• You could cook while on the toilet: a night in one of Tokyo’s micro-apartments

    You could cook while on the toilet: a night in one of Tokyo’s micro-apartments
    The tiny homes, which measure just nine square metres – or three tatami mats – are the architectural answer to rising rentsIt is one of the shortest viewings in estate agency history. As soon as the door opens, every inch of living space except the sleeping quarters is visible.A tiny genkan entryway, which could nearly accommodate three pairs of shoes, leads to a shower cubicle on the right with just enough room to swing a sponge, next to a toilet that – door left open –

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