Video: 30 square meter house in Japan

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Do you think you could live in a house no bigger than a parking space? And not just by yourself, do you think you could live there with your mother? Apparently, Fuyuhito Moriya can. Check the video from CNN and tell us what you think.

 
 
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Tosh says:

“It’s not because people WANT this tiny homes…” – yup. Don’t live in Tokyo then.. If I can’t live in a normal space when I work – I would change the city..

 
# November 17, 2010 at 17:15
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livercake says:

Japanese culture always seems to get the most out of everything with ease. 30 sqr meters and it looks like a lovely and cozy place.
Awesome!

 
# November 17, 2010 at 17:25
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mvb says:

WHAT? $500,000 is too expensive for this ‘house’. It means that one s.q.m costs about $16,667!!! It is crazy!!!

 
# November 17, 2010 at 19:32
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    watanabe says:

    ask how much of that was land

     
    # November 17, 2010 at 19:54
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      mvb says:

      Of course I also think the price is so high because of the land, but I never imagined that it cost so much. I fully understand the reason why it is common to see so many tiny houses in Japan.

       
      # November 17, 2010 at 20:58
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sudark says:

This 30 sqm house would seem luxurious compared to some here in the Philippines which are single storey 20 sqm houses for a family of 5 with kitchen and bathroom.

 
# November 17, 2010 at 19:57
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admiral says:
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soon says:

It’s good. tiny but awesome

I like Japanese tiny houses. They make me wanna challenge.

 
# November 19, 2010 at 01:12
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Silly & impractical. For that amount of money, it would be way more economical to get an condominium – I did the math. For around 500,000 Yen/m², he could have purchased a *nice* condo with 83m² and two bedrooms.

We humans are in fact territorial and do need a minimum amount of space to ourselves. Anything less can create feelings of anxiety and being trapped.

I do however admire the space-saving strategies. Perhaps if he took an approach more like this transforming space:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg9qnWg9kak&feature=related

 
# November 28, 2010 at 12:16
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Tsukiyo says:

Limitation give birth to creativity and innovation

 
# October 11, 2011 at 14:54
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Kit says:

Japanese homes are always tiny, and apartments are even tinier. There’s just really not enough space, so they always build up.

 
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