
Yomiuri: Designer apartments increasingly popular
Uniquely remodelled apartments leased by an Osaka-based real estate management company are soaring in popularity. The company, Aki, established in 1999, deals in designer apartments, such as a red-and-white striped room designed by cartoonist Kazuo Umezu, an apartment that appears to be in ruins with a missile stuck into it, and another designed by pop group AKB 48. Aki remodels apartments major real estate agencies have been unable to lease or sell...President Takumi Fujita...believes the shrinking real estate market could be an advantage for the company...more...
The photos show the rooms "themed" by former AV starlet Nana Natsume. A 2LDK monthly rent is 149,000 yen or else you can pay 480,000 yen for a 3LDK.
