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Neighbors Kamikitazawa introduces us to the cool side of shared Tokyo apartment rentals
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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
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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?
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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
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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)
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