Micro houses have become popular in the past decade in Japan.

Micro houses are starting to gain attention in Europe where land is also scarce.

One of the features of micro houses is the multiple uses of one room.

One way to create more floor space is to increase the room height.

After WWII, Japanese were considered to be workaholics living in rabbit butches.

Air-filled glass block is a new type of building material.

Technology facilitates custom-made micro houses’ architecture.

Japanese feel living in small houses is a stigma.

When there is an interior garden, the house feels smaller.

Architects are happy to build small houses as it shows their ability in design.

Kyoto merchants used to live in long and narrow houses where rooms are doubled for different purposes.

Soft and natural light makes the space feel smaller.