As someone who lives in Tokyo and has looked into share houses, there are two things that I found more attractive about Coliving versus share houses here: 1. P

As someone who lives in Tokyo and has looked into share houses, there are two things that I found more attractive about Coliving versus share houses here: 1. Personal space: you get your own bathroom and kitchen. The bathroom especially is a dealbreaker for me. 2. Cost: share houses in Tokyo in decent places are often the same price as an apartment of similar size; there's really no financial benefit. The share houses I've seen tend to have really bad tenant:facilities ratios for bathrooms, baths/showers, and washers. At worst, I've seen places with (for example) room for 15 tenants, but only one shower, one washer, and two bathrooms. That's far from an ideal situation, especially when I could get my own apartment for the same price...