The Headquarters Kobe
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Shared Kitchen, Bath & Rooftop — Share House in Kobe | The Headquarters Kobe

The Headquarters Kobe boasts generous and well-equipped shared spaces. Nearly one-third of the total floor area — or close to half including the rooftop — is common space. Water and bathroom facilities are plentiful relative to the number of residents. The building itself is older, but the common areas are cleaned by a housekeeper once a week, and residents tend to keep things tidy, so you’ll find it very comfortable to live here.

Living Space

The 5th floor is primarily shared space, featuring a spacious living room where residents relax and share meals together. There’s also a TV and gaming consoles available.

  • Storage shelves, ottomans and white low tables in the living room
  • Living room seen past a large leafy houseplant, with sofa and TV
  • White low tables, a TV and a dartboard in the living room
  • Red and grey sofas around a deep blue rug in the living room

Kitchen

Good living starts with good food. The kitchen is fully stocked with quality appliances: A 30L convection oven reaching up to 300°C, a BALMUDA toaster for perfect toast, a sous vide cooker for tender meat, a pressure cooker, a slow juicer, a blender, a bread maker, a stylish automatic coffee roaster, and a gas takoyaki griddle for group fun. 2 gas burners and a separate IH cooktop. 5 refrigerators/freezers total: 2 on the 5th floor kitchen + 1 chest freezer, plus 1 fridge each on the 4th and 3rd floors.

  • Wooden shelf holding a convection oven, rice cooker and coffee maker
  • Glass pitchers of tea in front of hanging pots
  • Long galley kitchen lined with white wall cabinets and fridges
  • Gas cooktop with copper pots hanging above and open spice shelves

Study / Work Room

A dedicated room for focused study or remote work. Each bedroom has a desk too, but it’s nice to have a separate space when you want a change of scenery.

Long wooden desk with a monitor arm beneath a wooden loft platform

  • Two chairs at a long desk under the timber loft frame
  • Wall-mounted desk with a blue chair beside a window drying rack

Rooftop

The rooftop is one of the highlights of The Headquarters Kobe — with a great view and open sky ♪ In the warmer months, it’s the perfect spot for a BBQ, or to enjoy a cold beer while catching the evening breeze.

  • Rooftop wood deck with artificial turf and rattan sofas
  • Open and free — residents can use it anytime Open and free — residents can use it anytime
  • Welcome parties on the rooftop — pretty special Welcome parties on the rooftop — pretty special
  • Mt. Rokko and a glimpse of the night view Mt. Rokko and a glimpse of the night view

Bathroom

Two options: a full bathtub room, and a separate shower booth.

  • Bathroom with a bathtub
  • Separate shower booth
  • Passage from the washroom to the bathroom

Laundry

Making daily life easier: 2 drum-type washer-dryers (heat pump type) — one on 4F and one on 3F. 6 sinks total: 1 on 5F, 3 on 4F, 2 on 3F. Laundry detergent is covered by the common fees.

  • Sinks and a drum-type washer-dryer
  • Laundry space with a row of sinks
  • Heat-pump drum-type washer-dryer

Toilets

One toilet on each floor (3F, 4F, 5F) — 3 in total. All equipped with washlets.

  • Wood-grain door hand-lettered with the word toilet
  • Western-style toilet lit by a window, door standing open
  • Washlet-equipped toilet with a potted plant on the window ledge

Entrance

The building faces the covered shopping arcade — groceries are literally 3 seconds away, no rain required.

  • Entrance of the building inside the Suidosuji shopping arcade The entrance is right below the sign reading 東亜建測株式会社 (Toa Kensoku Co., Ltd.). Go up the stairs to the 2nd floor and you’ll find another door leading further up — everything above that is the share house.
  • Stairs on the 2nd floor — the share house starts beyond this door