We moved from a 20 year “old” Japanese apartment (mansion マンション) to a new 3-storey house (~1000 sq. ft.) about a year ago. These are the differences we noticed, both good and bad.
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LWIF EP3: Squeezing Between Homes in Tokyo, Japan
Hello World! Space is tight in Tokyo. Japanese houses can be small in comparison to North American homes, but what’s even smaller is the spaces between them. A good amount of homes in Tokyo don’t have yards, or if they do, they’re quite tiny.