> my small plastic table, looking out on the blank concrete wall of the building next door, some fading indirect light filtering in, the ability to turn around and take a whole step back before bumping into my cabinet to take a break
Sounds more reasonable for Tokyo and I imagine, HK or Singapore.
Central Tokyo maybe. Tokyo is huge and on the outskirts you can get some nice places with a view. I personally just moved a bit outside of Tokyo to a house on a hill. Often working from the roof and enjoying the sunset.
Aside from that, this post is about to make me buy an Oculus.
Japan is nowhere as bad as Hong Kong or Singapore space-wise.
Hong Kong people have mastered the ability to self-traffic control in the one-person wide aisles of supermarkets, to give you some idea.
Sounds more reasonable for Tokyo and I imagine, HK or Singapore.