Sakura Season!

Sensing the unmistakable smell of spring in the air, we reluctantly pulled ourselves out of our cozy kotatsu and headed down to Sakura Garden Court Annex, a daring new condo project being completed in the bedrock community of Higashi-Nakano.

The first thing which strikes you when you see the apartment is its bold design: Massive bay windows which cover the entire front façade of each apartment, and which bathe every part of the rooms in sunlight. The next thing which strikes you are the enormous covered garages built into the ground floor of every room. These capacious garages, with remotely-controlled shutters, are probably capable of housing two cars, or even better, a car and two full-sized motorcycles. Leaving Tomomi, our resident motorcycle lover, drooling in the garage, we moved up an elegant flight of stairs and into the front door…

One glance inside reveals the tremendous attention to details and tasteful luxury the designers put into everything. From Miele washing machine/dryers and the latest in high-tech Japanese toilet wizardry to the beautiful wooden floors and top-of-the-line carpets, there is absolutely no sign of compromise, anywhere.

The interesting thing is that the setting for this ultra-modern apartment is distinctly “un-modern.” Life in Higashi-Nakano affords you a unique and distinctly un-expat view of everyday life in a traditional Japanese neighborhood (old grannies, rustic shopping streets, and all), while also allowing you the luxury of several subway/rail lines (Sobu, Marunouchi, Oedo lines) and just a 15 minute walk to the Shinjuku high-rise business district.

All the apartments are 1 bedroom maisonettes, and come with 60 square meters of floor space. With a JPY 280,000 monthly asking price, these pads are definitely not cheap, but are undeniably unique. If you consider yourself unique---a passionate lover of cool but tasteful architecture, old neighborhoods, and cars / motorcycles---Sakura Garden Court Annex may be just the place for you!

Theodore Knipfing

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Posted by theodore at March 15, 2004 05:18 PM