The houses are either Japanese-style, western-style, or a combination. A Japanese-style house is built mainly of wood. It has interior sliding panels made of paper. Most rooms open onto a garden. The floors are covered with thick woven mats called tatami. A western-style house is usually wood and concrete, and it may have one Japanese-style room.
The better apartments and the condominiums are called "mansions." They're small by western standards. A "2LDK" mansion is typical. That's two bedrooms, a combination living-dinning room, a kitchen are, a bath, and a small balcony.
The regular apartments, the ones that are not considered "mansion," are extremely small. For example, an entire apartment might equal the space of a standard American living room. And a family of four might live there.
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