Minecraft: How to Build a Small, Japanese Style House

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Learn how to build a small, Minecraft Japanese style house that is compact with all of your basic necessities for survival. This house is two floors with the bedroom sitting on the 2nd floor.

This 5 x 7 house comes equipped with a bed, armor stand, sufficient storage, crafting table, furnace, smoker, eating area, and simple landscaping.

Minecraft: Small Japanese House Material Checklist

Before we get into the tutorial, please make sure you download our Material Checklist right above so that you can have it on hand to help keep track of the materials while you collect resources.

Minecraft: How to Build a Small, Japanese Style House (Step-by-Step) Tutorial

STEP 1. Layout Dimensions

With a stone building block, copy the layout provided above.

STEP 2. Flooring

Fill inside the stone building blocks with oak planks to fill in the floors.

STEP 3. Complete the Foundation

Complete the foundation by wrapping the stone blocks with stone stairs all around.

STEP 4. Build the Walls

In the front and back of the house (from left to right), build 3 blocks up, then 5 blocks up, then 6 blocks up, then 5 blocks up, then 3 blocks up with bone blocks.

For both sides of the house, build 3 blocks up with bone blocks.

This is what you should end up with once the walls are fully built out.

If you want to stay organized and keep track of all of your materials, download my free material checklist for this build by clicking the image above.

STEP 5. Build the roof

In the photo above, you’re going to create the start of the roof line for this Japanese style house with acacia stairs by copying the pattern above. Replace the polished granite with acacia planks and all of the placeholder stairs with acacia stairs.

This is what the start of your roof should look like so far.

Using dark prismarine stairs, follow the acacia stair pattern all the way to the back of the house. Connect the acacia plank all the way to the back of the house as well.

This is what your finished roof should look like by now.

STEP 6. Add the Doors & Windows

The front (north-facing) of the house includes an acacia door. Punch 1 block for the 2nd floor window and place a jungle fence.

The back (south-facing) of the house has three windows; two on the 1st floor and one on the 2nd floor.

Punch 2 blocks for the 1st floor window and place light gray glass pane and acacia trapdoors.

Punch 1 block for the 2nd floor window and place a jungle fence.

Both sides of the house (west and east-facing) has two windows on the 1st floor.

Punch 2 blocks and place light gray glass pane and acacia trapdoors.

STEP 7. Landscaping Design

Create your pathway using a shovel. At the front and back of the house, place coarse dirt to prep for planting.

The front of the house has a composter with acacia leaves planted on top. Surrounding the composter is grass and azure bluet.

For lighting, place the lanterns on each bottom corner of the roof. For the top roof pitch, place an acacia fence with the lantern hanging from it.

The back of the house features peony and lily of the valley.

For lighting, place the lanterns on each bottom corner of the roof. For the top roof pitch, place an acacia fence with the lantern hanging from it.

STEP 8. Furnish the Interior

Fill the ceiling with oak slab on the top half of the 3rd block. Place a ladder in between the back two windows. To the left of the ladder, place a flower pot, dead bush, and jungle leaves.