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/ 
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 
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 
On the day, a total of 20 people came to the event – not only tenants of Shinjuku-honancho House, but people from other houses as well as ex-tenants participated.
Next, we learned the simple way to brew coffee as well as the proper way.
After observing the instructor’s way to do it, we tried it ourselves. It was fascinating to all of us to learn a whole new way to brew coffee!
By tasting and comparing the coffee we brewed ourselves, we noticed how the taste and color changes entirely depending on the way it was brewed.
Everyone kept filming the instructor while he showed how to do it.
And on top of that, we even learned how to cook a good omelet!
We all enjoyed the lunch FARO made for us.
While passing by the house, they took the opportunity to play in the hammock, take a peek at the event, and get an impression of the “Borderless” atmosphere!
We hope to continue creating a space where people from the neighborhood, people of all generations can come together!
Please check out the event we held in Kansai too!
Actually this is my second time I have been to Japan by house exchange program.
I have been to Tokyo with it and this time I visited Osaka!
During this trip, I tried to visit famous places in Osaka as many as I can!
I hope you guys enjoy my pictures!
The best thing I can get from house exchange program is friends!
I think it is really different to go trip by house exchange program or not.
I could make many good friends who are staying in Osaka Share House.
I am sure that it will be the best thing I can get from this tenants only program!
Because of House Exchange Program, I could feel many more things
than when I did not use this program!
When I had trip without this program, it was nice enough.
But when I had trip with this program, I think I feel and experience
many more things than that time.
I could concentrate to make my own plan because I applied House Exchange Program.
I would like to say thank you to all staffs in Borderless House Seoul and Kansai.
They were so helpful and nice, because of them this trip became the best trip I ever had!
This is one of my housemates in Osaka!
It was really nice to meet many people who are actually staying in Osaka.
During my trip in Osaka, they always helped me a lot.
Since they are locals, they advised me a lot about the places where I have to visit
and foods which I have to try in Osaka!
I think having dinner is the best and easiest way to become closer!
When I had a first dinner with my housemates in Osaka, I was so shy.
But it makes me closer with them day by day!
It was so happy to get closer with my housemates in Osaka!
If someone asks me to recommend food which he or she has to try in Japan,
I would like to recommend Takoyaki! Takoyaki was really awesome!
I had it many times in Korea, but it was really different having it in Japan!
You have to try it if you are planning to visit Japan! Do not miss it!
If you are staying in one of Borderless Share Houses, do not miss this awesome program!
It will give you really good memories and this is chance
that you can make local friends during your trip!
Hope you enjoyed my pictures and stories,
and I hope you guys apply this program
during the term you are staying in 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 
The foreign tenants have some kind of party every single day – sometimes I wonder where they get that much energy… but mostly, their positive attitude really cheers me up.
We’ve had various kinds of parties until now.
For example, welcome parties when a new housemate moves in.
And even on regular weekdays, it’s a lot of fun just having dinner or a few drinks together.
Generally, everyone cooks their own dinner. But since we live together with Japanese, Korean, French, Italian, German and Australian housemates, there is such a huge variety of different foods!
Once, our Korean housemate cooked a Korean dish called “jjigae” for everyone
(By the way, I hadn’t even heard of the TV show Midnight Diner. And there were other times when my foreign housemates told me about certain foods they learned about from this anime or that manga, and I didn’t know what they were talking about!
Follow the small an alley next to Hongik University main gate, you could arrived our new house Sangsu 1 share house!
At this moment under construction!
Please look forward to open this house 6th of May!
You can enjoy real Korean culture
in the main area of Hongdae with housemates from all over the world!
Be our tenants! You are always welcomed!
早上9:30大家先一起在捷運西湖站附近的麥當勞吃早餐，然
後就朝著步道出發囉！沿著一號出口旁的巷道走到底，就能
抵達位於環山路二段136巷的登山口。
這次帶頭的是我們的員工Daniel（亮藍色外套男生），另
外還有日本及台灣的員工一起參加（Takato和Connie），房
客則是三個來自法國、一個來自韓國，還有兩個台灣女生
唷！雖然當天的人數不算多，但小小的團隊也比較不怕落
單，行動也比較彈性～
大家下山後看到了間鄭成功廟，便一起進去參觀，還體驗了
點香拜拜的過程。鄭成功是一位台灣的歷史人物，曾經統治
過台灣，因此在他去世後，民間陸續建立一些廟宇祭祀他。
這些跟台灣文化都有所相關，相信對外國房客來說會是一個
很不同的體驗呢！
