While the image above may typify the tourist image of Japanese homes, the reality for most Japanese is very different. Writer, editor and photographer Tsuzuki Kyoichi’s two-volume title Universe for Rent (賃貸宇宙 in Japanese) provides a voyeuristic peek into the living spaces of ordinary folk living in and around Tokyo:
Photo: Tsuzuki Kyoichi
Photo: Tsuzuki Kyoichi
Photo: Tsuzuki Kyoichi
Unfortunately this title isn’t readily available outside Japan. Luckily, Amazon.co.jp do deliver overseas. Volumes one and two are available for JPY1,785 each (here and here). Both come highly recommended by yours truly.
