🇬🇧 English translation follows the Japanese text below.

先日DIYで改装した勉強部屋ですが、さっそく住人も使ってくれてるようです。コロナで在宅勤務が増えたり、大学や高校もオンライン授業が増えてるので、今後もリモートワーク/スタディを前提にした住環境が必要になるんじゃないでしょうか。シェアハウスも共有部の充実さが価値なので、考えていかないといかないですね。

勉強部屋で受験勉強中のH君

写真は勉強中のH君です。入居時はなんと中３でしたが今や高３、受験生です。時間経つのはやっ！！

何を勉強しているのかと見てみると・・・

英語のようです。しかもユーチューブで（笑）。
聞くと、「めっちゃわかりやすい」だそうです。まあそうですよね、各学校の普通の先生よりも、鍛え抜かれた予備校講師のほうが授業は面白くてわかりやすいはず。がんばれー！！

共有部が全体の半分以上を占める３フロア構成

ところでヘッドクオーターズ神戸は３フロアあってうち２フロアが居室メインで（洗面ランドリールームとトイレあり）、１つのフロアがすべて共有部（スタディ、キッチン、ダイニング、リビング、トイレ、シャワー、バス）になっています。廊下も入れれば共有部が全体の半分以上ってかなり大きな割合なんじゃないかなと思います。

もっと読む

勉強部屋をはじめとする共有部や、机とイスのある各居室についてはこちらもどうぞ。

• 共用部の紹介 — スタディ、キッチン、リビングなど
• お部屋と家賃 — 各居室の広さと費用
• 神戸大学の学生・院生・留学生の方へ — 学業と両立できる住まいをお探しの方に
• 内見・お問い合わせ

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The study room we recently renovated ourselves (DIY-style) is already getting good use from our residents. With more people working from home because of COVID, and more universities and high schools moving classes online, it feels like living spaces built around remote work and remote study are only going to matter more going forward. Since shared spaces are such a big part of what makes a share house valuable, it’s definitely something we need to keep thinking about.

H, studying for his exams in the study room

The photo below shows H, hard at work studying. He moved in when he was in his third year of junior high, and now he’s already a third-year high schooler gearing up for exams. Time really flies!

Curious what he was studying, we took a look…

Looks like English. And on YouTube, of all places (lol).
When we asked him about it, he said it was “super easy to understand.” Makes sense, really — a seasoned cram school instructor is bound to teach more engagingly and clearly than the average school teacher. Keep it up!!

Three floors, with shared space making up more than half

By the way, The Headquarters Kobe has three floors — two are mainly private rooms (each with a washroom/laundry area and toilet), and the entire third floor is shared space (study room, kitchen, dining area, living room, toilet, shower, and bath). If you count the hallways too, shared space makes up more than half of the whole building, which is honestly a pretty huge proportion.

Read more

More about the study room and the other common areas, and about the private rooms with their own desk and chair.

• Common areas — study room, kitchen, living room and more
• Rooms and rent — room sizes and costs
• For Kobe University students and researchers — if you need a home that works with your studies
• Viewings and inquiries