In the rural towns, houses can be bigger if they are older, but modern design in Japan builds small houses right next to each other and it is easier to build a

In the rural towns, houses can be bigger if they are older, but modern design in Japan builds small houses right next to each other and it is easier to build a small tight suburb because of the way infrastructure and land ownership works. So like you'll see a small cluster of a dozen houses all right next to each other in the middle of farm fields.