The concept of a ‘Share house’ is becoming a familiar living style to many in Japan. If you’re looking for a share house, instead of asking “where is it?” and “how much?” you might try asking “with whom?” and “how?” This is the concept behind a newly launched service called Colish.
On Colish, users can connect to others who are already living in a share house, or they can submit a concept for a share house and look for roommates. The service was officially launched just a few hours ago, so only 12 ideas in total have been submitted to the site for the time being.
One interesting concept is the “Session-House,” where people who play instruments can live together in a sort of music-themed house. Another combines the ideas of couch-surfing and share houses, where people from all over the world can come to stay and meet Japanese people and vice versa. On the website you can follow concepts, contact the organizer, and leave comments.
Hopefully Colish will grow into a community for people who live in groups. The service was born out of Startup Weekend in Tokyo. The event sees people gather to come up with an interesting idea for a service and then actually create it within 54 hours. You can find out more about the “No Talk, All Action” project on tokyo.startupweeked.
Colish at Startup Weekend Tokyo, May 2011
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