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BBQ party in Mid-Autumn Festival with BORDERLESS HOUSE family!

BBQ party in Mid-Autumn Festival with BORDERLESS HOUSE family!

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

It’s time to have a BBQ party!

In Taiwan, we always have barbecue with our family or friends in this festival! The moon is the brightest and roundest on this day which means family reunion for Taiwanese! And this is the main reason why we think mid-autumn is very important.

Borderless House is a big family, , so we plan this event for them! Everyone had a unforgettable night with new friends!

Let’s check the photos!

We had almost 50 people joined us! First, please introduce yourself to new friends. ^^ Second, enjoy your wonderful BBQ!

Say cheese!


Everyone enjoyed taking with new people.^0^
We shared our stories of different houses, countries and so on! It was really interesting!


Last, don’t forget to clean the place! Let’s take a group photo for everyone and the happy ending!

It was really fun to have such a good time with new people!
We’ll have more event and special program for our tenants in the future! What are you waiting for?

Join BORDERLESS HOUSE TAIPEI now and have fun with our tenants!

Check the links below for other information!

【Facebook】: https://www.facebook.com/borderlesshouse.taipei/
【Instagram】: https://www.instagram.com/borderlesshouse.tw/
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*HOUSE EXCHANGE* Daniel – Kyoto to Seoul

House Exchange from Kyoto to Seoul!

  Hello, this is Share House Borderless House! Our tenant staying in Kansai, Daniel has been to Seoul for a week by house exchange program! He has shared his precious memories with housemates in Share house in Seoul, and gave us some nice pictures taken in Seoul after a trip. Let’s see how was his trip to Seoul and what he felt in Seoul! Hello, everyone! My name is Daniel and I am currently staying in Borderless Share house Osaka. I came Kyoto to study Japanese and learning new language is always so hard. So I decided to visit Seoul for my short holidays! I had stayed in one of share houses of Borderless House Seoul for my trip. I would like to share some moments of my trip with everyone! When I visited Seoul, it was rainy season and sometimes it was really hard to walk around. But when I visited the palace, the weather was really awesome! The palace I have visited has unique atmosphere with great weather. I was really happy to take pictures during the time walk around the palace. Share house where I have stayed in Seoul was near Hongdae. Hongdae 4 house has really great access to famous area in Seoul! Especially to Hongdae, it takes only around 5 minutes by walk. The picture is the center of Hongdae, and I was on my way to have fancy dinner! The place I loved most was the market. I could meet many local people there and could feel real Seoul. People who sells fish were really kind! They kept ask me to have some raw fish when they clean fish. Do not miss trying delicious dishes in the market! I had Jeon which is cooked fish and vegetables with egg and flour. It was so nice and I could drink a lot with these Jeon! I was so busy during the day and my housemates also had their schedule. So we always met in the night time and loved to have a conversation and drink! We enjoyed to visit fancy restaurants together and the picture is the moment we visited Han-river! They recommend me to have “Chimaek” which is having Fried Chicken and Beer!   I love traveling, but it was my first time to stay in Share house. It was really awesome because I could meet many local tenants in Seoul! After this trip, I am planning to visit Taipei with this program again! If you are a tenant of Borderless House, why don’t you try it?     * Only for tenant * If you want to join our House exchange program, feel free to contact us! Always welcome! Please refer to the link below for more information. http://www.borderless-house.com/houseexchange    
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Real share house life report introduced by a tenant

Hello.

 

This is Hyesoon from BORDERLESS HOUSE Kansai office.

I guess there are many people thinking like this “I’m interested in a share house but what kind of people are living like”

So, here is the second blog which written by Nami who lives in Borderless House Kyoto Kamigamo!

 

She wrote in detail about the daily life of the share house.

Let’s see one day of the share house‼

It is a report of Nami who is one of the tenants of Borderless House

This is Nami who is a tenant of Borderless House Kyoto Kamigamo.

 

It’s kind of sudden, what kind of image do you have about living in a share house?

 

When I started living in a share house, my friends asked me “Do you have a party everyday?” “Is it like a terrace house?”

So, this time I would like to tell you what kind of life in BORDERLESS HOUSE Kyoto Kamigamo.

■ 7: 00 ~ begin to hear the share mate’s preparation sound

From around 7:00am,

I hear the footsteps and conversation of the roommates.

 

There are not only students but also business person.

 

And each of them get ready to go such as eating break fast or taking shower.

Normally, there are more or less three people in the living room at 7:00am, most of them get up at around 8:00am.

 

Since my time to go to university is not fixed,

 

when getting up early, I stay in the room and read books, study and do some work until everyone comes up.

■10：00～　Free time

After finishing the breakfast, it’s a time to relax. There are some people who have already left school or work.

 

On the other hand, some tenants have classes in the afternoon. They take a time as they like such as using personal computer, watching TV and studying.

 

For my case, my class started from in the afternoon, I thought taking a blanch with my friends at university! And then, I prepared for it and went out!

■ 18: 00 ~ Share mates do homework as soon as coming back home!

I went straight back home.

 

They always do their homework in the living room as soon as they get home. (Holding a study group for Japanese!)
I often teach Japanese while cooking, and they also help me when I study art literature which was written in French and English.

The kitchen has never crowded until now, because the time each tenant comes back is different.

 

Some tenants sometimes share their meals and we often have cooking parties.

■ 20: 00 ~　cozy timeAfter dinner and finishing homeworks,

we have a good time with everyone such as watching TV together, talking about events that happened today.
Most of tenants come back home around this time.

 

Everyone says Tadaima(I’m home) and Okaeri(well come back) when tenants come back home.

I think it is the share house-specific!

Everyone drank delicious sakes or ate snacks.

The time refreshed me completely!

■24：00～　Good night!

As expected, it was time to go to bed.

 

Oyasumi nasai (good night).

I think there are pros and cons of living in share house,
but it depends on you whether the share house life will be good or not.
Why don’t you discover new things at the share house?

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So, how do you think?

It was the story that you can see real daily share house life, wasn’t it?!

Borderless House is available for staying from 1 month!

 

If you are interested in the house, why don’t you come a room-viewing and ask questions directly to tenants and our staff about life at the share house?

There are rooms available from now!!

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<Borderless House Osaka Toyonaka 1>

 

**10 minutes to go to Osaka station and there is a free Japanese class at the closest station of the house.

 

<Borderless House Osaka Toyonaka 1>

**Good access to anywhere in Osaka city

 

<Borderless House Osaka Tsuruhashi 1>

**Only female floor available,

 

<Borderless House Osaka Tamatsukuri>

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International Bowling Competition! with tenants from each Kansai share houses

Hello, this is Yuuka from Borderless House!

We listened to the voice that tenants want to interact with other tenants living in other houses so we held a team competing bowling competition in Osaka on July 9th!

Hello, Annyeonghaseyo, Bonjour, multiple languages

On that day, tenants from various countries such as Japan, Korea, Belgium, Netherlands,etc from a total of 4 houses gathered! (Kyoto Kamigamo House, Osaka Tamatsukuri House, Osaka Tsuruhashi House, Osaka Toyonaka House.)

Borderless House is a share house based on international exchange concept. As people with various backgrounds live together, they can learn each languages everyday and enjoy exchange culture while making their own cuisines.

It is the biggest feature of the house that you can enjoy intercultural exchanges!

Borderless House-specific! International team name!

We divided the members into three teams, and they thought about the team name!

“Team ☆ Turkey!” It is expressed that they want to take the turkey and win!
“Team ☆ Yotchon!”   ….?
“Team ☆ Pen Pen!”   ….? ?There are team names that we can not hear normally…

I heard the meaning from each team, ‘Yotchon’ is Korean and means ‘coming from behind to win’.
And “Pen Pen!”, it was said that it was decided by a tenant from the Netherlands who answered the question;“what is your favorite word in Japanese?”.There is a present on the winning team and the lowest team have to do penalty game, so everyone is motivated for victory!

Heat up much

It was the start of bowling!However, if it only competes for points, it will be a competition only for ability. If someone is a good bowler, you can only pray for a gutter…Therefore, we set up a special rule this time!that was…..

”Prohibited use of dominant hand!”stick! Those who have passed this must play with non-dominant hand.

Those who are handed down were disappointed…

those who hand it was grinning♪

It is available for the other team up to twice per game for each team.

Throwing a bowl at a person who is not a dominant hand will not be able to make a good performance at all, such as becoming the gutter!(It is as expected!)Everyone enjoyed the bowling tournament while using the stick!

A wonderful striker – ー ー ー ー ー ー ー ー ー!

There are also tenants who get prizes!They also enjoyed talking to each other during a little break between the games.
And there was a team who was thinking as to who would use that stick the next while laughing grinningly.

How! There were also strong men who took the turkey twice! All of the team members were excited!Every team aimed hard to win to the end and did best!

Which team won? Result announcement!

After the heated game, the winner was …

“Team ☆ Yotchon”

The score of the first one was losing to the other team, but like the name of the team, they made a comeback to win!
Congratulations!

On the other hand, the lowest place is …..

Team ☆ Pen Pen!

Then, please have wasabi(Japanese horseradish) puffed creams as a penalty !

I’m sorry, but I can not show you their reaction after eating…..

Turning over a new leaf and everyone took a group picture together at the end!

Even after the bowling, everyone went to eat out and it seemed to have continued interaction!
And I have a feeling that fun exchanges are going to happen in the future!
It is because the tenants were talking about planning to have a barbecue together in this summer.Thank you very much for everyone!!

Availability of share house room

Currently in the Borderless House Kansai, there are houses from more than 20 large share houses to 8 people share houses, especially for people who are concerned about share house life for the first time, we recommend a small large share house that you can easily open up to tenants.Although it is a little left, If you are interested in our share house, please visit our website below!

＜Borderless House Osaka Toyonaka＞
http://www.borderless-house.com/jp/sharehouse/h/toyonaka1/

This house has a kitchen facing the living room and tenants can talk about daily life events each other there! (There are french pancake, Korean cuisine, Okonomiyaki party etc. Currently there are many interactions through various countries’ food!)




＜Borderless House Osaka Tsuruhashi＞
http://www.borderless-house.com/jp/sharehouse/h/tsuruhashi1/

Osaka Tsuruhashi House where is good access anywhere in Osaka and you can enjoy going out together with tenants such as shopping, restaurants…etc
(Currently there is also exchange through sports!)




＜Borderless House Kobe-Motomachi＞
http://www.borderless-house.com/jp/sharehouse/h/kobe-motomachi

A new open share house which is located in just 4-minute walk from JR/ Hanshin Motomachi station. This house is for 13 people and has a concept “International Exchange ×  Agriculture”.

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About female only share houses only in Borderless House Seoul! -Gangnam area

About Female Only Share House only in Borderless House Seoul!

Hello, this is Borderless House Seoul! Are you searching for a place to stay in Seoul, especially in Gangnam area? Since Gangnam area is one of the expensive area in Seoul, you might be hard to search a place with reasonable rent. And if you prefer to stay only with female housemates, it will be harder to find out good place to stay. But, now you do not have to be worried anymore! Among 25 share houses in Borderless House Seoul, half of the houses are female only. And two of them are located in Gangnam, so we would like to introduce our Gangnam 2 and Gangnam 3 house located in Gangnam area! This is Gangnam 2 house located near Maebong station subway line No.3. From this house, you can easily get to Gangnam, Yeoksam and Apgujeong where are the famous areas in Seoul, especially in Gangnam area. This cozy mension typed house has four rooms, and this is the first room. This private room has larger space compares to other private rooms of ours. It has a single bed, a desk, a chair, a shelf and hangers you can hang your clothes. If you would like to stay in share house, but you need your own place, we highly recommend to stay in a private room! There is one more private room in Gangnam 2 house, and it is a bit smaller than this room. But it offers much lower rent than other private rooms, so if you would like to save money for housing, we highly recommend this room. We have two double rooms in Gangnam 2 house. Those rooms have same condition, but the only difference is the bathroom. One double room has its own bathroom inside, and it will be with your roommate only! Tenants in other three rooms will share a bathroom in living room together.   If you need more information for the other rooms and about this cozy house, please refer the link below: http://www.borderless-house.kr/kr/sharehouse/h/gangnam2/ Introduce our Gangnam 3 house located near Hakdong station subway line No.7. The closest University from this house is Konkuk University, and also Sejong University. This house is always fully booked, and it is one of the most popular house of ours! This house will give you antique and cozy atmosphere. You can see from the picture of the kitchen in Gangnam 3 house, it is furnished with a wooden materials. You can cook foods with your housemates and have it! There are two double rooms and two private rooms in this house. This is the picture of one of double rooms, and it has a double deck bed. The best opportunities of staying in this room is Sunshine. This room is well-lighted, so it will give you fresh feeling all days. If you need your own place to take a rest and chill, what about a private room? You can stay with many housemates in the shared area, living room and kitchen. And during the night time or whenever you want, you can have your own time and space. Are you going to attend Konkuk or Sejong University? Or are you planning to stay in Gangnam area for other purpose? Then what about our cozy Gangnam 3 house? Make many good memories with housemates in this cozy female only share house! If you need more information for this house, please refer our website from the link below: http://www.borderless-house.com/kr/sharehouse/h/gangnam3/  

* Only for Female

If you need more information for those houses or want us to give you more information of female only share house in Seoul, Please refer to the link below for contacting staff of Borderless House Seoul! http://www.borderless-house.com/kr/introduceform/  
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Make great use of non-standard vegetables! Wagashi(Japanese sweets) making event at Kyoto Kamigamo House!

Hello, this is Suguru from Borderless House.

One month passed from “the Kimono dressing event” that ended in a great success.

“Wagashi(Japanese sweets) making ” Event was held at Borderless House Kyoto Kamigamo on June 4th.”

 

Thanks to the cooperation of Dekovege Cafe(でこべじカフェ) from Kyoto University, we were able to hold it.

There are some vegetables that can not be sold in shops because of its appearance such as “shape is irregular”, “too big”, “too small”. We call the vegetables “non-standard vegetables”. Dekovege Cafe(でこべじカフェ) buys the non-standard vegetables and regularly holds a cafe and cooking classes in various place.

On the day, a total of 31 people come to the event – not only tenants of Kyoto Kamigamo House, but people from other houses as well as neighbors participated.

 

They tried to make Dorayaki and Ichigo Daifuku!

*Dorayaki – pancakes stuffed with sweet bean paste

 

*Ichigo Daifuku – consisting of a strawberry inside ‘daifuku’, which is a rice cake stuffed with sweet bean paste.

(In this time, we cooked tomatoes jam instead of sweet bean paste)

I will introduce the whole Wagashi making event (including Tea party and Drawing relay competition ) with photographs!

 Kyoto Kamigamo House style!? Using nicknames makes each other close.

First of all, we worked on 3 teams; making Droayaki dumpling bean paste, Dorayaki dough making, and strawberry Daifuku team.

It started to introduce themselves.

In order to complete the cooking, team work is necessary more than anything!

 

However … It is difficult for both Japanese and foreigners to remember their names….

To solve the problem, we used Kyoto Kamigamo House style which is a way to call each other with a nickname. Although there are more than 20 people in the House, using nicknames made each other close and easy to memorize their names.

For example, there are some humorous nicknames, one of tenants is from Italy and the first name begins with “Chi” so that her nickname is “cheese“. The other one is “Natto Man” because he eat natto(fermented soybeans) every day in every meals. Moreover, Flo is included in his name, so that he is called “furo(Bath in Japanese)” !

Calling with a nickname made each other close, soon after self-introduction, one team took self-shots!

After the self-introduction, let’s cooking!

It looks ugly, but taste is good!

Start cooking with the guidance of Dekovege Cafe staff!

There are lots of vegetables that are thrown away when their shape is ugly, but the taste is good!
We cooked using such vegetables in this event!

One of tenants interpreted the menu described in English to a neighbor!

Most of tenants often cook their own meals. However there are a lot of delicate works in making sweets, so that neighbors and staff of Dekovege cafe helped and taught them.

All of participants were concentrating on the explanation of the staff!

Have you successfully made the shape of Daifuku well?

Everyone in the Dorayaki dough making team!


Finally completed!

After cooking, they ate Wagashi that they made together!

“Ichigo Daifuku that we made together is delicious.“

 

“I enjoyed making the sweets with tenants of the share house!“

 

There are a lot of voices that satisfy the making of Wagashi (Japanese sweets)!

We really appreciate Dekovege Cafe that gave us kindly guidance!

Who did you make a mistake? Drawing relay competition that was a great success

At the end of the tea party, “Team competing drawing relay contest” was held.

The rules are simple!

 

Members of each team decide numbers from 1 to 8. First of all, No. 1 person can see a subject and draw the picture. Next, connect the picture to the direction No. 2, No.3…., and the last person (No.8) guess what the theme is and answer.

The subject was “rhinoceros“

This was the third term game and all three teams are at the top, so everyone was seriously working towards winning!

Rhinoceros（No.1）

Rhinoceros…….?（No.4）

???(No.7)

And the answer of Droayaki dumpling bean paste team is ..

“”””Unicorn “””
That was so funny we couldn’t stop laughing!

“Is the picture strange from this point?“

 

“Come on!~ Daniel ~ !!“

 

After answering, everyone check where they were getting funny!

It is a game that everyone in the team cooperates and gets the correct answer.

 

While I was in charge of the moderator, I was pleased to see the situation where everyone was working hard and looked fun with team members!

Finally, it was the time to announce the result of this game!

The victorious team is……………….

 

Dorayaki dough making team!

Ichigo Daifuku team in 2nd place!

 

Thanks to S-san (middle photo) who was 88 years old, this team made it to the place!

As you know the funny answer, Droayaki dumpling bean paste team is 3rd place!

In this event, we learned that there are many vegetables that are discarded if the shape is ugly and non-standard. And, even if the Japanese person, it was a nice experience that made Wagashi with such vegetables!

 

Thank you again for the cooperation of Dekovege Cafe san!

Also, “multi-generation and multicultural communication” that was another purpose of this event.

I think that it was good opportunities to tell own thoughts to the other party with communication that  is not only in languages such as English and Japanese, but also through body language.

Borderless House Kyoto Kamigamo wants to grow with the community while cooperating with tenants and local residents! We are planning to held fun events for both our tenants and neighbors in the future!

For student organizations that are active for international exchange and conduct activities teaching Japanese culture,why don’t you hold an event together?

 

Please contact us from the URL below!

http://www.borderless-house.com/jp/kamigamo/kamigamo_partner/

In addition, there are two Borderless Houses in Kyoto “Kyoto Kamigamo House” and “Kyoto Hanazono House”!

For those who want to improve language skills, are interested in share house and international exchange, please check the house information below!

<BORDERLESS HOUSE KYOTO HANAZONO>

<BORDERLESS HOUSE KYOTO KAMIGAMO>

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HOUSE EXCHANGE Sawako Taipei to Seoul

House Exchange from Taipei to Seoul!

 

Hello, this is Share House Borderless House!

One of our tenants in Taipei, Sawako has been to Seoul for a week by house exchange program!

She has shared very fabulous pictures taken in Seoul after a trip.

Why don’t we look around how was her trip from Taipei to Seoul together?

 

Hello, all!

My name is Sawako and I am currently staying in Borderless House Taipei.

I got a short break in this May and I decided to visit Seoul for the break!

I had stayed in one of houses of Borderless House Seoul in Hongdae area.

I hope you like my comment and pictures what I saw and felt in Seoul!

 

The best thing I got from this trip is Friends.

I visited Seoul by Free House Exchange program of Borderless House,

and they gave me an opportunity to stay in one of share houses in Seoul during my trip.

It was quite short term staying, but I became really close to all the housemates

who stayed with me in Seoul!

 

Even though they have their own schedule during weekdays, they always helped me a lot.

We had visited some famous places such as palaces, park etc.

This picture is taken at the park located near Han river.

It was so cool during the night time.

I heard that it is very famous to have Chi-Maek at the park of Han River, isn’t it?

 

 

I am very satisfied with this trip I had in Seoul.

I could take a lot of pictures during this trip, and those were all awesome!

Since I do not have to search for a place to stay during this trip,

I could save time for planning the trip.

I think I could enjoy this trip more than before, because of Free House Exchange program!

 

 

I usually spent time with my housemates during the trip.

I wore kind of Han-bok which is traditional cloth of Korea in this picture.

It looks like cute one-piece type of dress, isn’t it?

I liked this cloth so much, and I never thought that this is kind of Han-bok!

 

 

It was so happy to meet many new people in Seoul and become friends.

And having delicious food was also one of delightful things which I could do in Seoul.

I am not sure when can I have a break and have a trip to Seoul or other places,

I hope to get an opportunity to stay in another Borderless House located in another country

once more. Thanks, Borderless House!

 

* Only for tenant *

If you want to join our House exchange program,

feel free to contact us! Always welcome!

Please refer to the link below for more information.

http://www.borderless-house.com/houseexchange

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HOUSE EXCHANGE Emi Tokyo to Seoul

House Exchange from Tokyo to Seoul!

 

Hello, this is Share House Borderless House!

One of our tenants in Tokyo, Emi has been to Seoul for a week by house exchange program!

She told us that it was really nice trip and she made many good memories in Seoul!

Why don’t we look around her trip with housemate to Seoul?

 

 

 

Hello, my name is Emi and I am staying in one of Borderless Houses in Tokyo!

I got vacation from my job, so I decided to visit Seoul with my housemate Chizuru.

I really got excited because this is my first trip to abroad!

It was really nice to participate Free House Exchange program of Borderless for my first trip!

 

 

I am interested in cooking, especially learning how to make foreign food.

So I decided to take a cooking class in Seoul with my housemate.

This class was for foreigners only, so I could meet many people from abroad!

It was really good time learning how to cook some Korean dishes.

I would like to make this dish for my housemates in Tokyo someday!

 

 

Not only for learning, but also having Korean local food was really awesome!

I had a lot of dishes such as Tteokbokki, Naeng-myun, Injeolmi etc.

This is one of dished which I had with my friend in Seoul.

It was so sweet and delicious! I cannot forget the taste of it here in Tokyo till now!

 

 

I was staying in one of houses of Borderless in Seoul.

The best thing in the house where I have stayed was the view!

The house was on 33rd floor, so I could enjoy awesome night view every night.

I would like to say thank you to staffs of Borderless House Seoul team.

that they made me to stay in this wonderful house!

 

 

These are my housemates during the term of my stay in Seoul!

I was really happy that I could make many friends in here Seoul.

Although they are going to school or work, they always helped me a lot.

I got really helpful information from them all days!

 

 

One day, one of my housemates in Seoul take me to nice Cafe.

It was really nice and I was really happy to have time with her.

Someday if she will come to Tokyo, I am surely take her to awesome places!

I would like to say thank you for all who stayed with me in Seoul!

During the term of my stay in Seoul, I had many nice experiences with all the housemates.

I think if I did not participate this program, I could not have local friends like this!

If I can get more vacation from company, I would like to participate this program again!

Thank you Borderless, I could make many good memories because of this program!

 

* Only for tenant *

If you want to join our House exchange program,

feel free to contact us! Always welcome!

Please refer to the link below for more information.

http://www.borderless-house.com/houseexchange

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We held the international exchange party and cultural study workshop in Osaka!

Hello, this is an event report from Borderless House Kansai!

This time we had a bit special event at Borderless House Osaka Tamastukuri on the last day of Golden Week! There were 2 parts on this event !!

1st. The workshop with Korean tenants and Japanese college students who have Korean background

The theme of the study group is “the difference between Japan society and Korean society”
Both countries are seem to be similar, but there are a lot of different points!

Borderless House is a share house where people with various backgrounds live together, cross-border encounter, and can touch a lot of new values. That is a different point between Borderless House and other share house.

Of course not only for tenants, but also for those who do not yet know the world view of Borderless House, we would like them to meet new people through the Borderless House and get a chance to have a wider world view!

That is the reason why we decided to hold the study group by Korean tenants and Japanese college students who have Korean background.  

Since it was the first time to be held this event, we had a discussion with a casual agenda such as ‘the difference of delivery service’,’the difference of living cost’ .

Even if it was a short time and some of them got a little nervous, everyone actively participates in the discussion in both language Japanese and Korean.

2nd. Borderless House Kansai International Party

We also held a party with Borderless House Osaka-Tamastukuri, Borderless House Osaka-Tsuruhashi 1, Borderless House Osaka-Toyonaka 1 tenants!

Everyone enjoyed the conversation while having a delicious meal with tenants of other share houses.

From everyone who participated in the party of Borderless House for the first time, I could get lots of nice comments below!

‘I thought I understand a little about the differences between the lives of Japan and Korea but I was able to learn lots of things for myself that was surprisingly different.’

‘Occasionally, the other party’s words were hard to hear or my words did not pass well, but I think I understood most of the content by explaining with letters and gestures. ‘

‘Since there are a lot of people from various nationalities, I felt like I was not in Japan. I thought that it was purely wonderful that the people were having a meal together in one place. It was a lot of fun for me! ‘

‘Since I have few opportunities to speak with people from various countries, that kind of environment is good chance to study myself.’



As a Borderless house, we are going to make many new encounters and exchange cultures for our tenants.
We also would like to make opportunities to know about us for those of you who do not yet know Borderless House or are interested in our house, but can not take a step forward!

Borderless House in Kansai area, vacancy is just a few left!  Why don’t you join the Borderless House and enjoy cross-border encounter and intercultural exchanges?

Borderless House KANSAI area

-KOBE-
BORDERLESS HOUSE Kobe-Motomachi
http://www.borderless-house.com/jp/sharehouse/h/kobe-motomachi/

– OSAKA –
”BORDERLESS HOUSE Osaka-Tsuruhashi1”
http://www.borderless-house.com/jp/sharehouse/h/tsuruhashi1/
”BORDERLESS HOUSE Osaka-Toyonaka1”
http://www.borderless-house.com/jp/sharehouse/h/toyonaka1
”BORDERLESS HOUSE Osaka-Tamatsukuri”
http://www.borderless-house.com/jp/sharehouse/h/tamatsukuri/

– KYOTO –
”BORDERLESS HOUSE Kyoto-Hanazono1”
http://www.borderless-house.com/jp/sharehouse/h/kyoto-hanazono1/
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Great success with neighbors! Kimono dressing and Tea party event! @ Kyoto Kamigamo House

Hello, this is Suguru from Borderless House. “Kimono dressing & Tea party” event was held at Kyoto Kamigamo House on 13th of May. Dressing of kimonos is a valuable experience, so it generally costs around 4000 yen a day per person. However, this time, thanks to the cooperation of Kyoto Kimono Kikaku-san, the participation fee was 500 yen! We really appreciate Kyoto Kimono Kikaku-san! As such a wonderful event, gathering 21 tenants in total from all 5 Borderless Houses in Osaka and Kyoto! There was also an exchange with local people in the Tea party after the Kimono dressing. 12 neighbors of the Kyoto Kamigamo House took part in it. It was an exciting event from the beginning to the end. I will introduce the whole Kimono dressing & Tea party event with photographs!

What I find the struggle point of wearing Kimono

Male tenants who came from overseas were struggling very hard on the Tabi(socks) to be worn for the first time. It was a funny story that one of tenants said “Where is my ring finger, where?!” On the other hand, female tenants tried to make Obi(sash belt) by themselves! There are various shapes of Kimono Obi like ribbon.

Thanks to the guidance of the Kyoto Kimono Kikaku-san, everyone was able to dress in the kimono beautifully!

In fact, some neighbors participated the event as a “Kimono dressing” volunteer!

One of our lovely neighbors is O-san often come to Kyoto Kamigamo House. She remember all tenant’ names and nicknames. And then she participated as a volunteer this time because she wanted to become a power even a little for the tenants.

Let’s take a picture!

It was the first time for most of tenants to wear kimonos by themselves, so after the dressing they were excited and took a lot of photos

It was a “Natto pose” thought by a foreign tenant who loves natto too much and eats it in the morning, afternoon and evening!

Walking around “Kamigamo Shrine”, one of the world cultural heritage

After dressing, we divided into 3 teams and looked around Kamigamo Shrine. This shrine is located 3 minutes on foot from the Kyoto Kamigamo House.

Everyone (the participants and the staff) took a commemorative photo in front of the gateway of the shrine!

This place for ritual cleaning of hands and mouth with water when visiting shrines.

Tea party was a great success!The beginning of a conversation is Korean dramas!?

After the walking around, 12 neighbors welcomed the tenants at the Kamigamo House! At the beginning, thee neighbors were nervous and had the following feelings of uneasiness. “I do not know how to start a talking” ”I can not speak English”  However, It started a talking with a casual word! For example, one neighbor said to a Korean tenant, “I love Korean dramas!” “Oh! Which drama do you like!?” the tenant asked her. “I think that drama …” In this way, good communication at the tea party was born one after another. Those who told the tenants his history of the Kamigamo area that he was born and raised, while using gesture hand gestures. Some girls also positively visited the tenants to learn English and Korean.
The fun time went by quickly. To the announcement of the end time, I got a lot of regretful words such as “It’s too early one hour.” And then, some of participants asked us “When is the next event? Please tell me as soon as you decided” We received a lot of voices that are looking forward to the next event as well. We would like to plan an event like this one again! The photo with a big smile! Thank you very much for all neighbors who came this time!

Many pleasant comments from the participants!

It was fulfilling for the first time to have a Kimono dressing experience. I learned a lot about Kamigamo area from the neighbors, so I want to know more Kamigamo while continuing to interact with them. W-san from Japan It was a lot of fun to talk with the other houses tenants. I hope to participate if such a collaborative event is next time. R-san from Japan I would like you to organize Japanese culture events. I want to learn more about how to tie belts(Obi), please teach me! A-san from Germany We received many pleasant comments from tenants who participated in this event. As feeling with traditional Japanese culture here, there is a good environment that Kamigamo House can do international exchange × local community exchange. Borderless House Kyoto Kamigamo wants to grow with the community while cooperating with tenants and local residents! Finally, for the success of this event, thank you very much for the Kyoto Kimono Kikaku-san from Kyoto University. Thank you for reading our blog, well then see you next time! If you are interested in Borderless House, please contact us! ＜Borderless House Kyoto Kamigamo＞ http://www.borderless-house.com/jp/sharehouse/h/kamigamo/ <Borderless House Kyoto Hanazono> http://www.borderless-house.com/jp/sharehouse/h/kyoto-hanazono1/