Camping holiday is widely enjoyed by outdoor loving family in Japan. My parents used to take me out for camping every summer, and I still enjoy camping now. It makes…

  As you may know, the housing situation in Japan (especially in urban areas) is a difficult one. There are too many houses and buildings within a limited amount of…

  A few years ago, JAPAN Style posted an article about a  popular Japanese home-remodeling TV show, “Gekiteki (=dramatic) Before After”. In the recent episode, one of the “takumi (= grandmaster…

  According to a recent survey, 26% of Japanese married couples sleep in separate bedrooms. For couples over sixty years of age, that percentage goes up to 40%. What’s more,…

  Surprisingly or not, house-sharing is a new style of living in Japan. It has suddenly become such a popular style and also a social trend which has been largely…

When you look for apartment for rent, there is something you have to compromise as well as critical points that you cannot give in. Apparently, Japanese apartment conditions do not…

It is not a possibility to live without a noise if you live in a city, town or a village (!). I generally do not mind a certain level of…

Miyama thatch museum has got new roof in the last 20 years.Miki, the photographer had an opportunity to see the replacement process ^^This house was a 100-year old thatched house…

As an article to introduce today, I’ve chosen an article about new type of office, which attracts freelance workers in Japan. Now, it seems ‘shared office’ is becoming more popular…

The former Kawamoto mansion used to be a red-light establishment.  For this reason, the building has such fancy windows.  Taken at Yamatokoriyama city. Copyright(C) Miki →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)…

Today’s topic is about houses, which may be the biggest shopping in a life time for the most of people.   In Japan, there are many old temples and shrines…