20+ really thin buildings and houses in Japan

Thin buildings–in Japan, where real estate is prohibitively expensive, there are lots of them. You’ve probably seen one of these: quaintly slender buildings sandwiched between two large ones; sharp, pointed corner structures hugging every available space. Even apartments in which (we assume) tenants aren’t allowed to get too fat are not an uncommon sight.

So if you’re bemoaning the cramped, crowded flat you’re holed up in somewhere in Tokyo, just be thankful you don’t live or work inside one of these claustrophobic structures.

Pancake House
Osaka, photo by m.terada

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Unknown location, photo by masacc

Thin house
Tokyo, photo by gullevek

Thin house
Unknown location, photo by jimgris

Pancake house
Osaka, photo by m.terada

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Osaka, photo by SMurphy109

Thin house
Unknown location, photo by n@o

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Ebisu, Tokyo; photo by chipple

Thin house
Tokyo, photo by tarawo

Pancake house
Osaka, photo by m.terada

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Hamamatsucho, Tokyo; photo by Becca Dorstek

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Tokyo, photo by whooba

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Tokyo, photo by Marcel Feldmar

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Tokyo, photo by aussi_ian

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Hiroshima, photo by jedi.RC

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Tokyo, photo by FoNgEtZ

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Unknown location, photo by mckibillo

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Akihabara, photo by ffg

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Unknown location, photo by josefuteimu

See the Google Street View of this building.

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Kyoto, photo by r0botluv

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Roppongi, photo by VinceHuang

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Tokyo, photo by Ian Muttoo

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Shibuya, photo by colddayforpontooning

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Tokyo, photo by mralistair

Probably the thinnest there is: this wall-like structure in Nagasaki. There are more photos of this building at Yuki@chikA World, including a map where you can appreciate just how thin it is.

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Nagasaki, photo by Sergio in Nagasaki