Machi — Your life in Japan
Life in Japan, in one app.
Find work, a place to live, secondhand deals, weekend plans and people nearby, plus clear guides and Machi AI for visas and paperwork. Organized by your city, in English, 中文 or 日本語.
Free · iPhone and iPad · Android in development
Your city, right now
See what's happening where you live, and talk with others who live in Japan too.
Jobs, homes & secondhand
Part-time and full-time work, rooms to rent, things to buy and sell. Local errands, sorted.
Visa, study & career guides
Residence status, school, job hunting, Japanese exams and daily life, explained step by step.
Home · Discover
Open it and you're in your city.
Home is a wall of notes from people nearby: a renter's hard-won lesson, tonight's fireworks, the ramen shop worth the queue. Follow people, comment, save posts and send messages right from the feed.
- Pick any of Japan's 47 prefectures and switch cities anytime
- For You, Hot and Following feeds; flip between notes and timeline
- Let AI help you draft and polish a post
- Translate Chinese, Japanese and English posts in place on iOS 18 and later
Jobs
Job hunting, with your conditions up front.
Part-time, mid-career and new-grad each get their own track. Every listing shows the Japanese level required, whether the hours can stay within 28 a week, and visa-related signals. Not sure about one? Ask the community.
- Part-time, mid-career and new-grad tracks, with 17 industry filters
- One-tap filters for foreigners welcome and students welcome; missing Japanese requirements are labeled
- Filter by visa support, work-visa-eligible roles and Specified Skilled Worker fields
- Search by distance or on a map; save a search and get new jobs at 7 pm every day
- Official listings open the employer's own application page. Machi never collects your résumé
A Specified Skilled Worker field is an industry category, not a promise from the employer. Confirm with the company.
Browse jobsLife & Travel
Put your next good day on the map.
Tokyo must-sees, the Roppongi Art Belt, theme parks, fireworks and festivals, and places all over Japan. Filter by now, this weekend or this month, and browse in big photos. Most places link to their official pages and show when we last checked them.
- Pick a time: now, this weekend, this month
- Fireworks, festivals, art, anime and games; only events with confirmed dates are listed
- One tap to official tickets or details for most places, or open the map
- Save places for later and share them with friends
Local life
Rooms, secondhand and people to hang out with.
All of these live in Discover and follow the city you pick.
Homes & stays
Rentals, homes to buy and homestays, each on its own tab. Search on a map, request a viewing, and get price-drop alerts on saved listings.
See listingsMarketplace
Sell what you don't need, give things away or post what you're looking for, then message the seller.
Browse itemsMeet & hang out
Food, sports, study and language-exchange buddies. Fill the spots, then chat in the room.
See meetupsEvents
Host exhibitions, get-togethers or talks with a capacity, waitlist and approval. Machi never collects money.
See eventsGuide · Machi AI
Visas, paperwork, school and work, one step at a time.
Guides for daily life, jobs, studying and language schools in Japan. The Visa & Career guide lays out the documents and timeline from student to employee, and a 30-second check builds your own document list.
Visa & career guide
Residence statuses, documents and timelines, organized by your school type and the company's category.
Life, career & study guides
Bank accounts, phone plans, pension and housing through to résumés, interviews and applications.
School & company libraries
Universities, graduate schools, vocational and language schools, plus company data for job seekers from abroad.
My workbench
To-dos, calendar, applications, household budget and reminders before your residence card or passport expires.
Machi AI
Ask Machi AI first.
Ask in English, Chinese or Japanese. It answers using Machi's guides and its school and company libraries, and when visas, law, health or money are involved, it points you back to the official source.
Free accounts get a set number of questions a day; members get more.
Chat with Machi AIJapanese exams
JLPT prep: know your level, then plan your time.
Pass marks and scoring for N5–N1, study-route articles, and exam dates with a countdown for test sites in Japan are available now. Online practice, mock exams and placement tests are not yet open, and neither is the EJU zone.
- N5–N1 level guides
- Pass marks, scored sections and vocabulary targets for each level on one page.
- Study-route articles
- Routes from N3 to N2 and N2 to N1, plus how to study vocabulary, grammar, reading and listening.
- Exam dates & countdown
- Test and registration dates for Japan, with the days left until the next exam.
- Ask Machi AI
- Registration, choosing a level, planning your weeks: ask in English, Chinese or Japanese.
Level guides and exam dates follow the latest official JLPT notices.
Machi Verified
Use it a lot? Become a member.
Everything basic is free. Membership is an optional monthly or yearly plan for people who use Machi every day or want to post jobs and listings.
Verified badge
Shown on your profile and on what you post.
More Machi AI
More questions every day, plus the Pro model.
Post jobs, homes & services
Three per category each month, shown in the matching channel.
iOS and web
Join on either platform and use it on both.
Three languages
English, 中文, 日本語. Switch anytime.
Change the interface language whenever you like, and filter posts by language. We're getting Chinese, Japanese and English right before adding more.
- English
- 简体中文
- 日本語
駅前のパン屋さん、朝7時から開いてて最高。塩パンがおすすめです。
AI translation · Japanese → English
The bakery by the station opens at 7 am. Love it. Try the salt bread.
Can't read a post? Translate it in place.
On iOS 18 and later, posts in Chinese, Japanese or English that differ from your interface language can show an AI translation right under the text.
Translation runs on your iPhone or iPad and needs system support for the language pair. It's there to help you understand the original. Not available on the web yet.
Cities
Starting in Japan, one city at a time.
You can choose any of Japan's 47 prefectures. Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Yokohama are where we've gone deepest first; more countries are in preparation.
- Tokyo
- Osaka
- Kyoto
- Yokohama
- Nagoya
- Fukuoka
- Sapporo
- Kobe
- 01
Japan · Open
Community, jobs, life & travel, guides and Machi AI are all live.
- 02
Next countries · Preparing
We learn what people there ask most and which sources they trust before building guides and city channels.
- 03
More cities · Long term
Find the echoes of real life in every city.
Countries we're researching: South Korea · Canada · Australia · United States · United Kingdom · France · Germany
"Preparing" doesn't mean open, and we don't promise launch dates.
Safety & trust
Clear boundaries before you meet, trade or take a job.
Report and block
Report or block harassment, scams and inappropriate posts anytime. We act on evidence and our rules.
Sources you can see
Jobs are labeled as official listings or community posts; most places link to official pages and show a last-checked date.
Take care offline
Meet in public the first time. Don't send large payments before seeing a room or an item. Never pay a deposit to get hired.
For businesses & employers
Put your shop, listings and jobs in front of people looking for them.
Verified businesses can post services, deals, homes and jobs by city and language. Verification confirms identity and details; it isn't an endorsement of quality and doesn't guarantee reach or sales.
What is Machi?
Machi is a city-life app for people living in Japan: local community, job search, housing and secondhand, life and travel, plus guides to life in Japan and Machi AI. The iOS app is on the App Store, and the web version works in any browser.
Does it cost anything?
Downloading and everyday use are free. Machi Verified is an optional monthly or yearly plan (an auto-renewing subscription on iOS, a one-time purchase on the web) with a verified badge, more Machi AI questions, and the ability to post jobs, homes and services. Some paid content is bought with Machi Coins.
Which languages are supported? Can posts be translated?
The interface is available in English, Simplified Chinese and Japanese. On iOS 18 and later, Chinese, Japanese and English posts that differ from your interface language can be translated in place. Post translation isn't on the web yet.
Can I use JLPT practice and mock exams yet?
Right now you'll find N5–N1 level guides, study articles and exam dates. Online practice and mock exams are not open yet; we'll announce it on this site when they are.
Where can I use Machi?
You can choose any of Japan's 47 prefectures. The guides and the school and company libraries currently cover Japan only.
Is there an Android app?
It's in development. For now, use Machi on iPhone or iPad, or open the web version in any browser.
Where do job listings come from?
Official listings come from employers' public recruitment pages, and applying opens the employer's own page. Community listings are posted by verified members, and you can message them in the app. Always check the employer's original text.
Which company runs Machi?
Machi is developed and operated by XICO AI (Zhixike Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.), a company based in Guangzhou, China. For ideas or partnerships, email hi@machicity.com.
Machi — Your life in Japan
Find the echoes of real life in every city.
Download the iOS app for free, or open the web version right now.
Android in development