01The Share – a former company dorm in Harajuku
02Shared laundry facilities
03Lounge and library
04Communal roof garden
05Kana Naoi in the radio station
06Shared kitchen
07One of the rooms in The Share
08Satoko Inoue, project manager for ReBITA
09The lounge and kitchen area is open for residents 24 hours a day
10Tsubasa Nishimura, tenant in The Share
11Yuichi Hagiwara moved into The Share in December
Shared living often means shared cost and lower quality. But in Tokyo, The Share, an innovative scheme offering modest personal spaces linked to sprawling, well-designed communal areas, is attracting a new breed of housemate who is happy to share a little piece of a good thing.
Issue 45
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