On September 14, 61-year-old comedian Egashira 2:50 uploaded a new YouTube video in which he talked about the apartment he’s rented in Nakano, Tokyo for 30 years — and wryly admitted that, unlike most Japanese homes, his place doesn’t have a washlet (a heated bidet toilet seat). The revelation sparked discussion on the forum thread, where users calculated that 30 years of ¥130,000 monthly rent adds up to a staggering ¥46.8 million total, and shared their own experience of watching the rent for an identical unit in the same building creep up to ¥190,000 over time. The thread also touched on typical rents for old, elevator-less buildings and the fact that some tenants simply choose to go without a washlet.
Egashira 2:50 wryly admits: “We don’t have one…” — still missing a common household fixture after 30 years in the same rental
Comedian Egashira 2:50 (61) updated his official YouTube channel on the 14th.
In the video, filmed at the rental apartment he’s lived in for 30 years, he wryly noted that his home lacks a “fixture” found in most households.
Watching Naoya Tetsudo's channel on YouTube is way more fun than watching Peace-kun at Omiya Park anyway (both are YouTube channels/personalities)
3AnonymousSep 15, 2026 01:36
That's a word from your idol right there
Go ahead and hype him up like always
5AnonymousSep 15, 2026 01:37
I've lived in my ¥85,000 rental in Tokyo's 23 wards for almost 20 years too. I used to push for a rent cut at every renewal since I'd been there so long, but now I'm too scared they'll jack up my rent that I just stay quiet — meanwhile other units in the building have crept up to around ¥120,000, and it's gotten awkward even asking for repairs. (diary entry)
7AnonymousSep 15, 2026 01:38
Egachan's 61 now huh
Wonder how many more years we get to enjoy him
8AnonymousSep 15, 2026 01:39
There are plenty of comedians who are total appliance geeks. Someone could definitely sort him out a washlet lol
9AnonymousSep 15, 2026 01:39
Over a million yen a year just on rent
Dude's loaded
10AnonymousSep 15, 2026 01:40
A while back ¥130,000 wouldn't have been worth it for that place, but these days it's kind of a toss-up
11AnonymousSep 15, 2026 01:40
Probably why he never got married. If a guy that rich also had a happy family, a ton of his diehard fans would probably bail
12AnonymousSep 15, 2026 01:42
He'd just install a washlet himself, obviously ("JK" here means "use your common sense," not "high school girl")
13AnonymousSep 15, 2026 01:42
That room actually goes for ¥130,000
It's decently spacious, but since it's old it feels overpriced
14AnonymousSep 15, 2026 01:45
Maybe renovations are banned since it's a condo building
68AnonymousSep 15, 2026 02:43
Re: #14
It's just swapping out the toilet seat
Even a first-timer can install one in 30 minutes
15AnonymousSep 15, 2026 01:45
Something about washlet water freaks me out, I've never actually used one…
23AnonymousSep 15, 2026 01:51
Re: #15
It's just tap water but somehow it looks dirty enough that you wouldn't want to drink it, right?
16AnonymousSep 15, 2026 01:45
Bet he actually lives in a luxury high-rise on the side
18AnonymousSep 15, 2026 01:46
Wait, is he still living in that place where he pulled up the tatami mat and dug a hole!? (a callback to one of his old stunts)
19AnonymousSep 15, 2026 01:47
Sure it's out in the countryside, but his family home there is massive
71AnonymousSep 15, 2026 02:46
Re: #19
That's because his grandfather was the village mayor. It's probably an old, locally prominent family
Though his dad just runs a liquor store lol
21AnonymousSep 15, 2026 01:47
A 30+ year old, no-elevator, 1LDK in Nakano for ¥130,000 — isn't that a total ripoff?
24AnonymousSep 15, 2026 01:51
I hate the extra hassle of having to clean the nozzle
26AnonymousSep 15, 2026 01:54
Guy's gotta be raking it in
So what's he actually spending it all on?
27AnonymousSep 15, 2026 01:54
My place is also a 1LDK at ¥130,000, but I recently looked up the rent for the same layout in my building and it's gone up to ¥190,000
30AnonymousSep 15, 2026 01:56
Re: #27
Dreading my next renewal now
28AnonymousSep 15, 2026 01:55
You could get a 1LDK for ¥130,000 in a better area than Nakano though
31AnonymousSep 15, 2026 01:56
Well, he'd want to live near the TV stations
Being able to show up fast when called in gives comedians an edge
32AnonymousSep 15, 2026 01:57
¥130,000 rent × 12 months × 30 years = ¥46.8 million
33AnonymousSep 15, 2026 01:57
You can get one installed, labor included, for about ¥30,000
36AnonymousSep 15, 2026 01:59
Nakano's basically an island cut off from everything
40AnonymousSep 15, 2026 02:04
Re: #36
It's got both the Chuo and Sobu lines stopping there, so it's plenty convenient
42AnonymousSep 15, 2026 02:11
No heated seat and no elevator — that's basically public-housing level. Surely it at least has screen doors
45AnonymousSep 15, 2026 02:15
Re: #42
Mine doesn't have either
No elevator, no washlet
Never even wanted one
44AnonymousSep 15, 2026 02:15
He's got money now though, doesn't he?
47AnonymousSep 15, 2026 02:17
Re: #44
It says 30 years (´・ω・｀)
49AnonymousSep 15, 2026 02:18
The other day Kinashi Noritake got slammed for destroying something that belonged to someone else, with people saying "How long are you gonna keep doing this? It's not funny at all."
Makes you wonder if Egashira's brand of comedy is going to hold up in today's climate…
72AnonymousSep 15, 2026 02:47
Re: #49
He occasionally talks trash during cup-noodle or fast-food taste tests
Other than that it's a pretty mellow channel
57AnonymousSep 15, 2026 02:27
A cheap ¥30,000 one is plenty
For an older building like that
It's not that he can't have one, he just hasn't installed it
62AnonymousSep 15, 2026 02:32
Re: #57
For ¥30,000 in Nakano you're not even talking an older condo — more like a wooden building with a 4.5-tatami room and a shared toilet/sink
66AnonymousSep 15, 2026 02:40
Washlets creep me out, no thanks
And the bidet setting just hurts anyway
78AnonymousSep 15, 2026 02:55
Re: #66
You could just turn the water pressure down to the lowest setting
Background and talking points
According to a Cabinet Office consumer trends survey, washlets (heated bidet toilet seats) are now found in over 80% of Japanese households, making them close to standard equipment even in rental properties. Still, in older buildings landlords often haven’t installed one, leaving tenants to pay for and add one themselves. Egashira’s apartment appears to be more than 30 years old, and several thread commenters noted that a basic ¥30,000 unit can be installed by anyone in about 30 minutes — suggesting that not having one isn’t seen as particularly unusual. What drew more attention was the ¥130,000 rent itself: users shared stories of an identical-layout unit in the same building creeping up to ¥190,000 over time, and calculated that 30 years of rent adds up to ¥46.8 million total — reflecting more concern about rental market prices and renewal-time hikes than about the missing fixture. Why he has stayed in the same apartment for 30 years wasn’t addressed in the video, nor is it clarified in the original article.
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