The stacks of boxes with their distinctive circular windows were a local landmark in the Ginza District. Each was a 'micro-dwelling', a tiny home just about big enough for one. In 2022, the building ...

TOKYO For example, one ultra small house sits on a petite 300-square-foot parcel of land. One space serves as the kitchen, living and dining room. It is the size of a walk-in closet. Space-saving ...

Some newer houses around the country are barely wider than a common family car. From left, Takina Shimura and his parents, Tomoko Shimura and Yoshiki Shimura, in their compact house in Zushi, Japan, a ...

Set on an oddly shaped, and extremely narrow plot commonly called a ‘Flagpole’ plot in Japan, Flagpole in Nakameguro tiny house is located in densely populated central Tokyo. Architecture firm SALHAUS ...

Today, AD joins architect Masato Igarashi of IGArchitects to see how he makes the most of his small Tokyo home. Tokyo has the highest population concentration in all of Japan, so large plots of land ...

As people all over the world grow more conscious about their environmental impact and the importance of adopting more eco-friendly practices, the tiny home movement offers a compelling alternative to ...