1 hour of Japanese Small Homes Under 60sqm/600sqft

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  • čas přidán 7. 08. 2024
  • A compilation of some of our most loved Japanese homes that we’ve shared on Never Too Small, featuring small home designs for families, tiny plots deep in the heart of Tokyo smaller than a car parking space, oddly shaped homes spread across multiple levels. All examples of beautiful and detailed design, even if at times outwardly chaotic.
    #smallapartment #architecture #interiordesign
    Episodes & Credits:
    0:00 - 07:31 - 6 Tsubo - • NEVER TOO SMALL: Parki...
    07:31 - 13:32 - A House for 2 - • NEVER TOO SMALL: Elder...
    13:32 - 21:03 - Flagpole House - • NEVER TOO SMALL: Narro...
    21:03 - 27:16 - House in Heguri - • NEVER TOO SMALL: Famil...
    27:16 - 33:44 - Love House - • NEVER TOO SMALL: Tokyo...
    33:44 - 40:12 - Love2House - • NEVER TOO SMALL: Iconi...
    40:12 - 49:07 - CSteel - • NEVER TOO SMALL: Japan...
    49:07 - 58:49 - Open Sky House - • NEVER TOO SMALL - Japa...
    58:49 - 1:09:44 -Tokyo Blue - • NEVER TOO SMALL: Tokyo...
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Komentáře • 99

  • @prsct159
    @prsct159 Před měsícem +38

    I really love how Japanese integrate nature in their urban living.

  • @carlosboaretto
    @carlosboaretto Před měsícem +77

    I had watched all of them and It was a pleasure watch it again.

  • @soniat360
    @soniat360 Před měsícem +120

    Interesting to see that everyone non-Japanese is trying to copy Japanese style and keep very minimalistic and uncluttered places, but the real Japanese places you feature are somewhat cluttered

    • @HelloworlditsSamuel
      @HelloworlditsSamuel Před měsícem +12

      That's an interesting and true observation. I know that Japandi is in at the moment in the west and that shares the core philosophies that both styles have. I guess maybe it's more to do with space being a premium in the city in Japan, and maybe the wabi sabi approach? When it comes down to storage they are very innovative, both the traditional Kyoto homes and the uber modern Tokyo appartments are a great example. A house that is a little busy (not too much) and well lived, is one that is warm, inviting and homely 😊

    • @thsplanning8283
      @thsplanning8283 Před 29 dny +1

      agree.
      Some one show your cases and call them japanese style with lack lots of feature for real live.

    • @StarOnTheWater
      @StarOnTheWater Před 29 dny +7

      That is my experience also. The mindset is more driven towards a balance and not towards an ideal.
      It's okay if a home looks like a home to someone and not like an empty hotel room. Especially with families, there's often not a lot of furniture considering how many items we surround ourselves with in modern society.

    • @AliasHSW
      @AliasHSW Před 26 dny +8

      That’s the difference between showcasing photo/videography and real life. Often times magazine and videos presents the perfect zen environment - but in reality especially with young kids it’s never the case. Even Marie Kondo has admitted defeat.

    • @donnakatsuta6375
      @donnakatsuta6375 Před 17 dny +1

      Cluttered, it is!

  • @plasmid9674
    @plasmid9674 Před 29 dny +18

    As a Japanese and has been watching NTS for a long time, I have been waiting to see when NTS would come to Japan, and I am glad to see that they are taking it up so often these days.

  • @sdmsdm7926
    @sdmsdm7926 Před měsícem +15

    In the first video I cannot believe how much is in a small space and also I loved the outside garden and the kitty free to roam and inspect the plants....

  • @miyama9351
    @miyama9351 Před měsícem +29

    It’s good to see someone isn’t minimalist this channel. It’s more realistic.

  • @summonrain107
    @summonrain107 Před měsícem +15

    I love Japanese houses. It's somehow inspiring to watch how they come up with the ideas and then make them real. I also love the little spaces around where they live, especially the Tsubo house's space where the homeowner puts out a chair and sits.

  • @kimxigg2158
    @kimxigg2158 Před měsícem +25

    What a great hour that was🧡

  • @najeehaamid5194
    @najeehaamid5194 Před měsícem +10

    My favourite is the mother and son house. So very lovely!

  • @THORMYN1
    @THORMYN1 Před 4 dny

    I live in a 1500 sqf bungalow in the Canadian Niagara region. I love this video because it shows the ingenuity to make use of small spaces! Most of them are 2/3 smaller than my house now. I used to live in a house we built with 5000 sqf and I was glad when I left there. It’s crazy we don’t need that much space. I’m trying to adapt to Japanese style living with minimal possessions but it’s extremely difficult with a husband who likes to hoard, not excessively but enough to drive me crazy!🤪 I love Japan and the people❤️❤️This video gave me the inspiration to declutter more of my house!

  • @boodubai
    @boodubai Před 20 dny +2

    I loved the designs of most of the tiny homes featured here! I always loved the Japanese minimalism lifestyle.

  • @chloeuntrau4588
    @chloeuntrau4588 Před měsícem +4

    Love the metal house with the big sliding wooden doors! seems like a happy house..

  • @michaelz6870
    @michaelz6870 Před měsícem +7

    LoveHouse2 makes my heart go pitter patter 👌

  • @Machinify
    @Machinify Před 5 dny

    wow wow wow. world premier homes and the amazing people that care for them

  • @MelanaC
    @MelanaC Před měsícem +5

    Excellent collection of videos. I hope you do more of these for homes around the world. In particular France and Australia.
    I’d love an update of the Japanese ‘Flagpole house’ as the owner himself stated that it would evolve by living in it. ❤

  • @mimir.569
    @mimir.569 Před měsícem +2

    It is a useful use of concrete. There is a warmth about it. I enjoyed the visit.

  • @AmyAnnetteHenion
    @AmyAnnetteHenion Před 27 dny +3

    I'd love to see a compilation video of the smallest homes you've filmed so far!

  • @vincyagain
    @vincyagain Před měsícem +3

    You guys are so smart for this video. Thank you for this relaxing video that I will definitely rewatch haha

  • @johnosam4681
    @johnosam4681 Před 6 dny

    Ived worked in japan in tech even with high education, not everyone can speak english as well as this father and son, the father is really good speaker and the son is excellent ❤

  • @hibernace
    @hibernace Před 3 dny

    Absolutely love this compilation!

  • @IVWOR
    @IVWOR Před měsícem +1

    Невеликий але продуманий та доволі затишний будинок.
    Дякую за екскурсію ❤️

  • @mgpunya1
    @mgpunya1 Před 7 dny

    For us in the tropics, it's always about overcoming the heat, especially with smaller spaces..

  • @lisastrohmeyer5236
    @lisastrohmeyer5236 Před měsícem +3

    Nice.. I love the big sliding window

  • @AlexdaCunha
    @AlexdaCunha Před měsícem +1

    Awesome compilation! Thanks for putting all of this together! 🙌

  • @janelte
    @janelte Před 18 dny

    Nice to see these again

  • @vandanasahdev
    @vandanasahdev Před 27 dny +1

    I like the industrial-ness in their designs.

    • @oooodles3
      @oooodles3 Před 4 dny

      It's nice for a weekend. They're miserable. Trust me. Enjoy not ever having counter space or any horizontal surface at all bigger than a dish.

  • @peternyc
    @peternyc Před měsícem +2

    Fantastic video. Thank you so much.

  • @sdmsdm7926
    @sdmsdm7926 Před měsícem

    I remember the second Ouchi designed apartment bright and beautiful and still lovely to look at after viewing it a while back....

  • @Gkghsfarwkfvogoejsgwyq

    Love Japanese Architecture

  • @yunbaum
    @yunbaum Před měsícem +1

    I always enjoy watching your channel. I really enjoyed this video too. thank you so much🥰

  • @sandraseng6289
    @sandraseng6289 Před měsícem +1

    Well-planned space!

  • @twisto
    @twisto Před měsícem +1

    Now this is good

  • @youraveragesinner5474
    @youraveragesinner5474 Před 13 dny

    I loved the Open sky house!

  • @niecee2196
    @niecee2196 Před měsícem +1

    WOWWW!!! ❤

  • @slowbro1337
    @slowbro1337 Před měsícem +1

    The architecture of this building is my personal favorite of any anywhere. I have been fascinated by it for a long time.

  • @TheSushmaHomeSellingTeam

    Very distinctive inside and out. 💯

  • @suzykeene9298
    @suzykeene9298 Před 28 dny

    There's great ideas and some that would drive me nuts

  • @clovermark39
    @clovermark39 Před měsícem

    Lovely house.

  • @lauraatkinson8920
    @lauraatkinson8920 Před 29 dny

    There walk and posture is very composed

  • @reMARKably_me
    @reMARKably_me Před 23 dny +1

    I'd be surprised if NTS videos haven't won any award..

  • @HelloworlditsSamuel
    @HelloworlditsSamuel Před měsícem +2

    Wonderful mix of small Japanese homes, always very inspiring to watch these modern builds and adore the Japanese style over all, both new and old (especially the older traditional Kyoto style). I can't help but notice very intetestingly that what we call the gorgeous 'Japandi' style here in the west, seems to be the modern standard style in Japan, is this correct to say? It seems to have commonalities now that concrete/stone, alternative lighter shades of wood and glass has become more popular for building over there, the lines seems to be blurred? Thank you for the upload and hope to see some more in the future 😊

  • @ilsebill1678
    @ilsebill1678 Před měsícem +1

    Excellent solution with the Englisch subtiles! 😊

  • @oooodles3
    @oooodles3 Před 4 dny

    These are great for people who are less than 185cm and who don't require surfaces to do anything on. The largest objects you can get into homes like this are things you can hand carry on the subway or in a small car. It makes me wonder how much better equipped people are for tinkering/making/inventing/building if they have access to just slightly larger spaces. You can't be a rugged individualist or very self sufficient or even a very good artist without work spaces; and I think in that vein people who live in these houses exhude a dependence on the stores, shops, consumer goods around them for convenient lifestyle. You can't have anything more than an herb garden in a place like this. It's a consumer lifestyle in order to obtain the conveniences that permit acceptable living in such a small space.

    • @oooodles3
      @oooodles3 Před 4 dny

      And that's why people who lives in small houses are annoying. They have chosen to forgive basic resources (space) that are almost axiomatic to being a cool person who does THINGS in space. I'd bet money most of these small space dwellers are almost exclusively using their media devices in these small spaces as the sole form of diversion (again because there isn't enough space to do anything else). Most of the designers in this video are obsessed with finding place to keep all your small items; their speech is dominated by words and phrases like "not seem so small." A highlight is the bathroom where you can barely get in because the door opens into the toilet - the owner seems to revel in the fact that you have to finesse your way into the shitter so much so that even getting into the bathroom has become an end in itself. Ah, architects really do rule our lives.

  • @jobinjoy3274
    @jobinjoy3274 Před 27 dny +3

    Minimalism is the only Key which can save EARTH

  • @Brin-e5v
    @Brin-e5v Před 14 dny

    they are so smol :D kawaii!!!

  • @cbjones2212
    @cbjones2212 Před 26 dny

    02:16 I appreciate the nod to Australia on the floor there

  • @GoddessDestinova
    @GoddessDestinova Před 22 dny

    I love that they don’t make large or private bedrooms a priority. Togetherness and nature are at the forefront.

  • @aeonfluxcapacitor77
    @aeonfluxcapacitor77 Před 11 dny

    The only thing I even liked about the second home is the kid's album showing is one of my favorites?! Jim Croce 💙💙💙 Otherwise, having a "bedroom" that's basically the couch is less than ideal for a kid growing up...they do need some bedroom privacy once they hit their tweens.

  • @almaarea
    @almaarea Před měsícem

    I always wonder how these small spaces with unfinished details manage to stay clean. They're beautiful and clever, but I imagine spaces like Tokyo Blue must get so dusty!

  • @Ycrad1234
    @Ycrad1234 Před měsícem +4

    Some great designs here but does the love house seem very dangerous to anyone else? That narrow staircase and the 2 sliding doors that open on the top floor and the tall void for the tree 😮

    • @HuhHowboutThat
      @HuhHowboutThat Před 10 dny

      They're lounging on the concrete & I'm like, where's the sofa! Honestly, though, it wouldn't matter because I would have done myself in within 5 minutes of arriving due to the stairs & lack of railings. I agree, it's very dangerous.

    • @Ycrad1234
      @Ycrad1234 Před 8 dny

      @@HuhHowboutThat 😂😅😳

    • @oooodles3
      @oooodles3 Před 4 dny +1

      Thank you!!!!! It takes more energy to talk about how great your small house is than build it. Let's create a basic coefficient, you add up the # hours you've spoken about how cool your tiny house is, divide it by the # labor hours for the construction. If the answer if > 1 then you have to wear a kick me sign on your back.

  • @margaretgreene1929
    @margaretgreene1929 Před 27 dny

    The first house must be more than 19 sq meters. That is only 204 sq ft. They have fitted so much in!! I love the fish grill. The bed is Queen size. It is amazing

  • @TeeBoyd88
    @TeeBoyd88 Před 26 dny

    The first video, I love listening to the gentleman's Japanese language. ❤
    I actually have a playlist of all my favourite videos per the Country for NTS channel only. I can finally declutter that folder and keep this single post. NTS can you do the same for the other Countries please? 🙏🏽🙏🏽

  • @TheVincent0268
    @TheVincent0268 Před 27 dny +1

    Beautiful simplicity. Is the word "kitchen" in Japanese borrowed from English?

    • @boodubai
      @boodubai Před 20 dny

      There are many borrowed words from English which they usually write in Katakana (angular style writing). Hiragana is for traditional Japanese words and for kids learning how to write. Kanji are the characters which is like the Chinese writings. I reckon the "Japanized" English words would be written the same in Kanji since it's more symbolic.

  • @lydiarowe491
    @lydiarowe491 Před 24 dny

    The Japanese have such limited space for housing this just demonstrates the flexibility and maximising what can be a very tight squeeze .. my fave was the second home..so simple and light..nothing needed altering…😊

  • @bggstfrt
    @bggstfrt Před 29 dny +3

    When I got the keys to the apartment without refurbishment, I was confused by how small it seemed. After refurbishing, the concrete walls became beige, white, and in some places, dark blue. The perceived space of the apartment almost doubled. Do not leave it in concrete. It makes your life feel cramped.

    • @able8803
      @able8803 Před 18 dny

      ....and sad. Concrete gray is sad in the long run.

  • @FeechLaMannas
    @FeechLaMannas Před 20 dny

    How many times have the residents of 6 Tsubo been walked in on by other people while in the middle of taking a dump? Love the front door and whole exterior though.

  • @able8803
    @able8803 Před 18 dny

    Well planned space but the clutter could been planned hidden as well.
    I like wide sliding doors having frames, despite it bigger than the size of the wall.

  • @user-hy2bq2nn9h
    @user-hy2bq2nn9h Před 8 dny

    Now every American will want a tiny home in Japan

    • @phylis3917
      @phylis3917 Před 5 dny

      I am not into tiny but minimalism somehow bring peace. 🤷🏿‍♀️

  • @Gizgirl70
    @Gizgirl70 Před 15 dny

    I'd be worried about the washing machine in the first clip, it needs space to spin and rumble, and for airflow to avoid overheating. I'd always give things with electronics their own space.

  • @michellelopez895
    @michellelopez895 Před měsícem

    Cada vez que veo un nuevo video amo y me sorprenderme tanta creatividad en la arquitectura, gracias por sus increíbles videos ❤.

  • @gusknip
    @gusknip Před měsícem +1

    The order of the clips doesn't match the chapter names... 6 Tsubo and Love2House were switched, it seems.

  • @michaelpilos
    @michaelpilos Před měsícem

    So all this humbling frugality… only to destroy and build a new one in 20 years?!

  • @sammasghati9418
    @sammasghati9418 Před 29 dny +1

    5:45 they ruined their poor neighbours view though (The yellow House, sec floor)

  • @89hgb99
    @89hgb99 Před měsícem

    However, there are cases where the tense area itself is not small. haha

  • @memoriesRmemory
    @memoriesRmemory Před 28 dny

    czcams.com/video/z1t2c5rNldg/video.html My favorite. I love the organize mess..

  • @metislamestiza3708
    @metislamestiza3708 Před měsícem +1

    the first home is - well - i'm not sure what to say about it. it looks like a *make do* space

  • @kaizen_5091
    @kaizen_5091 Před měsícem +6

    omg, I can't watch anymore. That poor mother.
    I understand this is supposed to display the design of a home but I just cannot ignore the obvious... the son who has overtaken the Mothers house and shoved her in a tiny closet style bedroom behind the laundry. Yuk.

    • @chloeuntrau4588
      @chloeuntrau4588 Před měsícem +3

      Don't be so dramatic! you can't judge from a video!

    • @kaizen_5091
      @kaizen_5091 Před měsícem +1

      @@chloeuntrau4588 I agree it is pre-emptive to judge from a video however there is more than enough information in the video to know some facts. The facts in which I found to be not very nice.

    • @deekang6244
      @deekang6244 Před 24 dny +1

      At least she has privacy. He doesn’t. Did you think of that?

    • @kaizen_5091
      @kaizen_5091 Před 24 dny

      @@deekang6244 privacy in a closet yay

    • @renewashington791
      @renewashington791 Před 24 dny +1

      I would feel like the most BLESSED of Mothers 🙏🏽 👵🏽 If I had a Son who would Not FIRST Consider throwing me into some SMELLY God Forsaken **Old Folks Home** but instead would be Loving and Kind enough to make it Possible for me to have my OWN room with a Comfortable Bed, space for personal things AND a separate private entrance to the bathroom!!! This would be a Dream Come True for many Elderly Parents who are Not so Fortunate to have such a Son but are just THROWN AWAY and forgotten to live their remaining years in Loneliness and despair 😢

  • @VasilSch
    @VasilSch Před měsícem +8

    Terrible living conditions 😮‍💨

  • @alisonscofield6653
    @alisonscofield6653 Před 17 dny

    Very monochrome and to me, very bland. Colors are mostly absent, utilizing gray, white, and metal. The dwellings are very narrow and high-ceilinged, with a definite lack of windows. I bet there's an echo! Because of all this, combined with the absent color, I found almost each home to be depressing. I can't imagine being a child in this atmosphere. Good use of color stimulates the mind. I do find the clever use of space to be an excellent way to tuck away everything a person needs but doesn't want under foot. However, space-saving storage can't make the house into a home.