It may sound bizarre at first but Yamaha’s portable rooms, dubbed myroomII [JP], do make sense. Yamaha says it’s the perfect product for all people wanting some alone time without having to move into apartments with more rooms.
In the product catalogue [JP, PDF], the company suggests watching movies, working on your PC, reading, studying, Karaoke, listening to music and playing instruments as the main examples for use. The room could be especially useful in Japan (where it’s available exclusively at this point), where apartment buildings with super-thin walls are not really rare.
The myroomII is made of dark wood, soundproof, air-conditioned, pretty heavy (340kg) and quite big (1385×1826×2065mm). One room costs $7,000.
Considering the size of most Japanese houses (one room is for sleeping, eating, entertainment etc.), sticking in this “other room” fills in the one room it was intended for.
Jon
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$7,000. I think I will pass, plus how would you move suck a thing. I assume its pretty heavy. But since space in Japan is limited I am sure it could work over there.
For the price tag, this isn’t that bad. I see it as a nice getaway when you want to get away.
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