いつも東京シェアハウスをご利用いただきありがとうございます。

オウンドメディアの更新が大分、長引いてしまいましたが、気づけばコロナ前に近い水準まで、東京シェアハウスに訪問してくださる方も、サービスを利用してくださる方も戻り、日々、慌ただしく時間が過ぎていく今日この頃。

年末年始に向け、新しくシェアハウスオープンのお話も多く、私達としても、より使いやすいポータルサイト運営を目指し、サイトの仕様など含め、大きな変更がございましたので、今回はお知らせ形式の配信をしたいと思います。

サイトに訪問頂いている方は、既にご存知の方も多いと思いますが、VRを活用して各シェアハウスのオンライン内見ができる「VR機能」のバージョンアップと、VRへのアクセスが容易にできる様、サイト設計を大幅に見直しました。

Before / Afterでのご紹介出来ないのが、少しもどかしくはあるのですが、東京シェアハウスの掲載物件のVR画面アクセスいただくと、各施設を訪問してるかのように、バーチャルリアリティでご覧頂くことが可能です。各施設には「リビング」「キッチン」などの名称を表示し、画面下部にあるフロアマップから、閲覧したいエリアにより簡単にアクセスすることができます。

また、運営者さんのこだわりエリアや施設のおすすめポイント、私達が訪問して知ってもらいたいなと感じた部分をキャプションとして表示することで、実際の下見に近い感覚でVR映像を閲覧頂けるのではないかと感じています。

ご参考までに、VR内見が可能な物件の一部も紹介しちゃいます。

※長時間のVR内見は画面酔いする場合がございます。
　適度なタイミングで目の休憩を取ることをおすすめ致します。

【ガーデンテラスたまプラーザ】

 
【basse 北町】

【TOKYO SHARE 市川】

入居者が既に在住している場合など、VR撮影ができない（VR映像がない）こともあるのですが、物件のメインエリア（共有部：リビング、キッチン、水回り、個室など）は網羅できた状態で掲載できていると感じています。

シェアするライフスタイルが一般的に普及してきたといっても、「実際はどんな空間なんだろう？」とまだまだその存在を知らない人も多いはず。そんな方々にとって、実際の内見するように、空間の広さや構造を知って頂いて、シェアハウスでの生活をイメージしてもらえたら、嬉しいです。

バーチャルな世界で、物件の間取りや配置・空間の雰囲気まで感じ取ることのできるVR内見。
これからの時代、”内見に足を運ぶ”前に、より自分のイメージに近い空間を知ることで、下見に要する負担が減って、効率的な物件探しが可能になっていくのは間違いないと思います。

忙しくて予定を空けること難しい方、足を運ぶのが面倒な方など、様々なニーズに答える形で、ぜひVR内見を活用頂きたいですし、私達の会議でも、VR内見をどうレベルアップさせていくべきか、テクノロジーの議論も最近は凄く多いです。
（*まだ公開できませんが、社内開発中のツールを使うと「VRって、こんなことが出来るんだ」と驚いたり、驚くことばかりだったり）

ということで、これからも皆様からの要望やフィードバックなどを参考にし、より良いサービスをご提供できるよう試行錯誤して参りますので、レベルアップしていく”VRでのオンライン内見”も併せて是非、お楽しみください。

シェアハウスという選択肢がより身近で愛すべき存在となるよう、サイト運営に収まらず様々なサービスからアプローチを続けていきたいと考えておりますので、東京シェアハウスを、今後ともどうぞよろしくお願い致します。

/Author: Aya

Thank you for visiting Tokyo Sharehouse.

It has been a while since we have updated our on-demand media, but the number of people visiting Tokyo Sharehouse and using our services has returned to near pre-Corona levels, and time has been slipping away every day.

Toward the end of the year and the beginning of the new year, we are hearing of many new share house openings, and in order to make the site easier to use, we have made some major changes to the site’s specifications.

As many of you who have already visited the site know, we have upgraded the “VR function” that allows you to preview share houses online using VR, and we have also significantly revised the site design to make it even easier to access VR.

We’re a little disappointed that we can’t show you a before and after, but when you access the VR screen for any of the properties listed on “Tokyo Sharehouse,” you can see each facility in virtual reality as if you were visiting it. Each facility has been given a name such as “living room” or “kitchen,” and the floor map at the bottom of the screen makes it easy to access the place you want to see.

In addition, by displaying captions of areas that the manager is particular about, facility recommendations, and areas that he/she felt you should know about during your visit, we believe that you will be able to view the VR images with a feeling similar to that of an actual preview.

For your reference, we will also introduce properties that are available for VR preview.

*Long-time VR viewing may cause screen sickness.
　We recommend taking eye breaks at appropriate times.

【Share Residence MUSACO】

 
【TOKYO SHARE BOND Komaba】

【MEGURO AMANE】

Although there are some spaces where VR filming is not possible (no VR images), such as when there are already tenants, we feel that we are able to comprehensively list the main parts of the property (common areas: living room, kitchen, water area, private rooms, etc.).

Even though share house living is becoming more prevalent, I think there are many people who wonder, “What kind of space is it really like?” For those people, I think the best way to find out is to take a look at the actual rooms. We hope you can get a feel for the size and structure of the share house, and get an idea of what life in a share house is like, just as you would during an actual tour.

With the VR preview, you can get a feel for the floor plan, layout, and even the atmosphere of the space in a virtual world.
In the future, knowing a space that more closely resembles your image before you “visit” it will surely reduce the burden of previewing and allow you to search for properties more efficiently.

We expect VR previews to be used to meet a variety of needs, such as “I’m too busy to make a schedule” or “It’s a hassle to go all the way.” At our meetings, there has been a lot of discussion recently about ways to improve VR previews and technology.
(*I can’t disclose this yet, but when I use the tools we are developing in-house, I am always amazed and impressed, “VR can do this!” and I am surprised and impressed.)

So, we will continue to take your requests and opinions into consideration as we continue our trial and error process to provide a better service, and we hope that you will enjoy our ever-evolving “online viewing in VR”.

We will continue to approach share housing not only through our website, but also through various other services to make it a more familiar and endearing option.

/Author: Aya

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Thank you for visiting Tokyo Share house.

We’d like to share a news with all of you who have visited our website.

Recently, “Room tours,” which allow you to enjoy a preview of the rooms, have been gaining popularity on Youtube, and we have now started distributing “Share house Tours,” which allow you to experience an “online preview” of a share house.

We have been focusing on distributing information through owned media so that people can get a feel for what the facilities are like, but by providing video content of our actual visits, we hope that people will be able to enjoy visiting the facilities while experiencing a simulated sense of previewing, even if they do not actually go in to visit the facilities. We believe that this will allow visitors to enjoy their visit to the facility while experiencing a simulated preview of the facility.

(*We have tried to distribute our videos on YouTube before, but we feel that by greatly improving our filming methods, editing, composition, etc., we have been able to provide much easier-to-view content. (I am sorry to say this, but I am proud of myself…)

I think it is common these days to obtain information from images, or perhaps there are some people who are not comfortable with reading instructions. Even if you circulate a website that looks like you are reading a manual, it is hard to get a feel for the atmosphere, and you often have to use your head to imagine what it is like.

Also, with the convergence of Corona, inquiries from foreigners have returned, and recently we have been receiving many inquiries from operators not only in Tokyo, but also from all over Japan about posting and distributing information. We are therefore planning to operate a new channel under the name “Japan Sharehouse Tour”.

For those who say, “I’ve never actually visited a share house…” We would be very happy if people who have “never actually visited a share house before” would become interested in them through the videos on YouTube, or if they can casually enjoy the videos on YouTube on the train on their way to work or school, during their lunch break, or a short time before going to bed.

We will be distributing the following four videos on the first day.

【Nakanaka】

【Share Residence Utsukushigaoka】

【TOKYO SHARE shouinjinjya】
 

The videos are about 15 minutes in length and are based on footage of our actual visits to the share houses.

If you’re interested in living in a share house, we hope you’ll watch it while imagining what life will be like after moving in, and checking out the restaurants near the station, the park before you reach the house, and so on. I would be very happy if you could watch it while imagining your life after you move in.

Currently, we do not have an audio narration, but we will do our best to deliver content that can be viewed by a variety of people, taking your feedback into consideration. We hope you enjoy the “Sharehouse Tour,” a taste of the “online preview” of a share house.  

 【 Japan ShareHouse Tour】

Choosing a place to live is an important decision that will have a great impact on your life. Although you want to consider it carefully, a major move is always accompanied by hassles and burdens.

Therefore, we would like to continue to take pictures and edit the articles with the hope that we can reduce the burden of putting your interest and curiosity into action to the maximum extent possible, and also that we can provide an opportunity for you to live together with people you like, rather than spending your time alone.

We hope that the “Japan Share House Tour” will take root in the future, and as the name of the channel implies, we will do our best to expand the scope of our activities, as well as the community life that is triggered by sharing. We look forward to your continued support of Tokyo Sharehouse.

/Author: Aya

「AZ kai house」の物件詳細はこちら 

スペースによって証明のデザインが違うのが、こっそりお洒落を感じるポイント。 食事も仕事も休憩も、ここで完結してしまいそう。	部屋では仕事に集中できない方は是非こちらで。 「AZ kai house」は、wifi環境が整っていることも魅力の一つ。

玄関とリビングの間には、大きなピアノが。 ピアノの音色は帰宅後の疲労を癒すのに最適なのではないでしょうか。	不揃いに並べられてもお洒落に見える壁飾り。 配置にはなにか意味があるのでしょうか。

大きな冷蔵庫が３つ並べられています。 他の入居者への配慮を欠かさず共用の冷蔵庫を有効活用しましょう。	キッチンの後ろには個人用の収納ボックスがあります。 料理をしたあとは私物をここへしまえば完璧。

備え付けの机と椅子。 長時間座る方はクッションが必要ですね。	こちらは収納棚。洋服を入れるか、荷物を入れるか迷うところです。

こちらは２F女性専用フロアの洗面台。	こちらは３F男性専用フロアの洗面台。

照明がお洒落だったのでパシャリ。 オレンジ色の照明はどこか心が暖まります。	玄関付近にあるロッカー。 靴を収納することができます。

Living room with an attractive atrium

The living room, with its Japanese atmosphere and open atrium, is a two-story building that is actually three stories high, making the seven-meter-high space feel more spacious. The walls are decorated with calligraphy by calligrapher Kashu Enohara, adding a gentle touch of color to the room. It’s great to have such a stylish place to spend time with your housemates. Attractive atrium – You can’t experience that living alone. An inner garden full of Japanese flavor       Socialize in the open kitchen The artificial marble system kitchen is designed to face each other, which is great for communal living. Mealtime is often a good opportunity for socializing, so being able to communicate while cooking is a great feature. The sink is made of scratch-resistant ceramic. For parties and those who love to cook, there’s also an oven and Tefal pots and pans with handles that can be removed to serve food straight to the table. You can enjoy cooking in a share house. It’s very appealing. The glasses are made of CRISTAL DARQUES crystal. You can also enjoy conversations in the kitchen and living room.   All rooms have a loft The rooms have an attractive sense of openness that exceeds the area. The ceiling height with lofts is 1.5 stories high. You can make the most of the room area. All rooms are always equipped with air conditioner, closet, mini-fridge, desk & chair. The Japanese paper blinds were custom made for the share house. The loft can also be used as a bed space, and is equipped with a mattress and a wooden floor. It’s a room where you can enjoy your own time as well. It’s nice to have a mini-fridge and workspace in your room as well. Loft space of 2 tatami mats.   A full range of pleasant facilities

On the second floor, there is a working space that is a delight in this day and age. This counter table is made of a single piece of cypress that was once used at the counter of a Kyoto restaurant and was reused as the top board. There is also an electrical outlet so you can devote yourself to your studies or work.

Also, bicycle parking is free of charge for up to one bicycle per person. The three shared bicycles in the bicycle parking lot can be used as many times as you want within 30 minutes for free with a membership fee of ¥1500/month or ¥6000/6 months. It’s great to be able to easily go out into the city, isn’t it?

There are about 80 free bicycle parking ports in Kyoto.	The balcony is covered to prevent it from getting wet in the rain.

Washing machines and dryers are available for 200 yen and 100 yen respectively.	The entrance is equipped with a smart lock.

Gozan Okuribi (Bonfire of the Five Mountains) is held every year on August 16.	In autumn, you can enjoy viewing the autumn leaves at Shinshou Gokurakuji Temple, which is about a 5-minute walk from the house

 Click here for more details of “KAE OSAKA by TESEN”

Living room from another point of view. The perfect big sized TV to watch a movie together is contracted with Netflix.	Living room is next to this entrance. It is nice to have someone to say “I’m home” and “Welcome back” when you back to home.

Have a great conversation make you feel warm.

A big wooden bar counter with a total length of 8 meters. Not only as a dining table but also open notebooks for work or reading books, it is the perfect height for an extraordinary mood. The position of the lighting is also considered one by one, and it seems that at night you can create a mood-like space like a bar. It is likely to be a place where you can have a good time with your mate while drinking and talking, and sharing a meal with your share mates. They also care about the number and color of home appliances. They chose a calm color so as not to destroy the whole atmosphere. Leveraging the expertise of operating in other houses, they adjusted the appliances to a sufficient number. It is a space where you can feel their care.

Fancy wood stools like a cafe.	Kitchen view from the other side.

Sophisticated room based on white interior. Air conditioning, chairs and desks are provided.	A washroom with a big and bright mirror.

This is a “Senbayashi Shopping Street” near the station. It seems to be a habit to shop here on the way home everyday.	A coffee shop “Roman” which is is the “Senbayashi Shopping Street.” Omelette rice is recommended menu.

Get everything you wanted.

KAE OSAKA” aims to create a relaxing space with excellent facilities based on the concept of “urbanity and traditional town. Are you interested in living in a share house but worried about getting along with the people around you, or do you want to meet new people but lack the courage to take the first step? After my visit, I felt once again that the house will be a place where a warm community will spread, and that it will provide a gentle push to such people. This house is managed by Nippon Rays Inc. They also run other share houses, and this is their third house. They even made their design and furniture choices. We asked them for the recommend point of this house. Nippon Rays Inc.  Excellent access, 3 minutes walk from the station and about 10 minutes to Osaka. In the “Senbayashi Shopping Street” that continues from the station, there are bakery shops, Japanese confectionery shops, and coffee shops that make you want to stop by on the way home.   The living room feels calm while being bright colors based on white and wood. Have a dinner at the 8m counter dining or watch a movie on an American style sofa. We made this house for those who spend a busy day going back and forth between the office and the house. We hope they can meet new people at this share house and share their luxury time.   Don’t you want to get both know new people and calm life? Here is the perfect sharehouse for such people. We found here a form of community that is more than just work and home. Even if you not an outgoing person, the communication born naturally in your life will surely lead to new encounters. You may meet people who will be your lifetime colleagues through casual exchanges in your daily life. Why not start a new life in this warmest place of Osaka?  /Author:Akari, Photo: Kazuki, Providing people image:Nippon Rays.

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