"Thoroughly Enjoying Living Alone" in Japan!

This Apartment Therapy post on Living Alone in Japan is fantastic! I learned that:

• mooks are "magazine books" (lavish magazines devoted to a topic in more depth--more like a book, but bound like a magazine!)
• 107 square foot studios (6 tatami mats) are possible and stylishly livable for one person!

I must try finding copies of these magazines at the local Japanese bookstores. These ideas are exciting because they:

• may reduce costs such as utility bills
• express "a room of one's own" and independence . . .
• use the city as one's living space