TENANT REVIEW

英語と、恐れずに誰かに話しかけていく勇気は間違いなくついたと感じてます！ボーダレスを通して世界が広がったこと、そして何よりも素敵な人たちに出会えたことが1番の思い出です！留学じゃなくてこっちにして大正解だったと思ってます！

Don't be afraid to talk to people, especially if you live with them! At first, some people in the house seemed intimidating or very different from my friends, but if someone is open to a chat once a while, a real bond can form

ここで学んだことは、同居人の国籍や社会的背景から判断せず、一人ひとりを知ろうとすることが大切だということです。イベントやミーティング、日々の生活を通じ、そういった人との関わり方を学ぶことができました。

I have a lot of great memories with the Kamigamo members. We shared food, learned about each other’s cultures and languages, and sometimes watched movies together. We enjoyed parties and hung out together, so I never felt alone during my study abroad.

Living at a Borderless House is such a great opportunity to meet and make friends with people from all over the world, and to experience life in Japan together with them. I enjoyed my stay very much at Tamatsukuri (as well as at other borderless houses I have stayed at previously), and I would strongly recommend Borderless House to anyone!

I’ve had a great time at Borderless House. I’ve been studying as a foreign exchange student, and I am so glad I decided to move into a share house rather than an international dormitory. It gives more opportunities to interact with Japanese people, and make friends from all over the world. If you are coming as an exchange student, I recommend a share house over a dormitory, as you’ll have many fun experiences and opportunities!

I loved living in this house. The best part was definitively my housemates, who were very welcoming. We could eat and chat together, and sometimes, do activities too. If you want to learn how to japanese, it's also a nice way to do that. All of us in the house were trying to mostly speaking in japanese, and I learned a lot that way.

色々な価値観の人と話す中で、考え方の視野が広がったと思います。毎日ただいまとおかえりを言い合える友達とリビングでゲームをしたり映画を見れたことが楽しかったです。

海外に行かなくても、ボーダレスハウスに住んでいたら、自然と国際的な環境にいることができて英語などの外国語を勉強している人や外国人のお友達がほしい人にはとてもおすすめの場所です！日本で普通に暮らしていると英語を話す機会は限られますが、ここでは日常生活に英語が必ず入ってくるので、英語初心者の方でも住んでみたら何か成長するのではないかと思います！

The most impressive aspect was the opportunity to live with people from different countries and cultural backgrounds. Through daily conversations, shared meals and activities I was able to learn about different perspectives and ways of life that I would not have experienced otherwise. For future tenants : Just be open minded and everything else will come automatically!

Borderless House is the perfect place to stay if you look for a place to connect with locals and also people from other nationalities. Since it is a shared house, it is also a very affordable accommodation. The common space is large, cosy and made for community with the housemates. Especially if you are learning Japanese it's very valuable to live together with Japanese people. I loved the community with my housemates since it made me feel like home. I have a lot of friends that lived in other accommodations (private apartments, host family, ...) and nothing was as good as what I could experience at Borderless house. The location, the people, the prize, the amount of space in the house. Everything just makes this a good place to stay.

It's a great experience, especially Hanazono1, it has beautiful surroundings and great people. It was the first time I shared a room with someone and I didn't expect it to be so nice and unproblematic (which is also because of my lovely roommate) and thanks to it I've also learned more Japanese and was able to teach a bit of English :).

ハウスメイトとのコミュニケーションを通して、海外から日本がどの様にみられているのか知ったり、日々の生活の中から常識やマナーの違いを知る体験はとても刺激的で面白かったです。 料理好きな人が多かったので、日本にはない料理やお菓子をみんなでシェアしたことも楽しかったです。

If you are looking for a nice and open-minded community to join you on some activities or to inspire you on doing things you would not think of yourself, please go ! I had amazing times with many different people and felt very home with them all. It really felt like a new family within a month

言語の壁を感じることも多いが、ほとんどなんとかなるしみんな理解しようとしてくれるので自信持って交流してほしい。 色々な価値観がある中での生活ができてさまざまな考え方を持てるようになった。

I think staying at Borderless is a great way to meet new people, both for international folks coming to Japan and meeting Japanese people, but also for Japanese people to learn more about other cultures and meeting people from all around the world (and most of them know at least a little Japanese or want to learn, so the language barrier is not very high!).

英語力が上がったのはもちろんのこと、様々なバックグラウンドを持っている人達ばかりなので、いろんな生き方を知ることができた。今後の糧になると強く感じています。このハウスに住んで良かったです。

When we all had a pizza party, it was a very fun experience, if you plan on moving into a Borderless Sharehouse my advice is make the most out of the experience and try to get to know your housemates as best you can!

Good for people who want to meet all kinds of different nationalities and good experiences that will last forever.

様々なライフステージにいる人と話せるため、自分の悩みを抱え込まずに相談出来たことがとても良かったです。 シェアハウスで生活を共にしたからこそ、心を許せて話せる事が出来ました。卒論就活と精神的にもきつい時期が続きましたが、乗り越えられたのはシェアメイトの人達のおかげです。 住んでる子の国に一緒に遊びに行ったり、私も地元を案内したりして、素敵な出会いが沢山ありました。 やはりこのような経験が出来るのは国際色豊かなボーダレスハウスならではだと思います。

Compared to stories I've heard from people staying with other share house companies, I feel like living in Saiin-2 was closer to a homestay experience. The house is not too big, not too small and offers pretty much everything you might need for a short or long stay. It's been a very comfortable 2 years for me.

一緒に住むということは、大半を一緒にするということなので、色んな面が見えてきますが、だからこそお互いを心から深く尊敬し合うこと、理解し合う素晴らしい経験ができました。 本当にありがとうございました。

The best experience of my life! A very nice area, from where you can easily get to everything: the castle, the Korean quarter, the supermarket, the shop, the Kura sushi bar, the metro station, the pharmacy, the railway stations, so it's very convenient here. Very nice people live here, with whom I spent these wonderful 3 months!

If you're thinking about staying at Borderless House - just do it! The facilities are amazing, and there is a strong emphasis on community here. These aren't just your housemates or staff - they're your friends. I am ever grateful for Borderless House for pushing me out of my comfort zone and allowing me to try a completely new experience entirely.

世界各国の友だちができたことが一番の財産です。

You are surrounded by people who want to become friends with you if you give them the chance and are in an excellent location to see and do many things in Kyoto/Kansai area.

1年半滞在しましたが、本当にこの家を選んで良かったと思っています。英語を話せるのはもちろんですがそれ以上に人と生活することの楽しさや難しさなど色々なことを経験することができました。この家に住んでから、人と話すのがより好きになった気がします。西陣ハウスが1番です！！空き部屋があったらすぐに入居してください！笑

いろんな国の方の文化や言語を生身で感じられたことが一番自分の中で違いを吸収できるきっかけになりよかったです。みんなでスノーボーディングに行ったり自分の地元に呼んで家に泊まったり日本の文化を一緒に体験できたのはすごくよかったです。

Where in my hometown my housemates were very different from my friends, the borderlesshouse in Kinugasa has become a space where I was living together with friends, fighting for deadlines together and planning trips around Japan.

当たり前が当たり前ではないことを改めて実感しました。ここではいろんなバックグラウンドを持った人たちがたくさんいるので、一緒に生活を共有することはとても楽しかったです。もちろん、文化や生活習慣の 違いもあるので、驚くこともありましたが、幸いにも私は興味を持ってる性格だったため、楽しむことができました。 それぞれの生活があるので、無理に馴染もうとしたり大人数に合わせたりする必要はありませんが、どんな時でも自分の意思表示をしっかりすることが大切だと感じました。 そして、ここで出会えたことが当たり前ではないことを気づかせてくれた素敵な経験でした!!

BBQしたり韓国旅行に行ったり、何気ない日常の会話も全て楽しかったです！ バックグラウンドも文化も年齢も異なるみんなと心から仲良くなることができ、世界は広いことを実感できました。

I stayed here over the Christmas period, which can feel lonely when you are not with family. But we had a party where we cooked and ate together and it felt like a new family in Japan.

It’s a good opportunity to meet new people from around the world and learn more about Japan also. It’s a good chance to experience living alone also as you are not completely alone, but do keep in mind that there are rules to follow and places to be kept clean to assure a good living together

I would recommend everyone staying at Borderless house, who don’t want to live alone. I made a lot of new friends and we had such a good time together.

Living with so many different people from different places and backgrounds has exposed me to all sorts of new ideas and ways of thinking. I'm grateful for the experience and felt like it has made me a more open person!

考え方の異なる人に対する接し方が変わりました。一言で言うと、かなり寛容になったと思います！ 過去の僕は、自分の考えと異なる行動をとる人に出会ったら、「この人は自分とは違うんだ」と表面的なことだけで判断したり、批判的に見てしまうことがありました。でも今は、生まれ育った環境の違いなどを含め、相手の背景を想像して理解しようと努めるようになりました。 「もしかするとそういう文化をもっているのかな？」とか「もしかすると今日は何か嫌なことがあったのかな？」とか、相手の背景にあるものを考えられる自分になれました。それはすごくいい変化だったんじゃないかと思っています。

I think it’s a great idea to go a step beyond just a basic greeting when you run into other residents in the house. Even if you're not confident in your English, trying to strike up a small conversation can make a huge difference. Sometimes people might seem a bit distant or 'cold' due to language barriers or simply because they're in 'off mode' at home. However, if you actually take that small step to reach out, it usually leads to a much better connection—both in that moment and for your future relationship together! ハウスで他の住人と会った時には挨拶だけでなくもう1歩踏み込んで一言話しかけると良いなと思います(仮に英語が苦手でも) 言語の壁であったり、家ならではのオフモードであったりして冷たく見えていたとしても、実際話しかけるとその瞬間もその後でも良い時間が過ごせると思います。

異文化との交流ができることは想像しやすいと思いますが、むしろ文化を超えた共有の価値観（勉強やキャリアを頑張ること）を話し合えたのがプラスになりました。留学や休学、休職など、必ずしも一般的なキャリアを歩まなくても自分のやりたいことをやることが大事なのだと勇気づけられました。

Being able to speak openly and honestly with housemates to learn about each other's cultures, work through small conflicts, manage household responsibilities, and just have fun together made my stay at Waseda1 a very positive and wonderful experience. Whether or not this house becomes a home depends on the effort you're willing to put into it. I think the more effort that tenants put into caring for the house and getting along with housemates, the better and more fulfilling their stay here will be.

たくさん遊びに行ったり、ご飯を食べに行ったりしましたが、リビングで過ごした何気ない日常が1番楽しかったです。

国内外の色々なバッググラウンドの友人を作れたことが一番のメリットだと思う。また日本人も様々な目標を持っている人が多く、いい刺激になった。

国や出身地が違っても、同じ生活を共有することで沢山の共通点を見つけて仲良くなれた。

1年半滞在しましたが、本当にこの家を選んで良かったと思っています。英語を話せるのはもちろんですがそれ以上に人と生活することの楽しさや難しさなど色々なことを経験することができました。この家に住んでから、人と話すのがより好きになった気がします。西陣ハウスが1番です！！空き部屋があったらすぐに入居してください！笑

You are surrounded by people who want to become friends with you if you give them the chance and are in an excellent location to see and do many things in Kyoto/Kansai area.

If you choose this Nishijin house in Kyoto, it’s sure you will be family with everyone, because everyone is so warm. I will miss the memories we made with everyone.

世界がそんなに遠いものじゃなく感じられるようになると思います。

多国籍の方と関われる

Where in my hometown my housemates were very different from my friends, the borderlesshouse in Kinugasa has become a space where I was living together with friends, fighting for deadlines together and planning trips around Japan.

Most of my opinions on the house are not things you want to tell potential residents.

言語の習得や異文化への関心は確実に高まったと思います

皆の為に料理をするのが楽しいって分かった！

海外に対する心理的ハードルが下がったことがとても良かったです！

外国人や社会人の方々と暮らすことに対して始めは抵抗を感じていましたが、毎日がとても楽しくて最高でした！むしろみなさん優しくて、海外のことや将来のことをたくさん相談できる大切な仲間になりました。大学最初の一年をボーダレスハウスで過ごして正解でした！

It's the best way to get to know both local Japanese people and other foreign people who are going through the same thing you're going through!

I was able to improve both my language and communication skills while learning how to maintain an appropriate social distance and build friendly relationships with other tenants. I also realized that despite language barriers and cultural differences, we are all people living together in the same modern world.

このシェアハウスはいろいろな国籍や背景の人と出会える、とても良い環境だと思います。 自分のことに集中しながらも、人と話す機会が多く、日常の出来事を共有したり、一緒に遊んだりできる場所です。毎日楽しく過ごせて、たくさん良い思い出ができました。ここを選んで本当によかったです。 長期でも短期でも、どちらの滞在でも大丈夫だと思います。最初は不安だったり、すぐに馴染めないと感じることがあっても、少しずつコミュニケーションを取っていけば、自然と慣れていくと思います。

十条という落ち着いたエリアで、さまざまな国籍、バックグラウンドの方と生活できたことが一番の思い出です。 日常的に会話する中で、価値観の違いを自然に受け入れられるようになり、視野が広がったと感じています。 シェアハウスが初めての方にも、とても良い環境だと思います。

グローバルでの恐怖心が全くなく、国際的な実力をつけられたことが一番の学びだと思います。 私は元はToeic290の英語力でしたが、現在では海外への恐怖心はなく、キャリアにおいてはグローバル案件にアサインほどになりました。

何かイベントがある時は積極的に参加するといいと思います。一年でいろんなところにシェアメイトと一緒に行きました。コミュニケーションを取ることで、英会話も鍛えられるし、いろんな価値観を得られます。 また、仕事で疲れて帰ってきても家に帰るとみんながいて気分が落ち込まずに過ごせるのもシェアハウスのいいところでした。

英語を話す機会があまり日本ではないと思いますが、ボーダーレスハウスでは色んな国の方がいらっしゃるので言語だけではなく、色んな価値観、文化を学べる場として最前だとも思います。海外生活に憧れを持つ方や、英語や多言語を学びたい方にはぴったりの場所だと思います。

ほんとにボーダーレス！

いろいろな方々と出会い、さまざまなお話をしながら、考え方の幅を広げることができ、とても幸せでした。

The most impressive thing was the convenience of living in a sharehouse. It's easy to make friends and the location is near a station so transportation is easy and efficient.

職種や国籍含め本当に様々な人が生活するため、普通に生活していたら仲良くならないような人とも友達になることができました。また、さまざまな人の価値観に触れることで自分の今後の暮らし方を考えるきっかけとなりました。

If you are wanting to meet new people, exchange language and have fun, I highly recommend staying here! I'm so glad I tried this out.

Lovely vegetable garden, love the compost events and to cook with the vegetables of the garden all together.

I really love the connections fostered both within the house and between houses through events, I feel like I've made so many friends! I think I've changed my way of thinking in making friends with people that I otherwise would not have, and become more accepting of different ways of thinking.

If you're looking for a warm, welcoming and fun sharehouse in Tokyo, you should choose Honancho House! I made lifelong friends here during my stay in Japan, and core memories that I will forever cherish. This house really felt like home and I will be missing the atmosphere a lot!

Everyone here is so nice and fun. Especially if you are a person who love hanging out, then you should check out Borderless House.

Make an effort to interact with your housemates, put aside some time at night if you have to. It will strengthen not just your own relationships but the other housemates' relationships with each other. When you socialize you make everyone more sociable, when you speak you make it so much easier for others to speak, when you smile you make it almost impossible not to smile. Act first, don't wait. The world is shy.

It’s an amazing way to live in japan and connect with Japanese and international people. You never feel alone, you have time to practice Japanese, learn about other cultures and have some drinks together over a nice bbq. Borderless house feels like a warm hug to me, I always appreciated coming home.

I got the chance to talk with both Japanese people and foreigners, learning about the culture directly from them, enjoying foods and great times, traveling, helping each other out with language learning... Thanks to my housemates, I was able to progress quickly in Japanese, passing N3 in less than 2 years. We traveled to many places, Hokkaido, Chubu... I have made amazing friends for life.

I highly recommend it. You have your own key to your room, so when you want privacy you can stay in your room, and when you want to be with people there are always most definitely someone in the living room. When you want something to eat, you can always ask in the group-chat and people will join. The company Borderless itself arranges tons of parties and programs themselves which you can join and get to know people from other Borderless houses. There is also a lot of paperwork to be done throughout your stay here with the Japanese government, and I always found it helpful to have Japanese people around me to help me with it- as it is all in Japanese. You also learn the language by living with Japanese people.

It was a great pleasure to meet people that are nice and communicate, become friends! I became very extrovert

The district of Kichijoji has been a real surprise for me, and is, in my opignion, one of the best for living on a long term-period in Tokyo.

I have been enjoying getting to know everyone and becoming closer friends. Overall it has been an amazing experience, but I am definitely glad I opted to have my own single as sometimes private space to be alone in is very important.

I’m truly grateful for the opportunity to stay at a Borderless Share House. It’s been such a special experience - I had the chance to meet amazing people from all over the world and even made some real friends along the way. My only advice would be to keep an open mind, communicate openly to avoid any cultural misunderstandings, and most importantly: have fun!

Try to be open to new experiences! Borderless House has many events that are worth joining if you have the time. Other than that, be considerate and clean and be open with your opinions.

I felt really lucky with my housemates and even the location of the house. I thought that living alone would be the best but I met great people and did things I wouldn’t have done alone.

A lot of people usually look at the state of the house first before considering it. Togoshi house looks old, not gonna lie. But it’s not really about appearances - it’s all about the people you live with! And Togoshi house has the best people. I’ve met the best housemates whom I consider friends even when they’ve already moved out.

Going on a road trip together was the most fun and impressive thing we did, we organized everything together and were able to visit a lot of places and made a lot of memories, my tip for newcomer is to try to propose and organize fun activites together that everyone can enjoy

I think the most valuable thing of this ahúse is that there are Japanese people living in here as well. That creates an opportunity to practice the Japanese and get to know locals. Even though you can do it outside, sometimes is not that easy.

海外の方、日本人問わず普段出会えない人たちと出会えます！

海外の具体的な国に興味を持てた。視野が広がった。価値観が広がった。

大人数で住んでいるとはいえ、積極的に交流しようとすることが大事だと思います。

自分からどんどんコミュニケーションを取っていくことがとても大事だと思います。あまりそういうタイプではなかったですが、ここでの生活を通じてそのようなアクションを積極的に取ることが大切だなと思いました。

家に帰ると人がいて挨拶を返してくれる、まるで実家のような雰囲気は、一人暮らしでは得られないことの一つだと思います。家族のようなハウスメイトとの繋がりがボーダレスハウスで過ごした1番素敵な宝物だと私は思っています。

If you’re coming to borderless house take the opportunity to talk to as many people as possible. This type of share house attracts a lot of interesting people, so make the most of it!

Getting to know people from all around the world taught me a lot about different cultures. Living with a large group of people also made me more conscious of the importance of taking care of shared spaces.

I'm a really shy person and was a bit nervous about the idea of living in a sharehouse and being around so many new people. But everyone here is so friendly and welcoming. If you have the opportunity to go out with your housemates, whether it's to have dinner or sing karaoke, definitely go do it, even if you're shy. I'll never forget all the fun memories I've made with everyone at Borderless Sendai. If I had chosen to live in a single apartment, I don't think I would have had as positive an experience.

It's definitely worth trying. This is the right place for you if you enjoy community life, parties, and have an outgoing personality!

いい距離感を見つけること、日常を楽しめる様になったこと

Most of the people at Sendai House right now have been living here for quite a long time, so you can really count on them to help you get started, whether it’s finding the important places to know nearby, sightseeing spots, or good restaurants. Everyone cooperates, which feels very nice and much more human. It also makes it easier to build a network of friends or even useful connections for your career, compared to bigger cities like Tokyo or Kyoto (I actually found my job thanks to the help of a housemate).

誰でも新しい環境や集団に入るときは、周りの人とまだ親しくないから、なかなか積極的に話しかけられないものです。でも、少し勇気を出して自分を開いてみると、新しい集団に自然と溶け込むことができて、その中での楽しさや喜びも見えてきます。 言葉の壁や文化の違いを気にしすぎずに、まずは一歩踏み出すことが大切だと思います。

Borderless house was a great experience, be sure to make the most of it by getting to know everyone in the house and making fun memories together

Living at Borderless House was a great experience. All the tenants I know so far are really friendly and welcoming. I think if you are moving in to a Borderless House you should be open minded and interested in meeting new people. It is also always nice to be engaged in activities and also suggest some ideas. Because it was my first time in Japan it was very helpful for me to hear about the experiences from the tenants that are in Japan for a longer duration and get some tips from them.

色々な国籍の方とお話する機会があり社交的になれた気がします。

様々な文化への関心や興味がより増したなと感じました！それぞれ幼少期にどんなところで過ごしたかなど、Googleマップを使って話したりして、めちゃくちゃ有意義な時間を過ごせました！

共同生活をする上での責任感を意識するようになった。

外国人と関わったり、英語を使うことで語学力が上がると思います。