[Tabloid] BIG STARS, BAD REPS 2

Originally Posted by Dustie

I doubt any celeb would spend 12 million USD on a place... even big shot Hollywood actors spend up to a few millions when buying a house... and she bought, what, a bungalow? For 12 million?... In cold cash?... Like she brought it in a suitcase, like they do in movies when they pay ransoms or pay for drugs?

That's not completely true, most actors have more than one house (one on each coast, to cover all their bases). Price-wise, land is very expensive in Japan due to the fact that it is an island. It's comparable to owning an apartment in New York City. Just to put things into perspective, there's a rumor going around the city that Tom Cruise is planning on paying $20 million for a 4 room apartment in one of the exclusive residences.

Originally Posted by ayu_fan929

What's a "5-storey bungalow"? Aren't bungalows only supposed to have 1-storey?

Hmm, this could be a translation issue. I'm not completely sure. I do know that in Japan, an apartment is called a mansion, so it might be that sort of discrepency.