Typical Japan House in anime and real life

jurianbai · (#1 (**permalink**))

Hi,... here three houses I found in popular anime. which are nobita's house, shin chan house and tendo (ranma 1/2) house. I guess the nobita's and shin chan houses are typical two story compact house in japan. But the Tendo house is a big one with DOJO included.

I really want to know how exactly this houses similar to real life and if there any chance any of you can explain the house including the japanese term?

I learn architecture and i reallly like one of japanese home concept which is to have a garden right in front of living room (point E in Tendo house).

thanks.

MMM · (#2 (**permalink**))

I guess you could say the bottom two are fairly typical. The top on certainly exists, but is obviously a lot bigger, wouldn't be as commonly seen in the biggest cities.

jurianbai · (#3 (**permalink**))

i guess these houses only exist in more sub urban area of the big city like tokyo, is it ?

another thing is all these home are have perimeter fences and quite high, so i guess once we inside the property we will have more private area because it doesn't visible from outside.

MMM · (#4 (**permalink**))

Some have fences, but no yard/garden whatsoever is also very common.

EveV · (#5 (**permalink**))

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Some have fences, but no yard/garden whatsoever is also very common.

How do they have pets then? I mean you can walk your pet but with a lack of grass in those cities, wouldn't that be an issue?

MMM · (#6 (**permalink**))

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How do they have pets then? I mean you can walk your pet but with a lack of grass in those cities, wouldn't that be an issue?

Pets learn to hold it...and yeah, you have to walk them to the park and clean up after.

jurianbai · (#7 (**permalink**))

and also there is no garage for car. is it japanese rarely use private car? maybe the public transport system is enough to accomodate most people there.

MMM · (#8 (**permalink**))

We can see the space for parking a car in both 2 and 3. Many houses don't have a proper garage, but simply a covered car-port.

godwine · (#9 (**permalink**))

Omiya (Saitama, where my Uncle is), do have some of those larger house with the full garden and stuff, but not common. My uncle's place is exactly as MMM described, 3 stories, with a "half" covered garage

TalnSG · (#10 (**permalink**))

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and also there is no garage for car. is it japanese rarely use private car? maybe the public transport system is enough to accomodate most people there.

Last night I was talking with someone you just got back from 5 yrs in several parts of Japan and he mentioned the tax for operating a personal auto is $500 a year these days, along with gas prices that make U.S. prices look like a major bargain. I would say that is a significant incentive to walk and use public transport.