Essay：Establishing a Topic

■The issue I plan to research and write about

I will write about a Share House in Japan. People should have chance to know about share house because it gives us a lot of insights to the change of our current Japanese society.

■The reason I think the issue is important. What is the significance?

Share house is one of rare chances to live with people who are not one’s own family. The increase of share houses in the latest Japan will surely express change of the Japanese general family view and a family form.

■The reason I am interested in this and the connection to me.

The main reason I’m interested in the topic, ‘share house’, is my friend’s moving to a share house. She moved to a share house quite recently from a house where she had lived alone since university admission. As far as I’m concerned, I have never lived with people except my family. I cannot imagine the life in the share house and so I’m very curious about why she decided to live in it.

■Questions

Q1. The history or origin of share house in Japan

Q2. Share house in the world

           ・Is it popular?(Why popular? / Why not popular?)

・Is there any difference between it in Japan?

Q3. Why do people live in a share house? What’s their motivation?

Q4. Variety of share houses

Q5. The difference in a view to a share house and to a family

■English possible sources

I’ m sorry that I haven’t found f good English sources about this topic.

■Appendix

This movie doesn't have direct connection with my topic but I think it shows us the possibility and importance of living and it is very interesting!