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sleepytimetea
Then there is Colin Furze who designed a garage that sits under his driveway, with an "elevator" that raises the cars from under the ground. These houses could have done that ? Unless there are regulations governing subterranean construction in regulation-heavy Tokyo/Japan ?
mc3301
Earthquakes, heavy rains, humidity (mold), often quite rocky foundations, cost. Also, often resale of a home in Japan means complete demolition of the previous home and building from scratch. I'm sure they've thought of this, as there are quite a lot of innovative parking implementations in Tokyo.
kristianp
> Three separate height restrictions pressed against the building from above, and the car claimed its space from below.

Very AI style in this whole article. Some good photos though.