Share House with Soundproof Room "Quintet Kobe" Opens in Suma Ward A New Creative Life Born in Kobe

Machiake Corporation (Head office: Nagata-ku, Kobe; Representative: Tomohiro Tamai), which operates 15 international exchange share houses in Kobe City and one in Akashi City (which have hosted residents from 44 countries to date), has opened "Quintet Kobe," a share house with a professional-grade soundproof room in Suma-ku, Kobe City.

Soundproof room

The soundproof room in the 9 square meter space of "Quintet Kobe" was constructed by KOTOBUKI Corporation (Head office: Nagoya City, Representative: Toshihiro Niwase [first-class architect]), whose corporate philosophy is "All sounds can be blocked".

The soundproof room has an average sound insulation performance an average sound insulation rating of approximately 80dB, which is equivalent to that of a recording studio. In addition to soundproofing, the room is also highly sound absorbent, providing a comfortable, stress-free performance environment for performers.

In urban areas, there are many problems with neighbors caused by sound, but a share house with a soundproof room is not only a place to play musical instruments, but also ensures a comfortable production environment while avoiding neighborhood problems caused by noise issues related to live streaming and recording, which are rapidly increasing.

■Survey on Neighborhood Trouble: Noise Trouble Ranked #1 (26.2%)

URUHOME, a website for solving real estate problems operated by Dream Planning Corporation (Naka-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture; CEO: Tatsuto Takahashi) in 2024, conducted a questionnaire survey targeting people interested in housing problems.

The most common neighborhood problem is noise trouble, with 131 respondents, more than six times as many as the second most common issue..

Since the tolerance for sound varies greatly from person to person, even a small sound can become noise if it is perceived as unpleasant.

Survey on Neighborhood Trouble

*When using the survey results and images in this release, please link to the URL of URUHOME (https://uruhome.net/neighborhood-trouble/), where the survey results are available.

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■Increase in the Video Distribution Market

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications' White Paper on Information and Communications (FY2024), the video distribution market will increase 1.8-fold from 2019 to 2022 (Figure 1), and is expected to continue growing in the future (Figure 2). The growth in the market size suggests that video distribution activities by individuals are increasing (Figure 3).

Figure 1: Market size of video distribution, music distribution, and e-books in Japan

Figure 2: Trends and forecasts of the estimated market size of video distribution (VOD) services in Japan

Figure 2 Source: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000251.000013190.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com

In 2024, the total domestic market for video on demand (VOD) services (the sum of "subscription video on demand (SVOD)," "rental video on demand (TVOD)," and "video distribution sales (EST)") is estimated to be 593 billion yen, up 3.3% from the previous year. This value is an estimate of the amount paid by consumers to these video distribution service providers during a one-year period and does not include advertising and other revenues. Compared to 2020, the year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the market size has increased by 53.0%, growing approximately 1.5 times.

Figure 3: Total market size of video content business (total of 5 major markets)

Figure 3 Source: https://www.yano.co.jp/press-release/show/press_id/3602?utm_source=chatgpt.com

The total market size of the video content business in FY2024 (total of the five major markets) is projected to be 988 billion yen, 108.9% of the previous year's level.

～In addition to corporate demand, individual demand in the "age of 100 million creators" is also expected to increase and continue to grow.

In FY2023, the live-streaming application market is estimated to be 72 billion yen, 112.5% of the previous year's level.

The market was also invigorated by the increase in the number of live-streaming businesses themselves and the increase in opportunities for live-streaming itself.

*Video content business (video production services/video creation software/video distribution platforms/live distribution applications/animation production)

For those who work with sound, not only performers and musicians but also video creators and individual video distributors, and for those who want to start these activities in urban areas, a low-cost shared house with a soundproof room is an ideal starting point for their careers. For young creators in particular, this can be a place where they can work freely while keeping rent costs low.

The shared space of a share house allows creators to interact, exchange information, and share techniques, which can be expected to reduce loneliness and promote career development.

Kobe City is known as the "birthplace of jazz in Japan" for the first professional jazz band to perform in Japan in 1923.

We hope that Quintet Kobe will become the a birthplace of new culture and open innovation after 100 years in Kobe, a city that has led the music scene in Japan.

In today's society, where fragmentation, isolation, and loneliness are accelerating, Mathiake Co. We hope that through living in a share house, people will find satisfaction and happiness that they could never find alone in the midst of human connections.

Quintet Kobe" is open to those who do not play an instrument or use a soundproof room.

Please consider taking a tour when looking for a room in Kobe.

Outline of "Quintet Kobe

Location: 3-11-5 Itajuku-cho, Suma-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo 654-0009

　　　　　 10 minutes walk from Itajuku Station on the Sanyo Electric Railway Line.

　　　　　 10-minute walk from Itajuku Station on the Seishin-Yamate Line

Opening: March 2025

URL : https://machiake.jp/quintet-kobe/

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Company Profile

Company name: Machiake Co.

Representative: Tomohiro Tamai

Headquarters: 2-5-10 Futaba-cho, Nagata-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 653-0042, Japan

Business description: Planning and management of international exchange share houses, themed share houses, shared real estate, and vacant buildings.

　　　　　 Planning and operation of international exchange share houses, themed share houses, and shared real estate, revitalization of vacant buildings and shopping arcades, and consulting on real estate utilization.

　　　　　 Real estate utilization consulting

URL : https://www.machiake.jp