Relaxation comes from leisure

“The most important one is the score of the break in the game as a life.“

In the early 19th century, French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte stressed the importance of spending his “leisure” (or “off”) time at home rather than on the battlefield.

It’s true that many of us have become so busy with our daily lives that our homes have become places where we just sleep. You want to play, but you don’t have the time. You want to start a hobby, but you don’t have the money. You can’t concentrate on your work at home. Before you realize, you may be tired of living a life of “nothing”

The house is located in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, the gateway to Tokyo, and is a 7-minute walk from Shimousa-Nakayama Station on the JR Chuo and Sobu Lines and Baraki-Nakayama Station on the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line. Tokyo Share Ichikawa is a large scale share house with a total of 50 units and 4 floors, offering a wide variety of facilities and spacious common areas.

The charm of this share house is its numerous facilities that will tickle the fancy of its residents. There’s a music room, fitness studio, billiard table, reading area, bar counter, and even a piano. In addition to entertainment, there are also many places to spend your own relaxing time.

What do you think of a life with your own “leisure time” in a space that is like a treasure chest packed full of relaxing and playful ideas for adults?

Now, let’s take a peek inside the house!

At Tokyo Share Ichikawa, the 1st floor is the common area including the living room and shower room, and the 2nd to 4th floors are private rooms. The rooms are spacious enough for one person to use alone, they look more than comfortable enough to live in.

Because you’re living together, you’ll want to make sure you have plenty of private time.

The sunlight streaming in through the large window wraps the room brightly. You can enjoy your sharehouse life at your own pace. The wallpaper in each room is said to be different, so be sure to look for a room that’s just right for you.

As you enter the building from the entrance, what catches your eye is a stylish billiard table and electronic piano. If you look closely, there’s a space for table tennis in the back. In addition to the lounge I mentioned earlier, Tokyo Share Ichikawa also has a music room and a fitness studio where you can fully enjoy your hobbies.

The music room is soundproof, so you can sing as loud as you want or have a session with your friends. You can devote yourself to music without disturbing others. The fitness room next door is also furnished with a full range of equipment. There’s even a mirror so you can do yoga with your roommates.

It’s an experience that’s hard to have when you’re living alone. For those who want to deepen their hobbies and challenge themselves with new things, this is the perfect place for you.

Did you have a good time at this house?

MAVALAS, the company that manages Tokyo Share Ichikawa, aims to create a home where even those who are new to share houses can live in peace. As they say, their spacious space is filled with a sense of care for both community and privacy.

The music room, bar counter, and fitness room…entertainment facilities that will make you look forward to coming back home, as well as a lounge area to soothingly unwind after a hard day’s work. I never had enough time, money, or space to live on my own, but this share house has created an environment that makes you forget those worries.

The secret to happiness lies in “leisure time. Because you work so hard, this is the kind of luxurious time you want to enjoy.

What’s next for your weekend? Maybe you’ll pick up a musical instrument and perform your favorite songs for your housemates. Maybe you’ll cook a delicious meal and have fun talking to each other. You could read all day long, or maybe take a nap in the breeze.

Imagination is a constant source of new curiosity. Sometimes that can be the impetus to try something new. Because of the large number of people in the house, you may meet people you’ve never met before. Of course, it’s up to you to decide what kind of lifestyle you want to lead, but why not try to find a new side to yourself here at Tokyo Share Ichikawa?

Going home. The fun begins.

Good job.” “Bye.” “See you tomorrow.

After the end of the day’s greetings, how are you all doing?

When you’re leading a busy life, all you can do is go straight home and go to bed. Sometimes that’s all you can do, isn’t it?

But don’t you find new people, fun, and hobbies when you experience something out of the routine?
There are many people who wish they could find those things and make their days a little more meaningful, even if they don’t have much time to spare.

At “Share Lieto ichikawa gyoutoku” introduced this time, you can enjoy such an experience in a share house with 44 men and women sharing a house.
This is a share house for large groups of people.

Once you step into the house, you’ll be surprised by the quality of the space.
Not only is the house equipped with a music room (soundproofed) and private gym, but it’s also equipped with leisure facilities.
Stylish and exquisite living room, spacious kitchen where you can cook with your housemates.

Here you’ll be able to live a fresh new life surrounded by luxurious facilities that are hard to achieve when you live alone.

So let’s take a closer look at the house!

Click here for details of “Share Lieto ichikawa gyoutoku”

Easy to play, luxurious space 

First of all, the first living room with the luxury of spaciousness.

You can sit on the sofa and watch a movie. Or play a game of billiards with a drink in hand.
When the housemates get together, it’s a “fun place to play”.

Even when you feel too lazy to go out, you can spend a great night in the house.

Enjoy a Home theater with a projector.	In summer, it will be fun to go to the beach with a board.	Billiards in the living room. Even hot showdowns in the evenings.

A “Good Work” drink.

After passing through the first living room, the second living room, which looks like a bar lounge, is next.
It is equipped with a large sofa, two TVs, and sometimes it becomes a space to watch sports or
When you can’t fall asleep, it can be an adult space where you can have a quiet drink. How you use it depends on your mood.
It seems to change its look completely from morning to night, doesn’t it?

When you return to your private room, the environment is the same as living alone. Because you can enjoy socializing with your housemates in a shared space, you want to live in a private room where you can relax and enjoy yourself. There are cases where the quality of a private room in a shared house is inferior to that of a room in a single person’s house, but At Sharriet Ichikawa Gyotoku, the rooms have a desk, storage space, and even a three-piece unit. You can live your life just as you would if you were living alone! Plus, it’s nice to have a common area to enjoy with your housemates and all the luxurious facilities…. On the first floor there is a room for women only, and on the second floor there is a room that can accommodate two people. Also, the wallpaper and flooring varies from room to room, so you’re sure to find a room to suit your taste among the 44 rooms available. The wallpaper and flooring are stylish. This is room 215, which can accommodate two people. The private room comes with a delightful three-piece unit. A full range of facilities, a new stimulus. To be able to live in such luxurious facilities is only possible in a large scale share house, which is hard to achieve when you live alone. There’s a private gym and music room, as well as a working space where you can concentrate on your studies and reading. It’s sure to increase your enjoyment when you get home. You’ll also have the chance to interact with your housemates, which is sure to give you new stimulation. It’s helpful when you want to concentrate on reading or studying. Both washers and dryers are coin-operated. With an electronic piano, you could have a new hobby It is soundproof so you can play as you wish. The window of the gym leads out to the terrace. Share Lieto Ichikawa gyoutoku is operated and managed by Share Design, Inc. The theme of the share house is “ENJOY,” and Share Lieto Ichikawa gyoutoku is a place you can’t experience by yourself. It’s full of amenities. I don’t think there’s a house that gives you a lot of pleasure in your daily life. I’m happy to come home. Until now, I think it was mostly about being relieved. Share Lieto Ichikawa gyoutoku is also a “playground” for fun and happiness, I feel. When we visited, when we got out of the ticket gate at Gyotoku Station, there was a couple holding a baby in their arms. Old-fashioned Chinese shops with a good atmosphere, such as a street coffee shop. A standing bar that comes alive at dusk. A flower shop filled with the fragrance of flowers, and so on. I had the impression that the town was surrounded by a peaceful and gentle atmosphere. There are also large supermarkets and Don Quijote near the station, making it convenient for daily shopping. The nearest station, Gyotoku Station, is on the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line, and it takes only 24 minutes to get to Otemachi Station, making it easy to get to the heart of the city. If you’re looking for a new way of life, this is the perfect place for you. How about starting an active life at “Share Lieto Ichikawa gyoutoku” in a tranquil town? With a variety of leisure activities and stimulation from your housemates, this is a place where you’ll find yourself irreplaceable. /Author: Katsumi, Photo:Ishi

The concept is “the table of the world”

Today, I would like to introduce the share house “Kizunaya Share House #HASH 196-Kashiwa”.  A place where you can experience an international exchange without even leaving Japan, and which was renovated and opened in June 2019.

“How should I read the name of this share house? What does it even mean?” is what I thought the first time I knew about this house. It’s not easy to know what to expect of this house just by the name, right? Let me explain it to you, “#HASH” comes from “hashtag”, and “196″ is the reference to the “Recipes of 196 countries that can be made in all houses” book that won the special award for cooking recipe in 2018. Pretty clever, isn’t? 

The concept of this share house, of course, is related to food. What happens when delicious food is placed on the table? Everyone comes together around the table tempted by the smell of the homemade meal. After all, who doesn’t like eating? The vision of Mr. Hayato, the owner, for this house, was a dining table lined with dishes from around the world” 

where the residents gather together to enjoy not only the meal but also the life of living together.  No matter what your age is or where are you from, people always gather around the table and that is why dining tables are set up at the center of the house to follow this concept. 

When you just meet someone for the first time, it is sometimes awkward to start a conversation, right? but if you have a meal together, it’s a very nice moment where you can naturally get along while waiting for good food and the “yum! Delicious~ ” is the trigger to begin a friendship!

Here a Japanese express lesson to say “delicious”: “uwa~ mecha umai~!”, your Japanese housemate would be surprised.

The nearest station to the house is JR Tokiwa Line Sakai Station which is at just 10 minutes by walk. In front of this station are many good restaurants and shopping malls perfect to enjoy with your housemates on weekends. Ueno Station is 28 minutes away and Tokyo Station is 32 minutes away from the downtown area. The location of #Hash169 is perfect for those who want to have a calm life without being far away from the city life. 

 Let’s explore the house right now!

For more details about “Kizunaya Share House #HASH196-Kashiwa”, please click here!

A table surrounded by people, one of
the happy moments in this share house.

Both single rooms and dormitories are available in this 4-floor house. The design was thought to make it possible for the residents to spend time comfortably. All the rooms have a unique style which is perfect to express yourself as you want. The storage space is also very convenient if you are moving in with a lot of things.

For dormitories, privacy is the key point. There are also a mini common space and a telephone space on every floor. There are some rules to follow over spending time on the phone to keep a peaceful lifestyle with your housemates. Nobody wants to listen to your conversation in the middle of the night, right?

the storage space is enough!

 This is how the dormitory looks like. Nothing to envy to a single room since the bed area keeps the privacy.

various utensils to enjoy cooking

#Hash196 is operated by the company Kizunato. All of the Kizunato Share houses are made with a unique concept of creating a second family. This is reflected in the fact that this house has a large number of living rooms, which are places of communication. It is not just sharing a place to live; it is also a chance to share experiences and values, become a community, become a family. Something you can’t experience when you are living alone.

With a third of the 100 members being foreigners, there is also a desire of the owner to expand the sense of values ​​through English conversation with foreigners and international exchange, which is the perfect chance to out in practice your Japanese. How about an exchange language class at the coworking area or something more casual in the lounge area or living room or atelier? Any place is perfect!

I almost forgot to mention that this house also had a Kids room area on the first floor dedicated to families with children. Isn’t it amazing how even these little details enlarge the feeling of being part of a huge family? The families, who are raising their children while being supported by the multigenerational and multinational “second family”, grow learning various values.

Finally, “Tadaima” translated as “I’m Back” and “Okaeri” for “Welcome back”, will be your favorite phrases, every time you arrive home. That feeling of being part of a family will come out naturally in this house. Definitely #HASH 196 – Kashiwa is a family-type international exchange house. A place where someone is waiting for you to say you “Okaeri!”.

Friendly environment with state-of-the-art facilities.

Share Design houses are always beautifully-designed spaces with playful touches that excite all.

The company has expanded their Share Residence series with this 10th property,Social Court Nishifunabashi, and we were there to check it out. Funabashi is a convenient area serviced by the Sobu Main line, the Tozai Line and Keisei Main Line. The reason residents can experience such ‘spacious luxury’ at a reasonable price is perhaps in part due to its location here away from the city.

The first floor of the sharehouse has a spacious living and dining area and kitchen, as well as a theatre room and fitness room.

A professional coffee maker sits atop the polished living room counter and creates a cafe-like environment. It’s very thrilling to think that you can spend time with like-minded housemates here without having to go to the effort of leaving the house.

Share Residence Funabashi offers a homey, comfortable lifestyle residents can enjoy everyday despite it being a large property. Let’s have a closer look at what makes this place great!

Relax both mind and body in this spacious house near Edogawa

A place suitable for any purpose or mood.

I myself am currently living in a sharehouse and through my personal experience I have found that one of the best things about living here is being able to move around from one room to another as I please.

Living in a sharehouse is a way to satisfy everything you want to do on an everyday level, be it talking to another person, concentrate on work, hang out with others watching a movie or playing a game, or even if you just want to relax.

Today we will showcase Comfort Minami-Nagareyama, a sharehouse one step ahead of the game with everything one could possibly need in anticipation of all possible desires. Starting with a spacious lounge room to sit back and relax in, the house also has an indoor fitness room for physical activities such as dance or yoga, a theatre room to enjoy watching films with housemates and an office area for concentrating on work or study. You can do whatever you like with rooms to suit any purpose.

This house is a dream come true for hard workers who would like to spend their private time more efficiently with everything you could possibly need at your fingertips.

Let’s have a closer look inside the house!!

OLE HALE:  Enjoy a share house lifestyle like the top floor of an apartment house straight out of a drama.

The OLE HALE share house just a 10 minute walk from Nishi-Kasai station is a co-ed share house opened in February 2011.  Named “ole hale”, which can be translated as “good house” or “fun house” from the Hawaiian language, the top floor of the OLE HALE apartment house has been furnished as a share house by well known architects with great detail and ingenuity.

The building designed like a studio that looks to broaden one’s horizons offers those who live there plenty of sunlight, a nice breeze, and excellent scenery, while looking unique and stylish like a work of art. When being shown around this share house, we felt a bit envious as we thought “a group of guys and girls living together in a share house like this? it’s like a drama.”

To those who would like to enjoy a share house life style straight out of a television show, wouldn’t you like to have that once in a life time experience?  In any case, let’s begin our tour of OLE HALE.