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I live in a 201 square foot apartment in Tokyo. It's just 233cm wide and fairly long. The first 40% or so taken up with the utility closet, unit bathroom (toilet and bath together), 'kitchen' (small sink and 1 electric burner, no counter space), washing machine area, then a door and step down to the living area.

My main issue is that I brought too much from the US with me to Japan and it's been a struggle getting rid of perfectly good clothes, books and other stuff that I just don't use enough. If you cut down on clutter is nice. No, I don't have a double bed anymore. My semi-double futon is probably going to become a single bed for the size and underbed storage. The desk is probably going away or shrinking considerably. I just don't use it.

One wall is lined with tall 41cm deep racks/shelves and I'm planning on keeping the rest open. Probably getting a kotatsu (heated table) for working on. Great in the winter time. It should make the place seem more open, and allow me to get 6-8 people in for dinner or other events rather then the 3-4 I can do now.

I think the above apartment plan is ok except for the lack of a sink. There are quite a few electrical or gas appliances you can buy to suit how you like to cook and at least in Japan the modern microwave ovens are incredible and handle just about anything well. No sink makes cleanup impossible though. (The bathroom could work, but I bet it's small)