暮らし for foreign residents

Life in Japan, with a capable local sidekick.

You can build a good life here and still lose whole weekends to it: the clinic that only takes phone reservations, the ward-office form that depends on another form, the mover who never answers email. NAKAMA gives you Kai — a Japan-side assistant in your messenger who makes the calls, sequences the paperwork, and sorts the logistics, and knows exactly when to hand you to a licensed professional instead.

See the packages → Housing Match is live now

What Kai takes off your plate

One contact in your messenger. Four kinds of work, each with a clear edge.

denwa suru · CALLS

Phone calls in Japanese, made for you

Clinics, small restaurants, salons, movers, deliveries — 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

shiraberu · PAPERWORK

Procedure Packs, in dependency order

Tell Kai your goal — "I'm moving from Kawaguchi to Setagaya" — and get a Procedure Pack: every step in the order the system actually requires, 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

hikkoshi · HOUSING & MOVING

Housing, moving, and life logistics

Apartment hunting is live today: Housing Match finds real, foreigner-friendly listings and confirms availability by phone — ¥4,980 flat, no commission. Around the move itself: movers booked, utilities and deliveries scheduled, appointments lined up.

Housing Match ¥4,980 · live now

tsunagu · ESCALATION

Knows exactly when to stop

Visas, legal disputes, tax, medical questions — Kai doesn't improvise there. It builds your Escalation Pack (chronology, document index, translation checklist) and routes you to a licensed professional. The referral itself is always free, as Japanese law requires.

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

The resident package: Japan Sidekick

Fuller, concierge-style support for a longer stay, a move, or a life-admin backlog. This is an interest-list offer — joining adds you to the waitlist, nothing is charged today, and there is no checkout.

Fuller, concierge-style support

Japan Sidekick

¥15,000 about US$100

A fuller support package for a longer stay, a move, or a life-admin backlog.

  • Up to 10 confirmed booking calls in Japanese
  • One personalized Procedure Pack — your paperwork in dependency order, official sources cited
  • Practical logistics sorted: movers, deliveries, reservations, appointments
  • Priority step-by-step help in your messenger for 30 days

Same boundaries as everything Kai does: no visa, legal, tax, or medical advice; no calls to banks, immigration, or insurers in your name; the referral to a licensed professional is always free.

Join the interest list on the home page →

Prefer pay-per-outcome? You don't need a package. At launch, every service is available on its own: booking calls at ¥300–500 (first one free), Procedure Packs at ¥1,500–3,000, Escalation Packs at ¥5,000–10,000. The full table is on the home page.

Need an apartment now? That part isn't a waitlist — Housing Match is live today at ¥4,980 flat. Tell us your commute and budget; we search and call in Japanese, and the introduction to the agency is free.

Where Kai stops: when a question crosses into visas, legal disputes, tax, or medical territory, it doesn't answer — it prepares your documents and hands you to a licensed professional, free. No improvised advice, no promised outcomes.

The US$ figure is an approximate, nominated international reference point, not a live exchange rate — you would pay in JPY at launch.

Just visiting for a week or two? The lighter package is on the visitors page.