Cultural festivals
Dashain, Tihar, Holi and Nepali New Year — celebrated properly, and always open to the wider Oita community.
- Traditional food and live music
- Dance and cultural performances
- Family-friendly, all welcome
Back to what we do
What we do
Everything we run
The short list on the homepage is the first row of this one. Nothing here is aspirational — every item below has happened, most of it more than once.
Practical support
The unglamorous work: forms, phone calls, translations and knowing which office to walk into.
- Visa and residency paperwork
- Job placement and interviews
- Housing and guarantor guidance
A network that answers
Five hundred people across the prefecture, and a group chat that is awake at 2am when something goes wrong.
- Facebook groups for your area
- Monthly newsletter
- Emergency support chain
Language and heritage
Nepali for children growing up in Japan, and a hand with Japanese for the adults who need it for work.
- Nepali reading and writing for children
- Conversation practice before interviews
- Help reading official letters
Sport and weekends
Football and volleyball through the warm months — the easiest way into the community if you do not know anybody yet.
- Open teams, no trials, all levels
- Matches in Oita City and Beppu
- Families welcome to come and watch
Landing in Oita
The first month is the hardest. Someone who has already done it will walk you through it.
- Meeting new arrivals at the station
- Ward office, bank and phone set-up
- Where to buy Nepali groceries