Handbook for ISP Students (Housing)

HOUSING

HOUSING LOCATION

The university has arranged for housing near the Tokyo campus. The address is as follows. At Kugahara, the dorm keepers, Mr. & Mrs. Uehara, will take care of the residents. Kugahara Dormitory : Leo Palace Patio Kugahara 1-16-7, Kugahara,Tokyo, Japan Tel: 03-3751-9656 Kugahara A & B exists in Kugahara Area, Ota ward in Tokyo. Only 7 minutes walk from the nearest train station (Ontakesan) and there is a lovely shopping area near the station. It will take about 40 minutes to commute to Tokyo campus on foot and a train ride.

• How to Get to Tokyo Campus
  Dorm.----Ontakesan-station----Gotanda-station----Tokyo campus
  (7 MINS WALK) (15 MINS TRAIN RIDE=150 yen) (18 MINS WALK OR 5 MINS BUS RIDE)
  *You can buy student train pass for 15 minutes train ride. It costs 2,400 yen per month.
• How to Get to Yokohama Campus
  Dorm.---Ontakesan (st)---Kamata (st)---Kawasaki (st)---Totsuka (st)---Yokohama campus
  (7 MINS WALK) (45 MINS TRAIN RIDE=600 yen) (25 MINS WALK OR 7 MINS BUS RIDE)
  *You can buy student train pass for 45 minutes train ride to Yokohama campus. It costs 9,900 yen per month.

ROOM RENT

The payment for your apartment is 200,000 yen or 300,000 yen plus 25,000 yen deposit per semester. The gas, water, and electricity are paid by MGU. Please be responsible in the use of these items. Turn off lights when not in use. In order to make a payment, please buy tickets from the vending machine in front of the guard office on the 1st floor of Main Bldg. on campus. For your deposit, you can buy 1 ticket of 20,000 yen and 1 ticket of 5,000 yen. For your rent, you can buy 4 or 6 tickets of 50,000 yen. Please paste them on the sheet for deposit or rents separately and then bring them to CICE before the deadline. You are required to submit two separate sheets, so please remember to buy those tickets separately. The sheet will be distributed in the orientation. You can't pay them by your credit card.

YOUR ROOM- YOUR CARE AND RESPONSIBILITY

At the end of the program, the items in your room should be returned in good order. The dorm keepers will go to check your room before refunding your deposit. Please remember especially for the following matters from the rental agreement.

Do not let anyone stay in your room or the common room overnight.
# Guests are required to leave from Kugahara before 10:00 pm.

Do not smoke, burn incense or light a candle in your room.

Do not put any posters on the paper doors of closet in your room.
# If you paste anything on them, the paper will be peeled off and then you will be charged to repair it. When you put anything on the wall, not the paper doors, please use only thumbtacks.

FUTON

A FUTON is Japanese-style bedding. During the night, the bedding is laid out on the tatami mats or floor. During the day, the bedding is folded and placed in the closet. On dry days, futons are often exposed to sunlight and air to keep them fresh and dry. You airing and putting the futons away each morning is also a matter of hygiene, keeping the bedding from becoming damp and unhealthy.

COMMON SPACE- YOUR COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY

KUGAHARA DORM HAS A COMMON ROOM ON THE 2ND FLOOR OF KUGAHARA B WITH ONE TELEVISION, A PUBLIC PHONE, TWO VACUUM CLEANERS, SOME TOASTER-OVENS, SOME RICE COOKERS AND GARBAGE BOXES. THESE ITEMS ARE FOR EVERYONE'S USE IN YOUR BUILDING; PLEASE BE CONSIDERATE OF OTHERS.
The common room is unlocked by the dorm keepers at 7:00 am and then locked at 11:00 pm every day. If you like to use an iron, ask the dorm keepers to lend it. Please return it to the dorm keepers soon after you use.
As with your own dorm, care, cleaning, and upkeep of your room and the common room is each student's responsibility. At the end of the program, the common space household should be as you found it. Please read the rental agreement carefully. A copy of the agreement is contained on the last page of this section.

LIVING IN A JAPANESE DWELLING

The following are a few observations about Japanese houses and apartments. The entrance to MISH, as with most every Japanese home, contains a genkan, a sort of entry vestibule. Here, in the genkan, you should remove your shoes. Shoes are not worn in the apartment and the genkan is the only place in a Japanese home where shoes are worn.
In tatami mat rooms, no inside slippers as worn as the mats are intended to be walked on in bare feet or sox. Take off your slippers when you come into your own room at MISH. Tatami is a reed-like mat about three-feet by six-feet in dimension and about two and a half to three inches thick. The interior of the mat is a layer of bundled straw and tatami to keep it fresh, unworn, and clean. There are important considerations for the place where one sleeps and lounges. Tatami is somewhat fragile.

GARBAGE

The pickup spots will be shown by the dorm keepers during orientation. The pickup time is around eight o'clock in the morning. Please do not put garbage out the day before as birds and wild animals break into the packages and scatter the contents. Garbage should be in bags, which are tied with a strap or string. Please be good neighbors. As for Kugahara residents, please follow the dormitory rules.

RENTAL AGREEMENT KUGAHARA DORM

The following rental agreement is made between Meiji Gakuin University and ________________________. Meiji Gakuin University lets and the tenant takes apartment, Room Number (A/B)_______, at Kugahara Dorm (hereafter referred to as the Dorm). The Dorm to be used and occupied solely as a private dwelling apartment for single use only by the tenant for a term of months, unless otherwise terminated or extended by written agreement, starting on April 1, 2004 and ending on July 31, 2004 at a fee (including electricity, gas and water) of 200,000 yen per semester, plus 25,000 yen security deposit for a Single Room, payable to the Center for International Cooperation in Education (CICE), Meiji Gakuin University. Tenants must pay the appropriate amount of rent without fail by the appointed date. The deposit will be returned prior to the tenant's departure after inspection of the apartment with the amount needed for repair deducted if any. At the end of the term the tenant will leave the premises in as good order and condition as they were at the beginning of the term. The allocation of rooms is decided by CICE. The parties to this agreement agree as follows: Below are the rules and regulations in Kugahara Dorm offered to international students by Meiji Gakuin University. Should the tenant break any of the rules and regulations, Meiji Gakuin University reserves the right to terminate the agreement and ask the tenant to vacate. The university bears no responsibility to find the tenant a new place to live.

RULES (Forbidden Activities)

Please follow the rules strictly and co-operate with us so that you may maintain a pleasant community life and a friendly relationship with us.

1. Do not use the bath, washing machine, or dryer after 10:00 P.M.
2. Do not bring explosives, weapons, and drugs into the Dorm.
3. Do not make loud noises or cause any nuisance to neighbors, especially after 10:00 P.M.
4. Do not keep pets in your room and nor feed animals outside.
5. Do not hold a party in your room.
6. Do not let anyone stay in your room overnight.
7. You may not transfer the right to stay in your room to other people.
8. Do not smoke, burn incense or light a candle in your room. You can smoke only at the designated place.
9. Do not bring any items into the Dorm, unless you take them back with you when you leave.
10. Do not put any posters on the paper doors of closet in your room.

REGULATIONS

Follow the following regulations so that you may maintain a fine environment and community life.

SAVE ENERGY AND RESOURCES
Please keep in mind to save electricity, gas and water in the Dorm.

TRASH
Please sort your trash as instructed, and put it in a bag, and then take it to the designated place.

COMMON SPACE
Please keep the common space clean when you use it. Please notify the dorm keepers when you find any loss, damages or trouble with the equipment in the common space or in your room. In addition, we will charge you for the repairs when you carelessly damage or break anything.

BE COMMUNITY MINDED
Please be considerate of the community and your fellow residents.

Medical Services

DOCTORS AND HOSPITALS

For any serious ailments, you will be advised to visit an outside doctor. In the holodays, the Tokyo Fire Department (Shobo-cho) Telephone Service can instruct you about the nearest hospital or clinic depending on your ailment. They can be reached 24 hours a day at 03-3212-2323.
For non-emergency medical problems on weekdays, contact the MGU Health Clinic Center. The Center has a list of doctors and clinics. If you need, CICE staff will assist you when you go to the hospital.

MEDICAL SUPPLEMENT SYSTEM FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS

One of the governmental organizations provides a medical supplement system for foreign students. You pay the total amount of your bill at a clinic or hospital, however, 80 % of your expenses will be refunded about 2 months later. In order to be refunded, you need an Japanese bank account or you should be here to receive it by cash. That's why you may not have a chance to apply, if it happens within 2 months before your departure.
To apply for this medical supplement system, you need to bring some forms to the hospital. You can get the form from the Student Affairs Office through CICE. Please come to CICE before going to the hospital, if you can.

HEALTH PROBLEMS / PRECAUTION

Gastrointestinal disorders, sore throats, and colds often occur more frequently in a foreign country than at home, particularly soon after your arrival. This is a result of the change in climate, environment, diet, water, and personal habits. You may have obtained professional advice before departure and bring along familiar medications for these problems. CICE staff will advise you on specific local conditions, if necessary.