By entering inside and opening the door in your right, it connects to the main lounge. “Hitotoki”, the word used as the name of the shared house means “momentary”, but it also comprehends the theme “hito=people to=and ki=a tree”. This room is designed to make people gather around at the big tree standing in the center of the table.

Natural and warm colored interiors produce the warm and relaxing atmosphere.

Plenty of sunlight pours into the room, providing enough light in the daytime.

If you are freelance worker who stays at home, this is the perfect place to concentrate on your work.

Kitchen is at the far end of the living room. There’s lots of space for several residents to cook at the same time.

It is a standard system kitchen, nothing extraordinary, so you probably won’t need any help to figure things out and get to cooking right away.

3 IH cooking stoves are at your service. Since it’s not a gas type, you will find it very easy to clean up after using.

There is standard electric cooking items and tools, so you don’t have to prepare them yourselves. In the picture are coffee bean mill and brewer, enabling you to enjoy professional coffee at home.

Look, there’s many magazines about coffee on the living room wall rack.

Now, let’s move on to the bathrooms. Bathtubs and shower rooms are all located on the 3rd floor.

Shower rooms and bathroom with bathtubs are one each. This picture shows the bathroom.

Have you been wondering what this wooden door on the left is? Surprisingly, this is sauna booth! You can enjoy sauna at your house. Isn’t it fascinating?

Bath tub is wide enough and will help you take a good night sleep after sinking and relaxing in it. Don’t you just love bathing?

Next, we’ll check the 4th floor! This spiral staircase will lead you to it!

Here is the sharing library where residents can bring their books and leave them for others to read. Lie on the floor and enjoy sharing your interests and knowledges with house mates.

You can take a sneak peek into each other’s mind by sharing your favorite books. It will be a great opportunity to know each other even more.

The books already prepared on the shelves are all so interesting with various genres and even picture books.

There’s a big terrace outside the window of the sharing library. In this extremely hot weather, it’s difficult to use the space in the day time. But at night, you can grab a drink or chit chat with your house mates. It can be your hide out space to spill out things you cannot say in public.

By the end of summer, you may even read outside with cool wind kissing your cheek.

As you can see in the picture, there’s a convenience store right in front of the house. You can shop whenever you need to.

Two laundry machines are on the 5th floor.

Going outside from the laundry room, you will find the space to dry your laundries after washing.

Lastly, let’s check out the rooms! There are 8 individual rooms.

The size differs slightly, but in average, 8-12 square meters are assured in every room.

Here at room 502, there’s this huge closet with ample of space for living solely.

At the room on the 5th floor, there’s window in the ceiling providing enough light at the daytime. No need for electricity! Not only the main lounge, but also each room is designed to implement comfort living.

While we were at house touring, preparation for the opening party has been proceeding. From now on, I will show you specifically about the party held on the day of shooting.

Going near the kitchen, I found lots of delicious looking meals set ready on plates.

The person in the picture is a special guest for the event. I will introduce him later on.

Don’t forget about drinks. They have prepared bar-like varieties including original cocktails perfect for the summer.

After many people squeezing in at the main lounge, the party started with greets from Mr. Hiraoka, the representative of Kizunabito. More than 30 people gathered today for this event.

This picture is just the moment of toasting. Look how everyone is smiling.

Everyone, from grownups to little kids are the guest of the house today. This probably is one side of attraction of the shared house, with people enjoying conversations regardless of their age, gender, or nationality.

Great smiles everyone!

Now that the place is warmed up after talking, I would like to introduce the special guest today. He is the famous traveler chef, Naoyoshi Motoyama.

If you’re a cooking-lover, you might have seen his book at stores. This recipe book introduces how to cook 196 country’s local foods, and he’s the one who supervised the piece. Mr. Motoyama is extremely busy developing products, attending events, and giving lectures all around the country. Kizunabito has offered passionately for him to join the opening party, and now, here he is.

The foods offered at today’s opening party were all prepared and cooked by him. Lots of local foods which fits perfectly to the theme “traveling” was lined up. He explained to us how he became as he is now by picture-story show. Let me share his story. He first became interested in traveling when he learned about India.

He used to be a chef at French restaurant but became obsessed with spice when visiting India with his costumer who was Yoga teacher. Once he came home, he started working at an Indian restaurant.

Since then, he has been traveling all around the world whenever he has a free time and learned and acquired how to cook local foods by communicating with residents. He visited over 30 countries. “Travelling Chef” fits perfectly for him.

Recently, he was consulted by government the ways to get rid of Trachemys scripta (red-eared sliders) which increased too much in numbers and has a risk of destroying ecosystem. As a solution, he developed a world’s first boil-in-the-bag food using them as ingredient. It was a rough path to come up with cooking method and handling the hard carapace, but eventually he made it into a product that can be sold.

Since then he has been producing boil-in-the-bag foods of local dishes and calling them the “series of fine appetite worldwide”, wishing to make lots of people to easily experience the culture of different countries.

I will introduce you some foods provided at the event! This one in the picture is called “Bhajia”, an African croquette with beans in it and tomato sauce on top.

This one here is from Romania. A quiet interesting putty made from paste of eggplant. 

Main dish is local food from New Orleans in southern part of US called “Gumbo”. Originally, they eat as a soup, but it goes so well with white rice!

This soup is called “Ajiaco” from South America. Potatoes, giant corns, and avocado is in it. Every dish was not weird at all as I imagined, and although some of them tasted unfamiliar, I found them very delicious.

After eating, we had original blend coffee of Kizunaya. I enjoyed all three flavors.

There were also some activities that every nationality or gender can enjoy. People concentrated on working them.

The event was a full success! They closed the party, not by Japanese’s traditional style of hand clapping, but by showing palms of their hands in a call. Showing one’s palms were probably intended to communicate the concept of this share house, such as connecting people and sharing values.

Recording the memories by taking pictures together! Many people from various backgrounds joined the event, and I assume this circle is going to grow even bigger.

If you are interested in these three keywords, “travel”, “coffee”, or “book”, then please go and see the house for once! Thank you staffs and everyone gathered at the event!

How did you like it? The shared house “Kizunaya Share house -hitotoki- Tezukayama” I introduced you today is run by Kizunabito Inc.

They already have been running 4 other shared houses in Tokyo and nearby areas. The main feature of the houses run by Kizunabito is created by Mr. Hiraoka, the representative himself.

Reading blogs, looking into their SNS, or attending events, you can sense that the residents gets along so well, even with residents at other shared houses. The reason why they are so friendly is that Mr. Hiraoka is willing to enjoy with them despite of his position as an owner. It takes away resident’s hesitation and make them go jump right into the community.

Gorgeous facilities and comfortableness can be one aspect of attraction, but the main feature is the community that the house creates.

Meeting and spending time with your share mates all becoming lifetime memories to cherish. Why don’t you start your shared house life if interested in travel-like living?

/Author: KAGAWA

 Up to 30 residents can live here. Entrance is broad enough so you won’t feel stressed out with many people going in and out.

Near the entrance, there’s a concierge’s room which no longer has been used. It is the remains from the company dormitory. Please don’t enter since it has not been used for some time.

The isle on the right leads to living room. The sign says “Reception is here”. Private viewing event was held on the day we visited.

This is the photo of the living space we shot before the event. It’s neat and very clean since it has just opened.

At the center, symbolic tree of tabicco is standing, growing straight to the ceiling. Pictures of memories here at tabicco is planned to be tied to the tree branch. The idea to resemble pictures as a leaf is very unique!

There hangs a hammock besides the tree.

The room looks bigger from this angle. You can go to the kitchen straight from the living room.

There are 3 cooking stoves and 2 IH plates. You probably won’t feel inconvenient event when the timing of cooking overlaps.

A red pot looks nice in the kitchen. Good thing about share house is that there’s full line up of dishes and cooking items needed for living.

From now on, we would like to follow the people gathered for private viewing.

Seeing it for the first time, they seem to be fully interested at the share house.

People are looking into this shower box. Compared to the ordinary share house, you may get the impression that the dressing space is bigger.

Don’t worry! There is bathtub for those who want to soak in.

Near the entrance is a bathroom exclusively for women.

This is it! The bathtub is wide enough to fit 2-3 people at the same time. Big bath is pleasant to take every day.

Enough viewing the 1st floor, let’s move on to the second floor of private rooms.

By climbing up the steps with sunlight pouring

you will get to the room with both bathroom and laundry, and the isle that leads to private rooms.

The bathroom has bidet function and a heated seat!

The layouts are similar on the third floor but space with bathroom is exclusively for women. Slightly special than the second floor!

It’s great to have a big mirror when putting on a make-up

The place has 2 washing machines on the third floor.

And this is the room of the tabicco.

This room is designed as a model room for women.

The wall paper differs in each room so you can pick one of your favorite as long as it’s vacant.

Every room has a closet this big. No worries for people with lots of belongings.

In addition to 3 floors of spaces, there’s rooftop free to use.

Above your head you can see beautiful blue sky of Osaka. They covered up the floor with wood tiles recently. You may enjoy BBQ with your share house family.

Just about the time we finished looking around the tabicco, setting for the event has been completed in the living room.

Beer bottles are lined up. The brands are from all over the world. I see, it’s to travel the world through beer.

Like a wine list, there were lists of the names and character of each beer. You may understand the feeling of drinking local beer when traveling.

The meal served was combination of Osaka and the countries around the world. The base is Takoyaki, the Osaka’s soul food, and there combined different country’s appetites. They were all so delicious and had sold out in a blink of an eye.

Confirming that everybody took a bottle of a beer, along with the toast of manager, opening party begins!

Since some were rare brands, the beer sold out fast, too.

People are strangers but most of them seemed to be friendly. Maybe travel lovers tend to have similar characters.

Taking a seat in the living room, chitchat goes on.

Some guests brought gifts (consumable goods like tissues and detergents) for the opening celebration. Things are very useful at the share house!

At the party, there was a live painting performance.

Painting the message to memorialize the opening of tabicco in a smooth manner with BGM.,

Finished! We took a picture together with the completed work. I didn’t notice there were this many people participating. Party went on with everyone smiling from the beginning to the end.

How did you like it? The share house “tabicco” we introduced today is run by Kizunabito Inc.

They use the best of their knowledge of running 4 share houses of their own brand to build the first share house in Osaka of 30 residents. The core concept of the Kizunaya brand is “Finding second family”. They throw events that enable to deepen the relationship between residents. At tabicco, they plan events with theme of travel as it is the concept of the share house. As for now, it is due to invite teacher every month to hold a cooking class with theme of dishes around the world. You may encounter recipes with less chance of learning and eating without this opportunity. This could make you interested in various countries via food.

For those with great experience in traveling or even beginners, tabicco will provide you a chance to meet people with same interest and further more “making family-like friends”. Travel around the world starts here at tabicco. How about traveling with your share house family?

/Author: Inamine 

その名も、「ARIGATO PARTY」

The staff had spent all morning securing a spot and getting thing ready for the party, and by the time guests arrived everything was good to go. Thanks, guys!

As the scheduled start time neared groups of guests started arriving one after the other, and our spot in the park buzzed with conversation and laughter. After a few words from the organiser it was time to pop open the champagne and make a toast.

Cheers!

Or in Swedish, skål!

The whole group. Conversation flowed freely even though everyone had only just met. There was even Paella! International food for an international atmosphere. Japanese food wasn’t forgotten, though. This sushi was a hit!   Everyone was having so much fun they started standing up. These guys gave us a rendition of a Swedish drinking song. The party seems to have progressed into a standing buffet party… The ‘official’ language of the party seems to be English. Everyone spoke in fluent English regardless of ethnicity. Cultural Exchange Some guests tried Japanese sake for the first time! We totally get this guy tilting his head to the side as he makes sense of the new flavors in his mouth. The party was held in April and guests were able to make new friends outside in the comfortable spring weather. To close the party everyone got together to take a group shot. Looking at the smiles all around as people started to head off home it’s hard to believe that everyone had just met for the first time. The event was organised by Be Good Japan Flatshare for residents living in the company’s houses. There are more events like this one in the works, so if you are interested in experiencing a global atmosphere without leaving Japan you should check out one of these sharehouses. Have a look at Be Good Japan Flatshare sharehouses below! ↓

Warm, sunlit days 「BeGood Kichijoji Eki-mae」 The biggest selling point of this property is its proximity to the station. You can actually see Kichijoji station from the windows. Kichijoji is an area placing high in the ‘Desirable Neighborhoods’ ranking and is 17-minutes away from Shibuya on the Keio Inokashira line. Despite being only 17-minutes from Shinjuku on the JR Chuo line as well, Kichijoji is a popular area dotted with stylish cafe-restaurants great for lunch, and is also home to a large zoo and verdant park reserve where visitors can board boats.

The red sofa adds a splash of color to the room. The subdued, mature atmosphere could easily be home to a group of sophisticated adult residents.

Natural light shines through the large window and catching sight of blue skies between the city buildings makes spectacular viewing.

Urban Sharehouse 「BeGood Ikebukuro Eki-mae 」 This house recently opened in March of this year. The best thing about the common lounge is its giant 55-inch television screen. The spotlight lighting creates a calm, relaxing atmosphere.

One wall made from timber is decorated with plants and 1980s America nostalgic images.

Private rooms are furnished with refrigerators so there is no need to trek all the way to the kitchen for a drink.

Make global connections a part of your everyday「Flat Share OKUBO CampusⅡ」 The simple interior of this house removes all the useless things in life and everything has a function. There are many foreign exchange students at the Okubo campus nearby, and as such this is a house recommended for people who are interested in cultural exchange. It’s a 4-minute walk to Okubo station on the JR Sobu line, and 8 minutes to Shin-Okubo station on the JR Yamanote line. There are many Korean people living in Shin-Okubo, and it has garnered attention as Tokyo’s Korean Town, with Korean restaurants so good you’ll think you are in Korea.

Use these frames to hang photos of you and your sharemates for that loving, homey feeling.

There are many rooms, including this warm colored one that girls will adore.

Shades of black 「BeGood Ikebukuro Motomachi」 Shimo-Itabashi is a family-friendly area away from the city. That said, it does only take minutes from Shimo-Itabashi station to Ikebukuro on the Tobu Tojo line. The cool interior is based around a dark-toned color scheme with a large pendant light hanging from the ceiling.

The perfect scene to sit back at night watching movies and enjoying wine and spirits.

The bright and cheerful private rooms are in stark contrast to the rest of the house.

Stylish in White 「Flat Share-iri-TOBUNERIMA Campus」 Flat Share-iri-TOBUNERIMA Campus is a large, 20-room sharehouse in a newly constructed property. The large dining table above is usually crowded with sharemates. Nearby there is a local supermarket and restaurants and bars line the street downtown. Tobu-Nerima station on the Tobu-Tojo line is a 5-minute walk away.

An elegant lifestyle「Garden Terrace Hamadayama 」 Hamadayama to the west of Tokyo offers beautiful skies and greenery away from the hustle and bustle of the city. Many wealthy people live in this area, as can be seen by all of the luxury cars passing by on the street.

Be Good Japan Flatshare are very hands on when inducting new residents into their properties, and they are with you every step of the way. This company is highly recommended to those of you who have never lived in a sharehouse before and are unsure about how to go about things. Call these guys up and they will match you with a place that suits you perfectly. /Author: Inamine

The other day we went to a Grand Opening party for Share Residence Nishifunabashi, a new sharehouse in Nishifunabashi.

People living in Chiba will have heard of this place. Nishifunabashi station is an essential hub used by many as a transfer point to other lines, including the Sobu line, Tokyo Metro Tozai line, Keisei line, Musashino line and the Toyo Rapid Railway line. With its countless shops and the sweet smell of bread wafting throughout the station, passengers in transit often end up walking around the station premises while waiting for their next train.

The house is an 11-minute walk from the station, and I was warmly greeted by staff upon arrival before being escorted to the party room. There was a delicious aroma wafting through the room, and it had been set up and decorated by the fantastic staff for the event. Great food had been prepared by staff with cafe management experience, and another who had trained at a bakery was making bread right before my eyes. Right then and there I fell in love with the Share Design staff and the warm, homey atmosphere they had created.

I will now take you through the events of the party and how they unfolded.

「Share residence Nishi Funabashi」House Details Page

Food for the party is prepared by Share Design staff members to welcome the new residents.

A brilliant array of foods adorn the dinner table. New residents begin to arrive and the lounge becomes lively little by little.

All is ready to go! Everyone comes together to join in a spirited toast!

Cheers! What wonderful smiles all around.

Time to dig in! Everyone gushes over how good the food looks.

Gathering around a table to eat with others is something said to be lacking in the modern Japanese lifestyle. These folks right now are among their new big family getting ready to move in, and it looks like they couldn’t have felt more at home.

Can you guess what everyone is looking at?

Tada! Having this delicious smelling meal for breakfast will put you in a good mood for the rest of the day.

Next up is a bread-making workshop with a baker! The whole process looked difficult from where I was standing, though. Despite the tough task at hand, conversation and laughter flew about the room and I was reminded of the importance of connections between people. They say laughter is catching, and I truly understood the meaning of the phrase watching the exchanges taking place before me.

Party guests are making croissants and listening to a lecture on how to wind the dough to achieve that unique shape.

The final product! These look so good they could be sold in a shop. Freshly-brewed coffee completes the picture.

The wine is opened, conversation is ignited and I went around speaking to both new residents and staff members.

I spoke to one new resident who told me that they had lived in the confusion and chaos of the city, and chose this house in order to live in a charming neighborhood with space nearby to exercise and move their body.

Another resident hailing from outside of Japan mentioned that the house had a high ceiling and was comfortable to live in, something that Japanese people wouldn’t usually notice.

One young woman with a lot of luggage, something all females can relate to, says that she finds the ample storage space in the house very convenient.

I personally find the best thing about the house to be the beer tap! You don’t see those around too often! (laughs) This Share Design sharehouse shares the small happinesses in life that we often overlook, like free coffee in the morning. They pull out all the stops to make sure their residents are comfortable.

The great thing about sharing is that it fosters a cycle of communication between people of all ages and walks of life with with diverse personal and professional experiences. This was my first time participating in an event like this, and being here I truly felt our company’s objective, “reversing the communication deficiency of modern day Japan with sharehouses”, in action.

Another great thing about sharehouses is reflected in its management philosophy on how they would like their residents to live. The world that Share Design has created for this house is a warm, friendly place full of laughter. Take the opportunity to start a new lifestyle for yourself at Share Residence Nishifunabashi.

Author/Mayuko Tanaka

Tokyo Sharehouse editor. Strongly believes in the merits of sharehouses like those she experienced while studying abroad and aims to share and spread the word throughout Japan!

Guests have brought their favorite alcoholic beverages for the feast.

People start to gather in the dining hall one after another. Here’s a shot of some guests with their drink of choice.

Meanwhile, the food is ready! The table has been laid out in decadence without anyone noticing.

The table is garnished with paella, sauteed meat and more. This is genuine party food!

This dish looks as though it could be served at a French restaurant. Being able to enjoy such fine food at home is one of the unique things about living in a sharehouse.

With all of the dishes served, the party officially begins with a greeting from the 2nd housemate to move into the house. Everybody toasts.

Cheers! The sound of reverberating glass echoes the room. It’s a moment of supreme bliss.

Previous housemates also show their faces at the party, glad to be reunited with everyone once more.

The room is filled with smiles and laughter. Only in a sharehouse will you find musicians, company workers and even students all living together.

It’s exciting just to watch the scene unfolding before me. After devouring the main course, it’s time for what everyone has been waiting for.

You guessed it, it’s dessert time! Heaven for sweet tooths male and female alike. This guy is trying to remove hardened chocolate from a balloon. A few faces in the audience are covering their ears in preparation for the inevitable burst. What a charming sight.

There are smiles all around. Even though everyone is full from the delicious dinner had, there is always room for dessert.

Here’s a group shot in commemoration of the anniversary with everyone signing the ‘S’ from ‘STYLIO WITH KAMIIKEDAI’ with their hands. Personalities come out in this photo! Haha.

Everybody helps clean up. Laughing and bantering with housemates turns the most mundane of chores into fun-filled times.

At the end of the party we have the honor of watching a performance by a housemate with a beautiful voice.

The singer improvised when requests were shouted out by the crowd, met with cheers of joy, and also scattered laughter when lyrics were mistakenly sung. The whole performance was enjoyed in harmony.

After the party time was spent chilling out before the event drew to a close. Housemates lulled to sleep by the music wandered sleepily up to their rooms and those who still wanted to talk stayed down drinking and talking together. I would like to thank everyone who made this event possible today for all of their efforts!

The Japanese character for food is ‘食’, which is made up of the characters for person (人) and good (良) to mean ‘making a person better’. Food makes people better!

I good a good sense of the vibe of the house by my visit to STYLIO WITH KAMIIKEDAI.

Of course, not all days will be like this one, but I believe that the best thing about sharehouses is being able to talk to someone when you feel like talking and sharing what you are good at with the others in the house.

The house is currently running a free-rent campaign for new residents signing their contracts before the end of June and moving in before the end of July, offering one month of free rent. Feel free to contact the house and find out more if you’re interested in living here.

I will continue in my efforts to show the real world of sharehouses to our readers by covering more sharehouse events and sharehouse lifestyle articles in the future.

/Author: Watanabe

Let’s have a closer look at the OPEN SHARE event and experience a little bit of sharehouse life in this open setting!

The next sharehouse we will check out is 「Comfort Kamata」. This house is run by Oak House, seasoned professionals in the sharehouse industry taking care of many other large-scale properties. Comfort Kamata is one of these being able to house 260 residents. We start the tour by hearing what the staff from Oak House have to say. There are people fervently taking notes while listening.

We move onto the living room. Everyone is expectedly a little nervous at the prospect of a living room for 260 people.

We headed inside and a living room arranged as though it was a hotel lobby appeared before our eyes. The room gives more of a hotel-like impression than that of a sharehouse, however the fact that its residents are all good friends sets it apart from a hotel environment.

The kitchen is large enough to fit all 20 of the tour participants. We even bumped into a few residents in the middle of their cooking.

Oak House properties are famous for housing people from around the world. These clocks tell the time in different countries. The bottom right clock is labelled Kamata. You can tell that this house is full of international character.

One good thing about living in a large-scale sharehouse is that you can interact with people working in a variety of different areas. This resident works at a nail salon and is giving another housemate a manicure. It’d be great to make these kind of connections!

We continue on, moving in one big group. Crowding is not a problem as the hallway is long and spacious. At the end of the road we find…

a studio! This room is complete with a genuine drum set, amps and even a keyboard. There are apparently quite a few bands that have been created among housemates, and some have performed at music festivals before. People in sharehouses achieve great things!

We tour the rest of the house and return to the entrance. It really is just like a hotel lobby.

Events are held quite frequently. One thing that stands out to me in particular is the English lessons held by one of the English-speaking housemates. It seems like this house has everything, doesn’t it? It wouldn’t be over-exaggerating to say that that is the biggest merit of a large-scale sharehouse. Thank you to everyone at Oak House!

At last we’ve reached our final sharehouse, 「Hillside Terrace Yokohama」 in Yokohama. This is the only newly constructed house in the tour this time around. Heading inside we find an almost holiday house-like atmosphere that leaves you feeling like you are on vacation in a foreign country somewhere.

The skylights and ceiling fan also work together to create that holiday house atmosphere. It’s all very elegant and stylish.

There is even a yoga studio on the top floor. There is apparently a yoga instructor among the housemates who periodically holds classes.

We heading up a slight incline and through a tunnel of trees that wouldn’t be out of place in a movie. The house is waiting for us at the other end.

The tour members let out small gasps in awe once we stepped through the entrance, and we all felt like we had mistakenly stumbled into another world.

One element helping to create the holiday house vibe is this record player. It is rare these days to have the equipment to play LPs, and one could be caught up in the atmosphere and become totally immersed in another unique world.

Moving on to the living room we find this interesting piece. It caught the eye of one gentleman…

who immediately wanted to climb it. He climbs up to the 2nd floor instead of using the stairs.

He gets there in one piece. It can be quite addictive as this wall gives you a bit of exercise as well as a sense of accomplishment. I don’t even need to tell you that the guys in the group all became fixated on the wall.

By the 4th house the tour members have all let down their guard and are enjoying themselves as if they were housemates. This shot looks like a still from a Japanese drama or something.

There’s also a couple chatting together quite elegantly on the terrace. Everyone is having a good time.

A yoga pose is demonstrated for us in the yoga studio. Refresh yourself by looking out at the trees as you perform your yoga poses. I’m getting relaxed just thinking about it.

At the end of the tour we sat down for a chat with the management company. The conversation was lively, with topics including which sharehouse one wants to live in and which was the best house of the day. Everyone is looking for something different in a sharehouse, and in order to cater for these various needs unique and individual sharehouses, much like the ones we checked out today, are popping up one after the other.

Everyone seemed tired out on the way home and used the bus ride to rest. According to the questionnaire we handed out all participants were fully satisfied with the tour, which was pleasing to hear. It’s all thanks to the staff of the companies managing such charming and unique sharehouses. Thank you so much to everyone who cooperated with us on this tour!

So, what did you think of the bus tour? Just by checking out 4 houses I became even more aware that there are many different types of houses out there.

One thing I can say for certain is that the sharehouse lifestyle is gaining popularity as a way to experience things that you just can’t by living alone or at home with your folks. The tour participants already living in sharehouse accommodation told us that they don’t think they could ever return to living alone.

That’s how much appeal the sharehouse lifestyle has. There are of course limitations and demerits, however I am sure anyone will be able to find the perfect house for them with merits that override these things. The participants of the bus tour each too particular liking to different houses, and I think that’s normal.

I hope to see you in future for the third round of our sharehouse bus tour!

/Author: Emoto