An artist working in Japan has captured the incredible lifestyle of people living long-term in the tiny spaces created for backpackers and holiday-makers.

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Photographer Won Kim's portraits show the reality behind one of the tiny hidden hotels in Japan's capital Tokyo, where Kim himself stayed while packpacking around Japan in 2013.

He returned two years later to make Enclosed: Living Small. For the series he lived in the place for a few months, getting to know some of the longer-stay residents and taking pictures of how they arrange their miniature temporary homes.

The artist wrote, explaining what the series meant to him:

"For me, the real interest of the resulting portraits is in how each resident has made use of a such a small, confining space.

“In each case, the sharply-defined space and its contents tell something about its occupant’s personality, and his or her ability to function in such a strange, enclosed environment.”

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