These micro compact homes would be perfect for housing near the snow resorts in Hokkaido, and I would love to get myself a patch of land and plonk down a whole swag of them. You've gotta check them out! Not exactly spacious living quarters, but when you only want somewhere to flake out after a busy day of getting out and about, they seem pretty perfect to me. Living in Japan for a number of years sure helps to make you realise how much space is truly needed for comfort. Utilising aircraft and motorhome innovations, they manage to fit two double beds inside a 2.6 metre cube, with a toilet and a table that supposedly seats up to 5 people. The cubes are transported by truck, and either craned into position or even helicoptered in. Nice! The option is also there to attach solar and wind power generation to the cubes, though I would hate to be out there wiping off each time it snowed (a good long broom would probably do the job I suppose).
Designed and developed as a University Project in Munich Germany, they are currently only available for sale and delivery in Europe, but will soon be available in the US. I think I might fire them off an email to check what they are doing about the potential market in Japan.
BTW- Another option is the 'mini home', developed in California. It is a much more expensive option and meant to be your only home, not just a holiday home. It is also built to be as eco friendly as possible, with the potential to live a completely off the grid life.
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