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Japan’s new micro-houses want to be your home away from home on weekends, but we’d stay all week
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Casey Baseel
Jul 10, 2022 - Tweet
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These apartments are crazy-small even by Tokyo standards, and super-popular with young people
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Casey Baseel
Feb 15, 2020
Ququri studio apartments offer just 4.64 square meters (49.94 square feet) of usable floor space, but with prices this low, it’s all some people need.
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