Comments on: What Are Japanese Share Houses?

By: Seriously Spain

Seriously Spain — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 10:04:00 +0000

I’m actually looking into doing this next year. I’m a writer that currently splits my time between Spain and Thailand, but have always wanted to visit Japan. A month in Tokyo living in a share house sounds like incredible fun, and a great way to meet Japanese people as well.

Hey, I’m an ex-teacher – I could even offer my roommates free English lessons :)

By: Y.

Y. — Wed, 22 May 2013 08:16:00 +0000

My boyfriend lived in a shared house, and the community was wonderful. If someone saw you in the hallway, they’d stop and introduce themselves or at the very least, greet you. Wifi was provided as well as shower and heating, etc. etc.
The landlady was really nice and let me stay over a certain number of nights each month without charging my boyfriend extra.

The only drawback was that the walls were paper thin! In the morning, you could hear his neighbor’s alarm go off, then here the neighbor fumble around to shut it off. A lot of older buildings have walls like this…

I really like the idea of share houses! They’re pretty inexpensive too!

By: Shollum

Shollum — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:25:00 +0000

True, if you look hard enough, you can almost always find something. It’s just that, as a general rule, apartments are more expensive than share houses or other accommodations where you have to put up with other people.

Also, are utilities included in your rent? I know that some places do that and others bill you for usage. I think some even mix it up a bit and give you an allowance and then charge you for going over.
Basically, do you have to spend another ~20,000 on utilities (water, electricity, gas, possibly internet) or are they included?

By: Ernovace

Ernovace — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:22:00 +0000

Reminds me of Maison Ikkoku, even though it is a pretty old (but golden) anime.

The concept was similar and it seems fun.

By: Alicia

Alicia — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:24:00 +0000

Cool! Now I know where to stay. :D

By: marksball

marksball — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:17:00 +0000

I did not do well living with others however this takes a lot of things into account such as dishes and kitchen space. I think it would be a lot of fun!