waiting@kos-kosan*

*Kos-kosan in english probably mean an unofficial dormitory for student and/or employee.

Why should it call unofficial ?

Because it usually provide by a home owner at the neigbourhood which has one or more empty spare room/space, and rent it by monthly payment. Neigbourhood near the university or office complex (at central bussiness distric) would “become” kos-kosan. The owner is free to pricing the room depends on facility (share bathroom or bathroom inside, AC or no AC, breakfast include and etc) and how far the distance from the office/school (usually it could approach by walking).

Because usually the owner were free from the tax so the price is reasonabily cheap compare if you stay at your own house (at sub urban area) and should approach your office/school by car. Kos-kosan grow become a high demand business as long as the government never concern with the urban transportation that connect from sub urban to the bussines distric and the lack of residential zone versus office block zone regulation.

Sometime it’s dificult to find another empty room, the owner might push the student/employee to share room with other who already rent it and split the price.

At Sunday (they are going back to their home at weekend) or at office hour leave kos-kosan empty. And it become absent from human activity but still see the “sign” of human existance. Feeling empty and at the same time you could feel “the past activity” from the place, that what I feel when waiting for my friend go home. I am waiting for my friend at his kos-kosan and sit at the guess room that connected four other room and a share bathroom.

I just curious to take some shot at this place. And just try to capturing the “existance”.

Here is the series.

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