Your first Japan — from finding a home to settling in, in Korean
SALLAE is a Korean-language service for Koreans living in, or moving to, Japan
When you first come to Japan, you don’t even know what you don’t know.Which neighborhood is good to live in, whether foreigners can sign a lease, whether you need a guarantor.SALLAE asks operators these questions one by one and gathers the answers on a single map.
Why we built SALLAE
My first home in Tokyo was signed remotely from abroad. I checked everything, even Street View — but once I moved in, it was noisy late into the night. Looking around, I saw so many young people struggling to settle in, not only with housing but with jobs and schools. That’s why I built SALLAE.
— SALLAE’s founder
What SALLAE does
Pick a neighborhood and you see its homes; pick a home and you see nearby schools and the commute. No need to search in five places.
● Share houses · rent
● Japanese schools · popular
● Stations · neighborhoods
Rent level, safety, flooding, commute —
from official data and real routes
Signing from Korea, guarantors, Japanese level —
confirmed with each operator
Published tuition, homes near school
and the commute
Starting with resort jobs
that come with housing
When you can’t decide
Good points and downsides at the same size — and every number shows where it came from.
After you arrive
Residence cards, insurance, pension, housing, part-time work — answers checked against official sources, in Korean.
Enter your arrival date and deadlines like “within 14 days” turn into real dates. In order, from before you leave.
Reviews and questions about neighborhoods, homes and schools from people who went before you — plus giveaways and second-hand.
As of October 6, 2026
What we hold to
Partners or not, list order and visibility are treated the same. Business posts are labeled “Partner · Ad”.
We don’t accept reviews from businesses. When we quote outside reviews, we name the source.
Safety, disaster and noise stay marked with ⚠, and we never guess to fill an unknown.
We work directly with share-house and real-estate operators in Japan on listings and partnerships.
Questions about life in Japan
[email protected] (Korean · English)
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