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Curuna
Multilingual Forum — "Karuna"
Read and post in your own language.
37-language community for foreigners living in Japan. You can read life information and news, ask questions, get advice, and share useful information.
Read in your own language
Check life information and news in your own language.
Post in your own language
Ask questions, get advice, and share information in your own language.
Your posts are automatically translated
Posts and comments are automatically translated into 37 languages, so other people can understand them too.
Curuna is free to use. Even if Japanese is difficult for you, you can join safely and comfortably in your own language.
Our Vision
A place connected by understanding
Curuna is a community where people from overseas can discuss, in their own words, the worries and questions they experience while living in Japan. It is a bulletin board service where everyone can support one another and share advice. There are things only people with a similar background can understand, and advice that can only come from lived experience. Please support your peers with your experience and information.
What We Ask of Everyone
Let's build a safe community together
- Do not deny differences in nationality or values—please interact with words that respect one another.
- Value courtesy and actively say thank you.
- Let’s also keep an attitude of learning Japan’s rules, manners, and culture.
What's Next
From a board to a deeper place of understanding
Building a trusted community base
To remain a safe place to use, we will continue improving the design and mechanisms that make trustworthy information easier to gather.
Better daily-life information
We will continue organizing information that foreign residents truly need, such as visa status, work, housing, and administrative procedures, so it is easier to find.
Sharing Japanese culture
We want to share not only systems and procedures, but also Japanese ways of thinking, manners, and local culture.
About the Administrator
Administrator
I’m Sam from Japan, administrator of Curuna.
Living abroad, it can be difficult to find a place where you can casually ask for advice, and searching for practical, firsthand information can become exhausting. Believing that a service to solve those challenges was needed, I founded Curuna.
“Curuna” combines “Culture” and “Luna” (moon). I want culture to light up the world like the moon. Together with people living in this country, I want to brighten those who are struggling. That is why I chose the name. It may be a small place, but I hope trusted connections grow from here.
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