Sven Igmar Thies has been documenting how the Japanese live in Japan as well as abroad. Great pics and I'm so getting his book.

You are practically begging anime boy of the golden die to crawl out of woodwork and stalk you again. Do you miss him that much?

This room is pretty much how I lived for 15 years except its missing a layer of empty beer cans on the floor slightly more than ankle deep.

Japan is an interesting place in its use of space. In Tokyo, there are a hell of a lot of families living in apartments of 550-750 square feet (Hong Kong, too), which is an amount of space which would drive the average American insane. That said, many Asian families are completely comfortable all sleeping together in the same communal bedroom, on the floor. I had a friend who went to law school in the States at 27 and felt disoriented sleeping alone, without his brother, for the first time in his life. (College students generally live at home and commute.)

Outside Tokyo and Yokohama, there is a lot of space, actually. A friend of mine bought a 1200 square-foot house for about $120,000 about an hour and a half away from Tokyo by train. He's retired, and Asian, so his needs to go into Tokyo are relatively less.

This picture you're showing, if it's anywhere near Tokyo, is of a very successful person's home.

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and felt disoriented sleeping alone, without his brother, for the first time in his life

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Sounds like Darrah.

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This picture you're showing, if it's anywhere near Tokyo, is of a very successful person's home.

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That's in Germany. The book is mostly photos of Japanese living in European countries and how even though they're in a different culture's living space, the way they still decorate and arrange their belongings like they're still back home, is what makes it interesting. I'd say it was a study of how different cultures observe a space.

I always liked the Japanese efficiency in home design. Which is good because by 2050 the rest of us will have to live like this too.

Modern Minimalist House Design in Singapore

Clean.