What’s on the ground floor of this wave-like Japanese house? A sake store

Shophouses are quite standard around the world, from Southeast Asia to Quebec: usually three stories high, with a commercial space on the ground floor and the remaining square metres above dedicated to residential use. A new shophouse in Japan, th
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