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Homes in Japan broadly follow two set patterns, or styles of residence, the multi-unit apartment complex and the single-unit detached family house. Apartment complexes are more commonly known as mansions, especially in their higher-end incarnation, while lower-end apartments are designed to accommodate families, couples and those on a budget.

Detached housing is a mix of the very new and the very old (in Japan terms). Many of the freestanding housing structures that you see in the big cities are left over from the country`s post-war construction boom, coming in either wooden or concrete forms. Newer housing units make use of more modern materials, though, and are sold often in a standard design set (especially if buying from a company).

One thing that often strikes new residents of Japan who follow the housing market is that Japanese homes are often designed with a lifespan of only a few decades. There are both regulatory (for example earthquake protection) and local socio-economic reasons for this but generally speaking, it is unlikely that a mansion building will remain for 40 years without some form of redevelopment taking place.

Housing in Japan is standardized around a format that lists the number of rooms in a unit in addition to the types of rooms available. As Japanese tradition has often had people sharing a mixed-use living room for cooking, socialising and sleeping, housing does not always include the same set of rooms often found in European or North American homes. Expect to find rooms designated as 2LDK or 1DK (indicated no. of rooms and living, dining and kitchen etc).

This standardization is one search feature that is available in the realestate.co.jp home search. Some homes do offer a way around this as they use the light wooden sliding doors of Japanese tradition and these can also be opened or set in such a way as to extend or reduce a room in size.

Where the home search on realestate.co.jp does differ from standard Japanese definitions is in giving apartment spaces in terms of squared meters as opposed to the often more common locally tatami mat size. This is a measurement that is set to the number of tatami mats that make up the floor space. Square meter sizes are also given, but on this site you will find them as the primary room search tool.

All agents that list their property on the realestate.co.jp site specifically work with foreign residents and are used to dealing with both long-term and short-term renters and buyers. Their information and listings are submitted using a standard formula which ensures that the housing data displayed on the site is accurate and up-to-date as well as being easily usable by yourself through the filter, search and insider guide tools.

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Source: http://www.realestate.co.jp/2012/10/31/homes-in-japan/

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