University Students who are enrolled in Junior College Program, Graduate School Masters’ Program, Doctorate Program or specialized courses at a specialty/vocational institution in the Yokohama city and have a “college student” visa(including those expected to enroll in April, 2025).
※Those who do not meet the requirements: Auditor students, research students, pre-college students, Short-term international student and students engaged in specialized research courses ※ Those who can live with the international student in a family room include: spouse and children with “dependent,” or “college student,” visas. ※If your family members dose not together, you will lose your eligibility.
Resident Assistant (RA)
Single Room
Japanese University students or University Students having permanent resident visa in Japan, who are enrolled in Junior College Program, Graduate School Masters’ Program, Doctorate Program or specialized courses at a specialty/vocational school in the Yokohama city.
※Those who do not meet the requirements: Auditor students, research students, pre-college students, Short-term international student and students engaged in specialized research courses
《 Role of RA 》 ・Actively participate and cooperate in events held at the Yokohama International Student House. ・Support exchange activities of international students. ・Bridging International students so that they can make new friends in the YISH. ・Explain about Japanese customs/culture and try to solve misunderstandings that may arise from daily life activities. ・Cooperate with the operation of YISH.
Submission Period
From 4th January to 29th January, 2025 within 5:00 PM ※Must be arrived by this date by post or bring yourself. ※Basically, Universities and institutes will collect their students’ applications and send it to us together. Please submit through your Universities and institutes. The deadline may be earlier depending on the individual Universities and institutes. Please check the deadline of your Universities and institutes.
Place of Submission and Inquiry
Place
Resident Affairs Section, Yokohama International Student House, 4-171-23 Honchodori,Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama230-0048
Contact
Tel：045-507-0121 Email：new.residents.yish@yoke.or.jp Office Hours：9:00-17:00 *Inquiries cannot be made on 23rd December, 2024, from 29th December, 2024 to 3rd January, 2025 and 27th January, 2025 due to Office holidays. Please contact us through Contact Form in the following.
Please correctly fill out the forms accurately according to the sample form “How to fill the Application Documents.” Arrange the documents in following order, and staple it in the upper left-hand side of the page.
A person makes reference is designated as a president or a dean of the department of University, or two year college, and a principal of vocational school.
Copy of Notification of Acceptance from a university or institute (only for applicants who have been accepted and are expected to enroll the university or institute in April 2025)
Envelope for reply (Put an 110-yen postal stamp and write your name and an address in Japan to receive the notification of results on February 14th, 2025).
Notification of Results for Acceptance of Residents
Residents are decided by the “Yokohama International Student House Resident Acceptance Committee.” The results will be sent directly on February 6th, 2025 (with the envelope for sending your decision to us). We will also send the results to the respective Universities or institutes.
Interview
Only applicants for RA will have attend interview before deciding the acceptance of residents.
Deadline for Reply
Inform us by 14th September by email. You should reply that you will going to live in our house or not by 14th Sep. If we do not get reply, your application will cancel automatically.
Contract and Guidance for New Residents
We will inform you one of the following days. 27th February 9：30～12：00 28th February 9：30～12：00 10th March 9：30～12：00
Residency Period
The period of stay is from 1st April, 2025 to March 28, 2026. Residents who meet the qualifications for residency may have their stay extended for another year. ※However, the move-out deadline may be changed depending on cleaning and building maintenance.
Note: In 2025, maintenance of building outside walls are Scheduled. Due to that you may not be able to use ‘balcony’ for certain time period as well as the room may not get enough sunlight. Please note this before apply.
