Event | DaDaoCheng Walking Tour (Qipao experience)

Da Dao Cheng Walking Tour (Qipao experience)

Wearing the traditional dress is one of the best way to experience a culture.

If you have a chance to visit Taiwan, you definitely need to try the traditional dress-Qipao!

This time, we take our tenants to Da Dao Cheng for day tour, which is a very historic area in Taipei. Wearing Qipao, walking in that area, it just feel like back to the 1920’s!

The 1920’s Salon offered a lot of different style’s Qipao, the owner Mrs. Lin also helped customers to dress up perfectly, included hair style, makeup and hand bags.

First step, feel free to try on all you like, choose your favorite Qipao style! And don’t forget to choose accessories for your costume, it’ll make it even perfect!

Of course, traditional dress is not just for females! Males can also wear the Chinese tunic suit!

After everybody finished dressing, it’s time for the tea testing! Mrs. Lin share some different tea leafs and explain how to do a tea testing to everyone.

Every different leafs has different smells, it gives everyone a different imaginations!

We shared our imaginations and memories which can contact to the smells.

Of course, you do want to take some nice pictures since wearing Qipao is a very special experience!

Luckily, we had a chance to take some cool pictures in “Lok Hue Hng”.

“Lok Hue Hng” is a second hand furniture store located next to 1920’s Salon, offering high quality and tasteful furniture.

Afternoon, we started our walking tour in Dadaocheng.

Qipao costume made us be came to the center of attention on the street, some people even asked for picture together.

The first place we visited was Xia-Hai City God Temple. This temple was built in 1856, and the City God is a protector of city, the resident came here praying for rain, for relieves from nature disasters.

But in recent years, the Chinese Cupid (The old man under the moon) became to the famous god in this temple, there’s a lot of people come here praying for a good relationship.

We show tenants how to pray step by step! It’s a very special experience for some tenants who didn’t try this before.

After the Xia-Hai City God Temple, we went to a few different traditional convenience store. There’s some very interesting products in the traditional convenience store!

Have you heard a kind of vegetable called loofah before? The old generation will exposure it under the sun, and use the dried loofah as a scouring pad!

And of course, the Taiwanese style printing fabric are also very famous, especially the lanterns made by the printing fabric.

Give Qipao a try if you are interesting in the Taiwanese traditional dress, and if you are in the history of Taiwan, Dadaocheng is also a perfect place for you!

 

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/  

Find rooms for rent and flatmates in Taipei: 8 reasons to live in share house of BORDERLESS HOUSE

Hello everyone!! This is BORDERLESS HOUSE Taipei. Are you the one who is curious about the foreign culture? Are you finding flatmates to share daily life and learn from each other? Are you interested in learning foreign language? ……If so, the share house of BORDERLESS HOUSE will be a good choice for you!!

8 reasons to live in the Borderless House ▼▼▼

1. For Taiwanese, you can live with flatmates from different countries

Since our concept is to provide the opportunity to cultivate international cultural exchange, we try to balance the ratio of locals to foreigners 50:50. So, half of your flatmates will be foreigners, and you can experience the international environment  by simply living in a house without going abroad!

2. For Foreigners, you can live with many locals and adapt to local life more easily

If you come to Taiwan to learn Chinese and would like to explore the culture here, living with locals can help you know the culture deeper and get some tips about daily life you may not have in other places. Also it will be a good chance to put language skills into practice EVERYDAY!

3. The community is like a FAMILY

The people who live in the BORDERLESS HOUSE must have motivation for communicating with others and are eager to experience different cultures. As a result, this is a community which is created by people having the same goal or sharing the similar values. (For example, they want to improve the language or make friends from different countries!) Also we ask tenants to live at least one month so that you will have more chance to interact and hangout with your flatmates! ★See the sharing of one of our foreign tenants: Samuel

4. It’s convenient to go everywhere from the house

Our houses are located in Taipei city and mostly near the Taipei metro station, so it will usually take you less than 10 minutes to walk to house from the station! If you want to travel to other spots in Taipei, it’s also convenient to go by metro system. ★See the list of our share houses by area: Click here

5. Each house is equipped with basic facilities.

There are living room, dining room and kitchen in every house. In common space, we provide basic facilities such as rice cooker, refrigerator, microwave, washing machine, TV, WIFI, etc. In each room, there are air conditioner, desks, chairs, and beds, etc. You can bring a bed set by yourself or rent it from us (1,500 NTD just one time). That is to say, you can move in just with one luggage! You don’t have to worry about the basic facilities you need for daily life. ★See detailed information: About House Facilities

6. We hold activities and events for our tenants

It’s a good chance to meet other tenants from different house by joining our events! We had some events such as having a picnic, Halloween party and Christmas dinner last year. In the future we may also arrange some activities like going hiking, playing board games, etc. You can have fun with tenants from all over the world! ★See the events held last year: Picnic Party Halloween Party Christmas Dinner

7. House Exchange Program: Only for our tenants

We have share houses in Japan and Korea as well, so you can stay in one of them for free as long as you pay the rent for the house you are living now. The period of stay can be one week to a whole month. If you plan to travel abroad in either Japan or Korea, it will be a good chance to go there with a low budget (You can save the expenses of accommodation there)! ★See the experiences of other tenants: Rosanne- Seoul to Taipei Ran- Taipei to Tokyo ★Apply for it now: Free House Exchange Inquiry Form

8. Language Exchange Program: Only for our tenants

If you want to meet new friends from other Borderless House and improve language skills, don’t hesitate to join this program! Our staff will match you with a conversation partner and you can have a one-on-one casual lesson with a native speaker. The procedure is not complicated, we will arrange the first meeting for you, then you and your partner can choose when and where to practice from the second meeting! ★See the experiences of other tenants: Effie & David ★Apply for it now: Language Exchange Inquiry Form If you want to know more about BORDERLESS HOUSE, you can also get the information in the articles below! → Info of House Rental → BORDERLESS HOUSE Q&A Or you can send us an inquiry now :)!!! → Ask staff to introduce houses If you are interested in international cultural exchange, we are looking forward to seeing you! Come and join this big family ♥♥♥

Interview for David, who enjoyed socializing across the borders of his own house, even with staff!

Hi, This is Kana from the Borderless House marketing team. We interviewed David from Machiya1 House this time! As he became close to the staff members as well, let’s hear his point of view.

“I got open-minded after living in a share house” – What kind of person is he?

– David, what made you come to Japan and to live in share house?

I had Japanese friends originally, and wanted to change my life a little bit. So, I came here last September(2015). This is my forth visit. I was going to Akamonkai, I chose Machiya1 house since it is walk-able distance and near the station. I looked at Oak House too, but this house in Borderless House seemed closer to school and convenient. Then, I decided whether I live in private room or share room, talking with staff. It was my first time for me to live in a share house, but I got open-minded. When you share a house with others, you understand different cultures and have to be kind and aware of helping each others.

“I could make friends in other houses thanks to staff”

– Since you visited our office often, I think you became closer to staff! What’s the staff like to you?

I think the staff is good! They are friendly and good support. Every time I make payment at your office, I talked with staff. (We were surprised that David became more fluent in Japanese every time he comes to office!) When there were problems with Air conditioner or Internet, Borderless House responded in few hours, and fixed soon. Actually, It was me who touched the device for Internet accidentally, though… I joined Halloween Party held by staff last year too, and it was fun. Also, when there were parties at houses near Machiya1 house, one of staff invited me. That’s why I could make friends with people in Machiya2 house and Kitasenju House. It was good that staff helped me in such a way. Though I didn’t talk Japanese so much in here since housemates were good at English, I talked mainly in Japanese with people in Kitasenju House. ▼BBQ with people in Kitasenju House

Perfect house for “people who are not into party but want to talk with people

– What kind of people do you recommend this house to?

Machiya1 house is more for people who are not into party, but want to talk to people, having their own life. This house is perfect for such people. Also, Machiya is really convenient. There are many lines at Machiya station including Chiyoda line, and Machiya1 house is close to station. Besides, there are many food shops in Machiya. By the way, my favorite is “Jirorian(ジロリアン 町屋店)”.(※The ramen shop related to famous ramen chain shops”Jiro”) You can eat a lot with at cheap. ▼Last day at Machiya1 House. Seeing off by a housemate If you want to put importance on living comfortable and having your own life, not only enjoying international exchange, I see Machiya1 House is good environment to live in! Details of Machiya1 House Share House in Ueno, Asakusa, Akihabara area Ask staff to introduce share houses