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🌏️About us🗾
Hiro and his 3 roommates live in a very old house in Toshima Ward, Tokyo.
I (Hiro) am an IT engineer and have been renting the house for over 10 years.
My roommates are Chinese, Japanese, and Nepali, including a queer woman.
🗻Art project🗼
My friend drew a mural, but there was still free space on the wall.
So I started to find artists to add their paintings to the wall on this site.
At least 20 people from all over the world have joined this art project so far.
We don't have any art skills. Offer the chance but not join the project.
🥷The neighborhood👘
Two stations from Ikebukuro, thirty minutes from Shinjuku and Shibuya.
Very quiet residential area, but there are some restaurants and shops.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
Cycling
Water sports
Outdoor activities
Winter sports
Beach
Adventure sports
Nature
Fitness
Art & design
DIY & crafts
Carpentry
Drawing & painting
Sustainability
Politics / Social justice
Self development
Movies & TV
Languages
Music
Cooking & food
Books
Technology
LGBTQ
Events & social
Culture
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Every year, I make umeshu, Japanese plum wine, at home in the plum season.
You can try it, and we can make sake (Japanese alcohol) together and drink it.
My roommates are busy. Most of them have night shifts and don't speak English.
I don't want my roommates to feel that my guests are strangers.
I'd like to do the party with my roommates and you when they have time.
You can tell us about drinking games, alcohols, or foods from your country.
Other people can share their knowledge of anime, manga, and other otaku cultures.
One of them knows how to play guitar and other instruments, as well as skateboard.
My roommate used to go to women's bars in Shinjuku Ni-chome, the gay district.
Now she doesn't have time to go there, but she can tell her recommendation bars.
Help
🍙Help Title: Artist🍘
We're looking for people who can draw a mural and help with cleaning.
I accept one person per month. But mostly I reject a request.
I much need cleaning help, but artists spend more time on the mural.
If you're interested in us but can't help with the mural, only cleaning help.
Feel free to contact us. Please don't forget to answer the questions.
(Long term is better and prefer people who pass "desirable criteria.")
🍡Duties & Responsibilities🍢
Paint the mural in any common space, mostly the living room.
No theme for painting, but original or copyright-free characters only.
Clean the inside and outside of the house before starting painting.
🍵Selection criteria🍶
Send me your artwork. Analog art and digital art are both ok.
It can be your website, Instagram, or a PDF of your portfolio.
It's fine to upload a photo of your artwork as your profile photo.
🏯How to upload a photo on a Workaway profile.🏣
Select 'my profile photos' found in your 'My account' dropdown and follow the online
instructions. This is accessed by clicking your round profile photo in the top right of the screen or the three lines on mobile when logged in.
🌸Essential criteria💮
･Drawing talents, whether professional or hobbyist, self-study is ok.
Not a request to have experience painting a mural or education in art.
👺･The request must be from one person, without any partner.👹
We have enough space for multiple people but need only a little help.
📛･The request must be for only the current or next month.🔰
Because I have a chance to change the schedule of the future.
🎍Desirable criteria (this is for getting along with my roommates)🎋
･Japanese skill at least at the N3 level or using Google Translate.
･ Any knowledge of anime, manga, music, and skateboarding.
🎎Benefits and Conditions🎏
You can do it whenever you want. We don't manage your schedule.
We have paint markers, acrylic paint, and paintbrushes.
If you need painting tools, I can buy them at the 100 yen shop.
We much prefer you stay at least more than one week, up to a few weeks.
You're welcome to visit us to add your painting or just watch the mural.
If you just want to visit, please mention that you won't stay overnight.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Hindi: Fluent
Japanese: Fluent
Nepali: Fluent
Chinese (Mandarin): Fluent
Accommodation
No stoic rule, no curfew. There are two accommodations.
No meals are included because we don't ask you to work a lot.
My house is old and surrounded by nature with bugs and animals.
Not good for people who have asthma or dust or animal allergies.
[An indoor bed tent in the living room]
I have the tent with futon mattresses and blankets.
There are some storage spaces and a balcony.
An electric fan for cooling and an oil heater for heating.
[The room]
A private room with an air conditioner and furniture.
Basically for temporary use (e.g. jet lag, sickness, etc.)
I prefer not to accept people who haven't read my profile.
If you read my profile and understand what people we need,
Please put any emojis in the title of your request message.
If you can't type, copy and paste from my profile or emoji site.
What else ...
You stay as a homestay. A tourist visa can stay. Japanese are ok to stay.
Screening questions for people who send a request to stay.
・How much can you drink alcool? Do you have dietary requirements?
・Do you have a flight ticket to Japan, or are you currently in Japan?
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
high-speed wifi
Can possibly accept pets
If you stay in the private room, it's okay to accept any pets that are quiet and friendly to people.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Feedback (5)
She helped us a lot with house cleaning, mowing, and painting a mural.
She was very friendly to all roommates. We had a fun time with her.
We are very appreciative of her.
I went to a nice cafe in the neighbor with my friend and her, we enjoyed conversation and atmosphere of the cafe
She took time to paint the colourful mural about wildlife of Thailand where she stayed before come to Japan,
I appreciate that she draw nice and eye-catching paintings.
In addition, Hiro shared lovely treats, very useful recommendations for Tokyo and the places around and I… read more
They spent a few hours to paint without expect any reward. I like her cute and lively painting, very nice.
It was rainy day, but they' were friendly and talktable so I was able to enjoy the conversation with them.
We welcome her to… read more
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She helped us a lot with house cleaning, mowing, and painting a mural.
She was very friendly to all roommates. We had a fun time with her.
We are very appreciative of her.
I went to a nice cafe in the neighbor with my friend and her, we enjoyed conversation and atmosphere of the cafe
She took time to paint the colourful mural about wildlife of Thailand where she stayed before come to Japan,
I appreciate that she draw nice and eye-catching paintings.
In addition, Hiro shared lovely treats, very useful recommendations for Tokyo and the places around and I… read more
They spent a few hours to paint without expect any reward. I like her cute and lively painting, very nice.
It was rainy day, but they' were friendly and talktable so I was able to enjoy the conversation with them.
We welcome her to… read more
Also she cooked delicious creative cuisine for us, Unfortunately my roommates were not be able to join because they were busy.
We conversed in Japanese then I realized that she had studied the language for only a few months, I was surprised… read more
