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            It's super interesting seeing the Japanese housing market and how they deal with sales and advertisement. The biggest thing I noticed was the model homes all being together but all by different companies. It's insane to me how often it seems that houses are torn down and then something else is built on top of them. It makes me wonder, are the model houses just torn down after and they just make new model homes there? The way the construction is shown in the video leads me to think that it's possibly dangerous as there's nothing really blocking people from walking right up to it. 

            I've seen TikToks of Japanese people viewing homes and showing Japanese homes and the common thing I've seen in these videos is the pricing. The pricing on homes seems to be very high. I've even seen that with Japanese apartments. A lot of them are priced super high. I understand our housing market is bad in America due to the economy, but it makes me wonder is there anything like this happening in Japan to hike prices up or is it just normal. 

          With the homes the aesthetic of minimalism seems to really shine through with how clean everything is and the color of each room usually staying as a light wood brown color. I also noticed how little storage there is in the home or area to put storage. I'm not sure if that's more of a western thing being materialistic or what. Growing up I feel that I've been more materialistic because that's how my family was, especially my mother. I always was told that I had to get rid of stuff or clean up when my mother would bring more stuff in, and it'd usually sit in a room. Though every time I see a Japanese home or apartment, they seem super clean, and everything is hidden, and they only have the things they need for school, to work, to eat, and sleep. I think I struggle with the idea of minimalism because I feel that the place isn't being lived in. I love seeing photos of places with the person's interests and decoration in their room.