living alone in japan | organizing my life (apartment updates, shopping, + notion setup) 👩💻
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- čas přidán 10. 06. 2024
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HELLO EVERYONE TODAY I PRESENT TO YOU A SPECIAL DAY IN MY LIFE!!!
Special as in it is basically an average day off but I show you my Notion setup during my graduate program and the one I use now for content creation, go shopping, and show you my silly little apartment updates 😇 It was a chill day!! But honestly what most days off usually look like when I'm vibing alone!
Living alone can be difficult but Japan is a really great country to do it in and I don't feel that self-conscious about going out to eat and such alone lol (compared to how I'd feel in the US)! I should make a video about this!! Anyways!
Thank you to Notion for sponsoring today's video!! I have genuinely been using Notion for years before partnering with them and it is seriously an amazing app that you should really try out yourself! It's totally free and sooo worth it. There can be a learning curve since it's a whole new environment but if you push through it you will be awarded with a beautiful and functional work space ☺
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P.S. Sorry for the delay, I was sick for a week but now I am back hehe
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0:00-2:45 life updates
2:46-6:57 tour of my notion setup
6:58-9:18 apartment updates
9:19-11:23 shopping in shibuya
11:24-14:57 haul and evening winddown
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living alone in japan | organizing my life (apartment updates, shopping, + notion setup) 👩💻
Sign up for Notion: ntn.so/allisontokyo
THANK YOU TO NOTION FOR SPONSORING TODAY'S VIDEO!! I reallyyyy love Notion and my life would be a mess without it lmao so I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO TRY IT OUT IF YOU HAVEN'T!! It's totally free! :)
Hey Allison, there's a spam bot going around pretending to be you saying for people to text them on telegram! Have reported it but thought you should know as well x
Ya id be careful of the bot
IF ANYONE SEES "ME" TRYING TO GET YOU TO CONTACT ME ON TELEGRAM OR VIA PHONE OR ANYTHING ELSE IT IS A SPAM BOT!!! Please report it!! I am trying my best but they're on many of my videos all of a sudden :(
If you can use those non damaging stickie hooks, I would recommend getting a hammock for your plushies. That's what I did when I got overwhelmed with mine. Now they all live in the corner of my living room.
If you get a small coffee table, see if you can find one that lifts up into a desk. I live in a small cottage and it’s been a game changer.
Good idea! My daughter has bought one and she loves it.
this is definitely the type i want to get!!! going to wait for a paycheck to come in first though 😅
Quick suggestion for all the stuffed stuff. Put up a shelf above your bed and line them up - it will be so cute! I'm already a big notion fan can't say enough about the platform.
I was thinking that too. Or maybe some netting that would hold them all like a little hamic or something
@@Sarahrule1600 Net is a great idea! Can't forget about making it earthquake safe!
@@Sarahrule1600 YES! I thought a hammock / net as well! ❤
I've just discovered your channel and have only seen a couple of videos, but i really like your style! The vids are nicely edited and your calm, positive energy is amazing too. I'll be sure to follow you!
thanks so much 🥰🥰
My husband has a hard time sleeping so he uses a weighted blanket which helps him a lot. He just puts it on top of our blankets so I don't know if there is a certain protocol to it. It really does help a lot though!
Anything animal crossing is the best! Glad the apartment is coming along great. Thank you for the video! ^^
It was fun getting to know you a bit better by seeing how you've set up your apartment, and hearing you speak on so many topics in a single video. Thank you for taking time to share all these details with us. I appreciate it. Also, congratulations on 3 years! I follow quite a few people living in Japan, and that length seems pretty rare lately. Visa time is by far the most stressful thing my friends deal with regularly - I'm happy you won't need to deal with that again for a while.
I’m literally at the airport waiting for my flight to Tokyo right now
Have the best time :)
Omg enjoy 🫶🏻
Have a fantastic time! I was there a month ago for the first time and let me tell you; the first 24 hrs feel surreal; couldn’t believe I was there!
Quick tip, use cash instead of card and carry a small bin bag around with you.
Have a great time!🥳
@AllisonInTokyo. everyone beware, this account is fake
Have fun!
Maybe you could create a long shelf on the empty wall to house your stuffed animals. That way they are on display but out of the way:)
I’m so happy you were able to get 3 years on the visa!! Deserved! Like always, great thoughts and ideas, love your vlogs!
Have you considered those hanging nets or stuffed animal hammocks? Just discovered your channel today! Weighted blankets are great. But, you really need to break it it by only using it for a few hours at a time. Depending on the weight you could actually wake up sore. They also get warm in the summer. Good luck to you!
YOOOO Allison update from Tokyo whilst I'm in Tokyo!!! 🎉🎉🥹🥹💕💕 Thank you for posting all your shopping adventures!! My visit to Japan has been so good because of your vids!! 🙏💕💕
Hope the new gig is going good and that the rest of moving in feels smoooooth and easy! 🎉🎉
A little net hammock would be really good to store all the plushies! I know a lot of Japanese apartments are very strict about drilling holes so I think some extra strong command hooked strips should work.
I love Zotero!!!! Will look into Notion! Thanks for the recommendation. :) Congratulations on the successful move. Your place is coming together! It’s good to have a couch so you don’t use your bed.
You should get a corner stuffed animal bet that you can hang! It will get them up and away, but still have them and cute!!
Omg net ** not bet. Love that for me 🥲🥲
one of those hanging nets for your plushies! that hang up in the corner of the ceiling, you can find those in cute colors and saves space!
For your plushies you can get a net that you can hang on the walls that hold them. or maybe sow in a little hook and hang them in pattern along your wall.
Love how you utilise the space! Updated apartment tour pleaseee 💗
I love watching your videos
Have a great day ❤
I only recently started using it, but notion has helped my brain and my work so much lol I love it. I have problems with memory so I made a personal CRM just to track who I know in my life hahaha
I have been binge watching all your videos. I find the info so insightful, entertaining and super interesting both culturally and practically.
can u please do a video about where to get appliances or any type of furniture in japan?? ☺️☺️ im moving to japan and i want to have a general idea of where i can find everything
Nitori is a lifesaver!! Second hand stores and big chains like Bic or Yodobashi are great for appliances
@@AllisoninTokyo thank you so much !!
Everything I have is very organized. I buy those folded square baskets and put everything inside so it looks much better in my closet.
I got a lot of useful info for organization. I’m already a very org. person but I have a daughter who is needing help in that area. I am a paper person but today people are so electronically connected so I’m going to look into notion. So that was helpful and worth trying out. Anything to help with organization. So thank you!!
I am too busy with my 3000-word writing that will be handed in on a Tuesday night two weeks later, and your apartment looks fancy and organized, Miss Allison.
congratulations on moving 🥺 your new place seems way more spacious!! I hope your walls end up full of cardcaptor sakura again ☺I also have tried notion before but gave up multiple times because I couldn't hack having multiple pages and stuff and things got lost so easily I felt, but my eyes were opened by your dashboard page!! :O I'll give it another go
Happy for you to get such a great sponsor. If I will use it in the future I will come back and use your link 👍
Great vlog as always 👌
Apartment is coming along well. I’m sure it’ll be to your liking in no time 😊👏🏻👏🏻
Notion thing added english documents on screen looks complicated. Mmm you know to me in my mother tongue which is in Korean too. 💌Congratulations on your cluttering?
&≈organizing all done for your new place.
😊I envy collections of Japanese mascot doll friends so that i make collection under my family 『age8🧒』's preference.
In addition&in details i wish i could know how to regularly sanitize them. Your clothes and your outdoor activity are very good to live well.🤔New your personal computer case is very cute and i think it cheers and encourage your work.📲🧊☕️
Plushie idea. Long shelf high up the wall. Not low where it gets in the way.
Idea for the plushies, shoe organiser for over any door. If you can drill holes, hanging net in a corner of a room. Like a hammock. ❤
Glad you are enjoying your new place and congratulations on the sponsorship ^_^
hi light was good, and organize takes time. good job
Love the apartment. Hope the new job is going well. Cheers from Sydney, Australia. 😊
It is nice to see you have settled in well to the new place.
Loving the Zelda hype lately. Cant afford it yet, just finished up college so am poor :(
Thanks for another awesome video! My OCD loves your notion recommendation! I am moving to Japan on the JET programme in August so at the moment I have been using Calendar and Google Docs to keep me organised. I also use diaries as well but I am not a huge fan of my own handwriting and I just feel like everything looks more neat on a google doc 😂 -- I will now be converting to Notion!
Yes definitely try it!! I use Google Calendar for events but it's impossible to keep everything organized without Notion for me 😁
As someone who also has too many plushies, I say keep 'em, because plushies are awesome. Failing that, maybe pit them in a fit to the death to see who outcomes victorious?
hmmmmmm a possible solution
Legend of Zelda 10 hours a day. You're beautiful!
I LOVE your apartment and Japanese apartments! I wish we had them in Canada.
I just moved this weekend so the organizing chaos begins 😵💫
Glad to see you back!
AHHH Visas are SO stressful! Congratulations a three year one will help for sure!!
it'd be cute if you did a crochet basket for your plushes to hang from the walls! i can't find a good image of what i'm thinking. something that's more loose and stringy so that you can see the entire plush, if that makes sense
Whenever I want to go to Japan, I always go to this channel because it eases the urge and you videos are always entertaining to watch 😆
I LOOOOOOVE your new apartment sm!! Congrats on this new chapter :) Also that green outfit you got is so so so cute
I'm a resident of France (I lived in Korea for 5 years and it was impossible to get a visa for more than a year at a time there, it exists, but they make it really hard even when you're married to a Korean), but yeah, France, much more plausible to get a longer term visa here ( personally the most difficult part depending on your life situation on getting a long term visa is either income or your language level, though language tests are necessary if you're over 65 I think) , there problem is trying to get an appointment to the prefecture to renew your visa, hahahah, 😭😭😭, they used to have a really bad problem where scammers would book out appointments on the prefecture servers and then sell them to desperate foreigners, so now the system is you have to submit an application to be able to book an appointment with a copy of your residency card and a document from say your electric company showing your current address, and this application can take 2 months to process, lol, 😬😳🥺, and they usually tell us to book your appointment 2 months before your visa expires, but now with this new system you problem need to put in the request like 4 or 5 months before your visa expires now, which I didn't know when I applied online, lol. So now I may be stuck in the country without a legitimate visa if I don't get the appointment soon. I mean they have a butt ton of forms you can use to prove I'm legally able to stay in the country (can't say about flying out of the country though) especially if it's their fault my papers haven't been processed yet.
so cute! your place looks lovely. and thanks for the awesome content, as always. love your vlogs.
Absolutely loved the video, and congrats on the visa!!
This new place seems like such a good vibe!! Can't wait to see what you do with it in the coming months!!! :3
I am definitely going to be using Notion now though. I can keep my streaming stuff and my personal life all organized. I've needed something like this for a while xD
yess it's so hard to balance multiple things!!
Loved the green two piece dress on you. Lovely video thanks for sharing 👍 🥰
i love ur videos!
Will check out notion-looks great!
We have the same mousemat!!!! Yay! I'm regards to the beat situation, have you seen the cute hammocks ppl get just to store plushies? It's such a good idea
There is a delicious vegan eatery called Falafel Brothers in the Parco building
YOU DID IT!! YA GOT THAT NOTION SPONNN BABYY WOOO
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Look how much more floor space you have now. WOW, I'm so happy for you, the new apartment's so cute.❤️❤️❤️
yes it's not that significant of a difference on paper but it really is such a difference!!! feels much more open now ❤
@@AllisoninTokyo thank you , keep up the good work.
Yesss I'm early ❤❤❤❤❤love the video
🤗🤗 thank you!!
If you can find a small hammock that can fit across the corner then you could put the toys there.
Good news and a weight off your mind with having the visa dealt with for 3 years. We use a couple of hanging fabric clothes organisers in our wardrobes for space saving, just thinking that the compartments might be big enough for an individual ‘house’ for each of your plushies if you shopped around? I’m not sure if that would work in your apartment but could be an option if the right size was available. Best wishes to you from England
Thanks for sharing your experiences! I love your honest and down to earth videos!
Because you showed some skincare products I was wondering whether you'd like to make a video about your skincare routine or just which beauty products you buy in Japan?
Thanks for your work and keep it up, you're an inspiration 💕
my routine is a constant mess but if I ever do decide on something that works I will definitely share it!!
@@AllisoninTokyo that's so sweet of you, but no pressure 💕 I'm binge watching your channel these days to prepare for my stay in Japan and your videos are useful and relaxing, thank you so much!! Really love how you combine tourist attractions with slightly lesser known spots, I'm sure your knowledge will prove useful for me, thank you!
Congratulations for your new apartment and your 3 years visa. For your plush animals, hang a plastic chain and fix them to 5e chain with hooks or you could donate them to an orphanage or a children’s hospital.
Congratulations for the new apartment and for the 3 years visa !! 🎉 The new place looks really nice, I'm sure it will become very pretty :)
( I have a question, I'll just try to ask 😂 which iphone are you using to film the vlogs outside? I'm searching for a new one with a good camera and I really like the quality of your videos 🥲 the newest model is way too expensive 💔)
Well I like your videos as I am moving to Japan near Tokyo in August.
I really like the vlog and you look nice
you need a switch pro controller !!! will make zelda so much easier , great video ! :D
Can you put stuffed animals in a vacuum bag flatten and store under the bed, maybe some of the softer plusher ones
You need a stuffed animal hammock. (Thanks for taking us on your new apartment journey)
Ive collected my passport with my Canada visa and i agree completely. This is suck, this is stressfull and in this process is so many bureaucracy that im stressed out so bad durind creating application. But in a few month i going to apply on my residence permit and i have no idea how bad it would be.
Lovely vid! Hope you're enjoying tears of the kingdom!
Could you put 3M hooks on the wall for your stuffed characters? something you could remove or change later would be kind of fun and would get them off your bed. Have you started your new job yet? Or was the visa required for that? Great video as always! Thanks for sharing!
For the plushies, why not a little hammock to hang from the ceiling? Could use some command strips to avoid nailing stuff into the ceiling?
Hi! I put shelves on the wall for the peluches, if you can do that it can be a very good idea
I have been thinking of weight blanket. Pls share your review of it after using, thank you 😊
A wall shelf might be an option to store your stuffed animals
Saw Notion mentioned somewhere else and am trying to use it for finances. The data sheets were too complex for me😅. But may try again. Like the idea of organizing lit reviews in it. What do you use to study Kanji? Just started basic Japanese and am yet to tackle writing.
it definitely has a learning curve!! after I binged a bunch of youtube videos on it I felt much more comfortable using it 😅 I use wanikani!
I have a boho macrame corner hammock in the ceiling corner of my room with stuffed animals, I need to keep the good ones away from my doggo lol. And I’m 42 and a minimalist LOL idc I will always have a couple stuffed animals. I limit myself to 6 right now
Weighted blankets are super helpful….however it becomes super difficult to sleep without them once habituated so it becomes necessary to travel with one. I came to Tokyo in Feb and brought it everywhere. Not undoable but makes traveling much harder. What if you hung the stuffies on the wall above your bed?
😨oh god I didn't think about that
When I was younger we had nets hanging from one wall to the other and just put all our stuffed animals up there.
I have small shelves to display my plush collection. I tried the hammick and it came down too far my korok plush was too heavy 😅
OMG please tell me where you got that weighted blanket, I've been looking to find one forever. When it comes to organization, I just don't. I get everything in order and then bam! looks like a tornado went through. But I live in a 2LDK so it's easier to get overrun and overwhelmed
just one of the top results on amazon lolll 😆
did you say that even within the work visas there is categories? like you can only have a specific category of work on specific visas?
Also, what do you work with? :D if I may ask ^^
You have a dryer!!!!!! I'm totally unorganized so I have nothing to add. 😅
i've got a one year visa for 3 consecutive years it's frustrating
I just have a quick question, is finding a job in Japan difficult even when you don’t speak the language??
of course! it's very limited if you don't speak Japanese (basically only teaching English for native speakers or tech jobs)
I feel like there's an untapped market in stores that sell plushies for plushie-organization gear
there DEFINITELY IS
Hi Allison, I forbid you to buy any more stuffed animals! 😀
Legend of Zelda ten hours a day? Wow! And here I am thinking my playing Zelda three hours a day is excessive.
5:46 "i'm going to keep ideas secret" * blurs ideas *.....a couple second later.... 5:51 * shows ideas completely unblurred * lol😅
Could I go & visit you so you won't be alone in Japan anymore?
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No hate, but I think it's responsible to let people know that Notion isn't end-to-end encrypted which means if someone really wanted to see your pages, they could. This lack of encryption is what made me move from Notion. Noone should store sensitive info on that app.
Do you have friends or a bf or something, being alone all that time sounds sad
Are you allowed to drill holes into the wall?