Apartment Therapy LA Blog has a neat post about some homewares from Japan (that unfortunately, you can't get in the United States). This one above, a dining room set called Cube Style, is very cleverly designed for small apartments (as you probably know, space is at a premium in Tokyo)
http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/the_kotatsu_a_different_way_of_thinking_about_tables_8837.asp