share house
Neighbors Kamikitazawa introduces us to the cool side of shared Tokyo apartment rentals
-
Oona McGee
Oct 7, 2021 - Tweet
- Japan
- (apartments • architecture • buildings • design • Japanese property • property • rental • renting • Setagaya • share house • social apartments • Tokyo)
Firsthand account reveals there are pros and cons to catching the virus in a communal living environment.
- Japan
- (apartments • coronavirus • Delta strain • interview • pandemic • share house • shared living • social apartments • Tokyo)
We check out Films Wako, a “social apartment” building with a movie theater inside
-
Dale Roll
Sep 1, 2021
- Japan
- (apartments • Films Wako • Saitama • share house • social apartments • Wakoshi)
Have Japan’s “share houses” become a target for women seeking gaijin baby daddies?
-
Evie Nyan
Jan 9, 2015
If you’ve ever flipped through the pages of a glossy Japanese fashion magazine like Vivi or Non-no, you might have noticed that quite a few of the models are half-Japanese. For various cultural and aesthetic reasons, a mix of Japanese and Western facial features is generally considered extremely attractive in Japan, and there’s an increase in the number of Japanese women who believe that the key to creating gorgeous offspring is to have their own “haafu” baby.
In order to satisfy this desire, some women in Japan have taken quite calculated steps to help make this a reality, including purposefully moving into international share houses in order to be in close proximity to Western men.
- Japan
- (haafu • half • international marriage • mixed race • share house)
Create your dream share house and win a chance to live there rent-free for two years
-
Master Blaster
May 5, 2014
In these cash-strapped times, wouldn’t it be great to move into a brand-new house and not have to pay security fees or rent for two years? Wouldn’t be even better if it were a house built entirely to your specification and tastes?
Home building agency SuMiKa and employment website Wantedly are working to make that a reality for three lucky people with a unique promotional event. Anyone who enters could win a chance to design a house and live in it rent-free for two years.
- Japan
- (design • share house • SuMiKa)
MOST POPULAR
Now
- Kyoto Whopper divides customers at Burger King Japan
- Starbucks Japan unveils second Holiday Frappuccino for 2024
- Taking the Kyoto overnight bus for the first time
- Berserk T-shirts coming to Uniqlo for launch of new Manga Curation line【Photos】
- Yakuza vending machines coming to real-world Tokyo neighborhood that inspired Like a Dragon games
- Japan’s caramel gacha machines offer sweet thrills, but do they deliver?
- Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke teams up with Foxfire for outdoor apparel collaboration【Photos】
- Shinjuku izakaya’s all-you-can-eat-and-drink plan is one of Tokyo’s best secret cheap eats
- The humane (and adorable) way to make a flat hamster 【Video】
- 6 surprising things about having a baby in Japan
Weekly
- One of Japan’s most beautiful hot spring towns announces new limits on number of day trippers
- Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke teams up with Foxfire for outdoor apparel collaboration【Photos】
- Berserk T-shirts coming to Uniqlo for launch of new Manga Curation line【Photos】
- Mario Kart Happy Meal toys arrive at McDonald’s Japan, and SoraNews24 has the whole set!【Photos】
- After cancelling Halloween, Tokyo’s Shibuya neighborhood cancels New Year’s Eve too
- Tokyo park’s sea of clouds, nighttime illumination, and cosplay days make now perfect time to visit
- Samurai ritual suicide contest cancelled by organizer in west Japan
- Japanese job-quitting service contacted by other job-quitting service because employee wants to quit
- Flying dango: Unique tourist site where Japanese sweets are flown to you over a gorge
- American jackass tourist arrested after carving name into gate at Tokyo’s Meiji Shrine【Video】
Monthly
- Nintendo’s controller capsule toys are so cool, even the machine you buy them from is awesome【Pics】
- One of Japan’s most beautiful hot spring towns announces new limits on number of day trippers
- Tokyo Disneyland loses top-attendance crown for Japanese theme parks for second year in a row
- Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke teams up with Foxfire for outdoor apparel collaboration【Photos】
- Ghibli Park debuts first winter illumination display with Howl’s Moving Castle theme
- Pringles releases a limited-edition sweet flavour in Japan
- Sanrio and magical girl anime PreCure join forces for new merch line【Photos】
- Japanese job-quitting service contacted by other job-quitting service because employee wants to quit
- After cancelling Halloween, Tokyo’s Shibuya neighborhood cancels New Year’s Eve too
- What’s the deal with akebi, the perfectly purple, alien-like fruit that’s in season now in Japan?
Yearly
- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
- Foreign tourists on Shinkansen bullet train break suitcase etiquette, angering local passengers
- [Deleted] Article written for April Fool’s Day 2018
- Japanese government to make first change to romanization spelling rules since the 1950s
- Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society
- Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design
- Japanese convenience store Family Mart announces abolishment of eat-in spaces
- Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan
- Life-size vibrating Legend of Zelda Master Sword for sale from Nintendo【Photos】
- Studio Ghibli releases free-download board game — Here’s how to play it without reading Japanese
RECOMMENDED STORIES
- Japan’s caramel gacha machines offer sweet thrills, but do they deliver?
- Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke teams up with Foxfire for outdoor apparel collaboration【Photos】
- Shinjuku izakaya’s all-you-can-eat-and-drink plan is one of Tokyo’s best secret cheap eats
- The humane (and adorable) way to make a flat hamster 【Video】
- 6 surprising things about having a baby in Japan
- New Hello Kitty x McDonald’s Japan collaboration is like a life lesson to live by 【Video】
- Hello Kitty shows up at Baskin-Robins Japan for 50th birthday party with special sweets and merch
- Awesome Zelda cosplayer gets help from Smash Bros. creator Sakurai to solve costume problem【Vid】
- Hello Kitty isn’t a cat!? We called Sanrio to find out!
- Starbucks Japan reveals new holiday goods for the 2024 festive season
- This unstaffed Japanese train station is like a Ghibli anime come to life
- Japan’s biggest manga magazine is raising its minimum payment rate for creators
- Sephiroth in real life? How to unsheathe a massive 6.8-foot samurai sword
- Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】
-
Categories
Archives