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?

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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>

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-zh.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-zh.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-zh.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”.

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/  

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

About Female Only Share House only in Borderless House Seoul!

Hello, this is Borderless House Seoul! We would like to introduce our female only share houses in Seoul! Here in Seoul, we have some houses only for female tenants! Among 25 share houses in Borderless House Seoul, half of the houses are female only. Now, we would like to introduce our female only share house in Hongdae!

Hongdae 1 share house located in Hongdae area.

The closest station from this cozy mension typed house is Hapjeong station line No.2,6. There are three types of rooms, a triple room, a double room and a private room. And it has really great access to the Universities, such as Hongik, Yonsei, Ewha and Sogang! This is a triple room in Hongdae 1 house. This room has its own bathroom inside! If you need more information for the other rooms and about this house, please refer the link below: http://www.borderless-house.com/kr/sharehouse/h/hongdae1/

Hongdae 3 share house

This house is also cozy mension typed and located near Mangwon station line No.6. It has really good access to the Universities such as Sogang, Sookmyung (without transfer), Hongik, Yonsei and Ewha (by bus or subway)! This room is a triple room in Hongdae 3 house. It has its own bathroom and dressroom inside, so there is no worrying for busy bathroom! If you are a student of Sogang, Sookmyung or any other University in Hongdae area? Then what about our Hongdae 3 share house? Please refer the link below for more information for this house! http://www.borderless-house.com/kr/sharehouse/h/hongdae3/  

Hongdae DMC 1 house near Digital Media City station line 6, Gyeongui and Airport railroad.

This luxurious apartment typed house has its own gym in the first floor.

And security guard is always there in the first floor of the building. If you are worrying for security, we highly recommend this house for you! It has good access to Yonsei, Ewha, Sogang, Hongik University etc. This is a double room in the Hongdae DMC 1 House! The best thing to stay in this house is sunshine because all the rooms are really well-lighted! If you need more details of this house and would like to know how the other rooms are, please refer the link below to get more information! http://www.borderless-house.com/kr/sharehouse/h/hongdaedmc1/  

Introduce our Hongdae DMC 2 House

This cozy mension typed house is located near Saejeol station line No.6! It has really good access to Hongdae, Sinchon and Itaewon area by bus and subway. The closest University is Myonji and it has also good access to Sogang, Sookmyung etc. This is a triple room in Hongdae DMC 2 House! It has a bunker bed and a double-deck bed in the room. And it has its own bathroom and dressroom inside! If you are searching for a place which has good access to Hongdae and Sinchon area with lower rent than the others, why do not check the website for this house? Please refer the link below for getting more information for this house! http://www.borderless-house.com/kr/sharehouse/h/hongdaedmc2/  

Hongdae DMC 3 house located near Yeokchong and Gusan station line No.6.

It has good access to Myonji University, and also to Yeonshinnae and Hongdae area. House type is cozy mension typed, and its size is quite larger than the other houses. This is a triple room in Hongdae DMC 3 house. It has two double-deck beds and its own bathroom inside. If you would like to have many roommates and would like to have many good memories, we highly recommend this house for you! Please check the website for this house from the link below: http://www.borderless-house.com/kr/sharehouse/h/hongdaedmc3/ * 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/

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

About Female Only Share House only in Borderless House Seoul!

Hello, this is Borderless House Seoul! We would like to introduce our female only share houses in Seoul! Here in Seoul, we have some houses only for female tenants! Among 26 share houses in Borderless House Seoul, half of the houses are female only. Now, we would like to introduce our female only share house in Dongdaemun area! This is Our Wangsimni 1 house located in Dongdaemun area. This female only house is charming apartment typed house. There are three types of rooms, a triple room, a double room and a private room. And it has really great access to some Universities, such as Hanyang, Korea and HUFS! This is a triple room in Wangsimni 1 house. This room has its own bathroom and dressroom inside! If you need more information for the other rooms and about this house, please refer the link below: http://www.borderless-house.com/kr/sharehouse/h/wangsimni1/ This is our Koryodae 1 share house! This house is luxurious apartment typed located near Bomun station subway line No.6. It has really great access to Korea University, and it takes about 15 minutes to the main gate of Korea University by walk. You can easily get to SKKU,  HUFS, Kyeonghee University from this house! This room is a triple room in Koryodae 1 house. It has its own bathroom inside, so there is no worrying for busy bathroom! If you are a student of Korea University or any other University located in Dongdaemun area? Then what about our Koryodae 1 share house? Please refer the link below for more information for this house! http://www.borderless-house.com/kr/sharehouse/h/koryodae1/ This is the last female only share house of ours which is located in Dongdaemun area. This Koryodae 3 house is cozy mension typed share house, and it has really amazing access to Korea University! Not only for it, you can easily get to Kyeonghee Univeristy and HUFS from this house! This room is a double room for two female tenants. It has its own balcony and two single beds for each tenants. Make many good memories with housemates from all around the world in this house! Please check the other information from the link below: http://www.borderless-house.com/kr/sharehouse/h/koryodae3/ * 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/

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 pasteDorayaki 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-zh.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>

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

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

We Held Coffee and Chai Workshop Event in Shinjuku Honancho House!!

Hello! This is Kohei from Borderless House.

We held a “Coffee and Chai Workshop Event” the other day at our newly opened Borderless House Shinjuku-honancho.


The Hongo-sanchome based 「FARO COFFEE & CATERING」 helped us out as instructors, explained how to brew delicious coffee (even as a beginner) and shared lots of other helpful information.

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.

Let’s start off with a beginner’s guide to coffee!

First of all, we learned about coffee beans, the taste difference according to each production area, and coffee history. The participants actively asked questions such as what the world’s best bean is, or how many coffee varieties there are.

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.

Next on the schedule: Brewing Chai!

Chai has become more and more popular these days. While you can normally only drink it at a café, let’s see how to make it on your own.

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.

Visits from Neighbors

During the event, the house’s terrace became an open space, and we shared some coffee and chai with the neighbors who visited.

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!

Even after the event, the tenants shared their positive impressions about how they became even more interested in coffee and chai, and how they realized that brewing coffee in a delicious way does not have to be hard.

And during the workshop, the participants not only had the chance to learn more about coffee and chai, but also to interact with each other too by brewing coffee or making omelet together.

Please check out the event we held in Kansai too!

<Kimono and Tea Event in Kyoto>
http://www.borderless-house-zh.com/jp/community/events/kyoto-20170514/

<Intercultural Exchange Workshop Event in Osaka>
http://www.borderless-house-zh.com/jp/community/events/osaka-20170517/

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-TamastukuriBorderless House Osaka-Tsuruhashi 1Borderless 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-zh.com/jp/sharehouse/h/kobe-motomachi/

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

– KYOTO –
”BORDERLESS HOUSE Kyoto-Hanazono1”
http://www.borderless-house-zh.com/jp/sharehouse/h/kyoto-hanazono1/
”BORDERLESS HOUSE Kyoto-Kamigamo”
http://www.borderless-house-zh.com/jp/sharehouse/h/kamigamo/