Heibei
平米
- English definition: A heibei is a unit of measurement equal to one square meter.
- In Japanese real estate the size of a property is often described in terms of heibei rather than square meters or square feet.
- One heibei = 3.31 sqm = 35.6 sqft = About 2-tatami mats
- When you are searching for a property or are thinking of building a home in Japan, you will find that real estate agents and builders often refer to the size of property in terms of heibei.
- Please refer to the chart below to see heibei equivalents in square meters, square feet, and jyou (number of tatami mats). Jyou is a Japanese unit of measurement which is often used to describe the size of a Japanese-style room.
- On Real Estate Japan, the size of the property is given in square meters.
Heibei equivalents in sqm, sqft, and tatami mats
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