Practical guides for moving to Japan
Japanese-only websites. Apartments that come with nothing. City Hall forms. This site helps you understand what you're looking at โ and what to do about it.
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Most Japan guides tell you what exists. This one helps you understand what you're looking at โ especially when the page is in Japanese.
What a futon actually is in Japan. What a rice cooker label means. What you're agreeing to when you click ็ณใ่พผใ.
Residence registration, My Number, health insurance โ step by step, in your language.
What's surprising for Americans is different from what's surprising for Vietnamese or Indonesians.
What to do on Day 1. What can wait until Day 4. A clear sequence, not a pile of articles.
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