Minecraft players love to create new structures in their game worlds. The span is pretty high as this game challenges your creativity with different themes and ideas. One popular style comes from traditional Japanese houses. Some players may not be familiar with this theme. Here are some of the best Japanese houses in Minecraft and how to build them!

What is a Japanese house in Minecraft?

A Japanese house in Minecraft is a digital copy of traditional Japanese architecture. Players build these houses with blocks available in the game. The design usually has a sloped roof with eaves that extend over the walls. The interior feels open and calm.

This style includes walls that look like shoji screens. Players make these screens with white stained glass panes. The Minecraft house style features simple wooden furniture and tatami mats, which you can mimic with hay bales. Gardens also play a key role in these builds. Many players add bamboo saplings, stones, and water features to create a peaceful garden space.

Building a Japanese house in Minecraft

Before you build, plan your design well. Think of a layout with clear lines and open spaces. Choose a design with a sloped roof, shoji screens, and a small garden or courtyard. A symmetrical plan works best for balance.

Start with a solid base. Use stone or andesite to make a rectangular or square foundation. Next, build walls with white concrete or wood such as oak, spruce, or dark oak. Add large windows to bring in light. For the roof, use wood planks or stairs to create a sloped shape. You may add glazed terracotta to mimic Japanese roof tiles. Keep the interior simple with wooden floors and hay bale tatami mats. Add details like trapdoors and lanterns for extra style. Finish with a small garden. Plant bamboo saplings, flowers, and lay a stone path or create a small pond.

Best Minecraft Japanese houses

We did our research and found some of the best Minecraft Japanese houses you can find online. Here are five of the best ones by YouTubers:

Brewing Japanese House

Construction Steps

Foundation:

1. Build a rectangle that measures 9x29 blocks.
2. Use stone to form the base.

Walls:

1. Form the front and back walls with spruce slabs.
2. Outline the shorter walls with spruce slabs.
3. Create gaps of three blocks along the longer walls and fill them with stripped spruce wood.
4. Install spruce stairs along the front and back walls. Alternate between upright and upside-down orientations.
5. Use a pattern with spruce stairs and stripped spruce wood on the shorter walls for variety.

Front Entrance:

1. Construct the entrance with spruce planks and slabs.
2. Surround the base with polished basalt.
3. Include redstone lamps, sea lanterns, and stone blocks in the front wall design.

Back Wall:

1. Build a double layer with stone blocks.
2. Add beehives for decoration.
3. Enhance the wall with stripped oak logs and oak slabs.

Continuing the Walls:

1. Cap the walls with white concrete blocks.
2. Create windows with white concrete, dark oak slabs, stairs, and trapdoors.

Interior Design:

1. Cover the ground floor with spruce planks.
2. Use stripped dark oak logs, stone blocks, and white concrete for details.
3. Set bookshelves and lanterns on the ground floor.
4. On the upper floor, add stripped dark oak logs, stone blocks, spruce fences, and lanterns.
5. Build automatic potion brewing stations with hoppers, redstone, droppers, and chests.
6. Place ender chests, double chests, and spruce fence gates for storage.
7. Add trapdoors for decorative accents.
8. Place sea lanterns and brown carpet on the ground floor.
9. Plant nether wart on soul sand for brewing ingredients.
10. Use flower pots and other decorative items throughout.

Roof Construction:

1. Use deep slate bricks, deep slate tiles, and slabs to form the roof.
2. Set polished basalt and deep slate brick stairs along the roof edges for a finished look.

Exterior Enhancements:

1. Surround the house with spruce fences and lanterns.
2. Add flower pots and extra decorative elements.
3. Create a small garden with sweet berries and nether wart.

Items Needed

• Stone
• Spruce Wood
• Stripped Spruce Wood
• White Concrete
• Basalt
• Redstone Lamps
• Sea Lanterns
• Soul Sand
• Beehives
• Oak Planks
• Stripped Oak Logs
• Oak Slabs
• Bookshelves
• Brewing Stands
• Hoppers
• Chests
• Droppers
• Redstone Dust
• Redstone Repeaters
• Comparators
• Redstone Torches
• Buttons
• Item Frames
• Smooth Quartz

• Deep Slate Bricks
• Deep Slate Tiles
• Polished Deep Slate
• Deep Slate Tile Slabs
• Deep Slate Brick Stairs
• Polished Basalt
• Mangrove Leaves
• Dead Bush
• Red Mushrooms
• Cactus
• Torchflower
• Nether Wart
• Sweet Berries
• Water
• End Rods
• Chains
• Lanterns
• Flower Pots
• Decorator Pots
• Bamboo
• Bamboo Trapdoors
• Birch Trapdoors
• Spruce Trapdoors
• Dark Oak Trapdoors
• Mangrove Trapdoors
• Brown Carpet
• Cauldrons
• Ender Chests
• Barrels

Japanese Farmhouse

Construction Steps

Foundation:

1. Mark a 23x15 block area with dirt.
2. Build a 15x9 stone rectangle inside the dirt area using stone, andesite, and cobblestone.
3. Fill the space between the rectangles with stone, andesite, and cobblestone.
4. Replace the dirt with a mix of slabs, stairs, bushes, and grass.

Walls:

1. Place stripped oak logs along the longer walls. Skip three blocks between each log.
2. Outline the base with cobblestone and andesite stairs.
3. Cover the floor with stripped oak logs and add oak planks for extra detail.
4. Use stripped spruce logs on top of the logs along the shorter walls.
5. Raise the walls to a height of six blocks with spruce logs.

Roof Base:

1. Set snow blocks and jungle planks along the shorter walls.
2. Put jungle planks along the longer walls.
   Add stripped spruce logs and sea lanterns on the top of the walls.
3. Cover the sea lanterns with spruce trapdoors.
4. Place stripped spruce logs in the corners and extend jungle planks outward.

Thatched Roof:

1. Set snow blocks along both the shorter and longer walls.
2. Fix oak buttons and spruce signs on the walls.
3. Install spruce fences and lanterns along the walls.
4. Build up the fences to a height of five blocks and cover them with spruce slabs.
5. Place mangrove roots along the fences to form the thatched roof.
6. Set campfires on top of the mangrove roots with different orientations.

Interior:

1. Build entrances with spruce stairs, oak trapdoors, and dried kelp blocks.
2. Place barrels and decorative items near the entrances.
3. Create a fireplace with dried kelp blocks, campfires, and a cauldron.
4. Form a cooking area with a chest, table, and beds.
5. Add details like beehives, brewing stands, and flower pots.

Items Needed

• Dirt
• Stone
• Andesite
• Cobblestone
• Stripped Oak Logs
• Spruce Logs
• Oak Planks
• Spruce Slabs
• Cobblestone Slabs
• Andesite Slabs
• Snow Blocks
• Jungle Planks
• Sea Lanterns
• Spruce Trapdoors
• Jungle Trapdoors
• Oak Trapdoors
• Birch Trapdoors
• Dark Oak Trapdoors
• Spruce Fences
• Mangrove Roots
• Campfires
• Oak Buttons
• Spruce Signs
• Dried Kelp Blocks
• Barrels
• Beehives
• Brewing Stand
• Cauldron
• Chests
• Light Gray Beds
• Brown Carpet
• Candles

Japanese Survival Mansion

Construction Steps

Foundation:

1. Build a 15x15 block rectangle with a mix of cobblestone, andesite, and granite.
2. This base forms the foundation of the mansion.

Walls:

1. Build walls to a height of six blocks with spruce logs.
2. Set slabs made of cobblestone, andesite, and granite along the base.
3. Place spruce stairs at each corner of the house.
4. Create window openings with glass panes.

Roof:

1. Install spruce slabs on top of the walls.
2. Build a sloped roof with spruce stairs and additional spruce slabs.
3. Add lanterns and trapdoors as decorative touches.

Interior:

1. Cover the ground floor with oak planks.
2. Build interior walls with oak, dark oak, and spruce logs.
3. Divide the space into separate rooms such as a bedroom, kitchen, and workshop.
4. Furnish the rooms with beds, tables, chairs, and chests.
5. Set up a brewing station with brewing stands, hoppers, and chests.
6. Add carpets, paintings, and flower pots for decoration.

Exterior:

1. Set up spruce fences around the mansion.
2. Place lanterns and torches for lighting.
3. Form a small garden with flowers and trees.

Items

• Cobblestone
• Andesite
• Granite
• Spruce Wood
• Stripped Spruce Wood
• Oak Wood
• Stripped Oak Wood
• Dark Oak Wood
• Stripped Dark Oak Wood
• Spruce Slabs
• Oak Slabs
• Dark Oak Slabs
• Spruce Stairs
• Oak Stairs
• Dark Oak Stairs
• Cobblestone Slabs
• Andesite Slabs
• Granite Slabs
• Spruce Trapdoors
• Oak Trapdoors
• Dark Oak Trapdoors
• Glass
• Sea Lanterns
• Redstone Lamps
• Torches
• Bookshelves
• Brewing Stands
• Hoppers
• Chests
• Droppers
• Redstone Dust

• Redstone Repeaters
• Comparators
• Redstone Torches
• Buttons
• Item Frames
• Smooth Quartz
• Deep Slate Bricks
• Deep Slate Tiles
• Polished Deep Slate
• Deep Slate Tile Slabs
• Deep Slate Brick Stairs
• Polished Basalt
• Mangrove Leaves
• Dead Bush
• Red Mushrooms
• Cactus
• Torchflower
• Nether Wart
• Sweet Berries
• Water
• End Rods
• Chains
• Lanterns
• Flower Pots
• Decorator Pots
• Bamboo
• Bamboo Trapdoors
• Birch Trapdoors
• Spruce Trapdoors
• Dark Oak Trapdoors
• Mangrove Trapdoors
• Brown Carpet
• Cauldrons
• Ender Chests
• Barrel

Japanese Smelter House

Construction Steps

Foundation:

1. Mark a 23x24 block area with dirt.
2. Place a spruce plank in the center of the front wall.
3. Place two spruce planks on each side of the center plank.
4. Run spruce slabs along the front wall to connect the planks.
5. Repeat the process on the opposite side of the front wall.
6. Set spruce logs at the corners of the front wall.
7. Run spruce planks along the front wall and leave a five-block gap in the center.
8. Set spruce logs at the corners of the back wall and extend them by five blocks.
9. Use stone blocks with four stripped dark oak logs on the front corners.
10. Use stone blocks with five stripped dark oak logs on the front corners.
11. Place stone blocks in front of the five-log groups.
12. For builds without the smelter, place six spruce planks in the center gap, add a stripped oak log and stone blocks on each side, and place three white concrete blocks with a smooth quartz stair on top.
13. For builds with the smelter, place two spruce buttons on the front wall, remove a stone block and a dirt block, then set smooth stone beneath the buttons. Remove three blocks below the buttons and replace them with smooth stone. Remove two more blocks and set smooth stone, then remove two smooth stone blocks and replace them with one block. Set a redstone comparator, then place another in the opposite direction. Connect the comparators with redstone dust. Remove the block above the comparators and set redstone dust. Cover the redstone with six spruce slabs.
14. Set a bamboo door in the center of the front wall.
15. Place two additional bamboo doors above the first.
16. Set three bamboo trapdoors above the doors.
17. Place two upside-down quartz stairs with a smooth quartz stair in the middle.
18. Place a quartz block with stone blocks on each side.

Walls:

1. Set six mud bricks with one stripped dark oak log on each side wall.
2. Place five mud bricks in the center of each side wall.
3. Optionally mix in packed mud for visual variation.
4. Set six more stripped dark oak logs on top of the existing ones.
5. Place two stone blocks in front of the mud bricks on each side wall.
6. Run spruce slabs along the front wall.
7. Set stripped spruce logs and spruce slabs on the front corners.
8. Run more spruce slabs along the front wall.
9. Set campfires along the front wall and then extinguish them.
10. Place two composters and three stone blocks on the front wall.
11. Place six composters and two mud brick walls on the opposite side of the front wall.
12. Set a composter diagonally from the front corner pillars.
13. Connect the composters with stone blocks and additional composters.
14. Set mud brick walls against the pillars and along the composters.
15. Place four mud brick walls along the base of the composters.
16. Set jungle leaves between the mud brick walls.
17. Place three dark oak stairs, one dark oak trapdoor, and jungle trapdoors on the front corners.
18. Set a flower pot with a dead bush and a flower pot with a cherry sapling on the front corners.
19. Place two campfires on the front corners and extinguish them.
     

Windows:

1. Set five spruce planks on the front wall with four extra planks on each end.
2. Place nine spruce fences between the planks.
3. Repeat this pattern on the opposite side of the front wall.
4. Set five spruce planks on the back wall with four spruce planks on each side and three in the middle.
5. Fill gaps with spruce fences.
6. Place four stone blocks on top of the composters on the back wall and add
7. windows with spruce planks and fences.

Roof:

1. Set white concrete blocks on top of the composters on the front wall.
2. Place dark oak stairs, slabs, and fences above the front windows.
3. Set three stripped dark oak logs and three jungle trapdoors on top of the composters.
4. Set white concrete blocks on top of the composters on the side walls.
5. Place dark oak stairs, slabs, and fences above the side windows.
6. Set three stripped dark oak logs and three jungle trapdoors on top of the composters.
7. Place banners on all windows.
8. Place dark oak fences on top of the corner pillars.
9. Set lanterns on the top fences.
10. Place a fence, chain, and lantern on the corner pillars.
11. Set a fence, an upside-down dark oak stair, another fence, and a lantern on the middle pillars.
12. Place deep slate bricks on top of the corner pillars.
13. Set white concrete blocks on top of the existing white elements.

Items Needed

• Dirt
• Spruce Planks
• Spruce Logs
• Spruce Slabs
• Stripped Dark Oak Logs
• Stone
• Smooth Stone
• White Concrete
• Smooth Quartz
• Mud Bricks
• Packed Mud
• Campfires
• Mangrove Leaves
• Dead Bush
• Flower Pots
• Cherry Sapling
• Firewood
• Composters
• Jungle Leaves
• Mud Brick Walls
• Spruce Fences
• Bamboo Doors
• Bamboo Trapdoors
• Spruce Trapdoors
• Oak Trapdoors
• Dark Oak Trapdoors
• Jungle Trapdoors
• Quartz Stairs
• Dark Oak Stairs
• Spruce Buttons
• Redstone Dust
• Redstone Comparators
• Redstone Buttons
• Bamboo Trapdoors
• Quartz Blocks
• Stone Blocks
• Spruce Planks
• Spruce Fences
• Banners

Cherry Japanese House

Construction Steps

Foundation:

1. Build a rectangular base with stone bricks.
2. Set stone stairs along the edges of the foundation.
3. Place barrels evenly along the foundation.

Pillars:

1. Set stripped spruce logs on top of each barrel.
2. Connect the pillars with more stripped spruce logs.

Walls:

1. Place stripped spruce logs vertically between the pillars.
2. Leave gaps to form window openings.
3. Fill the gaps with polished diorite stairs and calcite.

Roof:

1. Set oak slabs and oak stairs along the roof edges.
2. Build the main roof structure with cherry planks and cherry slabs.
3. Add dark oak stairs, dark oak slabs, and dark oak trapdoors for decoration.
4. Create unique roof features at the corners.

Windows:

1. Form window openings with spruce fences and cherry trapdoors.
2. Add dark oak stairs and dark oak slabs around the windows for extra detail.

Doors:

1. Form the main entrance with bamboo doors and trapdoors.
2. Add dark oak stairs and dark oak slabs around the entrance for decoration.

Items Needed

• Stone Bricks
• Stone Stairs
• Barrels
• Stripped Spruce Logs
• Spruce Planks
• Spruce Slabs
• Spruce Stairs
• Spruce Trapdoors
• Cherry Planks
• Cherry Trapdoors
• Oak Planks
• Oak Slabs
• Oak Stairs
• Oak Trapdoors
• Dark Oak Logs
• Stripped Dark Oak Logs
• Dark Oak Slabs
• Dark Oak Stairs
• Dark Oak Trapdoors
• Dark Oak Fences
• Dark Oak Signs
• Polished Diorite Stairs
• Calcite
• Cherry Fences
• Lanterns
• Chains
• Fence Gates

Check out our article on the Cherry Japanese House ideas in Minecraft for even more inspirations.

What are Japanese houses called in Minecraft?

In Minecraft, most Japanese-style houses are called Minka. These are based on old Japanese homes. They use wood, stone, and simple shapes. Minka houses are easy to build and look peaceful.

Is it hard to build a Japanese structure in Minecraft?

No, it is not hard to build a Japanese structure in Minecraft. If you find it hard, you can start with something simple.  One popular style is called Minka. These homes use wood, stone, and white blocks. They have simple shapes and sloped roofs. You can build one easily with the right materials. Here is a list of the materials:

• Dark Oak Logs
• Spruce Planks
• Spruce Stairs
• White Concrete or White Terracotta
• Stone Bricks
• Spruce or Dark Oak Fence
• Lanterns
• Glass Panes

Here is how to build an easy Minka:

1. Build a 9x9 square base using stone bricks.
2. Place one dark oak log on each corner of the square.
3. Connect the logs with spruce planks to make the wall frame.
4. Fill the gaps between the logs with white concrete or white terracotta.
5. Build the roof using spruce stairs in a sloped shape.
6. Let the roof hang slightly over the edges for a traditional look.
7. Place glass panes on the walls to create windows.
8. Add fences along the sides or at the front for extra detail.
9. Hang lanterns under the roof or near the entrance to add light.
10. Create a small entrance using stairs and slabs.
11. Keep the structure simple and neat.
12. Use a mix of wood and white blocks to match the Japanese style.