Traditional Houses

Traditional Houses

If you were reasonably rich in the Edo era, your home could have looked like this..

The number of tatami mattes is still used today to indicate the size of a room.
The hallway is on the outer part of the house.
Enjoy the view of your garden during breakfast.
This is the kitchen sink I suppose.

I often fantasize living in a cute house like that. But could I live at a place that doen't have a single wall outlet? Probably not. Sigh.