Tokyo is expensive. That new Shinjuku office Square Enix is moving into must cost a large fortune. Some of the countryâs most expensive real estate is Tokyoâs Ginza and Osakaâs Umeda.
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In Japan, the toilet is often separated from the bath, unlike the American or Western style in which the toilet and the bathroom are in the same room. There are several reasons for this, one of which is that Japanese showers and baths encompass entire rooms (splash all you want!), and another is that many people want privacy.
Those people did not build this dream house, featured on a recent episode of Japanese television show Kansei! Dream House or Itâs Finished! Dream House
The „60 million (US$780,000) houses five people in rooms that look less like rooms and more like 2D video game platforms. Dubbed the â9 box houseâ, the layout (viewable in the above gallery) looks like a Japanese role-playing game dungeon.
The reason for this is the houseâs location on a steep incline, hence the box-like rooms being built up the cliffâs side.
The one room that caught viewersâ eyes is the restroom, which features a toilet pressed up against an open window. Perhaps, there is some sort of blind that can be pulled down? Hopefully?
âItâs like a prison,â wrote one commenter on Japanese web forum 2ch. âThink of the S&M shame play you could do,â quipped another. Others pointed out that the exposed toilet would cause the smell of feces to waft through the house, and some even said this silly design was a waste of money and showed a lack of good sense.
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Even the garage seemed to be too small for the ownerâs tiny car.
Most of the other commenters seemed to agree on one thing: their dream home, this ainât.
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