Not Allowed

Minami-aoyama Residence is located in the south of Omotesando.  Also walkable to Shibuya station.
Though it is old, the building was fully reformed in 2008.  The design is retro, but the facilities are updated

Autolock entrance.

Bicycle park.

Elevator.
On the screen next to the elevator is a screen showing inside the elevator.

Room entrance.  There are shoeboxes on both sides of the door.

Utility space can be hidden with the collapsible door.

Rest room.
Inside the mirrors are cupboards.  In the lower part of the right cupboard is a toothbrush-holder

The tap suspends a bit.

Bath room, equipped with dryer.

Living room.

Beyond the partation is the kitchen, with 2 cooking stoves.

Balcony.  Not much space, nothing to see, but plenty of sunshine for it is facing the south

物件名：南青山レジデンス
賃料：125,000
敷／礼　：2/1
仲介手数料無料！

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Residia Minami-aoyama #301

Agent commission 50% Off!
No Key Money!

Bed Rooms: 1
Floor Area:  48.03 sqm / 517.01 sqft
Address:  19-5-4, Minami-aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Access: 9 minutes walk to Gaienmae Station / Ginza Line
10 minutes walk to Omotesando Station / Hanzomon Line, Ginza Line, Chiyoda Line
10 minutes walk to Nogizaka Station / Chiyoda Line
Completion: Mar. 2005
Structure: Steel-reinforced Concrete

Rent: JPY176,000/month
Management Fee: JPY15,000/month
Key Money: JPY0
Deposit: 2 months
Parking: Not Available
Pets: OK

Residia Minami-aoyama is located in a residential area of Aoyama.  In the neighbor is a small Shinto Shrine.

Autolock entrance.

The design of this apartment is very unique.
Inside the entrance gate is not indoor, but there are outdoor stairs.

The entrance is on the 3rd floor, but it isn’t easy to get to room 301.
First, go all the way down…

…and the up the stairs.
Unique, but maybe tiring.

Room entrance.

Kitchen with 2 cooking stoves.
The shiny steel kitchen is very stylish

Prefabricated bath room.

Utility space in the collapsible door.

Living room.
The movable lights are like a studio

Balconet.
It would be lovely to place some flower pots.

Bed room.
Between the bed room and living room is no door nor partation.

On the closet door is a cute tile
In the tile is a carving of, perhaps a duomo?

From the window is the view of Roppongi Hills and Aoyama cemetary.

物件名：レジディア南青山
賃料：176,000
敷／礼　：2/0
仲介手数料50%Off！

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