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2019年11月15日2020年8月28日

【Tenant’s interview】How to Enjoy the Shopping Street Surrounding the Share House～

Borderless House owns 67 share houses around Tokyo, and each house is attractive in its own way!

But, you probably can’t imagine how it feels like, living in a share house…
So this time, it’s a new series of Tenants introducing their community and surrounding area of the house!

Series number 1 of feeling as if you moved in the house! There will be two parts this time!

Introducing Borderless House Itabashi-Kuyakushomae, a medium sized share house with maximum of 16 people!

Area around the house is very convenient! Traditional shopping street and active share house

The area around the house is very convenient.

It’s only 2 minutes walk from the nearest station!

And, there is a traditional shopping street right in front of it.

When you get to the station, the delicious smell from the shopping street gets you hungry.

Its an exciting way back home thinking, “What will be my dinner today?”

Many many “Yayoya!” Share seasonal, delicious vedgetables!

Many traditional shops are in the shopping street.

Among them, there are many ”Yaoya!”

Surprisingly, there are 5 in the shopping street!! All of them sell really cheap seasonal vegetables.

Vegetables that may be expensive in supermarkets are affordable in “Yaoya.”

“Shopping is always fun when we all go together, since owners are surprised to see foreigners and they remember our faces. And so, we get extra goods! I’ve tried many new things since being independent from my parents, and cooking is something I’ve learned to love!”

Walk and eat around when you’re a little hungry. Delicious eating place in the shopping street.

The most recommendation is walking and eating around the shopping street with housemates!

Many shops also have take outs, so they are recommended for potluck parties.

Today, Mr. S will introduce 4 delicious shops around the house!

The secret sauce is super tasty! Yakitori shop, Torishin

The Yakitori shop that is 40 seconds walk across the house has excellent Yakitori with their own original sauce! For eating around, they cook right in front of you.

You can also bring it home, and Mr.S says, his housemates often bring them home!

Hot and soft! Introduced in TV shows, a Takoyaki shop, Iwacchi

The Takoyaki shop that is a short walk away from the shopping street is also a hidden, but famous shop.

We also make Takoyaki at home, but sometimes we feel like eating bought ones! A smell and taste that can not be made at home!

Why not have a sandwich party sometime? Stuffed with ingredients, SunSun Kure-ru

This sandwich shop has been featured on TV. Ingredients are stuffed, and you can order Horus d’oeuvre, so it can be brought to picnics or Cherry blossom viewing!

The rich ice cream is addicting once you eat it! OTONARI

A cafe& co working space, 2 minutes walk from the house!

The rich ice cream is of course recommended, but there’s also a lunch menu that changes daily. Also, there’s a co working space that is perfect for when you want to work outside of house.

Come to Borderless House Itabashi-Kuyakusho Mae!

Appeals of Itabshi-Kuyakushomae House are!

Meeting a lot of people in a 16 people living house!

Interactions emerge from walking past the living room!”

Good location surrounded with a wonderful shopping street!

These three points! There are many other recommendation points, but can’t write it all!

Find out more by acutally living there!

That’s it for report on feeling as if you moved in the Itabashi-Kuyakushomae House featuring Mr. S!

〈Itabashi-Kuyakusyomae House〉
〈Tokyo sharehouse list〉

2019年11月7日2020年8月18日

【Survey before Working Holiday!?】What he learned in three countries’ Borderless House

Hello! This is Ayako from Borderless House.
Are you enjoying the autumn atmosphere?

This time I did an interview with a tenant, Wonseok from Korea.

Actually, he stayed in three countries’ Borderless House, in Kyoto, Seoul, and Taipei! And it seemed to become a good opportunity for him before preparing Working Holiday.

Let me ask him about his experience in detail!

Stayed in Taiwan for House Exchange Program!

ーHe stayed in three different countries’ Borderless House

Staff：　Thank you for accepting my interview today!

Wonseok：　My pleasure!

Staff：　Actually, it is really rare for us to have a tenant who stayed in three countries’ Borderless House. May I ask how come it happened?

Wonseok：　First, I moved to Borderless House KANSAI when I entered the university in Japan and lived there for a year.

After that, I came back to Korea in order to prepare for military service. Since I still had time until going to the military so I stayed in Borderless House Korea for 5 months.

While I was living there, I stayed in Borderless House Taipei for a week, using House Exchange Program.

I will move out Borderless House Korea soon and then go to the military.

Staff：　Oh so you stayed in Taiwan for House Exchange!

*House Exchange Program is a special program for tenants in which they can stay in other countries’ Borderless House for 5 days to 1 month for free.

（↓He spent the longest time in Kyoto, Borderless House Hanazono.）

A feeling of safety as a “foreigner” in Japan

ーWhy Borderless House?

Staff：　Did you have any reason you decided to live in a share house in Japan first?

Wonseok：　I had known about share house itself and I thought it was good because I don’t need to pay the expensive initial fees and also don’t need to purchase furniture.

First, I searched on the internet and found a lot of share houses but Borderless House was the only one that has a concept like the half tenants are locals and another half tenants are people from other countries.

From that concept, I felt like I could be accepted by the people there although I came from another country.

Staff：　I see. Not only the convenience of the initial fees but the feeling of safety was also a big reason to choose the accommodation.

（↓Hanazono House Family）

Each house has each nice things

ーWas there any difference between the three different countries’ house life?

Wonseok：　Basically I enjoyed myself a lot at each house!

Staff：　When you were in Japan, half numbers of the tenants were Japanese, right?

Wonseok：　Yes! What I got surprised was, most of the housemates who are from other countries could speak Japanese. So I was also using Japanese all the time.

Staff：　What about the house in Korea?

Wonseok：　The common language was English. In Korea, I am a local person, not a foreigner so my roommate was from Belgium.

However, I chose a house which has a few Japanese tenants so I could also use English and it was really nice for me!

Staff：　What about in Taiwan?

Wonseok：　I think it was Taiwanese and English. There was a Japanese tenant so he helped me a lot! lol

Staff：　That’s the good point of Borderless House which has various nationalities.

Is there any difference among about how to spend time with housemates?

Wonseok：　In KANSAI, Borderless House Hanazono, I was drinking with my housemates almost every day. lol

In Korea, I was a bit busy with a part-time job but of course, I drank or hanged out with my housemates sometimes.

In Taiwan, they don’t drink that much so I relaxed at home when I spent time with them.

（↓His Second house, Chungjeongno1 House in Korea.）

It became a Working Holiday survey. Traveling without any accommodation fee!

ーHouse Exchange to Taiwan

Staff：　You are so fluent in Japanese but are you also studying Chinese?

Wonseok：　Yes. I was also interested in Taiwan so I started to study Chinese recently.

Staff：　Is that the reason you decided to travel to Taiwan?

Wonseok：　That’s right. If I use House Exchange Program, I don’t need to pay any accommodation fee and I can make friends immediately at the house so I think this is a really nice program.

I’ve been thinking about going to Taiwan for Working Holiday so it became a really good opportunity for me because I could get to know about Taiwan in advance.

Staff：　Wow, that sounds really nice!

Wonseok：　Absolutely. Tenants in Taiwan have been living there more than for a few months so I could ask them about life in Taiwan, culture, and working in detail.

I could get to know about real life in Taiwan which I couldn’t get to know in Korea. Then I could get many tips to think about Working Holiday there!

Staff：　That’s really nice to hear that!

Wonseok：　There was a staff of Borderless House who can speak Korean so the procedures were not so hard. And it was nice for me, too.

（↓With Connie, staff in Taiwan who can communicate in Korean.）

How to enjoy share house life when we want to be alone.

ー How was your staying in share houses in different countries?

Wonseok：　For total, it was really fun and I want to live in Borderless House again.

Staff：　Generally speaking, there are some people who feel awkward to live in a share house but you didn’t have that kind of feeling?

Wonseok：　Yeah, I can understand that feeling. In share house, always someone is in the house though that’s the good point of share house, I also felt like I want to be alone sometimes, honestly. lol

Staff：　How did you solve it when you had that kind of feeling?

Wonseok：　In Japan, my room was a private room so I tried to spend my own time alone. In Korea, I sometimes went back to my hometown or went to a cafe alone.

As long as I can take the balance by myself, we can enjoy the life in share house!

Staff：　I see… You know well because you spent a lot of time!!!!

Thank you very much for telling me precious stories. You might have a hard time in the military but I’m looking forward to seeing you again somewhere in Borderless House after you finished!

Wonseok：　Me, too! Thank you very much!!

Staff：　Thank you!!!!

（↓Beer with housemates from Switzerland, Germany, Japan, and Korea）

Why don’t you try “Experience Abroad” using Borderless House?

ーEditorial note

How was his interview? He stayed in Japan and Taiwan as a foreigner and stayed in Korea as a local while enjoying the international exchange.

In Borderless House, you can practice English or Japanese while living in Korea and also can get to know about life in Taiwan while living in Korea like him.

If you are interested in Workihg Holiday or Studying abroad, why don’t you try to have the “Experience Abroad” in Borderless House?

Now we have “2+1” campaign only for Korean! (If you move in by December 15)
Looking forward to your inquiry!

Call to 02-363-5348 or Send us a message!

2019年10月23日2020年8月18日

[BORDERLESS HOUSE] Moving out review of the house supporters “보들보들”

Hello, this is Borderless House Seoul Team.

Our house support 보들 보들 finally finished their work on last August 24.
They stayed in Borderless House for the whole summer
and tried their best to make our house be more wonderful place.

We are going to tell you about the last story of them now!

There is our house supporter Suzy!
Actually she left our house first because of her studies .

She is studying in US, so she stayed in Borderless House during her vacation .
Even though it was not a long time to stay in share house , she said,
“the experience in share house was really helpful to get used to school life in US “

Suzy was always enthusiastic to learn new cultures and communicate with housemate, and that is why she could enhance her English a lot for a short time.

Take care and keep in touch with us Suzy!

Yujin in Hongdae 2 house said the most precious memory during her staying was sharing feeling with her roommates .
She said, “I know how hard to live as a foreigner , so I tried to sympathize with them more and help them to get used to the life in Korea ”
she also made an effort to communicate with roommates to keep the house clean and comfortable .
As a house supporter, she made a new cleaning rule which is more reasonable for housemates .

We highly appreciate that Yujin always tried to kindly care our housemate.

There is the winner of our SNS posting competition ! Congratulation!
Yujin in Janghangpyeong 1 house got so much compliments from her housemates!

Yujin was definitely happy virus in Janghangpyeong 1 house.
We would like to share one of the messages from Janghangpyeng house !

“Being with Yujin, it was much easier to get close with other housemates .
Yujin made an effort to invite all to have a conversation each other .
Thank you Yujin to be our house supporter! We had a wonderful time with you!”

We can find the lovely girls of Gangnam 2 house in the picture.
Actually, Hyun is the house supporter who was being with us until the end .

Also, her house mate left a message to us that Hyun helped her a lot to get used to Korea . She felt really sad to let Hyun go.
So, she waited Hyun to see her off and they made a promise to meet again !

We have received a lot of messages from our housemates !
They said, “the time in Borderless house was very precious memory and we would keep in touch continually !”
Also, Hyun said, “I highly recommend to live in share house for someone especially who is a student looking for a special plan for their vacation ! “

Look at the cute memory board by the supporters. : D

This was a challenge even for us, because it was the first time to try house supporters .
Therefore, there were some weak points as well.
We will improve the plan and will make the activity more meaningful and pleasant!

Thank you so much for the efforts everyone !!

Good bye the 1st 보들 보들 ~

2019年10月21日2019年10月21日

[BORDERLESS HOUSE] The review of the 3rd&4th week share house life from the supporters “보들보들”

Hello, this is Seoul share house Borderless house.
On this posting, we will tell you the 3 ^rd 4 ^th week review of house supports 보들 보들.

Hyun in Borderless Ganganm 2 house went to Jeonju with her house mates this weekend!

Our Gangnam 2 tenants with Hanbok are so beautiful and sweet, are not they? ♥♥
They went to little bit far away from Seoul, and their faces got more brighten up!
We hope we can go on a trip with our tenants next time . ♡ (1’ᴗ`1) ♡

They also made a Mukbang show. 😊
We are receiving many food pictures and it makes us very hungry . TT
We will share with you a lot of the food pictures,
so let ‘s enjoy them even in pictures.

Yujin in Hongade 4 house sent daily photos with her roommate.
Now they look like best friends and seem to resemble each other .

Look at those cute jelly rings.
We can tell with the photos that they are having a lovely summer night in the share house .

In the summer time,
it is surely better to have a cold beer under the A / C at home than go outside!
It would be doubly happy to have roommates who can be with .

Yujin in Janghanpyeong 1 house said she spend most of the time with her roommate Yui .
Also they went to watch a movie ‘Exit’and had bingsu (Korean style ice flakes) together.

By the way, did you hear that the total number of the audiences of the movie ‘Exit’was over nine million?
If you did not watch it yet and you like light comedy and action movies , we highly recommend it!

Suzy in Borderless Yeongdeungpo 1 house sent us a picture of birthday party in share house !
We can find they were having a awesome night .
Suzy said, “it was not a big party but we felt that we got really close after the party . “

Have you ever been suffering from loneliness?
Sometimes we feel very lonely if there is no close friend around us .
We know how hard it is.
But, in our share house, you always can be with good friends.

Also, All roommates in Yeongdeungpo 1 are outgoing and know how to enjoy night life in Seoul well .
You definitely will make wonderful memories with them!

Next photo is from Dong-in who is staying in Sangsu 1 house.
Aww, it looks like they promised to make a same pose .
Where are the peaches from?
They look so happy 🙂

This is the living room of Chungjeongno 1 house!
We can find our staff Ayaya and Dong-in!
Ayaya is our staff from Japan.
She invited some tenants from other houses and had a party with them !
Actually, all of them are from different countries : Switzerland, Japan and Korea! But, they look like enjoying the party in their own way😊

Wait! Are they having CHIMAC?
We are desperately hoping to join the party next time ! CHIMAC … ..!

Also, we got a picture from Sangsu 1 house!
They cooked for themselves and had a wonderful dinner with traditional dishes from different countries .

After the party, they went to Noraebang.
They sent us video shot at Noraebang.
We could easily find how much they enjoyed Noraebang moment,
but the video is going to be a secret between us haha !

Do you think you are a good cook?
you should come to Borderless house!
There will be a plenty of chances to show your talent and make new friends !
Or are you a kind of person who loves to learn new cultures by trying international food ?
You definitely will fall in love with our house !

There might be plenty of benefits to live and share your life with others .
But, the most beneficial one to live with someone is that you can have a big living room !
It is not easy to live in house with a living room especially in Seoul .
However, in Borderless house, you can share enough place with your roommates and have fun at any time you want !

Especially, Hongdae 2 house is known for the house which has a wide living room and that is why we had the August event ‘ The Bibbim ‘right here!

We always appreciate your efforts to make our house be a place we would feel comfortable in!

2019年10月7日2020年9月18日

【Enjoy World Cuisine】Amazing Exotic Cambodian Food Experience!

សួស្តីទីនោះ！Hello, this is Yuya!

『BORDERLESS DINERS～Experience international restaurants and travel around the world～』

It’s been 6 months since we have started this program!

This is a hands-on program that you can enjoy the international exchange with
your five senses and enjoy different cuisines in restaurants or catering in Tokyo!
Let’s Eat, Talk and Think together!

We are having Cambodian cuisine in July!

Let me introduce you the exotic BORDERLESS DINERS which served by Cambodian locals.

Delicious Cambodian cuisine cooked by Cambodian students, Seam and Srun!

This time, the food is cooked by Vice President of the Cambodian International Students Association in Japan, Seam and the cooking assistant is Srun who is an interesting engineer from Cambodia! He also did a Cambodian presentation for us.

They hold some occasional events of Cambodia culture or Cambodian food to let more people know about this country from time to time.

Srun who was supposed to cook overslept on the day, luckily, all the participants helped us to start the journey to Cambodia by cooking together.

Exploring a taste for ethnic and exotic flavors!

Cambodian food has evolved a unique cuisine based on the influence of French, Chinese, Thai and Vietnamese cuisine.

Speaking of ethnic cuisine, we tend to think it with pungent taste, but in Cambodian food culture, you can add any spices that you like, so it’s not spicy at all!

Cambodian food is highly recommended for people who wants to try some ethnic food for the first time, as they usually don’t put coriander in it and it’s very easy to get used to the taste.

Having delicious breakfast for the morning! A traditional breakfast with a lot of meat!

Speaking of Cambodian cuisine, pork rice bowl (បាយសាច់ជ្រូក) is absolutely the one! which is also the most popular Cambodian breakfast.

Seam told us that this is a Cambodian food that every Cambodian must eat at least once in their lifetime.

The pork is cooked with fish sauce and sugar. It’s delicious to eat it with marinaded veggies.

While enjoying the fantastic taste of Southeast Asian cuisine, let’s also have some tasty fried eggs with ground pork sauce.

To start your day with good feelings by having fat pork and rice, it also makes you feel energetic! !

A mysterious drink with beans and jelly? ! Unique Tapioca milk!

I’d like to introduce another Cambodian food to you, which is Tapioca Milk!

Tapioca is now a big hit in Japan, but Cambodian tapioca milk has a different taste.

First, even though it’s tapioca milk, beans play the most important role.

This kind of beans is not common in Japan, however, it’s a classic element for Southeast Asian dessert, It is a dessert with a lot of mung beans, jelly, etc. and boiled in coconut milk.

Even the participants who were hesitating to try it out at the beginning loved it.

Welcome to visit Cambodia! The weather is warm as well as the people

After enjoying delicious rice and desserts, Srun introduced Cambodia deeply to us.
Cambodia is known as the birthplace of Angkor Wat and pumpkin, but there were still many of us didn’t know what this country is, so everyone was very curious about Srun ‘s story!

Extremely friendly and warm-hearted Cambodian people

Then, Srun would like to talk about the personalities of Cambodian people!

“Cambodian are very kind to tourists. I think people are gentle everywhere in Southeast Asia, but I can say Cambodians are really friendly. So don’t be afraid to visit Cambodia, since there is always someone would help you if there is any problem! Every Cambodian is just as kind as me!” Srun said.

All of the participants were wearing a big smile while listening to his introduction.

Even this is the first time to meet Seam and Srun, they were very kind and friendly, also very easy to talk that made me feel that I have known them for a long time.

A small and historic town – Phnom Penh

Cambodia has a short history of Pol Pot massacre (Cambodian genocide), and there are places in the country where the grief remains.

“The capital Phnom Penh a city has a proper size and it is very convenient to live there. It’s also centralized. It’s also safe to travel in Phnom Penh, there are many restauants, hotels, and sightseeing spots. It is highly recommended to go there by Tuk-tuk. Of course there are still places where you can see the signs of the genocide such as Killing Field, but there are also many beautiful temples and royal palaces. It’s a city with historical cityscape characteristic and energetic people who live a positive style, regardless of the past. It’s a lively country, a lively city. I hope everyone can visit there some day. “

Srun said. And this is the current situation of Cambodia.

Here is the special points of Cambodia recommended by our Japanese tenant who has lived there for a year.

This time, there is also a Japanese resident who has worked in Cambodia for a year sharing some good things of Cambodia and her recommendations to us.

She said that Cambodians are very dexterous! Especially the handwoven silk is very beautiful.

It takes about an hour or so from Phnom Penh to silk island where you can see the amazing Cambodian handwoven silk.

Also, she was shocked by eating frogs and insects which they were considered as an important source of protein for Cambodian.

While introducing us the beautiful silk scarves and showing us photos of tranditional costumes, many beautiful memories of her stay in Cambodia came flooding back.

It was a wonderful experience for us of getting to know Cambodia from a foreigner’s perspective.

Next time is Mongolia! Experiencing the nomadic ethnic culture in Shinjuku! ?

BORDERLESS DINERS～Experience international restaurants and travel around the world～』is a monthly event only for tenants at Borderless House!

The next event will be held on August 22 (Thursday) in a Mongolian restaurant in Shinjuku!

In a restaurant that reproduces the Mongolian nomadic house, you can learn about culture and enjoy the delicious cuisine with Mongolian couples in a fun way!

What kind of experience would that be?

Please look forward to our presentation next month’s!

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2019年9月28日2020年8月18日

【Tenant Interview】What’s good in Borderless House?

Annyeonghaseyo! This is Borderless House Seoul.
Summer has gone and it is getting good weather day by day!

This time’s topic is the interview of a tenant.

We had an interview with Minji, who has lived in Chungjeongno1 House about her share house life in Borderless House.

Why sharehouse? What was good in Borderless House?
If you haven’t lived in a share house and if you are interested in living in a sharehouse, please check it out!

“After traveling abroad, I wanted to know more about other countries’ culture.”

At first, why did you need to move to a new place?

Minji: My university is far from Seoul. I needed to do an intern in Seoul for two months during summer vacation so I was looking for an accommodation where I can stay for a short time.

Staff: I see. If you choose a share house, the room is furnished and the deposit is cheap so I agree that it is good for a person who wants to live for a short time. What kind of internship was it by the way?

Minji: I’m studying pharmacy so I’m doing an internship at a hospital. We have to do that in order to get the credit.

Staff: Wow, so cool..!!!!

Minji: My housemates reacted the same when I was washing my white coat at the common space. lol

(Minji and Staff Ayako)

Why did you choose Borderless House?

Minji: A few months ago, I just traveled in Europe for a month. It was really fun so I wanted to know more about other countries’ culture or languages even after my travel. The concept of Borderless House was perfect for me.

And the staff in Borderless House was really nice so I got a good impression. Her way to explanation was really clear. I appreciate her help!

Staff: We are so glad to hear that! Thank you! Did you think about other share houses, too?

Minji: I had room viewing for the other two companies’ share houses. They have only Korean tenants and I couldn’t see how they enjoy their life together so I didn’t get interested in them.

Borderless House is located close to the station and I like the area. The security is nice, too.

(Chungjeongno1 House is a really active community!)

Discussion at Han River

-How was the life in Borderless House?

Minji: I really enjoyed my stay here for 2 months. I enjoyed meals, drinking, hanging out and even clubbing with my housemates from various countries!

Staff: What is your most impressive memory?

Minji: It’s the discussion at Han River with my housemates. lol

We went there with my housemates from Switzerland, Germany and Japan. We put the picnic sheets and we were enjoying talking but it became a big discussion while seeing nice sunset. lol

Staff: Discussion on the picnic sheet! How cool! lol

Minji: We were talking about the cultural differences between Asia and Europe and also about how we accept it and live in different country. The way how to accept the cultural difference was different by person so we told our own opinion each other and it became a big discussion.

Staff: How did the discussion end? Didn’t you feel any awkward after that?

Minji: Not at all. We didn’t have a same opinion but it is natural and we ended up with the agreement that there were lots of way of thinking and opinions.

Staff: Yeah, I agree that we don’t need to have a same opinion and it is important to get to know many ways of thinking. Did you talk in English?

Minij: Yes. I’m not good at speaking in English but we usually use gestures or translation app when we have difficulties.

(At Han River!)

Following the basic rule is important.

-Did you have any inconvenience in daily life?

Minji: The washing machine was a bit old and we needed more light in the stairs.

Staff: Oh I see. Sorry to hear that..!!!!

Minji: No worries! lol There were rules for taking out the trash and we have to tell our housemates in advance when we invite our friends to the house. So even if we have different culture, we follow the rules and live in comfort.

(Taking out trash chore in Chungjeongno1 house)

You can have many friends from other countries!

-As a final question, To whom would you like to recommend Borderless House?

Minji: Like me, who needs to live in Seoul for a short term. And also people who are living alone, feeling lonely or who wants to have simulations in life and people who wants to have friends from various countries!

Staff: I see. If you live in Borderless House, you can meet people who you don’t meet in daily life, right?

Minji: Yes, if I didn’t live in Borderless House, I didn’t go club nor have a discussion. We lived together so we could become close. Even after my move out, I would like to keep in touch with them.

Staff: It was a short period but we are glad that you enjoyed living in Borderless House! Thank you very much!

Minji: Thank you!

How was the interview? which Minji stayed is a big house which 18 people live together. This house is really nice for the people who want to meet many people!

Even if you cannot speak other languages, no problem at all! Everyone in this house has same situation. Tenants in Borderless House are living together with consideration and the mind trying to understand or respect others and helping each other.

We are looking forward to having you to our community!

★Chungjeongno1 House information is HERE!

2019年9月21日2019年9月21日

[BORDERLESS HOUSE] The 1st House Supporters 보들보들’s Share House Life

Hello, this is Borderless Hosue Seoul Team 🙂
We are going to tell you about the first review of 보들 보들 (Borderless house Seoul supporters).

HONGDAE 4 HOUSE SUPPORTERS “YUJIN HA”

Yujin in Borderless Hongdae 2 house felt nervous when she moved in, but her roommate Nana was so nice and welcoming that the worries went away.

Also, they got closer by having meal in the famous restaurant in Hongdae and going to karaoke together . One of the most basic but most important activities of the supporters is having a meal with housemates , and we can tell only with the picture that the restaurant is very nice!

Yujin is interacting with not only the house mates in the same house
but also the tenant living in the different house.
Carla is from Spain studying Journalism and going to stay in Korea for 3 months. She really wants to experience as much as she can during her staying.
She would be able to experience deeper Korean culture thanks to share house supporter Yujin !

SANGSU 1 HOUSE SUPPORTERS “DONGIN CHOI”

Dongin in Borderless Sangsu 1 house could get closer with Sayuri from Japan and Tiara from Taiwan ,
because they spent a lot of their free time in the common area .

When we asked what you want to do with foreigners in the share house ,
the most frequent answer was

“I want to make their own countries ‘food and share them with everyone!” .

And it is not a big deal in Sangsu 1 house!
The Japanese tenant made Okonomiyaki, the Thai tenant made Pad Thai
and the Korean made Kimchi fried rice and Kimchi pancake and ate all together.
Dongin said, dinner is his favorite time and he is looking forward to this every day!

GANGNAM 2 HOUSE SUPPORTERS “HYUN LEE”

보들 보들 Hyun in Gangnam 2 house is writing Naver blog posts about her share house life and the supporters activities .
If you search ‘ 보더리스 하우스 (Borderlesshouse)’on Naver, you can find them.

CHEONGNYANGNI 1 HOUSE SUPPORTERS “MINJIN JO”

Minjin in Cheongnyangni 1 house had cheese Dakgalbi (spicy stir-fried chicken) with her house mates! Acually, Dakgalbi is one of the most popular Korean food for foreigners . They look so happy, do not they? : D
I am getting hungry as keeping watching pictures of foods …

JANGHANPYEONG 1 HOUSE SUPPORTERS “YUJIN GANG”

There is another Yujin in Janghanpyeong 1 house!
She is really bright and kind that the atmosphere in the house is totally changed after she moved in .

Yongjun was our former tenant who already moved out a few month ago ,
but he has been keeping in touch with the friends !
So he joined Yujin ‘s welcome party.

The easiest way to get to know each other is to eat delicious food together .
Thanks to Yujin, it seems like Janghanpyong 1 House has lighted up.

YEONGDEUNGPO 1 HOUSE SUPPORTERS “SUZY LEE”

The tenants in Yeongdeungpo 1 house are interacted with each other the most among our 23 share houses.
Suzy is going to school in USA and came to Korea for her summer break .
She wants to keep using English in Korea as well , that is why she decided to join the supporters program.
she could not expect to speak English this much beforehand , but now she is totally satisfied with her decision and having so much fun in this share house .

We are very happy to see the pictures that we can tell their good community !
They are going for the dinner together every day , even when they are tired because of hard work !

HONDAE 2 HOUSE SUPPORTERS “SEYOUNG KIM”

Seyoung in Borderless Hongdae 2 house recently moved in and already got closer to the others .
She enjoyed her first night with fried chicken and beer with the house mates .

1 week after she moved into the share house ,,,

She loves talking and are good at leading the conversation ,
so the time she chat with her house mates at night in the bed is her favorite .
Thanks to her effort, they could know more about each other!

Today, we have simply shown 보들 보들 ‘s first week review in the share houses.
We will come back with more fun review soon ! (ง • _ •) ง

2019年9月3日2019年9月3日

We held the international event “The Bibim” in Seoul!

Anyeonghaseyo! This is Borderless House Seoul.

How was your summer vacation?
On, August 15th was the independence day, which has a special meaning in Korea.

On the day, we Borderless House Seoul held an event “The Bibim” for international exchange at one of our share house.
Today we would like to share about this event in this blog!

The first event by Borderless House Supporters!

This event was planned and managed by Borderless House Supporters who are students and living in our house to support the house community and management. They started planning a few weeks before. In order to make it a good event, they gathered at our office several times and prepared well.

Although the outside was raining, over 20 tenants joined to this event from different houses!

The main content of this event was to make Korean food “bibimpab” by winning some games. If the team could win the game, they can get a dish to put on the rice to make bibimpab.
The name of the game is, “The Bibim”!!!!

(We gathered at Borderless House Hongdae2, which has a huge living room.)

Exciting game to get the dish!

The first round was, “Who drank alcohol?”.

4 members of the team drink a cup of water or alcohol in front of everyone at the same timing. Only one cup has alcohol (Soju) so the audience will point out who drank the alcohol. If the team could fake and the person who drank the alcohol didn’t get pointed out, the team can get one dish for bibimpab!

Since the team could think about how they cheat the audience beforehand, some teams tried to pretend that they all drink water or other teams pretended that they all drink Soju. Each team did great acting!
（This is Dani, pretended to drink water although she drank a cup of Soju.）

The second round is “Speed Drawing”

3 members in one team draw one object together by 3 seconds each. Then another member answer what they tried to draw. If he or she answered the correct one, the team can get the dish.
3 seconds is super short! Even if we are grabbing a pen, staff will take it off after 3 seconds. It was really difficult to complete drawing and we laughed a lot by seeing the weird picture!

What is this, you think?
The answer is.. Penguin!!

The third round is “Gesture Game”!

We take turns in a team and if we can get correct answers more than a certain number, we can get the dish. This game can be learning of new language.

“Ahhhh, that word.. in my language, we say XX but how do you call it in Korean or English?” “It is XX!!” like that.

（She is trying to express the word “Exciting”. It was difficult!）

The fourth round is “Gongi (Air) game”!

This is a Korean traditional game. We throw small balls up and catch by the back of the hand. And we throw them up again then catch them by hand. We compete for the number of balls which we could catch as a result.

This is actually super difficult! Since this is a Korean traditional game, most of the Korean members got high points! Members from other countries, they reacted like can you do that?”.

We have these balls in our office so when you visit our office for the payment, why don’t you try it?

（Can you guess if she could catch the balls?!）

The last round is “Intro Quiz”!

As you know, we listen to an intro of the music and answer the title of the music.
“I know! I know this song but I forgot the title..! What was that?”

（The last round was so exciting!）

Finally, we can eat!

Now all the games are done. Unfortunately, there were some teams which couldn’t get all the dishes but we share every kind of dishes finally and the delicious bibimbap was completed!

The “Bibim” International exchange

“Bibim” means “mix” in Korean. Famous Korean food “Bibimpab” consists from “Bibim” (mix) and “Pab” (rice).

In this event, tenants from Korea, Japan, UK, USA, Mexico, Germany, and Thailand joined. We enjoy the language and Korean culture by playing the games together. It was just like “Bibim” of culture.

On the independence day of Korea, people from various countries gathered in one place, laughed a lot together and enjoyed Koran culture together. This event became a kind of touching one as Borderless House Staffs who wish for peace in the world.

Special Thanks!

For supporters, who did from planning to preparing and MC, every organizing really well, thank you very much!

For Borderless Staff Bona, who was organizing supporter members, Rani, who was preparing bankside like cooking, Yona, who made the atmosphere exited, thank you very much!!
（Our staff cooked the dish for bibimpab!）

（Supporters!）

What the next event is..? Please be looking forward to it!!!!

2019年8月23日2020年9月18日

【Dining Tables All over the World】Irish Cuisine Cooked by a Giant!? Let’s Experience Ireland in a Exciting Restaurant!

Dia Duit! This is Yuya! I am in charge of this programme.

The Food Experience Programme “BORDERLESS DINERS ~Experience International Restaurants and Travel around the World~”

Eat! Talk! Think! in this hands-on programme in which you can enjoy cuisine all over the world and international exchange by using your five senses in a restaurant or catering in Tokyo.

The destination in June was Ireland!
We chartered “”The Giant’s Stew House”” in Togoshi-Ginza Shopping District. I will report the brilliant experience in BORDERLESS DINERS with the jolly and animated owner as if he were from Super Mario.

The Jolly Owner is the Bomb! Let’s Enjoy Learning about Ireland!

From Togoshi Station, walking straight on Togoshi Ginza Shopping Street, in style today, for 10 minutes and you can find “”the Giant’s Stew House””.

The owner of this restaurant, Alan from Ireland, is very friendly, jolly and talkative. He is such a super-nice guy that he can cheer up people around him.

“Hello! Everyone! Thank you for coming! Xie Xie! Merci! Grazie! Vielen Dank!”
Today, I’m gonna serve you the most delicious and authentic varieties of Ireland cuisine handed down directly by my mother and super cool Irish culture!

The Deep History of Ireland! Everything Starts from this Land.

Ireland has the prehistoric remains such as Newgrange, the vast nature since the ancient times like Aran Islands and plenty of legends and myths on which Harry Potter and Lord of the Ring are based.

Those are called “Celtic Culture which is originated in ancient times and Ireland has kept until today.

The legend of “giant” used in the name of Alan’s restaurant is also one of the Celtic culture.

What kind of food do they eat in Ireland where fairies live and giants stride and whose culture has significant effects on Western Europe?

Irish Food: Simple and Somehow Nostalgic Mother’s Home Cooking

The unique characteristics of Irish cuisine is that it has light taste and brings the best in ingredients, such as mainly potato, then mutton and beef.

They often have creamy mashed potatoes or soda bread with stew, soup, bacon’s or smoked salmons.

Above all, meat!
As it is rainy and there is no change in temperature throughout the year in Ireland, there are huge thick grasslands where cattle and sheep grow up.
Thanks to that, the meat from Ireland is so tasty that Alan gives it an approval. It is extraordinary delicious!

Potato is the Soul of Irish! Mashed Potatoes Melting in Your Mouth.

This is the mashed potatoes with the satisfying smooth texture, cooked with the traditional home cooking skills by Alan.

For most of the Irish food, potatoes are used. For example, the mixture of mashed potatoes and cabbage called Colcannon or the mixture of mashed potatoes and seaseed. In this way, potatoes come first of all.
Why do they eat potatoes that much? The reason is that the times under British rule, Irish people had to send all of the flour to England. So they had to eat potatoes to prevent starving by nourishing themselves.

Ireland and potatoes are inseparable.
The mashed potatoes made of such precious potatoes taste really good.

They have rich taste and creamy texture thanks to abundant milk and butter.
The feeling when we put them into our mouth is indescribable.

The participants were impressed with the rich creamy mashed potatoes for the first time.

Big Smile!!!

It is Hard to Choose from So Many Varieties! Irish Stew Brought to a Simmer

Stew is also essential for Irish home cooking.
The tastes of stew are so various that this restaurant’s name has “stew” in it.
The most common stew is Irish stew and Guinness stew.

Irish stew looks similar to Japanese home cooking “Nikujaga”, a mixture of meat and potatoes.
It is chunky and filling thanks to a plenty of potatoes.

And Guinness stew!
This stew has the aromatic mixed flavor of richness and bitterness, simmered in Guness beer from Ireland where beer and Irish wisky is indisreppensable.

Besides those kinds of stew, Alan kindly served us clam chowder with salmon and spinach soup.

While they are all stew, each has completely different taste.
We couldn’t stop our hands from dipping soda bread in stew and put stew on mashed potatoes and the plates got empty in the blink of an eye.
The most popular one was Irish stew with lamb after all.

Coffee with Whisky!? Irish Coffee is an Acquired Taste

Irish Coffee as dessert for finishing off!

Irish Coffee warms a cold body in the freezing Irish whether. When a lot of airplanes stopped at an airport in Ireland to be refueled, seeing passengers waiting for refueling done and shivering with cold, a chef started serving coffee with Irish Whisky to them.

It is a dessert for mature people, a hot coffee with Irish Whisky and whipped cream on its top.

The combination of the sweetness of whipped cream, the bitterness of cofee and the rich aroma of Irish Coffee and whisky is very satisfying.

Once He Speaks about the Legend of Irish Giant, He Goes on and on about it.

As above, “A Giant’s Stew House” is where you can eat traditional and very delicious Irish food. He opened the stew house after the legend of a giant because after he came to Japan, he began to think that people need a restaurant like a community which conveys the history of Ireland where he loves in Japan where he loves as well.

The walls in the restaurant full of such thoughts is filled with Irish episodes, celebrities and the recommended attractions.

Alan also wrote a book about the Giant Legend to tell Ireland!

According to him, it is the second best book following Lord of the Rings. In the event, he gave such a masterpiece to the participants!

Alain’s passion for Ireland is so strong that he usually tells the story about the Irish stuff in the restaurant, food, beer with his files about Ireland to customers after they place orders.

Alan keeps telling about Ireland in this foreign country Japan which is far away from Ireland, while both are kind of similar in a sense, as they are the island countries.

Ireland is a fantastic and romantic country with lots of legend, myth and fairies living together!
And Irish people are bright, humorous and extremely interesting just like me!
So it’s my dream to make people all over Japan happy by giving the Irish people’s spirit and power!

Thus, Alan taught me a lot about Ireland.
Alan’s character, attracting people by his cheerfulness, might come from his background, growing up in Ireland with its vast nature and fantasy.

The journey to Ireland was deep and exciting thanks to Alan’s laughing jokes.

The Next Destination is Mongolia! International Experience Restaurant Traveling to Another Place Monthly!

BORDERLESS DINERS ~Experience International Restaurants and Travel around the World~is the Monthly Hands-on Programme only for the Tenants!

The next one is going to be held on July 21 (Sun). We will charter a Mongolian restaurant in Shinjuku!

The restaurant is cosy like a house of Mongolian nomads. You can learn about Mongolia with a Mongolian married couple happily with tasty food!

Now then, what are you going to experience in the next journey?
You are going to love the report next month!

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