When you step out onto the veranda of Theodore Jennings' penthouse apartment in Tokyo's Shinjuku district, it almost feels like you're on vacation in some other location — be it New York or some European resort.
"A lot of people tell me that. They say this doesn't feel like Japan," said the 36-year-old Texas native as he stood on the veranda overlooking the Tokyo Metropolitan Government buildings and the Park Hyatt Tokyo.
The space has a combination of Asian and European air to it, with pieces of furniture, potted plants and bonsai laid out luxuriously on his 35-sq.-meter balcony.