Anna's first six months in Nakameguro

When I signed the paperwork on Nakameguro Riverside Share House I thought I was signing up for a cheap room by the cherry-blossom promenade.

What I got was three roommates who take turns cooking dinner on Sundays, a building manager who walked me through garbage sorting on day one, and a ~10-minute walk to the Hibiya line when the Toyoko is too crowded.

What I'd tell a friend

If you're deciding between a sharehouse and a 1K apartment in Tokyo, the math on utilities + furnishing + Wi-Fi is usually in the sharehouse's favor. But the real upside is the soft-landing: having people around who already know how the neighborhood works.