Helping a city become a place you're happy to live in.

1. Organized by city

   You can choose any of Japan's 47 prefectures. The Hot feed and the local channels in Discover follow the city you pick.

2. Sources you can see

   Jobs are labeled as official listings or community posts; places link to official pages with a last-checked date; Machi AI marks its answers “From Machi Guide”.

3. Three languages

   The interface comes in English, Simplified Chinese and Japanese. On iOS 18 and later, Chinese, Japanese and English posts you can't read can be translated in place.

4. If it isn't open, we say so

   JLPT online practice, mock exams and placement tests, and the EJU zone, are not yet open. We don't present them as features you can use.

1. Now · Open

   Japan

   Any of the 47 prefectures. Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Yokohama are where we've gone deepest first.

2. Preparing

   The next countries

   South Korea, Canada, Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Germany. We first learn what people there ask most and which sources they can trust, then build guides and city channels. “Preparing” doesn't mean open, and we don't promise launch dates.

3. Long term

   More cities

   One day, wherever you move, we hope you can find that city's lived experience on Machi. Find the echoes of real life in every city.

Questions about Machi, ideas, partnerships or press: write to us anytime.