I want my home in Japan!!!

伝統的な日本の家

The Ever-evolving Japanese Home

I was reading a very wonderful article about the traditional Japanese house that was marvelously well suited to the climate of Japan. Wooden construction materials and straw-mat floors enabled buildings to breathe.

Sliding panels and shutters allowed rooms to be opened wide to breezes in summer or sealed off from the elements in winter or during typhoons.

Moreover, by altering the partitions, rooms could be easily changed to accommodate large gatherings or provide small. versatile private spaces.

Nowadays, most homes consist of dedicated single-purpose rooms instead of multipurpose living space, while straw-mat flooring has given way to hardwood, linoleum and carpet. In urban high-rise, steel, glass and reinforced concrete have replaced the more congenial wood, straw and paper of yore.

High-rise dwellings offer greater convenience, but little contact with nature.

And living in tightly-sealed air-conditioned boxes has introduced a host of unprecedented health problems from allergies, mildew and mites, to ambient noise and lack of privacy.

Changes in housing have coincided with fundamental changes in family lifestyles too. Japan has seen a sharp decline in the number of multigenerational households, as young families and the elderly both opt for living in separate abodes. Traditionalists say something vital has been lost.

And yet, the current housing situation affords a greater choice of living styles than ever before—for those with sufficient means.

I really love my new aparment (that`s another story) but, I really want to have a house in Japan... also, many accesories are so amazing and I would never get tired about this country.

Its not only about the house, I mean, it is also values, cleanliness, behaviour, respect, honesty, and all those things you overknow because I have been telling you so far. Do you remember?

As a resume...

I want to stay heeeereeeee my entire life!!!