First of all, Happy New Year everyone! (I know its a bit late for that).
I would like to ask for your opinion regarding people I live with in a sharehouse. As a tourist and for most of my time during my working holiday year, I lived either in guesthouses or sharehouses (for a short time I had my own apartment as well).
Now I live with mostly only japanese people in a sharehouse for musicians. I try ot make music too so I thought I could have some talks about music with them, have jam sessions and so on. I do have one guy living in the room next to me who really likes international culture? Im not sure how to describe it better. He always speaks English with me, he has a foreigner gf, he sings and listens to Englsih songs only and I think he spent some time living abroad. Im not sure how fond he is about Japan and its culture or the mindset, but I noticed something about him that "bothers" me. Regardless of nationality, I think if you live with others you should at least try to be respectful and "quiet". Of course in your room you dont have to be super silent and you can do what you please, but sometimes I feel like he does not care at all. Since New Year – I think since many of our residents went to see their families – he started playing guitar and singing in his room. I dont mind his voice or his music, but we have dedicated practice rooms taht are kind of sound proof and we are supposed to play our instruments there.
I have very bad eyes, so my ears are very sensitive so I guess the music-making is a bit too much for me. I literally run out of my room to sit in the living room downstairs since its quiet…
Im sorry for ranting so much, but is that just me or would other people feel bothered by this too? The overstimulation in Tokyo kicks in enough, so I wish I had a little tiny bit of silence iny my room at least. But Im not good with arguing or speak about these things face to face – Im not sure if you do that in Japan anyway.
So I wanted to ask for your opinion, experience or advice.
I could just tell him to not play music in his room and be considerate of others, but who am I to tell him what to do and not to do in his free time? Im sure he "needs" to blend in during his daily life enough so he wants to enjoy some freedom when he is home. Im clueless what to do. Tokyo is already stressful enough.
by AfterEffective3508