仲間 nakama — the people you can count on

Your Japanese friend, as a service.

For short-stay visitors & tourists →For foreign residents →How it works →

An on-the-ground, Japan-side assistant that makes phone calls in Japanese for you, solves practical bookings and logistics, and gives you step-by-step help with Japan's paperwork — not another portal. Whether you're here for a week or building a life here, when it crosses into licensed territory the referral to a professional is always free.

✓ Phone calls in Japanese ✓ Paperwork, step by step ✓ Free referral to licensed pros

Free to join · first booking call free at launch · one email, no spam.

40.3% of foreign residents turn to a Japanese friend when life here gets hard. Only 2.5% use the government portal. (ISA survey, n=8,874) LIVE NOW Apartment hunting, done for you — ¥4,980
Kai
your nakama · online
Kai, can you book me a dentist this week? The clinic only takes phone reservations 😭
On it. I'll call Sakura Dental when they reopen at 14:00 — and as always, I'll say I'm an assistant booking on your behalf.
Done. They had a cancellation: Thursday 18:30, English-speaking hygienist. I took it — confirmation page and calendar file below. 📎
予約確認 — Sakura Dental · Thu 18:30
confirmation page · calendar.ics
you're the best 🙏 wait — you do apartments too? 🏠
That one's live today. Tell me your commute and budget — start a search.
LIVE NOW

部屋探し — Housing Match

Apartment hunting, done for you. ¥4,980 flat, no commission, no success fee — we work for you, not the agency.

Tell us your commute and budget

Up to three places you need to reach, your max rent, your move-in date. Two minutes, free to submit.

We search and call in Japanese

Real, current, foreigner-friendly listings — availability confirmed on the phone, not guessed from a portal date.

Pay ¥4,980, get introduced

Unlock the full shortlist; we introduce you to the right agency — the introduction is free. Nothing confirmable, full refund.

Meguro ward

¥128,000 + ¥8,000 admin

1LDK · 30–40 m² · 10–15 yrs

→ Shibuya 11 min · → Roppongi 24 min

autolock · near river walk

🔒 Address, station & agency unlock after payment.

Find me an apartment →

Japan's Immigration Services Agency asked 8,874 adult foreign residents where they turn when daily life gets difficult. The answer is not an app, and it is not a government portal.

40.3%

turned to a Japanese friend for help

2.5%

had used the government's own support portal

16.6%

didn't know where to ask a public body at all

Nobody wants another portal. Everybody wants a friend who knows how Japan works. That's the entire product.

Save my spot →

Source: ISA FY2025 Basic Survey of Foreign Residents, n=8,874 adult mid- to long-term residents; percentages among respondents reporting at least one everyday-life difficulty.

One contact in your messenger. Three things it does.

No app, no portal, no onboarding form. You send a message; Kai does one of three things.

shiraberu · PLAN

Paperwork, in order, for you specifically

Tell Kai your goal — "I'm moving from Kawaguchi to Setagaya" — and get a Procedure Pack: every step in dependency order, at which counter, with which forms, what to bring. Every fact cited to the official source, with the date it was retrieved.

¥1,500–3,000 per pack

denwa suru · DO

Phone calls in Japanese, made for you

Clinics, small restaurants, salons, movers — daily life here is phone-only and Japanese-only. Kai calls in polite keigo and always opens by saying it's an assistant calling on your behalf. Confirmed booking → confirmation page + calendar file.

¥300–500 per confirmed booking · first free

tsunagu · ESCALATE

Knows exactly when to stop

When a question crosses into visas, legal disputes, tax, or medical territory, Kai doesn't improvise. It builds your Escalation Pack — chronology, document index, translation checklist — and routes you to a licensed professional. The referral itself is always free.

Pack ¥5,000–10,000 · referral always ¥0

The lines Kai never crosses

  • Never decides your immigration eligibility, or gives legal, tax, or medical advice. Those questions trigger the escalation flow, not an improvised answer.
  • Never calls your bank, immigration, or an insurer pretending to be you. Every call Kai makes opens with the assistant disclosure — and it doesn't call regulated institutions in your name at all.
  • Never asks for or accepts your passwords, banking logins, or My Number. There is no flow in the product that takes them.
  • Never promises an outcome. No "your visa will be approved." Anyone promising you that is selling something else.
  • Always cites the official source and retrieval date for every procedural fact.
  • Always preserves Japanese originals alongside translations — only the originals have legal effect.
  • Always hands you to a licensed professional the moment the stakes demand one — free, as Japanese law requires (Attorney Act, Art. 72).

These aren't fine print. They're written into the product's code, and they're the reason you can trust it.

Pay per outcome, not per month

No confirmed booking, no charge. Planned launch pricing, in JPY:

What you getPrice
Confirmed booking call — restaurant, clinic, salon, mover¥300–500 · first one free
Procedure Pack — personalized step-by-step checklist¥1,500–3,000
Escalation Pack — chronology + document index + translation checklist¥5,000–10,000
Referral to a licensed professionalalways ¥0

Life Pass (unlimited navigation + monthly call allowance) planned for late 2026.

Two ways to start

These are interest-list offers: joining adds you to the waitlist for the package — nothing is charged today, and there is no checkout. Dollar figures are approximate, nominated international price points, not a live exchange rate.

Visitors · tourists · newcomers

Japan Day One

¥7,500 about US$50

Practical arrival and day-to-day help for a short stay or your first weeks in Japan.

  • Up to 3 confirmed booking calls in Japanese — restaurants, clinics, salons, activities
  • A personal arrival checklist: connectivity, transit IC card, cash and pharmacies, day-one errands in order
  • Step-by-step help in your messenger for 7 days

Boundaries: no visa, legal, tax, or medical advice — those route to a licensed professional, and that referral is free. Every call Kai makes opens with the assistant disclosure.

Full visitor details →

Join the interest list →

Registering interest adds you to the waitlist only — you choose a package when NAKAMA launches, and you'd pay in JPY. US$ figures are nominated international reference points.

The next time something in Japan needs a phone call, a form, or a friend who knows the system — you'll have one.

Join the waitlist:

First booking call free at launch. No spam, ever.