Life in a 9m² Tokyo Apartment

Nine square meters — barely larger than a parking space — has become a normal home for tens of thousands of young people in Tokyo. In this documentary, we step inside Japan’s extreme micro-apartments to examine how urban density, rising rents, and legal minimums have reshaped daily life in the world’s largest мегacity.

Through real measurements, budgets, health data, and lived routines, this film explores what it truly costs — physically, mentally, and financially — to live at the absolute minimum. As cities grow denser worldwide, Tokyo offers a glimpse into a future where space itself becomes a luxury.

00:00 — A home the size of a parking space
00:30 — What 9m² actually looks like
01:02 — Every object must earn its place
01:21 — Tokyo’s density problem explained
01:55 — Living without room to move
02:28 — Rent, income, and shrinking margins
03:14 — Daily routines inside 9m²
04:06 — Cooking, sleeping, working in one spot
04:38 — Mental pressure of living small
05:07 — Depression, isolation, and coping rituals
05:45 — The city as an extension of home
06:11 — When minimalism becomes deprivation
07:03 — Light, air, and health risks
08:15 — Legal minimums vs real habitability
08:55 — Micro-housing across Asia
09:28 — Is this the future of urban living?
09:59 — Final question: how small is too small?






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