{"id":11219,"date":"2019-12-02T16:02:43","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T15:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=11219"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:24:48","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T07:24:48","slug":"japans-micro-apartment-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2019\/12\/japans-micro-apartment-boom\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan&#8217;s Micro Apartment Boom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Japan is\u00a0famous for its minimalist and downsized architecture even though the country has not always been so densely populated. With not enough space in the cities and low budgets for renting or owning a house, many Japanese have chosen to live in these tiny and cramped apartments. Even so,  Japanese have created some clever design elements that allow the micro apartment to be a very functional and cozy home.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video and see what is so special about these micro apartments in Japan:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Japan&#039;s Micro Apartment Boom\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/13ssbuyaqZI?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What brought about the rise in tiny living spaces?<\/li><li>What do you think about micro apartments?<\/li><li>How would you feel living in this tiny apartment?<\/li><li>What do you think are the good things about micro apartments? 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