Such are internet cafes in Tokyo: the Colombian YouTuber shows how you can live on two square meters in Japan

“If the suitcase fits, I’m on the bed. This one is 1.87 meters long (my height) and less than a meter wide”.

Surprised by the experience he would have, the youtuber “Planeta Juan”, from Colombia, came to a cyber cafe in Tokyo, telling everyone what these spaces are about.

Before reaching the room they gave him, on the fourth floor of a large building called Café Customa, they gave him a blanket.

Already in his bedroom he found it “super reduced”, but where he was well settled, he discovered the television, the telephone, a computer with accompanying table, a pillow and even a chair.

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The Colombian youtuber said that he decided – like an explorer – to go to one of the famous internet cafes in Japan’s capital one evening.

He said there is a lot of demand for it and some people are coming to live in those internet cafes.

These cyber cafes have unlimited internet access and can be rented by the hour, all day and even by the month.

They are good for those who are on a ‘short’ budget.

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The youtuber inquired about them before going through the experience, thus reporting that “they give you $30 food, unlimited internet, and a room to rest all night.”

Why is an internet cafe so popular and attracting thousands of people in a city as expensive as Tokyo, he wondered.

The space in the room attracts the most attention… they are two or three square meters, they told him before going to the place where he spent the night, in the Ikebukuro area.

At Café Customa, open 24 hours, they provide reading room, coffee, internet, video games, food, shower and laundry service. When he arrived and saw the rates, he calculated what he had to pay for a night, which was $28.

This will be an experience you will have a hard time forgetting, he said as he ventured into the internet cafe. From what you showed in the video, the hallways have 7 doors and there are rooms for two people.

The bathrooms are shared, there is a smoking area and a water dispenser. There is free food in the kitchen, of course there is no shortage of rice, and no curry.

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After spending the first few hours in the internet café, the youtuber said he thought he understood why it was in high demand: “Whatever it is, you’re paying for a moment of privacy away from a big city like Tokyo.”

(JO)

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