According to a survey conducted in August 2018, approximately 47 percent of the respondents in one-income households in Japan wish to build walk-in closets in their own custom-built homes. Features such as "floor plans which enable smooth accesses among various rooms" or "skip floor plans" are the ideas of the Japanese constructors to maximize a rather limited space of Japanese housing situation.
Most popular layouts of custom-built houses in Japan among one-income households as of August 2018
*All the respondents were considering to build custom-built homes within two years from the surveyed period. Of the 1,087 respondents, 444 were in two-income households with children.
**Tatami is a flooring material used in traditional Japanese rooms.
***LDK refers to living room, dining room, and kitchen.
****"Skip floor" refers to a space connecting two flights of stairs, which can be used as a room.
*****Such as children's room which can be divided into two rooms.
******"Stepped down floor" refers to a room which has floors with different levels.
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