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.
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....
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.
I got so inspired by all of the homes! I especially got ideas on how to use space effectively and how to maximise the use of natural light. It is also comforting to know that minimal spaces doesn't mean devoid of unique and personal, even very artistic touches. I live in 37 sqm and while it's a rental apartment (absolutely nothing is allowed to leave a mark) and there's only so much I can do, there's still so much I can apply.
I can see why the second apartment has the most views, its the most concise and well thought out space out of all of them and for such a small space it has a very peaceful vibe, the rest felt chaotic by comparison.
Given how small their living spaces are, I think they would still appear minimalistic if the same stuff would occupy a western house. I live in a 14m² or 150ft² room with a small bathroom. I do everything in this room, from sleeping, to cooking, to working at home on my Pc. This little space forced me to de-clutter over time and I'm still going. It still appears full, but is actually not a lot of stuff and the gained space gave me the feeling a can breathe better there.
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 ❤
I love the Japanese homes exhibited on NTS. Unlike some of the NTS spaces, it always comes across that they are real living spaces where people actually live their full lives. They are compact and functional, but there is thought given to space for cooking, hobbies, and outdoor enjoyment. They never seem like they're just short-term vacation homes designed primarily to meet an aesthetic rather than be usable for long-term living.
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!
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
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 😊
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.
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.
Thank you sir from house #2. The album with the moustache guy was intriguing me, so I “google lensed” it. Kenny Rankin, House of Gold, it’s worth a listen. BTW, I love you house, and the fact that you live with your mother 😊
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. ❤
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.
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.
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
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…😊
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!
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 😊
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 😮
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.
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.
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? 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Very chaotic living space, there is no space that isn’t free from cluttered belongings ad items. Very claustrophobic. I’d struggle to live in a place like this. Would be even harder if sharing with another
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Don’t you experience indoor condensation when heating only a portion of the room? Does modern renovation consider insulation differently ? I wonder why a room cannot be highly insulated with PU foam or cork or wara walls to use little heating power and keep the warmth of cool in summer
Kitchen table corner should not be sharp corner but be made curved mor esthetically pleasing and not so harmful as sharp corners in close area.table in kitchen should use a table that is on industrial steel wheels so it can be moved around .
I'm surprised by some of these designs, the inefficient use of space with high ceilings in one room and then having to squeeze everything else into what's left.
No le encuentro atractivo a este tipo de viviendas. Me parecen caóticas, como hechas a parches. No las veo nada pràcticas con tantos desniveles, escaleras y espacios diminutos, especialmente las cocinas.
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.
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....
I really love how Japanese integrate nature in their urban living.
I had watched all of them and It was a pleasure watch it again.
these homes make me appreciate my small cottage and realize how much room and underused area i actually have
I absolutely agree!
Same.
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.
I got so inspired by all of the homes! I especially got ideas on how to use space effectively and how to maximise the use of natural light. It is also comforting to know that minimal spaces doesn't mean devoid of unique and personal, even very artistic touches. I live in 37 sqm and while it's a rental apartment (absolutely nothing is allowed to leave a mark) and there's only so much I can do, there's still so much I can apply.
I can see why the second apartment has the most views, its the most concise and well thought out space out of all of them and for such a small space it has a very peaceful vibe, the rest felt chaotic by comparison.
It’s good to see someone isn’t minimalist this channel. It’s more realistic.
Agree. It's good to see design that fits living rather than living that fits around a showroom.
Given how small their living spaces are, I think they would still appear minimalistic if the same stuff would occupy a western house.
I live in a 14m² or 150ft² room with a small bathroom. I do everything in this room, from sleeping, to cooking, to working at home on my Pc. This little space forced me to de-clutter over time and I'm still going. It still appears full, but is actually not a lot of stuff and the gained space gave me the feeling a can breathe better there.
What a great hour that was🧡
Awesome design and such a sweet son. Mother is blessed! Sweet thing.
mother room was to much small with all that clothes above
I like how the TrippTrapp-Chair changes color at Mintute 35:26 🙂 Nicely curated selection of different designs! Thanks NTS!
I love that they don’t make large or private bedrooms a priority. Togetherness and nature are at the forefront.
Loved the last one the most, hadn't seen it before. Full of character, and still really functional.
Love Japanese Architecture
Sensitive use of plants , shadows, natural lighting
Love the metal house with the big sliding wooden doors! seems like a happy house..
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 ❤
It is a useful use of concrete. There is a warmth about it. I enjoyed the visit.
Very pleasing entrance area and good entrance to street. Good use of sliding door entrance.
I love the Japanese homes exhibited on NTS. Unlike some of the NTS spaces, it always comes across that they are real living spaces where people actually live their full lives. They are compact and functional, but there is thought given to space for cooking, hobbies, and outdoor enjoyment. They never seem like they're just short-term vacation homes designed primarily to meet an aesthetic rather than be usable for long-term living.
My favourite is the mother and son house. So very lovely!
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!
I loved the designs of most of the tiny homes featured here! I always loved the Japanese minimalism lifestyle.
LoveHouse2 makes my heart go pitter patter 👌
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
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 😊
agree.
Some one show your cases and call them japanese style with lack lots of feature for real live.
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.
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.
Cluttered, it is!
Entrance softened and more inviting with plants and tree
I'd love to see a compilation video of the smallest homes you've filmed so far!
Thank you sir from house #2. The album with the moustache guy was intriguing me, so I “google lensed” it. Kenny Rankin, House of Gold, it’s worth a listen. BTW, I love you house, and the fact that you live with your mother 😊
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. ❤
Tokyo blue was wonderful❤
For us in the tropics, it's always about overcoming the heat, especially with smaller spaces..
You have made a great home from little space, great design and location
I like the style suitable home built for an area which is not prone to heavy downpour.
Pleasant entrance design
You guys are so smart for this video. Thank you for this relaxing video that I will definitely rewatch haha
some good ideas some bad ideas.. love your work in this channel. my favorite is the house without roof. so interesting . connect us with nature...
I remember the second Ouchi designed apartment bright and beautiful and still lovely to look at after viewing it a while back....
I loved the Open sky house!
Let’s be honest, you designed the ENTIRE SPACE around your kitty 😊
There's great ideas and some that would drive me nuts
I love the last apartment.
love the concret walls with the plants a very good house to live
I like the industrial-ness in their designs.
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.
wow wow wow. world premier homes and the amazing people that care for them
Невеликий але продуманий та доволі затишний будинок.
Дякую за екскурсію ❤️
Absolutely love this compilation!
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.
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.
Well-planned space!
Nice to see these again
Fantastic video. Thank you so much.
Nice.. I love the big sliding window
There walk and posture is very composed
I always enjoy watching your channel. I really enjoyed this video too. thank you so much🥰
The architecture of this building is my personal favorite of any anywhere. I have been fascinated by it for a long time.
The staircase house is very interesting
Minimalism is the only Key which can save EARTH
and eating bugs.
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
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…😊
If there is a creative minded, there will be excellent solution.
02:16 I appreciate the nod to Australia on the floor there
Now this is good
marble glazed plaster would make that place look like a palace
Very distinctive inside and out. 💯
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!
Beautiful
I watched this twice, it’s SO good! 🩵
I'd be surprised if NTS videos haven't won any award..
Excellent solution with the Englisch subtiles! 😊
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 😊
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 😮
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.
@@HuhHowboutThat 😂😅😳
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.
Lovely house.
they are so smol :D kawaii!!!
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? 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Very chaotic living space, there is no space that isn’t free from cluttered belongings ad items. Very claustrophobic. I’d struggle to live in a place like this. Would be even harder if sharing with another
Came to watch one and saw the whole thing
Cada vez que veo un nuevo video amo y me sorprenderme tanta creatividad en la arquitectura, gracias por sus increíbles videos ❤.
WOWWW!!! ❤
鉄筋コンクリートでこの空間なら
響きのいい音で音楽を楽しめるはず。
The leather and wood sits on the fourth home are called Equipales and are the traditional sits on the Mexican haciendas.
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.
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.
....and sad. Concrete gray is sad in the long run.
Now every American will want a tiny home in Japan
I am not into tiny but minimalism somehow bring peace. 🤷🏿♀️
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.
I think the flagpole house, while wonderfully designed would be just a tad too narrow for me to live in at all.
Super gemacht.nur is echt klein und dann noch zu zweit
i dont even have an air conditioner in my apartment in germany and this guy is air conditioning his open courtyard against 37°C
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.
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.
Diaganol ceiling areas especially over bathing area should be opened up to the outdoors..skylight over bath.
Beautiful simplicity. Is the word "kitchen" in Japanese borrowed from English?
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.
37:43 so basically, if someone want to go out of the house from 2nd floor while another one using bathroom, they have to wait right?
Don’t you experience indoor condensation when heating only a portion of the room?
Does modern renovation consider insulation differently ?
I wonder why a room cannot be highly insulated with PU foam or cork or wara walls to use little heating power and keep the warmth of cool in summer
Good shelving idea to kitchen table..but couldn't kitchen table be made movable?
Kitchen table corner should not be sharp corner but be made curved mor esthetically pleasing and not so harmful as sharp corners in close area.table in kitchen should use a table that is on industrial steel wheels so it can be moved around .
I'm surprised by some of these designs, the inefficient use of space with high ceilings in one room and then having to squeeze everything else into what's left.
como conseguiste el mueble del avion?
Is dishwasher really necessary?
The couple from the first apartment are the same as in the fourth apartment, so what gives?
The sleeping situation would never work for me. My hips hurt just looking at it. Ouch. I need something soft to sleep on.
No le encuentro atractivo a este tipo de viviendas. Me parecen caóticas, como hechas a parches. No las veo nada pràcticas con tantos desniveles, escaleras y espacios diminutos, especialmente las cocinas.