{"id":5399,"date":"2009-09-09T21:59:04","date_gmt":"2009-09-10T01:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/?p=5399"},"modified":"2009-09-09T22:00:54","modified_gmt":"2009-09-10T02:00:54","slug":"nana-han","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2009\/09\/nana-han\/","title":{"rendered":"Nana-han"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/nanahan1.jpg?w=1300\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Nana&#8221; is seven in Japnese, and &#8220;han&#8221; means half. This simple box designed to accommodate a motorcycle and its owner has only 7.5 tsubo (1 tsubo is about 35.5 square feet) of footprint area<!--more-->. &#8220;Nana-han&#8221; normally refers to a motorcycle with a 750cc engine, which is consider quite big in Japan, but it is certainly not the case for this house.<\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/nanahan2.jpg?w=1300\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/nanahan3.jpg?w=500\"  \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/nanahan4.jpg?w=1300\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/nanahan5.jpg?w=500\"  \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/nanahan6.jpg?w=1300\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/nanahan7.jpg?w=500\"  \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/nanahan8.jpg?w=500\"  \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/nanahan9.jpg?w=500\"  \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/nanahan10.jpg?w=500\"  \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/nanahan11.jpg?w=1300\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/nanahan12.jpg?w=500\"  \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/nanahan13.jpg?w=500\"  \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/nanahan14.jpg?w=1300\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span id=\"photos\" class=\"floatright\">via <b>SHU<\/b> (Photo \u00a9 Hiroshi Ueda)<\/span><br \/>\n<span>&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<sup>Who:<\/sup> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shu-arc.jp\/\"><b>Shuko Maejima<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n<sup>What:<\/sup> Residence for a biker<br \/>\n<sup>Where:<\/sup> Sumida-ku, Tokyo<br \/>\n<sup>When:<\/sup> June 2009<br \/>\n<sup>How:<\/sup> Two-story wood frame construction<br \/>\n<sup>Site Area:<\/sup> 651 square feet<br \/>\n<sup>Construction Area:<\/sup> 267 square feet<br \/>\n<sup>Total Floor Area:<\/sup> 535 square feet<br \/>\n<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Nana&#8221; is seven in Japnese, and &#8220;han&#8221; means half. 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