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Posted by hipstomp | 19 Mar 2007
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As the size of American McMansions continues to balloon, houses in Japan are getting smaller, at least in Tokyo. An article in BusinessWeek reveals how Japanese architects design "micro-homes," houses built on plots as small as 320 square feet.
As in Manhattan, Tokyoites cannot built outwards, but they can often build upwards; some of these tiny domiciles are up to five stories, and feature a number of design tricks to make the micro-spaces more livable.
Still, with rooms as small as the one pictured above, we wonder if American shows like Prison Break are a hit in Japan. It must be a drag to watch a bunch of incarcerated convicts roam around in spaces bigger than your living room.
[Via ApartmentTherapy.]
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You should see their single module bathrooms - like they actually "insert" a tiny room with a quarter-size shrub (shower/tub) & sink molded out of one piece of plastic. Think airplane bathroom. I lived with one for two years.
I don't care what size room I would move to japan any time.. I'm 19 and I'm thinking of selling my car and all belongings just to move there