Community Center rental thingy

[@japhigu]

Tw weeks ago when talking about one of the cooking classes someone mentioned kitchens that could be rented at something like "community centers". Could somebody give me some more detailed information or some Japanese webpage on the topic? Friends of mine usually rent a kitchen that is rather small for 20 people and costs 3000 yen per hour.

[Benjamin Davis]

Hmm.  If you speak Japanese it shouldn't be that hard.  If you don't it could be tough?

I think the easiest route would be

1) Find a local community center (Called "Kouminkan" in most municipalities, but often "Kuminkan" within Tokyo -- or sometimes "kumin sentaa" or even "komyuunitii sentaa").  For example, here is a list of Shibuya Ward community centers: http://www.city.shibuya.tokyo.jp/est/kmkaikan/index.html

2) If you're comfortable with phone calls, call them up and ask if they have a kitchens or rooms for teaching cooking and if so, how to rent them.  If phones are scary, just pick the closest kuminkan and wander in and ask.  If they have one, they'll teach you how to rent it.  If they don't, they should be able to point you in the direction of one that does.

Route B: If you speak little Japanese but your local area has an international center or helpful foreigner's desk at a ward office or something, they might be willing to help you sort out the above procedure.  Just tell them you are thinking of teaching a cooking class and heard that community centers sometimes have rooms for teaching cooking but you don't know how to find one.

Neither is elegant, but should work consistently (like a hammer!).

On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 12:04 PM, @japhigu <duald...@gmail.com> wrote:

Tw weeks ago when talking about one of the cooking classes someone mentioned kitchens that could be rented at something like "community centers". Could somebody give me some more detailed information or some Japanese webpage on the topic? Friends of mine usually rent a kitchen that is rather small for 20 people and costs 3000 yen per hour.

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[Richard Frankum]

On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 12:04 PM, @japhigu <duald...@gmail.com> wrote:

In addition to the 公民館 / 区民館 info that Ben gave, you might look for
other venues. I've taken cooking classes at a local 東京ガス showroom, and
Luc also mentioned that his apartment building had something similar.

Here's an answer on the topic that lists some rental places. If your
friends are Japanese, you could suggest they ask on Yahoo! 知恵袋 or
similar.
http://questionbox.jp.msn.com/qa3751651.html

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--Richard Frankum

[MRE]

I'd guess that going in will be more fruitful, especially with bad nihongo...

In my exp: Most of these places just let you walk in and look around without any fuss.. you can quickly check if they even have a kitchen.. and then usually if they have any foreign services, the English speakers are at the desks in the lobby, rather than on the phones anyway.

[Torsten Wagner]

I would like to add, look out for a community centre which offers
language classes. The one I use to learn Japanese has kitchen
facilities and a large amount of very friendly and very kind at least
a minimum English speaking Japanese teachers which would be all crazy
about if I would announce to do some German cooking. ;)
Well, poor ladies, they have no idea about my cooking skills.

Totti