Housing

Komachi Hall is an ideal place to start your AIU life. Newly renovated and fully furnished, international students living in Komachi Hall have the easiest time making Japanese friends since many of them begin living with a Japanese roommate from the first day of their stay here at AIU.

• Double room *Used as a double room in principle
  • Number of rooms　160 + 4 barrier-free rooms
  • Floor Plan　14 ㎡ (room)
  • Rent　28,000 – 30,000 JPY
• 
  *Rent: per person/ month
• *Includes utilities and internet usage.
• *Cleaning fee to be paid separately when moving out.
• *If the dormitory fee is revised during the student’s enrollment, the new amount will be applied from the time of the revision.

Komachi residents (New degree-seeking students) must purchase meal plans (breakfast, lunch, and dinner). Meals on the meal plan are provided during the spring (4 months) and fall (4 months) semesters. Meals are not provided during Golden Week (Japanese holidays), summer vacation, New Year’s holidays, and winter program (January through March).
Price of meal plan: Approx. 250,000 JPY (spring semester + fall semester) 

Safety and Security

All rooms and suites are single-sex. There are automatic locks for male and female floors, as well as for individual rooms, to ensure students’ safety and security.

Rooms

The dorm has 160 rooms, plus 4 handicapped-accessible room. Each room has space for two residents, with each having a loft bed over their personal desk station. In addition, suites, composed of two rooms, share two toilets and showers located in between the rooms.

While individual rooms do not have cooking facilities, there is a community kitchen where students frequently gather for cooking parties and the dorm is connected directly to the cafeteria. Komachi Hall also has a lobby with games, satellite TV, vending machines, mailboxes, and a round-the-clock management office.

• Single room: Shared house style with a maximum of 12 students
  • Number of rooms　252 + 3 barrier-free rooms
  • Floor Plan　213 ㎡ (1DK+9 ㎡ room × 13)
  • Rent　48,000 – 50,000 JPY
• 
  *Rent: per person/ month
• *Includes utilities and internet usage.
• *Cleaning fee to be paid separately when moving out.
• *If the room fee is revised during the student’s enrollment, the new amount will be applied from the time of the revision.

Tsubaki Village features suite of twelve individual bedrooms attached to a common living-dining-kitchen room and bathroom. The first-year degree-seeking students, second- and older year degree-seeking students and international students may live in this apartment.

Tsubaki Village is partly used for Themed House in 2023.

The themed house project is a pilot project funded by the Ministry of Education to enhance the “24-hour Liberal Arts Education further” practiced at AIU. In each Themed House, international and Japanese students live together and work on common subjects. They develop intercultural communication and collaboration skills, as well as leadership.

Themed Houses began in Spring 2015. The number of houses and their specific themes change each semester. AIU will send a list of available themes along with application instructions to accepted students each semester.

Themes for Fall 2023 have included:

• Nihongo House
• Russian (Slavic) Language & Culture House
• Migration House
• Well-being House

Safety and Security

It has single-sex floors and Mixed-sex floors. Each unit and the individual rooms have locks.

Rooms

Tsubaki Village has 21 twelve-occupancy suites plus 3 handicapped-accessible units. This is an option for students who want the maximum opportunity to mingle with other students and willing to work together.

Sakura Village features suite of three individual bedrooms attached to a common living-dining-kitchen room and bathroom. Like the other apartment villages, only international students and second- and older year degree-seeking students are eligible to live in Sakura Village.

• Single room
  • Number of rooms　105 + 2 barrier-free rooms
  • Floor Plan　53 ㎡ (DK+9 ㎡ room × 3)
  • Rent　48,000 – 50,000 JPY
• 
  *Rent: per person/ month
• *Includes utilities and internet usage.
• *Cleaning fee to be paid separately when moving out.
• *If the room fee is revised during the student’s enrollment, the new amount will be applied from the time of the revision.

Safety and Security

All apartments are single-sex and have their own locks.

Rooms

Sakura Village has 35 triple-occupancy suites plus 2 handicapped-accessible rooms. Although more expensive than the other housing options, this is a perfect option for students who want to have their own space for sleeping and studying, but still have the opportunity to socialize with their suitemates in the common room.

Global Village also features double occupancy rooms, but each room has a privacy curtain as well as its own bathroom and kitchenette with induction cooktop. All international students and second- and older year degree-seeking students are eligible to live in the apartments.

• Single room
  • Number of rooms　100 + 4 barrier-free rooms
  • Floor Plan　20 ㎡ (K+9 ㎡ room)
  • Rent　52,000 – 54,000 JPY

• Double room
  • Number of rooms　92
  • Floor Plan　26 ㎡ (K+13 ㎡ room)
  • Rent　31,000 – 33,000 JPY

• *Rent: per person/ month
• *Includes utilities and internet usage.
• *Cleaning fee to be paid separately when moving out.
• *If the room fee is revised during the student’s enrollment, the new amount will be applied from the time of the revision.

Safety and Security

All apartments are single-sex and have their own locks.

Rooms

Global Village has 100 single-occupancy rooms, 92 double-occupancy rooms and 4 single-occupancy, handicapped-accessible rooms for students with medical needs.