About HashiDashi
Our mission, editorial standards, and the principles behind the guidance.
Our mission
HashiDashi is Algodyne Corporation's bilingual publication for living and working in Japan: practical guidance with the sources shown.
7 guides · 24 cited sources · 12 glossary terms
- Primary sourcesSources named for consequential claims.
- Dated and correctedEvery guide shows when facts were last checked.
- BilingualPublished in English and Japanese.
- Free toolsNo account; your entries stay on your device.
What we cover
You are legally resident, registered at city hall, connected, insured, and housed — with residence card (在留カード), residence record (住民票), phone number, and signed lease (契約) in hand.
4 pagesYou understand the 宅建 qualification, have prepared for and sat the official RETIO examination, and know the registration, certificate, and career steps that follow passing.
3 pagesA relocation checklist and a cost worksheet. Your entries stay on your device.
2 pagesEditorial standards
- Accuracy
Guides state their reader situation, material limits, sources for consequential claims, and factual check date.
- Transparency
Shared ownership is disclosed wherever it affects a recommendation.
- Independence
An official or independent resource remains a valid destination when it best meets your need.
- Corrections
Send us the page and the claim; material corrections are made in the guide and its check date updated.
Source quality
Every guide carries its sources and a checked date.
- Consequential claims carry a source
- Each source names its title, publisher and link
- Every guide shows its factual check date
- A formatting change or automated fetch never advances the check date
Publishers cited in current guides:
- Immigration Services Agency, Ministry of Justice (出入国在留管理庁)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外務省)
- Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (総務省)
- NTT DOCOMO, Inc.
- KDDI Corporation
- SoftBank Corp.
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (国土交通省)
- Real Estate Transaction Promotion Center (不動産適正取引推進機構)
- Tokyo Metropolitan Government (東京都)
- Digital Agency (デジタル庁)
Our process
- 1State the situation
Each guide names the reader situation and its material limits.
- 2Cite sources
Consequential claims are tied to named sources.
- 3Date the check
The factual check date is shown on the guide.
- 4Correct and update
Material corrections update the guide and its check date.
Proudly part of Algodyne Corporation
HashiDashi is Algodyne Corporation's bilingual publication for living and working in Japan. Shared ownership is disclosed wherever it affects a recommendation.
Photo credits
Photographs on this site are used under the licences shown below.
Chureito Pagoda among cherry blossoms with Mt Fuji and the lights of Fujiyoshida at dusk
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Aerial panorama of the Tokyo skyline and Sumida River with Mt Fuji on the horizon and Tokyo Tower at far left
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Osaka Castle main keep framed by cherry blossom branches under a blue sky
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Entrance terrace of Tokyo International Airport under a clear blue sky
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Neon-lit Tokyo street at night with traffic and illuminated signs
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Quiet residential street lined with detached houses under a blue sky in suburban Japan
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Twin towers of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building seen from below against a pale sky
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Aerial view of Shinjuku high-rises and dense Tokyo neighbourhoods under a blue sky
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Person writing in a notebook at a wooden desk with colourful highlighters
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Colleagues working at a white table with a laptop showing charts, a notebook and a mug
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Stone-paved street lined with traditional wooden townhouses in Kyoto, with willow branches in the foreground
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Pedestrians crossing Shibuya Crossing at night beneath illuminated signage in Tokyo
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Tunnel of vermilion torii gates with inscribed pillars at Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto
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Two Shinkansen bullet trains waiting at a platform at Tokyo Station
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