A life with a scent of tatami.

In proportion to the increase of foreign tourists visiting Japan, the number of foreigners with interest of choosing share house as their home is growing.

Just when I was thinking that share houses with essence of Japanese culture might increase from now on, I heard that Come on Up Ltd. has newly opened a share house with tatami floor at Monzen-Nakamachi, so called “Monnaka”, a town where you can see and experience the old “Edo”.

Today, I will tell you all about “Come on UP Monzen nakacho”.

The share house is 6 minutes walk from Nakajima station of JR Keiyo line and 10 minutes walk from Monzen-Nakamachi of Touzai line. There are 2 lines available in a walking distance. It only takes 10 minutes to Ginza by train so you probably wouldn’t feel any inconveniency commuting. Plenty of Japanese pickles and sweets shops stands nearby. Fukagawa-meshi, a cooked rice with asari clam and green onion is popular around this area.

The sight from the station and Fukagawa Edo museum is scenic and plenty of shops are chosen as a location for shooting commercials of Tokyo Metro and gourmet shows. Some of you might be familiar with scenery of the town.

In the summer, there will be “Fukagawa Hachiman Festival, a.k.a. Mizukake Festival”, one of the best 3 festivals of Edo. Sumida river and Kiyosumi-Shirakawa, a town with stylish cafes continuously opening are very close. Living in the neighborhood full of interesting spots will enrich your life. It would be entertaining to introduce the neighbor to foreigners visiting Japan.

“Come on UP Monzen nakacho” stands at the town filled with old Edo atmosphere, with only 5 private rooms. If you are to live in a calm environment with small number of residents, this may be the perfect choice.

Coming home, you will feel the warmness from the traditional Japanese style of living. This may be the popular style of living. With expectation, let’s go into the house!

Come on UP Ltd runs “Come on UP Monzen nakacho”.

The company has been running share houses for more than a decade with ambition of creating connection between people. The president himself have experienced living in a share house abroad. Among the foreign residents, Americans are relatively large in numbers. Sometimes, residents gather from other share houses and throw parties and events.

Unfortunately, although being invited several times, I haven’t got a chance to join them, but hearing stories, I have an impression that international residents and owners are in good relations respecting each other and maintaining boundaries.

Are you anxious of moving to Tokyo with only a few friends nearby? Well, come and see the cozy life you can realize here in Come on UP Monzen-Nakamachi. You can make foreign friends going through the same circumstances of being alone in the town.

Take a walk around the town or join the local events together. Gradually, you will find similarities and become a close friend sharing so many things. If you are interested in making new friends or living in a calm and cozy environment, take this house as one of your choices.

Sharing house with strangers, a foreign strangers, may be perplexing at first, but everything has it’s first time. The expectation to widen your community may turn into a energy to communicate with your share mates and may eventually shows you another aspects in life. You may even feel more fulfilled.

This experience is sure to be the treasure of your life.

Treat yourself with this dream house!

Kinshi-cho, Kouto-ku, a town with a view of Tokyo’s symbol “Skytree”.

Ten minutes’ walk from Kinshi-cho and 6 minutes’ walk from Sumiyoshi station, there stands “Social Court Kinshicho”, a newly opened share house with stylish facilities such as bar counter, DJ booth, gym, sound-proof room, and terrace. Today, I will tell you all about it.

I couldn’t help but be surprised to hear that there are kitchen, shower room, and restroom equipped in almost every in addition to its’ fascinating common space. It sure will become a popular share house since it can afford both fun aspect of share house life and a privacy as if you’re living by yourself in an apartment.

Around the station are shopping center and supermarkets. There is even a plan to construct a new shopping facility in near future. Go gather for cherry blossom viewing party with your share mates or walk along the Sumida-river. There are plenty of ways to enjoy your weekends.

“Social Court Kinshicho” is a large-scale share house with 61 rooms, available for both men and women. Imagining how wonderful will it be to move in! Well, let’s go and see inside the house.

Gather around whenever you like! The very best dining space.

The living room of “Social Court Kinshicho” is stylish. Even through the photos, you can see that the room is spacious with good taste in design.

What more could you ask for being able to use this room whenever you want to spend time with someone. Some of you might find it delighting that you don’t necessarily have to use the common kitchen since almost every private rooms have it equipped.

This dining space is rather a calm and peaceful place to chill out. If you want to have a blast, take a drink to the bar counter or a DJ booth. Get some booze and enjoy music to enjoy your night on weekends.

Kitchen with beer server. How about a cooking as your new hobby?

If you love to cook, big kitchen is one of the positive aspects of living in the share house. You cannot expect this much of a facility when living alone in usual apartments.

In addition to its’ scale, beer server is at your service in the kitchen of “Social Court Kinshicho”. You can enjoy beer whenever you like, while cooking for example. It is convenient when you throw parties in the house. Just be careful not to drink too much and avoid waking up having terrible hangover the next day.

Your privacy is respected even under the same roof!

One of the features of “Social Court Kinshicho” is that you can spend time in your private room as if you’re living all by yourself. You can both enjoy your private time and communicating with others at the common spaces in one place. The choices are yours. This is not easy to realize in accessible towns like Kinshicho.

Design of each rooms differs slightly. You may imagine minimalistic private rooms, but the private rooms here are more playful and stylish. Wallpaper and floor design differs from each rooms.

Gym, sound-proof room, and even a terrace! Do what you like!

Annoyingly saying, the common space of “Social Court Kinshicho” is fulfilling! If you’re relevant to work out at gym, have music as a hobby, and like to communicate with people, I suggest you to check out the house immediately.

「Not only that you can save money, you can meet people with same kind of value and hobby.

Those who choose a share house with this much facility are highly likely to be active and have various hobbies, too.

By choosing and spending time with share mates at “Queen Residence Sumiyoshi”, you may encounter the new values and interests.

A neighborhood with good public transport access

During the Edo period, the merchants lived below the hilly ‘Yamanote’ where the samurai resided in an area where commerce and industry developed, and came to be called ‘Shitamachi’ or the ‘low city’.

Nowadays the low city is no longer the center of commerce and industry, however this area, where the traditions of old Edo remain strong, is the place to go to experience Japanese culture such as sumo wrestling and kabuki theater as well as gourmet dining.

Today we introduce to you a share house in the low city near Morishita station, Alpha Style Morishita.

Morishita station, which is serviced by the Toei Shinjuku and Toei Ōedo lines, has great access with it taking 13 minutes to Shinjuku and also within 20 minutes to Tokyo station, which those working in Tokyo would be happy to hear.

Let’s have a look inside!

Eat, move and laugh often

A healthy lifestyle is something quite difficult to attain by yourself. This is because behind the word ‘health’ lies hidden the words ‘effort’ and ‘habit’. To top it off there is the temptation of all of the delicious food and beverages in the world. It takes great determination to work hard and overcome these hurdles every day. For a person going at it alone, that is.

So, I now introduce to you Share-co Monzennakacho, a female-exclusive sharehouse centered on health which opened this past October. Standing in a great location just 3-minutes walk from Monzennakacho station on the Tokyo Metro Tozai and Toei Oedo lines, this house is ideal for those working in the city with the Nihonbashi and Otemachi business districts 10 minutes away.

The theme of the house is ‘Health.’ That’s right, in this house you can work together with like-minded friends and encourage each other along the way. Feel encouraged by others working hard when you’re feeling a bit slack, or be scolded by them when you feel like giving into temptation. Refresh your body and mind by having fun and exercising together. A healthy lifestyle is within your grasp.

Without further ado, let’s head on inside!

Main Lounge

Stepping into the lounge you are greeted by the kitchen encircled by a circular wooden wall. This is the main feature of the sharehouse and leaves a big impact.

Kitchen, Bathroom and Toilet Facilities

Let’s have a closer look at that kitchen that had entered our field of vision from the get go. Fully-equipped with all of the connections, this is the main feature of Share-co.

Private Rooms Each room comes furnished with a bed and desk and has plenty of storage space. All are single rooms with stylish concrete flooring.

Room 101. This is the most spacious of the rooms. The lighting is a small fixture much like a spotlight, great for those wanting to spend the long autumn nights in a calm, relaxed atmosphere. And now for what we’ve all been waiting for! There is a fitness room on the 1F.

There are 2 exercise bikes and yoga mats in the exercise room, along with a television and DVD player so you can watch a movie while you exercise. Let’s now move onto the 2F. Looking down with all the doors open like this it is almost like a sliced lemon. This concept was apparently inspired by the layout. Room 203. Inside the fruit.. I mean, inside the room is an elegant table and chair as well as a bed working together to create a refreshing atmosphere.

Room 301 has a heavy-backed chair inside and great natural lighting coming in from outside. The table and chair in Room 303 is like a dressing table. There is even a mirror on the wall. A closeup. The dressing table is a both lovely and composed piece of furniture.

Heading back up bast the 4F lounge we finally get to the rooms on the 5F. Going up and down the stairs might be hard but these rooms do have great layouts. (Room 501) Fixed to the wall is a wire to hang curtains. Room 503 has a balcony so if you open the large windows you can most likely see the blue sky.

As well as taking care of this property the company managing this house are also involved in
developing community-driven real estate, including flexible-design apartments called collaborative houses, community rental properties with common rooms and share offices. The company is therefore very knowledgeable about shared living and in the creation of communities, which should give people thinking about living in a sharehouse the peace of mind to move in.

Effort and endurance are necessary in maintaining a healthy lifestyle, however I personally believe relaxation is also important for one’s health. If you’re sweating it out and counting calories all the time it doesn’t hurt to hang out with your friends eating and drinking without a second thought from time to time.

Refresh not only your body, but also your mind. Begin a healthy lifestyle having fun sharing the good times and the bad with your housemates at Share-co Monzennakacho.

/Author: Kagawa