# Zuzalu City Japan — Complete Listing Directory > This file contains all listings and narrative pages on ZuCity Japan. For a short summary, see /llms.txt. For the sitemap, see /sitemap.xml. ## Who This Community Is For ZuCity Japan is built for a specific kind of person: original Zuzalu alumni, d/acc researchers, solarpunk builders, network-state curious nomads, artists-in-residence, longevity and DeSci practitioners, akiya-collective aligned restorers, transhumanist hackers, and 不思議人 (fushigijin) — eccentric high-agency people who'd rather build a real village than post about one. Who this community is for: - Carpenters & Architects — people restoring abandoned Japanese houses into community infrastructure - Solarpunk and futurist builders practicing evolving Japanese society - Spiritually-curious travelers interested in Japanese zen, subculture, and spirituality - Artists, designers, musicians, creative technologists, and cultural innovators — artist-in-residence seekers - Zuzalu alumni and people organizers of pop-up cities - d/acc researchers (decentralized / defensive / differential acceleration) and network-state experimenters - DeSci, longevity, biohacking, and transhumanist practitioners - Remote workers and digital nomads with USD >$80,000 income - 不思議人 — free-spirited high-agency builders with disposable income and creative practice Who this is NOT for: - Travelers looking for a hotel experience - Passive tourists seeking a standard coliving product - Anyone who wants to extract a vibe without contributing to the place - Status tourists and vibe extractors — people who arrive to consume an aesthetic, contribute nothing, skip the dishes, and leave the neighborhood worse than they found it ## About & Narrative Pages ### About Komoro - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/about/komoro - **Summary**: Komoro — a quaint city in Nagano at the foot of Mt. Asama. 90 minutes from Tokyo by train. Famous for soba, sakura, onsens, wine, and genuinely kind people. - **Tribal keywords**: komoro, nagano, sakura, wine country, onsen, asama, soba ### Snow Sports in Komoro - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/about/komoro/snow-sports - **Summary**: A dozen ski resorts within a 90-minute drive of Komoro, Nagano — lift tickets under $40, secondhand gear cheaper than rentals, and 2,568m Mt. Asama out the window. Ski all season from ZuCity's coliving base with a $50/day access pass. - **Tribal keywords**: skiing, snowboarding, nagano, asama 2000, hakuba, shiga kogen, 1998 olympics, winter season, ski resorts japan ### Visit Komoro for a Day - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/about/komoro/visiting - **Summary**: Visiting Komoro for a day: the $50 ZuCity daily access pass opens coworking, venues, and community spaces 90 minutes from Tokyo by shinkansen, in rural Nagano. - **Tribal keywords**: visit komoro, zucity day pass, komoro day trip, coworking day pass japan, tokyo day trip nagano ### About ZuCity - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/about/zucity - **Summary**: Permanent Zuzalu hub in Japan building a vertically-integrated neighborhood for futurists and cultural innovation. Reclaim reality! - **Tribal keywords**: zuzalu, popup city, coliving, network state, d/acc, jp/acc, lifestyle design, self-actualization ### ZuCity Agent - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/about/zucity/agent - **Summary**: Meet the ZuCity Agent: an upcoming AI assistant that searches listings, plans itineraries, and books stays across ZuCity Japan's Komoro and Nagano network. - **Tribal keywords**: ai travel agent japan, zucity agent, ai booking assistant, plan japan trip ai, ai concierge ### About the ZuCity App - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/about/zucity/app - **Summary**: Book rooms, events, and memberships across the ZuCity network. Earn rewards, unlock discounts, go deep into Japanese culture and spirituality. - **Tribal keywords**: zuzalu city, coliving network, curated experiences, digital nomad, on-chain booking, community discounts ### ZuCity Japan Events - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/about/zucity/events - **Summary**: Every ZuCity Japan gathering in one place: the annual popup city, POST-TOKYO recovery week, Build Month, and community events in Komoro, Nagano — plus venue hire and sponsorship for your own. - **Tribal keywords**: zucity events, japan community events, popup weeks, builder residency dates, komoro events ### Host Your Event at ZuCity - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/about/zucity/events/host - **Summary**: ZuCity hires out its Komoro venue and housing network for retreats, hackathons, residencies, and popup villages — a 120-person converted grocery store with catering, onsen nearby, and local ops handled by the team behind the annual popup city. 90 minutes from Tokyo. - **Tribal keywords**: venue hire, popup city, hackathon venue, retreat japan, komoro venue, offsite ### Sponsor ZuCity Japan - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/about/zucity/sponsors - **Summary**: Sponsorship and partnership tracks for ZuCity Japan's annual popup city in Komoro, Nagano (Sept 4 – Oct 5, 2026 this edition): venue branding, themed-week sponsorship across d/acc, DeSci, and jp/acc, speaking slots, and year-round ecosystem partnerships. - **Tribal keywords**: sponsorship, partnerships, popup city, d/acc, DeSci, jp/acc, ecosystem ### ZuCity Annual Popup 2026 - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/about/zucity/events/annual-popup-2026 - **Summary**: Join ZuCity Japan's annual popup city, Sept 4 – Oct 5, 2026 in Komoro, Nagano, 90 minutes from Tokyo. A month living inside our neighborhood: renovate real houses, join the assemblies, and attend from $50/day. - **Tribal keywords**: popup city, network state, d/acc, DeSci, transhumanism, longevity, jp/acc, onsen retreat, zuzalu ### ZuCity Build Month 2026 - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/about/zucity/events/builder-residency-2026 - **Summary**: Join ZuCity Japan's Build Month. July 1 – Aug 24, 2026 in Komoro, Nagano — 90 minutes from Tokyo. Renovate abandoned Japanese houses into community venues through carpentry, art, gardens, and communal meals. - **Tribal keywords**: Build Month, akiya renovation, carpentry, solarpunk, artist residency, community building ### POST-TOKYO — ZuCity Recovery Week 2026 - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/about/zucity/events/2026/post-tokyo - **Summary**: POST-TOKYO is ZuCity's recovery week in Komoro, Nagano — Sept 28 – Oct 5, 2026, the decompression that closes the popup month, up the mountain right after ETH Tokyo. - **Tribal keywords**: POST-TOKYO, ETH Tokyo, recovery week, decompression, onsen, Komoro, day rave, inaka ### Buying Akiyas in Nagano - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/about/zucity/neighborhood - **Summary**: Walk the ZuCity neighborhood in Komoro, Nagano: restored akiya houses, a converted grocery-store venue, desks, gardens, and an onsen a short walk away — every dot on the map open with a $50 day pass, 90 minutes from Tokyo. - **Tribal keywords**: akiya coliving, zucity neighborhood, day pass, komoro, community ownership ### The Akiya Investment Thesis - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/about/zucity/neighborhood/thesis - **Summary**: The akiya thesis in full: why nine million empty homes are Japan's opportunity, and how ZuCity's Komoro neighborhood converts them into shared wealth. - **Tribal keywords**: akiya investment thesis, empty homes japan opportunity, akiya economics, japan real estate revival, shared ownership japan ### Co-own a House in Komoro - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/about/zucity/neighborhood/co-own - **Summary**: ZuCity's co-ownership path: akiya houses in Komoro go for $2k–$30k — split one with friends, run the per-owner math against Tokyo rent with real contract pricing, and join a neighborhood that renovates and maintains it together. - **Tribal keywords**: co-ownership, akiya, buy with friends, komoro houses, neighborhood ### ZuCity for Agents - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/about/zucity/agent/for-agents - **Summary**: Register an agent with ZuCity, earn referral rewards on every booking it drives, and book rooms and stays across the Komoro and Nagano network on its own behalf. - **Tribal keywords**: ai agent commerce, agent referral rewards, keyless booking api, self-custodied agent, onchain referral, agent-native ### ZuCity Group Trips - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/about/zucity/agent/group-trips - **Summary**: Plan and book a group trip across ZuCity's Komoro and Nagano network: one bulk booking, a receipt for every attendee, a shared calendar, and a group discount. - **Tribal keywords**: group trip japan, retreat booking, per-attendee receipt, shared trip calendar, group discount, offsite japan ## Events & Access Passes ### ZuCity Japan Daily Access - **Type**: Event/Ticket - **Location**: Yoramachi, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: 50 USDC - **Tags**: 24H, PUBLIC GOODS, EVENTS, COMMUNITY - **Community**: Zuzalu City Japan - **Audience**: d/acc researchers, public-goods funders; event organizers, community hosts, subculture ; network-state curious, aligned community members; Zuzalu residents, d/acc & biotech researchers, IRL builders - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/1 - **Description**: 24 hours inside ZuCity Japan. $50 before community and referral discounts. A pass, not a membership. Walk in, work, eat, talk, sleep elsewhere. Come back tomorrow if the day earned it. The Grocery Store during work hours — fast wifi, quiet corners, the shared table where someone is always arguing about mechanism design. Weekly community dinner if the timing lines up. Open nights at Nakamandem when there is a concert or a takeover. Whatever workshops the residents are running that week — d/acc, DeSci, longevity, solarpunk agriculture. For Zuzalu alumni passing through Nagano. For popup-city travelers checking the signal before a longer stay. For digital-nomad-visa holders based in Tokyo who want a weekend around people building something. Friends of residents. Builders driving up from Karuizawa. Komoro is 90 minutes from Tokyo on the shinkansen. Three nearby stations make the math trivial. Mt. Asama on the horizon, castle ruins a walk away, onsens after work, soba for lunch. You can taste the whole thing in a day if you move well. No tour, no itinerary, no curated experience. Door code and a day. What happens inside is what happens for residents — which is the point. Public good, priced like one. The city funds its own open hours by letting the right strangers in. A popup city is a door that opens for the people who already know to knock. ### Japan Global Membership - **Type**: Event/Ticket - **Location**: Yoramachi, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: 200 USDC - **Tags**: COMMUNITY - **Community**: Zuzalu City Japan - **Audience**: network-state curious, aligned community members; Zuzalu residents, d/acc & biotech researchers, IRL builders - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/2 - **Description**: A membership for those advocating and learning about Japan — the spirituality, the craft traditions, the subcultures, the startups. USD $200. One year. Not a bedroom. A network of builders, artists, monks, and 不思議人 who imbue Japanese culture into everything they make. For painters working from Zen lineages. Ceramicists who studied in Mashiko. Illustrators in the manga underground. Writers translating Dogen on the side. Solarpunk farmers learning satoyama. Founders who read 侘寂 as an engineering constraint. Subculture technologists building the weird internet. The diaspora who found something in Japan and carry it home. Access to the member Discord, quarterly calls, curated introductions. Priority on Build Month and Annual Popup invitations. First look at new Zuzalu City properties before they list. Member rates in Komoro. A standing invitation to the dinners where the conversation is the reason you came. Not a cultural-exchange program. Not a language app. Not a romanticization of a country we do not own. The network of people seriously engaged with Japanese culture is scattered across six continents and deserves a roof, even a digital one. Komoro is the physical node. This is how you belong without booking a flight. 和を以て貴しと為す — harmony as the first principle, distance as no obstacle. You do not have to live in Japan to be of it. ### POST-TOKYO - **Type**: Event/Ticket - **Location**: Yoramachi, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: Contact for pricing - **Tags**: BUNDLE, WEEKLONG, FAMILY, MERCH, ONSEN, NATURE, QUIET, POPUP CITY - **Community**: Zuzalu City Japan - **Audience**: nature-centered builders, biohackers; popup city residents, Zuzalu alumni, network state citizens; Zuzalu residents, d/acc & biotech researchers, IRL builders - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/38888 - **Description**: POST-TOKYO is our annual recovery week after our ZuCity popup and ETH Tokyo. A collective exhale, when Brooklyn 2.0 relaxes into zen pace under Mt. Asama. Daytime raves, deep sleep, hot soaks, cold plunges, slow cooks, long walks, and environment where your body naturally repairs itself in the fresh mountain air surrounded by our wonderful community. Inside the bundle: a week of access to our communtiy infra, access to all ZuCity and local Japanese parties, and rare sticker packs to show everyone you were part of something that matters. - **External Link**: /about/zucity/events/2026/post-tokyo ### ZuCity Annual Popup 2026 - **Type**: Event/Ticket - **Location**: Yoramachi, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: 50 USDC - **Tags**: 32D, POPUP - **Community**: Zuzalu City Japan - **Audience**: Zuzalu residents, d/acc & biotech researchers, IRL builders - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/7335082193304548170884339051618183939 - **Description**: - **External Link**: https://luma.com/p1dc6z2u ### 【東京で集まろう】 COFFEE MEETUP @MIDORI.so 永田町 - **Type**: Event/Ticket - **Location**: Shibuya, Shibuya, Tokyo - **Price**: 0.002 JPY - **Tags**: SOCIAL - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/7335082189145208341243655566018183939 - **Description**: - **External Link**: https://luma.com/1536o11w ### 【無料オンライン】先輩会員・家守に聞く。第二の人生でADDress使ってみるのは、ぶっちゃけどう? - Guest アドレス会員 カールさん - - **Type**: Event/Ticket - **Location**: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://luma.com/ibttyl64) - **Tags**: FREE, OTHER - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/7335082843819390681865939036618183939 - **Description**: - **External Link**: https://luma.com/ibttyl64 ### 琴平の魅力発見ツアー ~ 帰る時には、第二のふるさとに。うどん文化・参拝文化・地域と出会う2日間 ~ - **Type**: Event/Ticket - **Location**: Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Kyuushuu - **Price**: 0.02 JPY - **Tags**: 2D, OTHER - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/7335084327018927921326401351918183939 - **Description**: - **External Link**: https://luma.com/8n8gozin ### Code for Japan Summit 2026 - **Type**: Event/Ticket - **Location**: Shibuya, Shibuya, Tokyo - **Price**: 0.001 JPY - **Tags**: CONFERENCE - **Audience**: aligned community members - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/7335081137670686238343643031618183939 - **Description**: - **External Link**: https://luma.com/cfjsummit-2026 ### Social Hack Day #78 - **Type**: Event/Ticket - **Location**: Shibuya, Shibuya, Tokyo - **Price**: 0 JPY - **Tags**: SOCIAL - **Audience**: aligned community members - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/7335083583000653173427920709618183939 - **Description**: - **External Link**: https://luma.com/shd78 ### Ethereum Meetup Tokyo Vol.25 — Road to ETHTokyo - **Type**: Event/Ticket - **Location**: Shibuya, Shibuya, Tokyo - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://luma.com/1bb19h0d) - **Tags**: FREE, SOCIAL - **Community**: Fracton Ventures - **Audience**: aligned community members - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/7335085603677524939032383060418183939 - **Description**: - **External Link**: https://luma.com/1bb19h0d ### YOKOHAMA CONNÉCT#44 - **Type**: Event/Ticket - **Location**: Shibuya, Shibuya, Tokyo - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://luma.com/vzpwpjg4) - **Tags**: FREE, OTHER - **Audience**: aligned community members - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/7335082161647538947952273395718183939 - **Description**: - **External Link**: https://luma.com/vzpwpjg4 ### Web3Privacy now Tokyo meetup - **Type**: Event/Ticket - **Location**: Shibuya, Shibuya, Tokyo - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://luma.com/ispxo30p) - **Tags**: FREE, 2D, SOCIAL - **Audience**: aligned community members - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/7335083367147496131450058076218183939 - **Description**: - **External Link**: https://luma.com/ispxo30p ### ETHTokyo Conference 2026 - **Type**: Event/Ticket - **Location**: Shibuya, Shibuya, Tokyo - **Price**: 149 USDC - **Tags**: 3D, CONFERENCE - **Audience**: aligned community members - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/7335084735699713367799421123418183939 - **Description**: - **External Link**: https://luma.com/j54ksopi ### Agentic Summit - **Type**: Event/Ticket - **Location**: Shibuya, Shibuya, Tokyo - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://luma.com/a3k78jbq) - **Tags**: FREE, CONFERENCE - **Audience**: aligned community members - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/7335083362523371900613952314518183939 - **Description**: - **External Link**: https://luma.com/a3k78jbq ### Pragma Tokyo 2026 - **Type**: Event/Ticket - **Location**: Shibuya, Shibuya, Tokyo - **Price**: 99 USDC - **Tags**: OTHER - **Audience**: aligned community members - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/7335082310226095069287894638018183939 - **Description**: - **External Link**: https://luma.com/pragma-tokyo2026 ### Biopunk 2050: S26 Final Showcase - **Type**: Event/Ticket - **Location**: Moshiri, Akabira, Hokkaido - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://luma.com/biopunk-s26-showcase) - **Tags**: FREE, OTHER - **Community**: Zuzalu City Japan - **Audience**: Zuzalu residents, d/acc & biotech researchers, IRL builders - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/7335085643832574169322659605618183939 - **Description**: - **External Link**: https://luma.com/biopunk-s26-showcase ### Mirai Tech PopUp City 🇯🇵 A month accelerating Biotech in 🏯 Kobe, Japan ⛩️ - **Type**: Event/Ticket - **Location**: Yoramachi, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://luma.com/an4zotn9) - **Tags**: FREE, 31D, POPUP - **Community**: Zuzalu City Japan - **Audience**: Zuzalu residents, d/acc & biotech researchers, IRL builders - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/7335082834794772795744193291118183939 - **Description**: - **External Link**: https://luma.com/an4zotn9 ### Vibe Coding Night // Mirai - **Type**: Event/Ticket - **Location**: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://luma.com/d8ed58gp) - **Tags**: FREE, OTHER - **Community**: Zuzalu City Japan - **Audience**: Zuzalu residents, d/acc & biotech researchers, IRL builders - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/7335085158367960428977400692018183939 - **Description**: - **External Link**: https://luma.com/d8ed58gp ### Mirai Tech Welcome - **Type**: Event/Ticket - **Location**: Yoramachi, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://luma.com/b3g1p5nc) - **Tags**: FREE, OTHER - **Community**: Zuzalu City Japan - **Audience**: Zuzalu residents, d/acc & biotech researchers, IRL builders - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/7335082304038707142620194572418183939 - **Description**: - **External Link**: https://luma.com/b3g1p5nc ### Sanctuary @ Mirai Tech Popup City - **Type**: Event/Ticket - **Location**: Yoramachi, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://luma.com/tslkwg5e) - **Tags**: FREE, 16D, POPUP - **Community**: Zuzalu City Japan - **Audience**: Zuzalu residents, d/acc & biotech researchers, IRL builders - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/7335085644131099774597550949818183939 - **Description**: - **External Link**: https://luma.com/tslkwg5e ### Peptides & Safe N=1 Experimentation - **Type**: Event/Ticket - **Location**: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://luma.com/09430dkh) - **Tags**: FREE, OTHER - **Community**: Zuzalu City Japan - **Audience**: Zuzalu residents, d/acc & biotech researchers, IRL builders - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/7335085636999096823839379131318183939 - **Description**: - **External Link**: https://luma.com/09430dkh ### ENHANCED FASHION SHOW: Frontier Humans - **Type**: Event/Ticket - **Location**: Yoramachi, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: 150 USDC - **Tags**: OTHER - **Community**: Zuzalu City Japan - **Audience**: Zuzalu residents, d/acc & biotech researchers, IRL builders - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/7335083121717175679593262387718183939 - **Description**: - **External Link**: https://luma.com/enhanced-human-fest ## Memberships ### ZuCity Japan VIP Membership - **Type**: Membership - **Location**: Yoramachi, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: 25,000 USDC - **Tags**: LIFETIME, INVITE ONLY, VIP - **Community**: Zuzalu City Japan - **Audience**: founding members, long-term community builders; high agency, high value add community members; Zuzalu residents, d/acc & biotech researchers, IRL builders - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/0 - **Description**: Lifetime membership. Founding-member tier. Invite only. USD $25,000, paid once. Not a discount code. The right to walk into every ZuCity property — Komoro today, the next akiya tomorrow, whatever the collective opens a decade from now — and already belong there. Every experience, network-wide. Build Month (July 1 – August 24, 2026). The Annual Popup (September 4 – October 5, 2026). Private dinners. Closed workshops. The unannounced things that happen after midnight in Nakamandem when the right people are in town. Built for Zuzalu alumni who already know what a popup city feels like from the inside. For d/acc builders, DeSci scientists, longevity hackers, solarpunk agriculturalists, network-state drifters, 不思議人 who have stopped asking whether any of this is real and started asking where theirs will live. Founding tier caps at a number small enough to remember everyone's name. Once the seats close, they close. Not a timeshare. Not a status symbol. Not a receipt for a vacation. Lifetime through the slow years and the messy years — the commitment to still be here in 2046. The network is the asset. The houses are how you remember that. A city is not built by tourists. It is built by the few who decided to stay. ## Merchandise ### ZuCity Japan Deluxe Sticker Pack - **Type**: Merch - **Location**: Yoramachi, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: 15 USDC - **Tags**: RANDOM PULL, HOLOGRAPHIC, STREET ARCHIVE, KOMORO DROP, AGENT FOLKLORE - **Community**: Zuzalu City Japan - **Audience**: Zuzalu residents, d/acc & biotech researchers, IRL builders - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/18 - **Description**: Ten artifacts pulled at random from the ZuCity vault. Holographic, hand-drawn, agent-glitched, monk-wisdom, and a plethora of other possibilities. You don't choose them. They choose where they end up. 1 rare sticker per pack guaranteed ### ZuCity Anti-AI Ninja Mask - **Type**: Merch - **Location**: Yoramachi, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: 80 USDC - **Tags**: FASHION, DAILY UNIFORM, POST-LOGO, WARRIOR MONK - **Community**: Zuzalu City Japan - **Audience**: Zuzalu residents, d/acc & biotech researchers, IRL builders - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/19 - **Description**: Protective gear is important for survival and longevity. Our ancient helmet is designed for any situation from working inthe rice fields and to fighting in the digital battlefields . ## Rooms ### ZuCity Master Bedroom - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Yoramachi, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://zucity.org/apply/zucity-contributor) - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Check-in**: 15:00 - **Check-out**: 11:00 - **Tags**: VIEW, MODERN, PRIVATE, CENTRAL - **Community**: Zuzalu City Japan - **Audience**: small-group aligned retreats; Zuzalu residents, d/acc & biotech researchers, IRL builders - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/5 - **Description**: The flagship bedroom in our first renovated akiya home. Center of ZuCity Komoro. Traditional bones, modern fixtures, a view that does not apologize. Sleeps two. Nightly pricing. Longer stays rewarded. Tatami where it belongs. A real bed where it matters. Shoji letting in the Nagano light. Modern bath, reliable heat, fast wifi — renovations we made so the house could be lived in, not preserved behind glass. The house is over a century old. We bought it for the price of a used car and spent the renovation budget on warmth. Center of the ZuCity neighborhood. One-minute walk to The Grocery Store, Nakamandem, the weekly community dinner. 90 minutes from Tokyo on the shinkansen, three nearby stations. Mt. Asama on the horizon — an active volcano you can see from the window. Top-100 cherry blossom spot in April. Castle ruins, onsens after work, soba for lunch. Karuizawa 20 minutes away when the guest wants a day trip. For Zuzalu alumni in town for Build Month (July 1 – August 24, 2026). Founders visiting during the Annual Popup (September 4 – October 5, 2026). Digital-nomad-visa holders treating Komoro as studio runway. Partners arriving for a weekend that becomes a month. 不思議人 who heard about the house from someone they trust. Not a ryokan. Not a boutique hotel. No concierge, no turndown service, no performance of hospitality. The house is a house. You sleep in it the way residents sleep in it. A bedroom in the right neighborhood is worth more than a suite in the wrong one. ### ZuCity Office Bedroom with Mountain View - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Yoramachi, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://zucity.org/apply/zucity-contributor) - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Tags**: VIEW, CENTRAL, EVENTS - **Community**: Zuzalu City Japan - **Audience**: event organizers, community hosts, subculture ; Zuzalu residents, d/acc & biotech researchers, IRL builders - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/6 - **Description**: Second-floor room in the main ZuCity residence. Central Komoro, Nagano. Sleeps two. The front window opens onto neighborhood rooftops and the ridgeline beyond — Mt. Asama breathing in the distance. A back balcony looks down on the garden. This is the working room. Desk-side of the house. The one residents take when they are shipping something. Fiber internet, soft morning light from the east, quiet enough to think in. Built for founders, d/acc researchers, DeSci builders, longevity nerds, network state architects, solarpunk designers, and anyone tired of pretending a coffee shop is a studio. 90 minutes from Tokyo on the shinkansen. Karuizawa 20 minutes the other way. Three shinkansen stations within the city. Free during Build Month (July–August 2026) for contributors. Nightly pricing otherwise — longer stays rewarded. Book directly. The Annual Popup runs September–October 2026; the rest of the year, Komoro is cherry blossoms, onsens, soba, castle ruins, and the slow return of 不思議人 who came for Zuzalu and stayed for the mountain. The akiya we bought for the price of a Tokyo deposit is now a room with a view. Yours for a week or a season. A view is not a feature. It is a reminder of scale. ### ZuCity Traditional Tatami Bedroom - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Yoramachi, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://zucity.org/apply/zucity-contributor) - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Tags**: VIEW, CENTRAL, EVENTS - **Community**: Zuzalu City Japan - **Audience**: event organizers, community hosts, subculture ; Zuzalu residents, d/acc & biotech researchers, IRL builders - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/7 - **Description**: Ground-floor tatami room in the main ZuCity residence. Central Komoro, Nagano. Sleeps two. Shoji screens slide open onto the garden. Straw mats underfoot, paper walls, the soft acoustics of a room designed before the industrial revolution decided rooms should echo. This is the slow room. The one residents take when they need to sleep properly, read a physical book, write longhand, or sit seiza for an hour without anyone finding it strange. Morning light filters through the shoji. Evening, you slide the screens open and the garden is the fourth wall. For the Zuzalu alumni who came back, the DeSci researcher between grant cycles, the longevity writer on the Japan Digital Nomad Visa, the solarpunk still deciding whether the network state is a place or a practice. Central Komoro — 90 minutes from Tokyo, top-100 cherry blossoms in April, onsens a short walk, Karuizawa 20 minutes by train. Akiya collective housing, restored not renovated. Part of the Annual Popup ecosystem (Sept–Oct 2026), open year-round. Book directly. Tatami teaches you to sit. The rest follows. ### ZuCity Artist & Builder Residency - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Yoramachi, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://zucity.org/apply/zucity-contributor) - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Check-in**: 15:00 - **Check-out**: 11:00 - **Tags**: VIEW, ART RESIDENCY, BUILDERS, INSTALLATIONS, INSTALLATIONS, CENTRAL - **Community**: Zuzalu City Japan - **Audience**: Zuzalu residents, d/acc & biotech researchers, IRL builders - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/8 - **Description**: Master bedroom leading into the garden of our residency house. Next door to the ZuCity community center. ### ZuCity Balcony Bedroom #1 - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Yoramachi, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://zucity.org/apply/zucity-contributor) - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Check-in**: 15:00 - **Check-out**: 11:00 - **Tags**: VIEW, MODERN, PRIVATE, CENTRAL - **Community**: Zuzalu City Japan - **Audience**: small-group aligned retreats; Zuzalu residents, d/acc & biotech researchers, IRL builders - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/9 - **Description**: Second-floor bedroom with private balcony in the second ZuCity flagship house. Sleeps two. Mountain-facing. One-minute walk to the coworking and event space — the engine room of every Build Month, Annual Popup, and impromptu salon Komoro has hosted since the akiya collective moved in. Modern private. Clean lines, good mattress, wide balcony doors that open onto the Nagano ridgeline. The room residents pick when they want proximity to the work without sleeping inside it. Walk to the office in the time it takes to finish a cup of coffee. Walk home before the last train stops running through your head. Built for d/acc builders, DeSci researchers, network state diplomats, solarpunk designers, digital nomad visa holders using Japan as a runway. 90 minutes from Tokyo shinkansen. Mt. Asama visible on clear days. Cherry blossoms in April, soba year-round, onsens after long sessions. Build Month July–August 2026. Annual Popup September–October 2026. Nightly pricing the rest of the year, longer stays rewarded. Book directly. A balcony is where the work ends and the mountain begins. ### ZuCity Balcony Bedroom #2 - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Yoramachi, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://zucity.org/apply/zucity-contributor) - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Check-in**: 15:00 - **Check-out**: 11:00 - **Tags**: VIEW, MODERN, PRIVATE, CENTRAL - **Community**: Zuzalu City Japan - **Audience**: small-group aligned retreats; Zuzalu residents, d/acc & biotech researchers, IRL builders - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/10 - **Description**: Second balcony bedroom in the second ZuCity flagship house. Sleeps two. Mountain-facing balcony, slightly different footprint from #1 — a touch more floor, a different angle on the ridge, the same one-minute walk to coworking and the event space. The sibling room. Couples book both and trade depending on the light. Solo residents pick by the angle of the sun at the hour they start working. Either way, the walls are quiet, the mattress is honest, and the balcony door opens onto Nagano. For the 不思議人 who keep arriving — Zuzalu alumni, longevity researchers, d/acc engineers, DeSci grant-cyclers, solarpunk urbanists, network state drifters, anyone using the Japan Digital Nomad Visa as studio runway. Central Komoro. 90 minutes from Tokyo. Karuizawa 20 minutes the other way. Three shinkansen stations inside the city limits. Free for Build Month contributors (July–August 2026). Part of the Annual Popup (Sept–Oct 2026). Nightly pricing otherwise. Book directly — no portfolio, no interview. Two rooms, one ridge. The mountain does not care which window you pick. ### ZuCity Secluded Backyard Flat - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Yoramachi, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://zucity.org/apply/zucity-contributor) - **Sleeps**: 4 - **Max Occupancy**: 10 - **Tags**: PRIVATE, QUIET, CENTRAL - **Community**: Zuzalu City Japan - **Audience**: small-group aligned retreats; Zuzalu residents, d/acc & biotech researchers, IRL builders - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/11 - **Description**: Single-floor suite at the back of the ZuCity grounds, facing the garden. Sleeps four comfortably, holds up to ten. A detached shack in the yard works as office, studio, or a second room for the one who wakes early. Central Komoro, Nagano. This is the family room. The small-team room. The one residents book when they want the community close but the door closed. Parents with a kid or two. A founding team on a working retreat. Three DeSci researchers sharing a grant and needing a whiteboard. The garden is the shared room. The shack is where someone goes to actually think. 90 minutes from Tokyo on the shinkansen. Mt. Asama on the horizon. Top-100 cherry blossoms in April. Onsens, soba, castle ruins, Karuizawa 20 minutes away. Akiya collective housing — homes bought for the price of a used car, rebuilt for people who want to stay long enough to make something. Free during Build Month (July–August 2026) for contributors. Anchor for the Annual Popup (Sept–Oct 2026). Nightly pricing otherwise, longer stays rewarded. Book directly. A network state starts with a garden someone will share. ### Osaka Art Residency - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Abeno, Osaka, Osaka - **Price**: 50,000,000 USDC - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Tags**: DESIGNER, TINY HOUSE, ART, RESIDENCY - **Audience**: architects, carpenters, interior designers, design-conscious builders; artists-in-residence; Seekers of residencies for art, building, social technology - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/12 - **Description**: An art residency in Abeno ward, Osaka, out of reach of the tourists. A private two-person house with a garden, a working kitchen, and a rock garden. Walking distance to the Osaka Botanical Garden. A short subway to the Kitagaya contemporary-art district (北加賀屋 / Kita-Kagaya) — the former shipyard neighborhood Osaka artists reclaimed, now home to MASK Minamiosaka Arts Kagaya, Creative Center Osaka, and a cluster of independent galleries. Built for artists-in-residence. Painters, ceramicists, carpenters, illustrators, designers, filmmakers, writers, sound artists, creative technologists. People who want to stay long enough to actually make something. Most residents stay two to eight weeks. Some stay six months on the Japan Digital Nomad Visa, treating the visa as studio runway. Not a hotel. No concierge, no stocked amenities, no staff. Elegant walls, natural light, the deliberate absence of decoration. The quiet of a neighborhood that isn't performing for tourists. Abeno is real daily-life Osaka — Tennoji for the main lines, Namba for the subways, Shinsaibashi for the art bookshops. Morning loops through the botanical garden. Coffee and rice. Back to the wall. $80 per night. Sleeps two. Nightly pricing rewards longer stays. Book directly — no application, no portfolio, no interview. You rent the house; what you make in it is your business. A residency is not a kind of stay. It is the commitment to show up somewhere every day and work. - **External Link**: https://harmless-layer-25a.notion.site/osaka-japanese-house?source=copy_link ### Room #1 In Traditional Family Estate - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Hita, Ōita, Kyuushuu - **Price**: 50,000,000 USDC - **Tags**: VILLAGE, NATURE, RESIDENCY, JAPANESE-HOST, TRADITIONAL - **Audience**: rural revitalization practitioners; nature-centered builders, biohackers; Seekers of residencies for art, building, social technology; satoyama, minka, kominka, - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/13 - **Description**: This is my childhood home renovated into a digital nomad residency. The house itself has 6 bedrooms, 2 kitchens, a large central hall with traditional 'Irori' fireplace,and two bathrooms ### Room #2 In Traditional Family Estate - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Hita, Ōita, Kyuushuu - **Price**: 50,000,000 USDC - **Tags**: VILLAGE, NATURE, RESIDENCY, JAPANESE-HOST, TRADITIONAL - **Audience**: rural revitalization practitioners; nature-centered builders, biohackers; Seekers of residencies for art, building, social technology; satoyama, minka, kominka, - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/14 - **Description**: Second bedroom in the same Kumamoto family estate. The house itself has 6 bedrooms, 2 kitchens, a large central hall with traditional 'Irori' fireplace, and two bathrooms. ### Elelfa Moshiri House — Studio Room - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Moshiri, Akabira, Hokkaido - **Price**: 50,000,000 USDC - **Tags**: NATURE, MUSIC, ART COLLECTIVE - **Community**: Elelfa - **Audience**: nature-centered builders, biohackers; musicians, sonic sculptors, noise artists; leaders of art collectives; Elelfa art/design/music community, Hokkaido creative practitioners - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/15 - **Description**: A room in Moshiri House, the residence of the Elelfa art collective in Akabira, Hokkaido. The northernmost of three artist-in-residence rooms, closest to the visual-arts studio. The room with the most natural light — wide windows, low sun in winter, long white days in summer. Latitude 43.54. Built for painters, illustrators, printmakers, ceramicists, photographers, collage artists, anyone whose practice is downstream of their eyes. Step out of bed and into the studio. The wood workshop is down the hall. The small music studio — Diatone soundsystem, 8-channel mixer, bass, guitar amp — is a few doors over if your painting needs a soundtrack. Moshiri is remote, mountainous, buried in snow for half the year. A Hokkaido artist residency for people who want distance from the city more than proximity to it. Bears in the hills, onsens in the valley, a rural northern Japan most visitors never see. A creative retreat for the kind of artist who came to work. $80 per night. Nightly pricing rewards longer stays. Book directly — no application, no portfolio, no interview. A studio with a bed attached is still a studio. The bed is incidental. - **External Link**: https://elelfa.cargo.site ### Elelfa Moshiri House — Music Room - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Moshiri, Akabira, Hokkaido - **Price**: 50,000,000 USDC - **Tags**: NATURE, MUSIC, ART COLLECTIVE - **Community**: Elelfa - **Audience**: nature-centered builders, biohackers; musicians, sonic sculptors, noise artists; leaders of art collectives; Elelfa art/design/music community, Hokkaido creative practitioners - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/16 - **Description**: A room in Moshiri House, Elelfa art collective, Akabira, Hokkaido. The one nearest the music studio. Diatone soundsystem, 8-channel mixer, bass guitar, guitar amplifier — a small room but a serious one, built for anyone whose practice is downstream of their ears. For musicians, sound artists, composers, audio researchers, field recordists, producers, and the rare visual artist who keeps headphones on while painting. The music studio is steps from the bedroom. The wood workshop is down the hall — good for anyone building instruments, enclosures, or resonant objects. The visual-arts studio is shared. Moshiri sits in the mountains of central Hokkaido, latitude 43.54. Heavy snow in winter — the kind of silence outside that makes indoor sound feel enormous. Long light in summer. A rural northern Japan the Shinkansen does not reach. A creative retreat for the sort of artist who needs fewer distractions, not more stimulation. $80 per night. Part of a three-room artist residency. Book directly — no application, no interview, no portfolio requirement. You rent the room; the studio comes with it. A room near a soundsystem is a promise to listen more carefully. - **External Link**: https://elelfa.cargo.site ### Elelfa Moshiri House — Workshop Room - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Moshiri, Akabira, Hokkaido - **Price**: 50,000,000 USDC - **Tags**: NATURE, MUSIC, ART COLLECTIVE - **Community**: Elelfa - **Audience**: nature-centered builders, biohackers; musicians, sonic sculptors, noise artists; leaders of art collectives; Elelfa art/design/music community, Hokkaido creative practitioners - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/17 - **Description**: The quietest of the three rooms in Moshiri House, Elelfa art collective, Akabira, Hokkaido. Nearest the wood workshop and the metal workshop (in progress). For builders, sculptors, furniture makers, installation artists, prop designers, set builders, anyone whose practice begins with a saw and ends with something you can walk around. Moshiri is central Hokkaido mountain country. Heavy snow winters, long summer light, latitude 43.54. The wood workshop is fully equipped; the metal workshop is coming online. The visual-arts studio and small music studio (Diatone soundsystem, 8-channel mixer, bass, amp) are shared with the other rooms — useful when your sculpture wants a surface treatment or a soundtrack. A Hokkaido artist residency for the kind of artist who arrives with a material in mind. Bears in the hills. Onsens in the valley. The kind of rural distance that forgives loud tools and rewards slow work. A creative retreat where the workshop is the reason, not the amenity. $80 per night. Nightly pricing rewards longer stays. Book directly — no application, no portfolio, no interview. The hand learns what the studio teaches. The studio teaches whatever you bring to it. - **External Link**: https://elelfa.cargo.site ### Maki House - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Komoro, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: 6,000 JPY - **Sleeps**: 12 - **Max Occupancy**: 20 - **Tags**: HOSTEL, COWORKING, STATION CLOSE, COMMUNITY, LOCAL - **Audience**: remote workers, digital nomads; network-state curious, aligned community members - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/118183939 - **Description**: Shared-accommodation guesthouse in Komoro with communal kitchen and workation facilities. Seven-minute walk from Komoro Station and three minutes from the Komoro Castle ruins at Kaikoen Park. Sleeps 12 with capacity up to 20, priced from ¥6,000 per night. Suited to solo travelers, small groups, and remote workers visiting the castle town. Booking handled directly by the operator. - **External Link**: https://makihouse.hp.peraichi.com/ ### Route Inn Court Komoro - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Komoro, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: 12,000 JPY - **Sleeps**: 1 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Tags**: URBAN, CENTRAL, STATION CLOSE, MODERN - **Audience**: aligned community members - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/1018183939 - **Description**: Business hotel in Komoro with 24-hour front desk, business center, and on-site restaurant. Located near Komoro Station with direct access to the castle ruins, Hokoku Kaido, and the wider Saku region. Single and twin rooms sleeping 1 with capacity up to 2, priced from ¥5,500 per night. Suited to business travelers and conference attendees. Booking handled directly by the operator. - **External Link**: https://www.booking.com/hotel/jp/route-inn-court-komoro.en-gb.html ### ADDress 軽井沢A邸 - 洋室1 - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Nakakaruizawa, Karuizawa, Nagano - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Tags**: RESORT, NATURE, ONSEN, SHINKANSEN, COLIVING, QUIET - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: nature-centered builders, biohackers; coliving community members, long-stay nomads; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/1318183939 - **Description**: Cedar-clad walls and a gentle gable roof mark this two-story ADDress house in a Karuizawa villa district, a walk from Harunire Terrace. Western-style Room 1 sleeps 2 and comes with a desk and chair, so the workday travels with you. Tokyo Station is about 90 minutes away by shinkansen; the old Karuizawa shopping street and a big outlet fill the off hours. Book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://address.love/homes/90 ### ADDress 軽井沢A邸 - 洋室2 - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Nakakaruizawa, Karuizawa, Nagano - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Tags**: RESORT, NATURE, ONSEN, COLIVING, QUIET - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: nature-centered builders, biohackers; coliving community members, long-stay nomads; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/1418183939 - **Description**: Room 2, western-style, is the work den of this ADDress house — a private room for 2 with a desk and chair where the morning starts on Karuizawa time. An onsen sits nearby for the post-deadline soak. For digital nomads riding the ADDress circuit, it's a villa-district base near Harunire Terrace at ¥3,327 a day. Book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://address.love/homes/90 ### ADDress 軽井沢A邸 - 和室1 - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Nakakaruizawa, Karuizawa, Nagano - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Tags**: RESORT, NATURE, ONSEN, TRADITIONAL, COLIVING, QUIET - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: nature-centered builders, biohackers; satoyama, minka, kominka,; coliving community members, long-stay nomads; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/1518183939 - **Description**: Tatami mats, a low table, floor cushions — Japanese-style Room 1 lives at floor level, and works there too, with the door closed when you need deep focus. The house sits in a Karuizawa villa district with Harunire Terrace in walking range and an onsen close by for the evening reset. A room for 2 inside the ADDress home network. Book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://address.love/homes/90 ### ADDress 軽井沢A邸 - 和室2 - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Nakakaruizawa, Karuizawa, Nagano - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Tags**: RESORT, NATURE, ONSEN, TRADITIONAL, SHINKANSEN, COLIVING - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: nature-centered builders, biohackers; satoyama, minka, kominka,; coliving community members, long-stay nomads; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/1618183939 - **Description**: About 90 shinkansen minutes from Tokyo Station, this tatami room trades the city for a Karuizawa villa lane where Harunire Terrace is a stroll away. Japanese-style Room 2 keeps it simple: a low table, floor cushions, space for 2. The house's gentle gable roof and resort-town calm do the rest. Book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://address.love/homes/90 ### ADDress 信濃大町A邸 - 個室1 - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Omachi, Omachi, Nagano - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Tags**: MOUNTAIN, ONSEN, STATION CLOSE, COLIVING, COMMUNITY, FOOD, VIEW - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: coliving community members, long-stay nomads; network-state curious, aligned community members; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/1718183939 - **Description**: The open kitchen is the engine of this former ryokan in Omachi, Nagano — cook at the counter and the house starts talking to you. Private Room 1 sleeps 2, a 5-minute walk from JR Shinano-Omachi Station in a town that once boomed with Kurobe Dam builders. On clear days the Northern Alps fill the view, an onsen sits 5 minutes away by car, and the house belongs to the ADDress coliving network. Book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://address.love/homes/233 ### ADDress 信濃大町A邸 - 個室2 - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Omachi, Omachi, Nagano - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Tags**: MOUNTAIN, STATION CLOSE, COLIVING, QUIET, VIEW, NATURE - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: coliving community members, long-stay nomads; nature-centered builders, biohackers; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/1818183939 - **Description**: Built for the long haul — this ADDress house in Omachi, Nagano welcomes extended stays, and Private Room 2 has its own desk and chair so remote work feels settled, not improvised. The former ryokan sits a 5-minute walk from JR Shinano-Omachi Station, with the Northern Alps standing over the town. Room for 2, and a natural base for digital nomads doing a slow lap of Japan. Book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://address.love/homes/233 ### ADDress 辰野B邸 - 202 - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Tatsuno, Tatsuno, Nagano - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Tags**: DIY, RENOVATED, COMMUNITY, STATION CLOSE, COLIVING, SHARE HOUSE - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: network-state curious, aligned community members; coliving community members, long-stay nomads; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/2218183939 - **Description**: There's a billiard table in the common room — and a ping-pong table, and sofas enough to lose an evening in. Room 202 sleeps 2 in a former ryokan on the Tenryu River in Tatsuno, Nagano, DIY-renovated by its own house steward and partnered with the local KOUTEN storefront project. The house is ADDress-members-only coliving, a 5-minute walk from JR Tatsuno Station. Book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://address.love/homes/519 ### ADDress 辰野B邸 - 203 - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Tatsuno, Tatsuno, Nagano - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Tags**: DIY, RENOVATED, STATION CLOSE, COLIVING, SHARE HOUSE, VILLAGE - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: coliving community members, long-stay nomads; rural revitalization practitioners; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/2318183939 - **Description**: Follow the Tenryu River to this DIY-renovated former ryokan in Tatsuno, run in partnership with the local KOUTEN storefront project. Room 203 sleeps 2, and the wide common lounge of stylish chairs and sofas carries the social hours. JR Tatsuno Station is a 5-minute walk — an easy hop for digital nomads working the ADDress map. Book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://address.love/homes/519 ### ADDress 辰野B邸 - 204 - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Tatsuno, Tatsuno, Nagano - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Tags**: DIY, RENOVATED, DESIGN, COMMUNITY, SHARE HOUSE, COLIVING - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: network-state curious, aligned community members; coliving community members, long-stay nomads; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/2418183939 - **Description**: Every room in this house wears a different interior, and 204 is your door into the experiment: a private room for 2 in a hand-renovated former ryokan by the Tenryu River in Tatsuno. The house teams up with the KOUTEN storefront project and hosts ADDress members only — coliving with actual neighbors, 5 minutes on foot from JR Tatsuno Station. Book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://address.love/homes/519 ### ADDress 上野原A邸 - 個室1 - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Uenohara, Yamanashi, Nagano - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Tags**: KOMINKA, HISTORICAL, CAFE, COWORKING, TRADITIONAL, QUIET, DESIGN - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: remote workers, digital nomads; satoyama, minka, kominka,; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/2818183939 - **Description**: The house steward roasts coffee in the gatehouse of this 300-year-old kominka in Uenohara, Yamanashi — the oldest home on the ADDress network, where you can even try roasting yourself. British antiques and Nordic modern pieces sit easily in the old rooms; your private room gets a wide desk, height-adjustable chair, and desk light, with a coworking space on site. Central Tokyo is about an hour by train, JR Uenohara Station a 25-minute walk. Book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://address.love/homes/297 ### ADDress 上野原A邸 - 個室2 - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Uenohara, Uenohara, Yamanashi - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Tags**: KOMINKA, HISTORICAL, CAFE, DESIGN, QUIET, COLIVING - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: coliving community members, long-stay nomads; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/2918183939 - **Description**: British antiques against Scandinavian lines, all inside a kominka that has stood for 300 years — Uenohara's ADDress house wears its age well. A coffee roastery works on site, so mornings smell like fresh beans. This private room sleeps two, an hour by train from central Tokyo yet a world quieter. Book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://address.love/homes/297 ### ADDress 上野原A邸 - 個室3 - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Uenohara, Uenohara, Yamanashi - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Tags**: KOMINKA, HISTORICAL, CAFE, STARGAZING, QUIET, COLIVING - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: coliving community members, long-stay nomads; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/3018183939 - **Description**: After dark, the sky over Uenohara fills with stars; step back inside and you're under a kominka roof three centuries old. Mornings belong to the coffee roastery attached to the house. Central Tokyo is one hour by train, but nights on this quiet side of Yamanashi feel much further out. A private room for two — book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://address.love/homes/297 ### ADDress 北海道中川C邸 - 洋室 - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Saku, Nakagawa, Hokkaido - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Tags**: NATURE, OUTDOOR, STARGAZING, RENOVATED, STATION CLOSE, QUIET, COLIVING - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: nature-centered builders, biohackers; coliving community members, long-stay nomads; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/3218183939 - **Description**: A proper desk, a proper chair, and fiber-optic Wi-Fi — this renovated western-style room in Nakagawa is built for digital nomads who want Hokkaido's far north outside the window. Wood-warm interiors, a semi-double bed plus a futon for two, and JR Saku Station three minutes away on foot. Canoe, fish, or light a bonfire when the laptop closes; a resident cat may supervise. Book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://nakagawalife.jp/ ### ADDress 北海道中川C邸 - 和室 - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Saku, Nakagawa, Hokkaido - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Tags**: NATURE, OUTDOOR, STARGAZING, TRADITIONAL, STATION CLOSE, QUIET - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: nature-centered builders, biohackers; satoyama, minka, kominka,; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/3318183939 - **Description**: Days in Nakagawa run on river time — canoeing, fishing, a bonfire as the light goes — and this tatami room ends them with a futon laid out beside a single bed. A desk, chair, and fiber-optic line keep work moving between outings, three minutes on foot from JR Saku Station. Part of the ADDress coliving network — and yes, a cat lives in the house. Book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://nakagawalife.jp/ ### ADDress 釧路A邸 - シングルルーム - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Minamiodori, Kushiro, Hokkaido - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 1 - **Max Occupancy**: 1 - **Tags**: URBAN, CENTRAL, FOOD, VIEW, LOCAL, NATURE - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: nature-centered builders, biohackers; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/3718183939 - **Description**: Kushiro claims one of the world's three great sunsets, and Nusamai Bridge — the place to see it — sits close to this room in the Minami-Odori district. The house runs in partnership with TRAVELER'S INN Minami-Odori, so city life and eastern Hokkaido's wild edges both start at the door: Washo Market on foot, Kushiro Marsh and Akan-Mashu National Park within reach. A single room with one bed, for one. Book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://address.love/homes/616 ### ADDress 釧路A邸 - セミダブルルーム - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Minamiodori, Kushiro, Hokkaido - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 1 - **Max Occupancy**: 1 - **Tags**: URBAN, CENTRAL, FOOD, VIEW, LOCAL, COLIVING - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: coliving community members, long-stay nomads; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/3818183939 - **Description**: Morning at Washo Market, evening on the Kushiro River — this semi-double room in the Minami-Odori district drops you into the middle of Kushiro's daily rhythm. The house is run with TRAVELER'S INN Minami-Odori as part of the ADDress coliving network, and restaurants and convenience stores fill the surrounding blocks. One person, one semi-double bed, and one of the world's three great sunsets from nearby Nusamai Bridge. Book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://address.love/homes/616 ### ADDress 小樽B邸 - 203 - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Otaru, Otaru, Hokkaido - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 4 - **Max Occupancy**: 4 - **Tags**: HOSTEL, COWORKING, STATION CLOSE, FOOD, COMMUNITY, CULTURAL - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: remote workers, digital nomads; network-state curious, aligned community members; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/3918183939 - **Description**: One minute's walk and you're in Otaru's yatai food-stall village, trading stories with travelers from everywhere — that is the point of Otaru YaDo, the guesthouse this ADDress room lives inside. Room 203 holds four single beds, the shared living room serves as a coworking space, and a terrace catches the sea breeze. Eight minutes on foot from JR Otaru Station. Book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://address.love/homes/62 ### ADDress 小樽B邸 - 206 - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Otaru, Otaru, Hokkaido - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 4 - **Max Occupancy**: 4 - **Tags**: HOSTEL, COWORKING, STATION CLOSE, COMMUNITY, DESIGN, CULTURAL - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: remote workers, digital nomads; network-state curious, aligned community members; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/4018183939 - **Description**: Four single beds in one room make 206 the crew option — a small team or a band of friends basing up in Otaru together. Downstairs living is generous: Otaru YaDo's broad shared lounge doubles as a coworking space, and the guesthouse interior is designed to echo the streets of the town itself. JR Otaru Station is an eight-minute walk. Part of the ADDress coliving network — book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://address.love/homes/62 ### ADDress 小樽C邸 - 201(UMI) - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Asari, Otaru, Hokkaido - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Tags**: VIEW, OCEAN, ONSEN, MOUNTAIN, DESIGN, QUIET - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/4118183939 - **Description**: UMI means sea, and that's what this room gives you — a distant line of it from a hillside house above Asari, plus an atmospheric night view after dark. The house is the caretaker couple's former villa, furnished with a Scandinavian touch, and a natural onsen bathhouse sits within walking distance. Two single beds; JR Asari Station is 23 minutes on foot, the Otaru Canal 15 by car. Book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://address.love/homes/397 ### ADDress 小樽C邸 - 202(和室YAMA) - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Asari, Otaru, Hokkaido - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Tags**: TRADITIONAL, MOUNTAIN, ONSEN, VIEW, QUIET, LOCAL - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: satoyama, minka, kominka,; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/4218183939 - **Description**: A tatami room with its own private refrigerator — a small detail that matters once you've been souvenir shopping in Otaru. YAMA faces the mountain side of this hillside house in Asari, where evenings end with a quiet night view and, if you like, a soak at the natural onsen bathhouse in walking range. Two single beds for two people; the Otaru Canal is 15 minutes by car. Book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://address.love/homes/397 ### ADDress 小樽C邸 - 203(YAMA) - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Asari, Otaru, Hokkaido - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 3 - **Max Occupancy**: 3 - **Tags**: MOUNTAIN, COWORKING, VIEW, QUIET, ONSEN, FAMILY - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: remote workers, digital nomads; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/4318183939 - **Description**: Morning light is the argument for 203 — the mountain-side YAMA room catches full sun, and the second-floor hall beside it is set up as a coworking space. Sleep three across two single beds and a futon, then walk the hillside neighborhood above Asari or drive 15 minutes to the Otaru Canal. Nights here come with a night view worth staying in for. Book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://address.love/homes/397 ### ADDress 白老A邸 - 01ドミトリー - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Shiraoi, Shiraoi, Hokkaido - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 1 - **Max Occupancy**: 1 - **Tags**: HOSTEL, HISTORICAL, RENOVATED, STATION CLOSE, CULTURAL, COMMUNITY - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: network-state curious, aligned community members; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/4518183939 - **Description**: This dormitory bed sits inside haku hostel — a ryokan that served travelers from the late Taisho era, now renovated for slower stays in Shiraoi, Hokkaido. A shared kitchen and lounge make long visits easy, the station is a three-minute walk, and the house is a natural base for visiting Upopoy, the Ainu museum. One single bed, one guest, part of the ADDress coliving network. Book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://address.love/homes/260 ### ADDress 白老A邸 - 02ドミトリー - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Shiraoi, Shiraoi, Hokkaido - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 1 - **Max Occupancy**: 1 - **Tags**: HOSTEL, RENOVATED, HISTORICAL, STATION CLOSE, COLIVING, QUIET, NATURE - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: coliving community members, long-stay nomads; nature-centered builders, biohackers; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/4618183939 - **Description**: A ryokan that had welcomed travelers since the late Taisho era, now renovated into haku hostel — ADDress's partner house in the quiet nature town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido. Dorm 02 is a single bed all to yourself, three minutes on foot from the station. A shared kitchen and lounge are set up for long stays — slow coliving at Hokkaido pace. Book direct via ADDress for ¥3,327 a night. - **External Link**: https://address.love/homes/260 ### The Pier Goto - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Goto, Nagasaki, Kyuushuu - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://tally.so/r/wz7bOM) - **Sleeps**: 12 - **Max Occupancy**: 12 - **Tags**: COLIVING, ISLAND, CAFE, COMMUNITY, LOCAL, FARM, QUIET - **Audience**: coliving community members, long-stay nomads; network-state curious, aligned community members - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/5218183939 - **Description**: The ground-floor café pours Goto camellia tea, and that counter is where the house comes alive — residents, students, and islanders talking across it. The Pier is a 12-resident coliving house on Fukue Island in Nagasaki's Goto archipelago, west of Kyushu: 6 bedrooms, 2 baths, a reservable meeting room, and Wi-Fi at 84/124 Mbps. Stays start at one month, ten minutes from Fukue Airport and a short walk from the port. Reserve through the ZuCity app. - **External Link**: https://yugyo.work/thepiercoliving ### Large Private Room - Living Anywhere Commons - Uruma - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Okinawa, Ryukyu, Ryukyu - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://app.bookingx.io/booking/#unit_6511172ad7f71e7186b8e266) - **Sleeps**: 4 - **Max Occupancy**: 4 - **Tags**: COLIVING, COWORKING, ISLAND, OCEAN, DIY, COMMUNITY, FAMILY - **Audience**: coliving community members, long-stay nomads; remote workers, digital nomads; network-state curious, aligned community members - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/5318183939 - **Description**: Living Anywhere Commons runs on DIO — Do It Ourselves — so residents in Uruma, Okinawa share the cleaning, plan the events, and keep stay costs low together. This large private room sleeps 4, and the base is kitted out for real work: fast internet, office chairs, external monitors. Surf before you log on — marine sports and resident-run programs shape the days at this coliving base. Book one night or settle in monthly; reserve through the ZuCity app. - **External Link**: https://livinganywherecommons.com/ ### WOMEN ONLY Dormitory Private Room - Living Anywhere Commons - Uruma - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Okinawa, Ryukyu, Ryukyu - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://app.bookingx.io/booking/#unit_6511172ad7f71e7186b8e266) - **Sleeps**: 1 - **Max Occupancy**: 1 - **Tags**: COLIVING, COWORKING, ISLAND, OCEAN, DIY, COMMUNITY - **Audience**: coliving community members, long-stay nomads; remote workers, digital nomads; network-state curious, aligned community members - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/5418183939 - **Description**: A women-only dormitory with a private room of your own — the setup that makes solo travel to Uruma, Okinawa easy to say yes to. Living Anywhere Commons equips the base with fast internet, office chairs, and external monitors, so a digital nomad day switches cleanly between on and off. Residents clean and run the place together, which is exactly what keeps prices friendly. From one night to a monthly rate; reserve through the ZuCity app. - **External Link**: https://livinganywherecommons.com/ ### Living Amami - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Amami Ooshima, Ryukyu, Ryukyu - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://livingamami.com/contact) - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Tags**: COWORKING, COLIVING, ISLAND, CENTRAL, COMMUNITY, LOCAL - **Audience**: remote workers, digital nomads; coliving community members, long-stay nomads; network-state curious, aligned community members - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/5518183939 - **Description**: Co-Working, Co-Studying, Co-Doing — Living AMAMI calls itself the town's second living room, and regulars use it exactly that way. The space sits an 8-minute walk from Yanigawa-dori, Amami Oshima's biggest entertainment street, and welcomes drop-ins from a single hour; it also sleeps two if the island keeps you. Part coworking floor, part study room — islanders, students, and travelers end up working side by side. Reserve through the ZuCity app. - **External Link**: https://livingamami.com/ ### Amami(笑) - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Amami Ooshima, Ryukyu, Ryukyu - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://amamieoide.boyfriend.jp/wp-cs1/%e6%96%99%e9%87%91) - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Tags**: ISLAND, LOCAL, VILLAGE, QUIET, NATURE - **Audience**: rural revitalization practitioners; nature-centered builders, biohackers - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/5618183939 - **Description**: An inn with a laugh written into its name — a tiny place in the north of Amami Oshima, on the island chain between Kyushu and Okinawa. Arrival could not be simpler: 5 minutes by car from the airport, 30 seconds on foot from the Setta bus stop, and an airport pickup you can book ahead. A room for two, and hosts who treat getting you here as part of the hospitality. Reserve through the ZuCity app. - **External Link**: https://amamieoide.boyfriend.jp/wp-cs1/rooms ### en- (Amami) - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Amami Ooshima, Ryukyu, Ryukyu - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://en-amami.com/booking/) - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Tags**: HOSTEL, CAFE, CENTRAL, URBAN, ISLAND, LOCAL - **Audience**: aligned community members - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/5718183939 - **Description**: Nights run late in downtown Amami City, and en- sits in the middle of them — a hostel and café bar in the liveliest district of Amami Oshima. Bike rental is among the house services, so days can range the island before the bar draws you back after dark. It is a natural perch for digital nomads and island-hoppers who want their island time with the lights on. A room for two; reserve through the ZuCity app. - **External Link**: https://en-amami.com/ ### Bird Logg Amami - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Amami Ooshima, Ryukyu, Ryukyu - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://logg-hostel.site/#reservations) - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Tags**: ISLAND, OCEAN, MOUNTAIN, VIEW, QUIET, NATURE - **Audience**: nature-centered builders, biohackers - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/5818183939 - **Description**: Two groups a night, never more — Bird Logg keeps itself deliberately small, a guesthouse on a quiet run of coast 10 minutes north of Amami Oshima's airport, past the edge of the settlement. The sea out front takes the sunset, and in winter whales sometimes pass offshore. Take the room for two or rent the building whole, out on the island arc south of Kyushu. Reserve through the ZuCity app. - **External Link**: https://logg-hostel.site/ ### Holly Camp Casa - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Amami Ooshima, Ryukyu, Ryukyu - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://www.hollycamp-casa.com/booking) - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Tags**: ISLAND, OCEAN, VIEW, QUIET, NATURE - **Audience**: nature-centered builders, biohackers - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/5918183939 - **Description**: In winter, whales sometimes cross the water right in front of Holly Camp Casa — a small house facing the sunset sea in Kasari, northern Amami Oshima, in Kagoshima's islands below Kyushu. The sea and a slow line of mountains fill the view; the nearest settlement sits a little apart, and the airport is ten minutes by car. Just two groups are welcomed each day — take the room for two or the whole house. Reserve through the ZuCity app. - **External Link**: https://www.hollycamp-casa.com/ ### AltPing River - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Nimman, Nimman, Chiangmai - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://www.altcoliving.com/alt-pingriver/booking/) - **Sleeps**: 8 - **Max Occupancy**: 30 - **Tags**: CRYPTO CITY, POPUP CITY, COLIVING, COWORKING, CAFE, VENUE, COMMUNITY, EVENTS - **Audience**: popup city residents, Zuzalu alumni, network state citizens; coliving community members, long-stay nomads; remote workers, digital nomads; network-state curious, aligned community members; event organizers, community hosts, subculture - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/7818183939 - **Description**: Alt_PingRiver is built around who is in the room — it gathers digital nomads and remote workers who treat Chiang Mai as a place to grow, not a backdrop. Café, coworking space, and an events floor share one roof; the house sleeps 8 and holds up to 30 when it opens as a venue. When the city's crypto and popup city seasons roll in, this is one of the rooms they roll into. Reserve through the ZuCity app. - **External Link**: https://www.altcoliving.com/alt-pingriver/ ### Alt Chiangmai - **Type**: Room - **Location**: Nimman, Nimman, Chiangmai - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://www.altcoliving.com/alt-chiangmai/stay/) - **Sleeps**: 8 - **Max Occupancy**: 8 - **Tags**: COLIVING, COWORKING, CENTRAL, URBAN, COMMUNITY, CULTURAL - **Audience**: coliving community members, long-stay nomads; remote workers, digital nomads; network-state curious, aligned community members - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/8018183939 - **Description**: The city itself is the amenity — Alt Chiangmai sits in Nimman, the heart of Chiang Mai, with the city's conveniences and culture in easy reach. Inside, the coliving house runs community-first: shared spaces built for work, and housemates worth debriefing the day with. 8 beds across the house — comfort without sealing yourself off from the city around you. Reserve through the ZuCity app. - **External Link**: https://www.altcoliving.com/alt-chiangmai/ ## Suites ### Beautiful Renovated Open-Floor Family Home - **Type**: Suite - **Location**: Yoramachi, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: 29,000 JPY - **Sleeps**: 8 - **Max Occupancy**: 8 - **Tags**: FARM, FAMILY, RENOVATED, MODERN, FOOD, CENTRAL - **Audience**: aligned community members - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/418183939 - **Description**: Harvest from the farm, then cook the haul under the kitchen's high atrium ceiling — a 3-burner gas stove and a large sink anchor the open counter. This renovated open-floor family home in Yoramachi, on the slopes below Mt. Asama, sleeps 8, with laundry, parking, aircon, and Wi-Fi for a crew that cooks together. ¥29,000 a night for the whole house. Book direct via Airbnb. - **External Link**: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/1400486078790168846 ### Victorian Style Japanese Private Rental - **Type**: Suite - **Location**: Komoro, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: 32,000 JPY - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 3 - **Tags**: DESIGN, STATION CLOSE, STUDIO, HISTORICAL, CULTURAL, CENTRAL - **Audience**: aligned community members - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/618183939 - **Description**: A Victorian-styled house is the last thing you'd expect in a Japanese castle town — which is exactly why this one stays with you. The extravagantly designed studio sits near Komoro Station, close to Komoro Castle and Kaikoen park: mornings under the castle walls, evenings cooking in your own kitchen. It sleeps 2 (up to 3 guests) with shower, aircon, and Wi-Fi, at ¥32,000 a night. Reserve direct via Airbnb. - **External Link**: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/560584325001880901 ### Zen Garden Retreat Near Onsen - **Type**: Suite - **Location**: Komoro, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: 10,500 JPY - **Sleeps**: 4 - **Max Occupancy**: 6 - **Tags**: GARDEN, ONSEN, QUIET, TRADITIONAL, MODERN, CULTURAL - **Audience**: satoyama, minka, kominka, - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/818183939 - **Description**: Japanese-garden rental with tatami rooms in Komoro, located near the local onsen district. Traditional aesthetics paired with modern comfort, within reach of the castle ruins and Hokoku Kaido historic street. Sleeps 4 with capacity up to 6, priced from ¥10,500 per night. Suited to small families or groups pairing hot-spring visits with castle-town sightseeing. Listed on Airbnb; booking handled directly by the operator. - **External Link**: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/1414993839962606523 ## Villas ### Historic Townhouse - Komoro Hokkoku Kaido - **Type**: Villa - **Location**: Yoramachi, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: 44,000 JPY - **Sleeps**: 5 - **Max Occupancy**: 5 - **Tags**: HISTORICAL, TRADITIONAL, CULTURAL, CENTRAL, LOCAL, FAMILY - **Audience**: satoyama, minka, kominka, - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/318183939 - **Description**: Merchants on the Hokkoku Kaido slept under these beams a century ago — Kaikonrou Tokinomon, a late-Taisho inn attached to Aramachi The GATE, is now a nationally registered tangible cultural property in central Komoro, Nagano. Cook in the kitchen, park for free, and walk the old post road at dusk. Sleeps 5 at ¥44,000 a night. Book direct on Airbnb. - **External Link**: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/1426058267068706538 ### Traditional Japanese House - Aramachi - **Type**: Villa - **Location**: Komoro, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: 9,800 JPY - **Sleeps**: 6 - **Max Occupancy**: 8 - **Tags**: TRADITIONAL, HISTORICAL, LOCAL, CULTURAL, CENTRAL, FAMILY - **Audience**: satoyama, minka, kominka, - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/518183939 - **Description**: Historic house rental in Aramachi, the preserved merchant district along the old Hokoku Kaido route through Komoro. Tatami rooms and traditional elements within walking distance of local cafes, galleries, and cultural sites. Sleeps 6 with capacity up to 8, priced from ¥9,800 per night. Suited to families or small groups seeking old-town character. Listed on Airbnb; booking handled directly by the operator. - **External Link**: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/1237328862483153149 ### Luxury House with Private Sauna - **Type**: Villa - **Location**: Komoro, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: 13,800 JPY - **Sleeps**: 3 - **Max Occupancy**: 4 - **Tags**: MODERN, DESIGN, CENTRAL, URBAN, FOOD - **Audience**: aligned community members - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/918183939 - **Description**: Premium house rental in Komoro with high-end finishes, modern design, and a private sauna. Quiet base for exploring the castle ruins, Hokoku Kaido, and surrounding Saku onsen and vineyard country. Sleeps 3 with capacity up to 4, priced from ¥13,800 per night. Suited to couples or small groups marking a special occasion. Listed on Airbnb; booking handled directly by the operator. - **External Link**: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/1488026834158601226 ### Finnish Log Cabin - **Type**: Villa - **Location**: Saku, Saku, Nagano - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 6 - **Max Occupancy**: 6 - **Tags**: CABIN, MOUNTAIN, NATURE, QUIET, FAMILY - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: nature-centered builders, biohackers; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/1218183939 - **Description**: Every log in this house crossed the sea from Finland — stacked into a genuine log cabin in Saku, on the Nagano highlands. Winter runs on the wood stove in the double-height living room; in summer the highland breeze moves through an eight-mat private room and a loft bedroom that still smell of timber. An IH stove and oven handle self-catering for up to six — made for families and friend groups settling in for a while. Book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://address.love/homes/557 ### ADDress 栗山A邸 - **Type**: Villa - **Location**: Kuriyama, Kuriyama, Hokkaido - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Tags**: FARM, GARDEN, NATURE, QUIET, LOCAL, RENOVATED, STATION CLOSE - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: nature-centered builders, biohackers; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/4418183939 - **Description**: The house keeper here farms for a living — meaning fresh vegetables and rice sold to guests at neighborly prices, and harvest days you can join in season. The house itself is forty-odd years old and fully renovated, on a quiet residential street in Kuriyama, Hokkaido — a 15-minute walk from Kuriyama Station, with a green garden off the living room and space to barbecue. One private room, two sleepers, zero pretense. Book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://address.love/homes/367 ### ADDress 帯広B邸 - **Type**: Villa - **Location**: Obihiro, Obihiro, Hokkaido - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 1 - **Max Occupancy**: 1 - **Tags**: SHARE HOUSE, COMMUNITY, ART, RENOVATED, QUIET, LOCAL - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: network-state curious, aligned community members; artists-in-residence; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/4718183939 - **Description**: Look for the Peelander Yellow mural on the facade — that's Share Apartment Torinosu, a former boarding house renovated in 2018, ten minutes by car from Obihiro Station in Hokkaido. Students, working locals, and digital nomads share the corridors; every private room locks with its own smart key, and there's a women-only floor. A bus stops right out front, and the agricultural high school next door keeps the block green and quiet. Book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://address.love/homes/467 ### Coliving Sapporo Miyanosawa - **Type**: Villa - **Location**: Miyanosawa, Sapporo, Hokkaido - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://coliving.com/spaces/plfogsdm) - **Sleeps**: 8 - **Max Occupancy**: 8 - **Tags**: COLIVING, TRADITIONAL, VIEW, URBAN, COMMUNITY - **Audience**: coliving community members, long-stay nomads; satoyama, minka, kominka,; network-state curious, aligned community members - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/4818183939 - **Description**: Out the front door, a park; out the back, the Sapporo skyline in panorama. This traditional coliving house in Miyanosawa runs on Starlink Wi-Fi and tatami — four bedrooms for eight residents, each room with a desk and international outlets, plus a sun room where the whole house fits around a 10-seat dining table. Evenings end in the deep Japanese bath; the one-month minimum means you actually settle in. Book via Coliving.com. - **External Link**: https://coliving.com/spaces/plfogsdm ### Coliving Studio Kamikawa - **Type**: Villa - **Location**: Kamikawa, Kamikawa, Hokkaido - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://coliving.com/spaces/vofhxew4) - **Sleeps**: 9 - **Max Occupancy**: 9 - **Tags**: COLIVING, COWORKING, NATURE, MOUNTAIN, GARDEN, COMMUNITY, OUTDOOR - **Audience**: coliving community members, long-stay nomads; remote workers, digital nomads; nature-centered builders, biohackers; network-state curious, aligned community members - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/4918183939 - **Description**: Nine residents, one shared organic garden, and a fire pit for the evenings — this eco-minded coliving studio in Kamikawa, Hokkaido sits where mountains and rivers do the entertaining. Days split between the coworking corner and the outdoors; nights drift toward the community kitchen, workshops, and micro-projects in sustainable living. Come for the one-month minimum, leave having grown something. Book via Coliving.com. - **External Link**: https://coliving.com/spaces/vofhxew4 ### ADDress 五島D邸 - **Type**: Villa - **Location**: Goto, Nagasaki, Kyuushuu - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 1 - **Max Occupancy**: 1 - **Tags**: ISLAND, OCEAN, DESIGN, CAFE, MODERN, CULTURAL - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/5018183939 - **Description**: Concrete grey walls, blue-and-white interiors — a room tuned to the sea and sky it sits between, on the second floor of SERENDIP HOTEL GOTO. This is The Pier, the ADDress house on Goto Island in Nagasaki, Kyushu: a 10-minute walk from Fukue Port and 30 minutes by air from Nagasaki Airport. Work from the projector-equipped lounge, take coffee in the hotel's ground-floor cafe space, then go find the island's World Heritage Christian sites and beaches. One semi-double room, one guest — book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://yugyo.work/thepiercoliving ### Coliving Kurogi Farmhouse - **Type**: Villa - **Location**: Kurogi, Fukuoka, Kyuushuu - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://coliving.com/spaces/5kic9vk7) - **Sleeps**: 3 - **Max Occupancy**: 3 - **Tags**: KOMINKA, FARM, MOUNTAIN, COLIVING, NATURE, TRADITIONAL, RENOVATED, COMMUNITY - **Audience**: coliving community members, long-stay nomads; nature-centered builders, biohackers; satoyama, minka, kominka,; network-state curious, aligned community members - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/5118183939 - **Description**: Organic tea fields and terraced rice paddies roll right up to this 100-year-old kominka in Kurogi, Yame — an akiya left empty for years until travelers and locals restored it by hand. Now it's a working coliving farmhouse in the mountains of Fukuoka, Kyushu: tatami rooms, shared meals and tea with the host family, and mountain sunsets that close each day. The Wi-Fi is fast enough to ship real work, and digital nomads and artists settle in for the one-month minimum. Book via Coliving.com. - **External Link**: https://coliving.com/spaces/5kic9vk7 ## Venues & Coworking Spaces ### The Grocery Store - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Yoramachi, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: 500 USDC - **Max Occupancy**: 50 - **Check-in**: 08:00 - **Check-out**: 21:00 - **Tags**: EVENTS, POPUP CITY, VENUE, VIBE SPACE, CENTRAL - **Community**: Zuzalu City Japan - **Audience**: event organizers, community hosts, subculture ; popup city residents, Zuzalu alumni, network state citizens; Zuzalu residents, d/acc & biotech researchers, IRL builders - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/3 - **Description**: ZuCity's main coworking and event venue in the center of Komoro. A renovated storefront with 2 floors. The street level has open floor, high ceilings, mural walls, AV setup, and high power AC. USD $500 per day. Capacity fifty. Conferences. Retreats. Hackathons. Community dinners. Workshops. Residencies. 5-minute walk to all ZuCity homes. 90 minutes from Tokyo on the shinkansen. Mt. Asama on the skyline. Castle ruins, onsens, cafes, restaurants, and parks within a 15 minute walk. For Zuzalu alumni running the next popup city. For d/acc research groups needing a week offline. DeSci collectives publishing together. Longevity labs in retreat. Solarpunk builders running Build Month workshops. Network-state convenings that want to experience Real Japan. Not a hotel ballroom. Not a WeWork. No branded coffee, no AV rental upcharge, no conference-center aesthetic. The quiet mountains of Nagano outside your door. A venue is a container. What it holds is the only measure. ### Nakamandem - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Yoramachi, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: 500 USDC - **Max Occupancy**: 80 - **Check-in**: 00:00 - **Check-out**: 23:59 - **Tags**: PARTY, PRIVATE, VENUE, CENTRAL, MUSIC - **Community**: Zuzalu City Japan - **Audience**: small-group aligned retreats; musicians, sonic sculptors, noise artists; Zuzalu residents, d/acc & biotech researchers, IRL builders - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/4 - **Description**: A private underground club beneath The Gorcery Store. Concrete walls, high ceiling, a room that only exists after dark. USD $500 per day. Private bookings. Not a bar. Not on a booking platform. No public calendar, no walk-ins, no line outside. Private means private — you rent the room, bring the people, leave when you want. A city needs a basement. Otherwise nothing real happens after ten. Parties, concerts, closed sets, the late-night half of a conference. DJ sets that run until the first shinkansen. Live performances to elevate your community for their next day together. Album listening parties. Closed-door dinners that become something else at midnight. The afterparty for whatever The Grocery Store hosted during the day. Weddings that refuse to end. The sound system is good. The room is dark. No one drives by and wonders what the noise is — Nakamandem sits below the street, which is why it works. Center of the ZuCity neighborhood. 5 minute walk from all Zucity homes. 90 minutes from Tokyo on the shinkansen. Three nearby stations. Karuizawa 20 minutes away for the guests who insist on a luxury hotel after. For Zuzalu alumni throwing the reunion. Crypto collectives who have outgrown a Tokyo izakaya back room. Artists releasing an album to those that will remember them forever. Founders who decided their wedding should sound like the internet. ### NOVELS Hostel & Cafe - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Komoro, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: 5,900 JPY - **Sleeps**: 23 - **Max Occupancy**: 30 - **Tags**: HOSTEL, CAFE, COWORKING, CENTRAL, STATION CLOSE, COMMUNITY - **Audience**: remote workers, digital nomads; network-state curious, aligned community members - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/18183939 - **Description**: The best place in Komoro. Hostel, bar, and cafe infront of the station Komoro with coworking-friendly common space, cozy social atmosphere, and amazing locals and travelers alike. Centrally located within walking distance of Komoro Station, the castle ruins, and the Hokoku Kaido historic street. Dormitory-style rooms sleeping 23 with capacity, up to 50 in working spaces, priced from ¥5,900 per night. Suited to solo travelers, remote workers, and small groups exploring ZuCity together. Booking handled directly by our dear friend Chisa. - **External Link**: https://novelskomoro.jp/ ### Kominka in Komachi - Momiji-an - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Komoro, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: 45,000 JPY - **Sleeps**: 8 - **Max Occupancy**: 8 - **Tags**: KOMINKA, TRADITIONAL, RENOVATED, HISTORICAL, FAMILY, LOCAL - **Audience**: satoyama, minka, kominka, - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/218183939 - **Description**: Entire-house traditional kominka rental on the Hokoku Kaido historic street in Komoro. Showa-era interior paired with modern amenities, in the preserved merchant-district core of the old castle town. Whole house sleeps 8, priced from ¥15,000 per night. Suited to families or groups wanting an immersive traditional-architecture stay. Listed on Airbnb; booking handled directly by the operator. - **External Link**: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/1274421399943498658 ### Artistic Boutique Mountain Retreat - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Komoro, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: 9,200 JPY - **Sleeps**: 4 - **Max Occupancy**: 6 - **Tags**: ART, DESIGN, CENTRAL, CULTURAL, LOCAL, MOUNTAIN - **Audience**: artists-in-residence - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/718183939 - **Description**: Boutique rental with artistic interiors in a Komoro neighborhood lined with local galleries and cafes. Walking access to the castle ruins, Hokoku Kaido, and the Saku mountain backdrop. Sleeps 4 with capacity up to 6, priced from ¥9,200 per night. Suited to small groups and culturally minded travelers wanting character and neighborhood proximity. Listed on Airbnb; booking handled directly by the operator. - **External Link**: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/1333693777291370597 ### Horakuan Zen Buddhist Retreat Center - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Suzaka, Suzuka, Nagano - **Price**: 2,000 USD - **Sleeps**: 10 - **Max Occupancy**: 30 - **Tags**: TEMPLE, QUIET, MOUNTAIN, NATURE, VENUE, EVENTS - **Audience**: nature-centered builders, biohackers; event organizers, community hosts, subculture - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/1118183939 - **Description**: Silence is the amenity here. Horakuan sits in the mountains of Suzaka, Nagano, on land that held the 15th-century temple Seisui-ji — today it runs as a private zen retreat estate for meditation and group practice. Ten beds for overnight guests, capacity for 30 in session, a sauna for after zazen, a sound system when the program calls for it. Reserve direct via Horakuan's site. - **External Link**: https://horakuan.net/about-us ### ADDress 松本A邸 - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Matsumoto, Matsumoto, Nagano - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 1 - **Max Occupancy**: 1 - **Tags**: SHARE HOUSE, COLIVING, COMMUNITY, DIY, FOOD - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: coliving community members, long-stay nomads; network-state curious, aligned community members; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/1918183939 - **Description**: The house rule is written into the rice cooker: rice and eggs are all-you-can-eat, free, because this coliving house exists to cut loneliness and hunger both. Residents gather in a sunlit living room around the DIY table their house steward built — it seats about 15. Your private room in Matsumoto has its own shower and toilet; a car makes life easier out here. Book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://address.love/homes/272 ### ADDress 塩尻A邸 - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Shiojiri, Shiojiri, Nagano - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Tags**: KOMINKA, SHARE HOUSE, RENOVATED, LOCAL, COMMUNITY, STATION CLOSE, FARM - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: network-state curious, aligned community members; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/2018183939 - **Description**: This kominka is still becoming itself — the share-house residents renovate it room by room while living in it, spinning up small local businesses as they go. You sleep in a twin private room 10 minutes on foot from JR Shiojiri Station, in wine-and-lettuce country. If you want to feel how a town actually works, this guesthouse is the front row. Book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://address.love/homes/99 ### ADDress 辰野A邸 - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Tatsuno, Tatsuno, Nagano - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Tags**: KOMINKA, SHARE HOUSE, FARM, DIY, NATURE, COWORKING, STATION CLOSE - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: nature-centered builders, biohackers; remote workers, digital nomads; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/2118183939 - **Description**: The private room here is finished in solid natural wood that regulates its own humidity — comfortable in midsummer, comfortable in midwinter. The house is a kominka the steward renovated by hand, shared with Hinatabocco residents farming toward self-sufficiency, 3 minutes on foot from JR Tatsuno Station in a town known for fireflies. Six coworking seats on site, and same-day bookings accepted. Book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://address.love/homes/449 ### ADDress 箕輪A邸 - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Minowa, Minowa, Nagano - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Tags**: SHARE HOUSE, COLIVING, COMMUNITY, LOCAL, VILLAGE, STATION CLOSE, VIEW - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: coliving community members, long-stay nomads; network-state curious, aligned community members; rural revitalization practitioners; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/2518183939 - **Description**: From the window seat you can watch the two-car Iida Line rattle past — trainspotters, this one is yours. The host couple serve in Minowa's regional revitalization corps, international volunteer helpers pass through this coliving house, and the spot was chosen so rural life would not need a car: light snow, easy cycling, 7 minutes on foot from JR Kinoshita Station. A twin room sleeps 2. Book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://address.love/homes/535 ### ADDress 伊那A邸 - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Ina, Ina, Nagano - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Tags**: CENTRAL, STATION CLOSE, VIEW, MOUNTAIN, COWORKING, COMMUNITY, HISTORICAL - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: remote workers, digital nomads; network-state curious, aligned community members; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/2618183939 - **Description**: One address, three floors of the town: a kappo restaurant at street level, a machiyado inn above it, and your queen-bed room for 2 on the 3rd floor, looking out at 3,000-meter ridgelines east and west and the Tenryu River. The space shared with the inn doubles as coworking and a spot to meet whoever is passing through Ina. JR Ina-shi Station is a 2-minute walk; the bus terminal, 1 minute. Book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://address.love/homes/23 ### ADDress 阿智A邸 - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Achi, Achi, Nagano - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 5 - **Max Occupancy**: 5 - **Tags**: STARGAZING, CABIN, NATURE, MOUNTAIN, VIEW, QUIET, FAMILY - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: nature-centered builders, biohackers; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/2718183939 - **Description**: Achi village holds the title of Japan's best starry sky, and this whole-house lodge on its highland is built around that fact — step outside after dinner and look up. Inside: a 12-tatami living-dining room with a wood stove, a counter kitchen with a two-burner stove and full cookware, and a bath window framing the Southern Alps ridgeline. Summers top out around 26°C, and high-speed Wi-Fi plus a wide desk keep digital nomads shipping between stargazing sessions; the house sleeps 5. Book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://address.love/homes/556 ### ADDress 北海道中川A邸 - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Nakagawa, Nakagawa, Hokkaido - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Tags**: RENOVATED, NATURE, QUIET, COMMUNITY, LOCAL, VILLAGE, DESIGN - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: nature-centered builders, biohackers; network-state curious, aligned community members; rural revitalization practitioners; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/3118183939 - **Description**: Neighbors swung the first hammers here — when this former teachers' housing was reborn through an akiya revival project run jointly by ADDress and Nakagawa town, locals joined the demolition and local builders carried it from foundation to finish. It opened in 2025, big windows flooding the living-dining room with light, the interior lined in solid Hokkaido-grown white pine. The private room is rigged for digital nomads — second monitor, desk light, power strip. Book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://nakagawalife.jp/ ### ADDress 富良野A邸 - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Furano, Furano, Hokkaido - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 3 - **Max Occupancy**: 3 - **Tags**: DESIGN, NATURE, STATION CLOSE, LOCAL, MODERN - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: nature-centered builders, biohackers; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/3418183939 - **Description**: The designer's brief was simple: make it feel like standing inside a Furano forest, so the room is wrapped in Hokkaido todomatsu fir, warm to the eye and the hand. More than half the staff grew up in Furano — ask them where to walk before you ask any app. JR Furano Station is a 4-minute walk, free loaner desks are on hand, and the triple room sleeps 3. Book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://address.love/homes/44 ### ADDress 札幌A邸 - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Nakanoshima, Sapporo, Hokkaido - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 2 - **Max Occupancy**: 2 - **Tags**: SHARE HOUSE, COLIVING, URBAN, STATION CLOSE, COMMUNITY, DESIGN - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: coliving community members, long-stay nomads; network-state curious, aligned community members; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/3518183939 - **Description**: Every room in this Sapporo share house has its own toilet and shower — coliving with real privacy. Home is Nakanoshima on the Namboku subway line, 20 minutes by train from Sapporo Station and a 5-minute train hop from Susukino, a workable Hokkaido base in any season. Downstairs there's an antique-furnished living room, a theater room for movie nights, and a manga lounge for the slow hours. Book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://address.love/homes/8 ### ADDress 斜里町A邸 - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Shari, Shari, Hokkaido - **Price**: 3,327 JPY - **Sleeps**: 1 - **Max Occupancy**: 1 - **Tags**: NATURE, OUTDOOR, OCEAN, STATION CLOSE, QUIET, LOCAL, VILLAGE - **Community**: ADDress - **Audience**: nature-centered builders, biohackers; rural revitalization practitioners; ADDress subscribers and Japanese nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/3618183939 - **Description**: Your host in Shari runs the town's watch-and-glasses shop, and the storefront doubles as the house's common space — local route advice included. The apartment-style room is fully self-contained: bedding, desk and chair, kitchen, bath, and toilet behind your own door. JR Shiretoko-Shari Station is a 5-minute walk, the sea 10 minutes on foot, and World Heritage Shiretoko starts here — a digital nomad base on Hokkaido's wild eastern edge. Book direct via ADDress. - **External Link**: https://address.love/homes/385 ### MIDORI.so Nakameguro - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Aobadai, Meguro, Tokyo - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://midori.so/locations/nakameguro) - **Tags**: COWORKING, GALLERY, ART, COMMUNITY, RENOVATED, DESIGN, URBAN - **Community**: MIDORI.SO - **Audience**: remote workers, digital nomads; artists-in-residence; network-state curious, aligned community members; MIDORI.SO Tokyo coworking network - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/6018183939 - **Description**: The ivy that swallowed this once-abandoned building gave MIDORI.so its name — and the renovated original still anchors the network in Meguro's Aobadai. A 12-minute walk from both Shibuya and Nakameguro stations, it stacks a coworking lounge and kitchen on the 2nd floor; workspace, meeting room, and gallery on the 3rd; private offices in the Omoya building; and an open rooftop. The regulars are filmmakers, designers, editors, and engineers. Pop in for ¥3,300 a day, direct via MIDORI.so. - **External Link**: https://midori.so/locations/nakameguro ### MIDORI.so Nagatacho - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Hirakawacho, Chiyoda, Tokyo - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://midori.so/locations/nagatacho) - **Tags**: COWORKING, VENUE, EVENTS, CENTRAL, GARDEN, CAFE, COMMUNITY - **Community**: MIDORI.SO - **Audience**: remote workers, digital nomads; event organizers, community hosts, subculture ; network-state curious, aligned community members; MIDORI.SO Tokyo coworking network - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/6118183939 - **Description**: Seven floors and roughly 23,000 square feet in Chiyoda's Hirakawacho make Nagatacho the MIDORI.so flagship — big enough for a team of 150, odd enough to keep a library with beds in it. The 2nd-floor engagement space seats 80 (100 standing) for meetups and offsites; the 5th floor holds the main coworking area, meeting rooms, kitchen, and lounge, with a 1F cafe and rooftop garden above. Nagatacho Station is a 2-minute walk, Akasaka-Mitsuke five. Desk plans from ¥3,300 a day — book direct via MIDORI.so. - **External Link**: https://midori.so/locations/nagatacho ### MIDORI.so Bakuroyokoyama - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Nihonbashi-Yokoyamacho, Chuo, Tokyo - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://midori.so/locations/bakuroyokoyama) - **Tags**: COWORKING, GALLERY, GARDEN, RENOVATED, DIY, CAFE, LOCAL, URBAN - **Community**: MIDORI.SO - **Audience**: remote workers, digital nomads; MIDORI.SO Tokyo coworking network - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/6218183939 - **Description**: Between the Kanda and Sumida rivers, in Nihonbashi-Yokoyamacho's old clothing-wholesale streets, this seven-story Showa-era building got a second life. The ground floor pairs a coffee stand with an upcycle studio that nods to the surrounding fabric trade; the 7th floor is a gallery, and a permaculture garden grows on the roof. Three subway stations sit within easy reach — a grounded digital nomad perch on the city's east side. Day passes ¥3,300, direct via MIDORI.so. - **External Link**: https://midori.so/locations/bakuroyokoyama ### MIDORI.so Shibuya - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Sakuragaoka, Shibuya, Tokyo - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://midori.so/locations/shibuya) - **Tags**: COWORKING, CENTRAL, URBAN, MODERN, COMMUNITY, STATION CLOSE - **Community**: MIDORI.SO - **Audience**: remote workers, digital nomads; network-state curious, aligned community members; MIDORI.SO Tokyo coworking network - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/6318183939 - **Description**: Sakuragaoka's slope puts you minutes from Shibuya Station yet a step removed from the scramble's churn. MIDORI.so Shibuya runs floors 3F through 6F here, with flexible desk plans and private rooms inside a deliberately international crowd. Good ground for a digital nomad who wants velocity on tap — descend for meetings, climb back up to ship. Plans and inquiries direct via MIDORI.so. - **External Link**: https://midori.so/locations/shibuya ### FabCafe Tokyo - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Sakuragaoka, Shibuya, Tokyo - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://fabcafe.com/jp/tokyo/fab/) - **Tags**: CAFE, STUDIO, DIY, ART, FOOD, COMMUNITY, CENTRAL, DESIGN - **Audience**: artists-in-residence; network-state curious, aligned community members - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/6418183939 - **Description**: Order a single-origin coffee, then send your file to the laser cutter — FabCafe Tokyo has run on that rhythm since 2012, the first outpost of a creative community that now spans the world. On the Shibuya cafe floor, 3D printers and digital fabrication machines sit alongside seasonal-vegetable plates and patissier-made sweets. Its lab projects pull local creators and artists into food, bio, AI, and education experiments. Walk in with a drawing, leave with the object — details direct via FabCafe. - **External Link**: https://fabcafe.com/jp/tokyo/ ### Crypto Cafe - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Ebisu, Shibuya, Tokyo - **Price**: Contact for pricing - **Tags**: VENUE, EVENTS, CRYPTO CITY, POPUP CITY, COMMUNITY, CENTRAL - **Audience**: event organizers, community hosts, subculture ; popup city residents, Zuzalu alumni, network state citizens; network-state curious, aligned community members - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/6518183939 - **Description**: This is the room where Tokyo's event organizers and community leaders plot their next move — a rental space built as a playground for people who make gatherings happen. Set where Ebisu, Daikanyama, and Nakameguro meet, Crypto Cafe & Bar lends its floor to meetups, launches, and the kind of night a popup city gets sketched on napkins. If you'd rather build a scene than attend one, start here. Book the space direct via Crypto Cafe. - **External Link**: https://cryptocafe.bar/ ### MIDORI.so Aoyama - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Minamiaoyama, Minato, Tokyo - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://midori.so/locations/aoyama) - **Tags**: COWORKING, CAFE, GARDEN, VIEW, MUSIC, DESIGN, CENTRAL - **Community**: MIDORI.SO - **Audience**: remote workers, digital nomads; musicians, sonic sculptors, noise artists; MIDORI.SO Tokyo coworking network - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/6618183939 - **Description**: No fixed desks, on purpose — MIDORI.so Aoyama works as a modern salon where meeting outranks sitting. Set between Aoyama-itchome and Nogizaka stations in Minamiaoyama, it stacks BROOKS, a cafe-restaurant by Oizumi Kojo, beneath a hot-desking floor with a listening lounge tuned by Komatsu Sound Lab and a rooftop garden overlooking Aoba Park. Weekday rhythm: salon 9:00–18:00, members-only bar until 22:00 — a Tokyo experiment in working by meeting. Details direct via MIDORI.so. - **External Link**: https://midori.so/locations/aoyama ### MIDORI.so Ikejiri - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Ikejiri, Setagaya, Tokyo - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://midori.so/locations/ikejiri) - **Tags**: COWORKING, GALLERY, COMMUNITY, CULTURAL, HISTORICAL, RENOVATED, LOCAL - **Community**: MIDORI.SO - **Audience**: remote workers, digital nomads; network-state curious, aligned community members; MIDORI.SO Tokyo coworking network - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/6718183939 - **Description**: Work where the schoolyard still is: MIDORI.so Ikejiri occupies part of HOME/WORK VILLAGE, the reboot of the former IID Setagaya Monozukuri School — Japan's first school-redevelopment project. MIDORI.so founder Teruo Kurosaki led the conversion around one theme: treat social issues as our generation's homework instead of passing them down. The old library and schoolyard survive as coworking commons, a gallery space sits inside, and Setagaya's daily life runs right through the building. Details direct via MIDORI.so. - **External Link**: https://midori.so/locations/ikejiri ### MIDORI.so Kichijoji - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Kichijoji, Musashino, Tokyo - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://midori.so/locations/kichijoji) - **Tags**: COWORKING, URBAN, MODERN, COMMUNITY, LOCAL - **Community**: MIDORI.SO - **Audience**: remote workers, digital nomads; network-state curious, aligned community members; MIDORI.SO Tokyo coworking network - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/6818183939 - **Description**: Take the elevator through PARCO — a cherished local landmark — and step off on the 8th floor into MIDORI.so's first outpost beyond Tokyo's 23 wards. Kichijoji's mix of culture and everyday life carries upstairs: a coworking floor with kitchen, meeting rooms, fixed desks, and private booths, open 9:00–23:00. Pop in for ¥1,100 per 2 hours or ¥2,200 a day; monthly free desks run ¥33,000. Book direct via MIDORI.so. - **External Link**: https://midori.so/locations/kichijoji ### MIDORI.so Nihonbashi - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Higashi-Nihonbashi, Chuo, Tokyo - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://midori.so/locations/nihonbashi) - **Sleeps**: 1 - **Max Occupancy**: 1 - **Tags**: COLIVING, HOSTEL, COWORKING, QUIET, URBAN, MODERN - **Community**: MIDORI.SO - **Audience**: coliving community members, long-stay nomads; remote workers, digital nomads; MIDORI.SO Tokyo coworking network - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/6918183939 - **Description**: Check in, then log in — MIDORI.so Nihonbashi runs a hostel and a workspace as one continuous room. In Higashi-Nihonbashi, hostel-style beds sit alongside desks, high-speed Wi-Fi, and a quiet shared kitchen where morning coffee slides into the first email of the day. It's coliving at its most literal, sized for the solo digital nomad on a short visit or a longer stay. Book direct via MIDORI.so. - **External Link**: https://midori.so/locations/nihonbashi ### MIDORI.so Nakameguro Gallery - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Aobadai, Meguro, Tokyo - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://midori.so/galleries/nakameguro) - **Tags**: GALLERY, ART, STUDIO, URBAN, EVENTS, MODERN - **Community**: MIDORI.SO - **Audience**: artists-in-residence; event organizers, community hosts, subculture ; MIDORI.SO Tokyo coworking network - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/7018183939 - **Description**: A white cube on the third floor of a working building: MIDORI.so's Nakameguro gallery lives inside a shared workspace in Aobadai, Meguro, so openings pull in the people who already work there. Exhibitions and artist residency programs back emerging and mid-career artists — the quieter, working end of Tokyo's art scene. Between shows the room rents for still and video shoots. Book direct via MIDORI.so. - **External Link**: https://midori.so/galleries/nakameguro ### MIDORI.so Bakuroyokoyama Gallery - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Nihonbashi-Yokoyamacho, Chuo, Tokyo - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://midori.so/galleries/bakuroyokoyama) - **Tags**: GALLERY, ART, URBAN, HISTORICAL, CULTURAL, EVENTS - **Community**: MIDORI.SO - **Audience**: artists-in-residence; event organizers, community hosts, subculture ; MIDORI.SO Tokyo coworking network - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/7118183939 - **Description**: Seven floors above the wholesale fabric streets of Nihonbashi-Yokoyamacho, Tokyo's historic textile district, this room turns altitude into perspective. Part of the MIDORI.so gallery network, it works as a connective hub: exhibitions, artist residency programs, and collaborations that keep emerging and mid-career artists showing. Accessibility is the point — long-term engagement with art over one-off spectacle. Book direct via MIDORI.so. - **External Link**: https://midori.so/galleries/bakuroyokoyama ### MIDORI.so Ikejiri Gallery - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Ikejiri, Setagaya, Tokyo - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://midori.so/galleries/ikejiri) - **Tags**: GALLERY, ART, COMMUNITY, RENOVATED, COWORKING, CULTURAL - **Community**: MIDORI.SO - **Audience**: artists-in-residence; network-state curious, aligned community members; remote workers, digital nomads; MIDORI.SO Tokyo coworking network - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/7218183939 - **Description**: The building was a school once, and it shows in the good way. This gallery sits inside MIDORI.so Ikejiri at HOME/WORK VILLAGE, a redeveloped former school facility in Setagaya, Tokyo, where MIDORI.so runs coworking and MIRAI INSTITUTE runs the art program. Work, community, and culture share the same corridors, so exhibitions get wandered into mid-workday — which is the point. Book direct via MIDORI.so. - **External Link**: https://midori.so/galleries/ikejiri ### Pasar Moon - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Hamada, Hamada, Shimane - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://www.facebook.com/fullmoon.fes/) - **Sleeps**: 20 - **Max Occupancy**: 200 - **Tags**: VENUE, EVENTS, ART, LOCAL, NATURE, CAFE, OCEAN - **Audience**: event organizers, community hosts, subculture ; artists-in-residence; nature-centered builders, biohackers - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/7318183939 - **Description**: This venue runs on a lunar calendar — Pasar Moon convenes on the full moon in Hamada, Shimane, a market-meets-art-gathering on the Sea of Japan coast. Market stalls, art, nature, and café culture for up to 200 people, with sleeping space for 20 who don't want the night to end at moonset. It is the popup city instinct in rural, monthly form. Dates on the Full Moon Fes page. - **External Link**: https://www.facebook.com/fullmoon.fes/ ### Web3 Town Shiwa - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Shiwa, Shiwa, Iwate - **Price**: Contact for pricing - **Sleeps**: 200 - **Max Occupancy**: 20000 - **Tags**: CRYPTO CITY, LOCAL, COMMUNITY, VILLAGE - **Audience**: network-state curious, aligned community members; rural revitalization practitioners - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/7418183939 - **Description**: The radical thing about Shiwa is who runs it: the town hall. This Iwate municipality operates one of Japan's first local-government web3 programs — a crypto city experiment with a mayor's stamp rather than a popup city's tent. For builders studying how public-sector adoption actually happens, Shiwa is the standing reference case beyond ZuCity. Program details live on the official Shiwa town site. - **External Link**: https://www.town.shiwa.iwate.jp/soshiki/4_1/2_13/9609.html/ ### 4Seas Nimman Coliving - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Nimman, Nimman, Chiangmai - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://airtable.com/app20pkqGqY2y6XsU/pagpW4iWpBS8lAJRr/form) - **Sleeps**: 20 - **Max Occupancy**: 200 - **Tags**: COLIVING, COMMUNITY, CRYPTO CITY, URBAN, EVENTS - **Audience**: coliving community members, long-stay nomads; network-state curious, aligned community members; event organizers, community hosts, subculture - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/7518183939 - **Description**: Beds for 20 in Nimman, Chiang Mai, held by 4Seas for people building at the intersection of cypherpunk, social sciences, and the humanities. This is the coliving arm of the network — free spaces and grants go to community-driven events that fit the mission, so housemates tend to be mid-project rather than mid-vacation. Book direct via 4Seas. - **External Link**: https://4seas.xyz/ ### 4Seas Nimman Coworking - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Nimman, Nimman, Chiangmai - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://airtable.com/app20pkqGqY2y6XsU/pagpW4iWpBS8lAJRr/form) - **Sleeps**: 20 - **Max Occupancy**: 200 - **Tags**: COWORKING, VENUE, EVENTS, COMMUNITY, CRYPTO CITY, URBAN - **Audience**: remote workers, digital nomads; event organizers, community hosts, subculture ; network-state curious, aligned community members - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/7618183939 - **Description**: The deal here is unusual: if your event explores cypherpunk, the social sciences, or the humanities, 4Seas will give you the space for free — grants included. Day to day it runs as the network's coworking floor in Nimman, Chiang Mai, with room for up to 200 when an event takes over. Reserve space via 4Seas. - **External Link**: https://4seas.xyz/ ### 4Seas Mountain View - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Nimman, Nimman, Chiangmai - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://www.booking.com/hotel/th/4seas-mountainview.en-gb.html) - **Sleeps**: 50 - **Max Occupancy**: 500 - **Tags**: VENUE, VIEW, MOUNTAIN, EVENTS, COMMUNITY, CRYPTO CITY - **Audience**: event organizers, community hosts, subculture ; network-state curious, aligned community members - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/7718183939 - **Description**: The biggest room in the 4Seas constellation, named for exactly what you get — the mountain view. Based in Nimman with capacity for 500 and sleeping space for 50, this is where gatherings land once they outgrow every other floor in the network. The same 4Seas rules apply: free space and grants for community-driven events across cypherpunk, social sciences, and the humanities — not another paid digital nomad hangout. Enquire via 4Seas. - **External Link**: https://4seas.xyz/ ### AltPing River Coworking - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Nimman, Nimman, Chiangmai - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://www.altcoliving.com/alt-pingriver/work/) - **Max Occupancy**: 30 - **Tags**: COWORKING, COLIVING, CAFE, URBAN, MODERN, QUIET - **Audience**: remote workers, digital nomads; coliving community members, long-stay nomads - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/7918183939 - **Description**: Named for the Ping River that sets this corner of Chiang Mai's pace, Alt_PingRiver runs a full-amenities coworking space built for finishing things. Build your app, brainstorm your AI startup's marketing, or answer email in peace — capacity is capped at 30, so it never turns into a conference hall. Part of the Alt Coliving network in Nimman, it draws the digital nomad who came to work, not to perform working. Book direct via Alt Coliving. - **External Link**: https://www.altcoliving.com/alt-pingriver/work/ ### Alt Chiangmai Coworking - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Nimman, Nimman, Chiangmai - **Price**: Application required (apply at https://www.altcoliving.com/alt-chiangmai/work/) - **Max Occupancy**: 30 - **Tags**: COWORKING, COLIVING, CENTRAL, URBAN, COMMUNITY, MODERN - **Audience**: remote workers, digital nomads; coliving community members, long-stay nomads; network-state curious, aligned community members - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/8118183939 - **Description**: This is the city-center option — Alt Chiangmai runs coworking inside its coliving space in the heart of Chiang Mai, so the commute effectively disappears. Outside the door in Nimman sit the city's conveniences, culture, and community; inside, capacity is capped at 30, which keeps the floor calm enough to work. Book direct via Alt Coliving. - **External Link**: https://www.altcoliving.com/alt-chiangmai/ ### Asama 2000 Snow Park | Best Onsen & Skii Resort in Japan - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Takamine Kogen, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: 5,400 JPY - **Tags**: SNOW SPORTS, OUTDOOR, MOUNTAIN, NATURE, LOCAL, RESORT - **Audience**: nature-centered builders, biohackers - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/8218183939 - **Description**: Our home mountain, on the south flank of Mt. Asama — an active volcano — with a base at 1,880m and a peak at 2,050m at Takamine Kogen. That altitude is the whole trick: snow stays cold and dry here when lower Nagano resorts are getting rained on. A ¥5,400 day pass, 35 minutes from ZuCity Komoro, close enough that we ski weekday mornings before work and the lift attendants know us by face. Day-pass details via the Asama 2000 site. - **External Link**: https://www.asama2000.com/ ### Yunomaru Ski Area | Classic Japow Ski Group Packages - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Yunomaru Kogen, Tomi, Nagano - **Price**: 4,500 JPY - **Tags**: SNOW SPORTS, ONSEN, OUTDOOR, MOUNTAIN, TRADITIONAL, LOCAL, QUIET, FOOD - **Audience**: satoyama, minka, kominka, - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/8318183939 - **Description**: Old-school Nagano skiing, the kind that never bothered with an English website. Yunomaru runs nine courses at 1,700m on Yunomaru Kogen in Tomi, with an onsen attached and free 24-hour parking — the crowd is almost entirely local, and the day ends with hot soba and a soak. A ¥4,500 day pass, 30 minutes from Komoro: the place that reminds you why you moved to Japan. Details on the Yunomaru site, Japanese only, by design. - **External Link**: https://www.yunomaru.co.jp/ ### Saku Ski Garden Parada | Ultimate Family Snow Trip from Tokyo - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Hirahara, Saku, Nagano - **Price**: 4,200 JPY - **Tags**: SNOW SPORTS, OUTDOOR, FAMILY, INTRO, MOUNTAIN, ONSEN, STATION CLOSE, WEEKEND - **Audience**: aligned community members - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/8418183939 - **Description**: Gentle is a strategy here — Parada in Saku is the hill we point first-timers at: eight lifts, wide beginner slopes built to teach rather than terrify, and an onsen waiting at the finish line. It sits 12 minutes from Sakudaira's shinkansen platform, just east of Komoro, so a lesson day needs no overnight bag. ¥4,200 a day, booked direct on the resort site. Bring the friend who swears skiing isn't for them — by day two they're hooked. - **External Link**: https://www.saku-parada.jp/ ### Karuizawa Prince Snow Resort | Luxury Ski Holidays & Shopping - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Karuizawa, Karuizawa, Nagano - **Price**: 6,200 JPY - **Tags**: SNOW SPORTS, OUTDOOR, SHINKANSEN, STATION CLOSE, RESORT, VIEW, MODERN - **Audience**: aligned community members - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/8518183939 - **Description**: November 1st — Karuizawa Prince fires up its lifts before anyone else in Nagano, every year, no contest. The shinkansen from Tokyo takes 72 minutes, night sessions run until 9pm, and the summit frames a full Mt. Asama panorama. At ¥10,000 peak it's the premium outlier of this list, but carving a Tuesday evening and catching the last train home is a digital nomad trick worth paying for once. Day passes direct via Prince Hotels. - **External Link**: https://www.princehotels.co.jp/ski/karuizawa/ ### Karuizawa Snow Park | Best Skiing for Kids in Japan - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Kita-Karuizawa, Naganohara, Gunma - **Price**: 4,500 JPY - **Tags**: SNOW SPORTS, OUTDOOR, FAMILY, INTRO, RESORT, QUIET - **Audience**: aligned community members - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/8618183939 - **Description**: Zero pressure is the whole product at Karuizawa Snow Park in Kita-Karuizawa, on the Gunma side north of Mt. Asama. Dedicated kids' snow-play zones, short beginner pistes, and hotel-attached everything mean the smallest kids and the grandparents both have somewhere to be. It's smaller and gentler than Karuizawa Prince — that's the point. ¥4,500 a day; book direct at presidentresort.jp. - **External Link**: https://www.presidentresort.jp/kaze/snowpark/ ### Sugadaira Kogen | Spring Skiing & High-Altitude Tours - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Sugadaira Kogen, Ueda, Nagano - **Price**: 5,400 JPY - **Tags**: SNOW SPORTS, OUTDOOR, MOUNTAIN, NATURE, QUIET, LOCAL - **Audience**: nature-centered builders, biohackers - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/8718183939 - **Description**: Mid-May is still a lift-served month at Sugadaira Kogen, the high plateau above Ueda whose cold-locked base keeps real spring skiing alive while lower hills sell slush. The season opens in December and runs one of the longest windows in Japan. Come in April — 45 minutes from Komoro — when everyone else is under cherry blossoms and the mountain is effectively yours. ¥5,400 day pass, booked direct at sugadaira.com. - **External Link**: https://sugadaira.com/ ### Shiga Kogen Ski Safaris | Japan's Largest Interconnected Ski Area - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Shiga Kogen, Yamanouchi, Nagano - **Price**: 8,000 JPY - **Tags**: SNOW SPORTS, OUTDOOR, MOUNTAIN, RESORT, NATURE, WEEKLONG - **Audience**: nature-centered builders, biohackers - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/8818183939 - **Description**: Eighteen interconnected resorts on one ¥8,000 pass — Shiga Kogen, above Yamanouchi, is Japan's largest ski area and the multi-day mission our Komoro coliving house plans each winter. The 1998 Nagano Olympic GS and slalom courses are still marked and open to anyone. English-speaking ski schools and rental shops run throughout, and the summit tops out at 2,307m. Ski three days straight without repeating a run; passes direct on the resort site. - **External Link**: https://www.shigakogen.gr.jp/ ### Madarao Mountain Resort | Epic Tree Runs - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Madarao Kogen, Iiyama, Nagano - **Price**: 8,100 JPY - **Tags**: SNOW SPORTS, OUTDOOR, MOUNTAIN, NATURE, LOCAL, QUIET - **Audience**: nature-centered builders, biohackers - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/8918183939 - **Description**: Madarao Kogen is where the trees do the talking — open glades through old-growth forest above Iiyama, in Nagano's north, the untouched lines people mean when they say Japow. Sea-of-Japan moisture feeds it, so go the morning after a dump and claim first tracks between the trunks. It stays locals-favored and intentionally under the radar, about two hours from our door. Day passes drop to ¥6,500 booked in advance at madarao.jp. - **External Link**: https://www.madarao.jp/winter/ ### Hakuba Happo-One Resort | Advanced Alpine Tours in English - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Wadano, Hakuba, Nagano - **Price**: 10,400 JPY - **Tags**: SNOW SPORTS, OUTDOOR, MOUNTAIN, RESORT, VIEW - **Audience**: aligned community members - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/9018183939 - **Description**: Full disclosure: we mostly don't go — Hakuba's Happo-One is the 1998 Olympic downhill mountain, and it skis like it. The Riesen Grat ridge drops 1,071m of vertical, with English rental shops, multilingual ski schools, and enough Australian accents in Wadano to feel at home or claustrophobic, depending on your history. When you want the biggest alpine day Nagano can serve, this is it — 95 minutes from home, ¥10,400 a day. Lift passes direct at happo-one.jp. - **External Link**: https://www.happo-one.jp/ ### Myoko Suginohara | Longest Ski Run in Japan - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Suginohara, Myoko, Niigata - **Price**: 8,000 JPY - **Tags**: SNOW SPORTS, OUTDOOR, MOUNTAIN, NATURE, RESORT - **Audience**: nature-centered builders, biohackers - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/9118183939 - **Description**: One run is the argument: 8.5km top to bottom, 1,124m of vertical, the longest single run in Japan, at Suginohara on Myoko's flank in Niigata. 13 metres of powder land here each winter — the Sea of Japan empties itself on this mountain before anything reaches the Japan Alps. It's on the Ikon Pass — or ¥8,000 for a day pass. Hokkaido regulars come here to feel humble — about two hours north of us, passes direct via Prince Hotels. - **External Link**: https://www.princehotels.com/en/ski/myoko_kogen/ ### Akakura Onsen Ski Resort | Epic Night Skiing - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Akakura Onsen, Myoko, Niigata - **Price**: 8,000 JPY - **Tags**: SNOW SPORTS, OUTDOOR, MOUNTAIN, ONSEN, VILLAGE, NATURE - **Audience**: rural revitalization practitioners; nature-centered builders, biohackers - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/9218183939 - **Description**: Akakura Onsen is the village version of a powder trip: three linked zones in Myoko Kogen, night lifts until 9pm, and onsen lodges steaming along the street when you finally quit. 14 metres of annual snowfall put it among the deepest totals in Japan. The combined Myoko Akakura Snow Area pass opens Akakura Kanko's steeper faces next door. About 75 minutes from home; day passes ¥8,000, direct at myokoskiresort.com. - **External Link**: https://myokoskiresort.com/ ### Seki Onsen Ski Resort | Japan's Secret Backcountry - **Type**: Venue - **Location**: Seki Onsen, Myoko, Niigata - **Price**: 3,900 JPY - **Tags**: SNOW SPORTS, OUTDOOR, MOUNTAIN, ONSEN, LOCAL, QUIET, VILLAGE - **Audience**: rural revitalization practitioners - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/9318183939 - **Description**: Two lifts, no more — Seki Onsen is the small, northernmost door into the Myoko cluster, and the first to catch whatever the Sea of Japan throws. This is what people mean by the deepest powder in Japan, still too small for its reputation to be ruined by Instagram. ¥3,900 for a day pass, about 90 minutes from Komoro — it was our quietest tip and we just put it online, sorry. Details via Myoko Tourism. - **External Link**: https://myokotourism.com/ski-resorts/seki-onsen-ski-resort/ ## Services & Bundles ### Concierge Agent Credits - **Type**: Service/Bundle - **Location**: Yoramachi, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: 8 USDC - **Tags**: CONCIERGE, TRANSLATION, LOCAL EXPERT, GROUP DEALS, SOS - **Community**: Zuzalu City Japan - **Audience**: Zuzalu residents, d/acc & biotech researchers, IRL builders - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/20 - **Description**: Travel to a country where you don't speak the language, don't know the trains, and can't read the signs is stressful. Your concierge is a real person backed by tools who books your dinners, calls your taxis, and bails you out when the last train left ten minutes ago. One credit per request. ### ZuCity d/acc Week - **Type**: Service/Bundle - **Location**: Yoramachi, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: Contact for pricing - **Tags**: BUNDLE, WEEKLONG, FAMILY, MERCH, POPUP CITY, CRYPTO CITY, EVENTS, COMMUNITY - **Community**: Zuzalu City Japan - **Audience**: popup city residents, Zuzalu alumni, network state citizens; event organizers, community hosts, subculture ; network-state curious, aligned community members; Zuzalu residents, d/acc & biotech researchers, IRL builders - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/8888 - **Description**: d/acc week is when the popup city talks survival — defensive tech, decentralized infrastructure, resilience argued in the open under Mt. Asama, an active volcano that keeps everyone honest. The bundle covers a week in a 4-person room plus daily access for the whole family, right in Komoro. A welcome sticker drop lands on arrival day. Reserve through the ZuCity app. - **External Link**: /about/zucity/events/annual-popup-city ### ZuCity DeSci Week - **Type**: Service/Bundle - **Location**: Yoramachi, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: Contact for pricing - **Tags**: BUNDLE, WEEKLONG, FAMILY, MERCH, POPUP CITY, COWORKING, EVENTS, COMMUNITY - **Community**: Zuzalu City Japan - **Audience**: popup city residents, Zuzalu alumni, network state citizens; remote workers, digital nomads; event organizers, community hosts, subculture ; network-state curious, aligned community members; Zuzalu residents, d/acc & biotech researchers, IRL builders - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/18888 - **Description**: DeSci week turns Yoramachi into a working lab — researchers, funders, and the coworking crowd trading notes on the science peer review keeps missing. The bundle: a week in a 4-person room plus daily access for the whole family, out here in Nagano. Your welcome sticker drop hits on arrival day. Reserve through the ZuCity app. - **External Link**: /about/zucity/events/annual-popup-city ### ZuCity jp/acc Track - **Type**: Service/Bundle - **Location**: Yoramachi, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: Contact for pricing - **Tags**: BUNDLE, WEEKLONG, FAMILY, MERCH, POPUP CITY, CULTURAL, LOCAL, EVENTS - **Community**: Zuzalu City Japan - **Audience**: popup city residents, Zuzalu alumni, network state citizens; event organizers, community hosts, subculture ; Zuzalu residents, d/acc & biotech researchers, IRL builders - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/28888 - **Description**: jp/acc week is for the people betting on Japan — the country that built the shinkansen, with akiya still waiting for their second act. Spend the week arguing how to accelerate it from Komoro, where the rebuilding is already happening street by street. The bundle covers a 4-person room for the week, daily access for the whole family, and a welcome sticker drop on arrival day. Reserve through the ZuCity app. - **External Link**: /about/zucity/events/annual-popup-city ### ZuCity Popup Full Pass - **Type**: Service/Bundle - **Location**: Yoramachi, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: Contact for pricing - **Tags**: BUNDLE, WEEKEND, INTRO, POPUP CITY, EVENTS, COMMUNITY, NATURE - **Community**: Zuzalu City Japan - **Audience**: popup city residents, Zuzalu alumni, network state citizens; event organizers, community hosts, subculture ; network-state curious, aligned community members; nature-centered builders, biohackers; Zuzalu residents, d/acc & biotech researchers, IRL builders - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/48888 - **Description**: The Full Pass is the whole popup city compressed: two days of ZuCity Japan access for two people, timed for a break after Tokyo. Wander Komoro's venue and houses, sit in on whatever's running, and clear your head by working with your hands. If you can't give the city a week yet, give it a weekend. ### Weekend Getaway (2-person) - **Type**: Service/Bundle - **Location**: Yoramachi, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: Contact for pricing - **Tags**: BUNDLE, WEEKEND, INTRO, DIY, NATURE, QUIET, OUTDOOR - **Community**: Zuzalu City Japan - **Audience**: nature-centered builders, biohackers; Zuzalu residents, d/acc & biotech researchers, IRL builders - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/58888 - **Description**: Built for two — a pair of days in Yoramachi with your hands busy and your phone quiet. Step off the Tokyo pace, put real work into an akiya alongside the neighbors, and feel the week drain off. The pack is two days of ZuCity Japan access for two people; no schedule, no script, just the neighborhood. ### Host Your Own Popup In ZuCity - **Type**: Service/Bundle - **Location**: Yoramachi, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: Contact for pricing - **Tags**: BUNDLE, VENUE, POPUP CITY, EVENTS, COMMUNITY, COLIVING, CRYPTO CITY, MERCH - **Community**: Zuzalu City Japan - **Audience**: popup city residents, Zuzalu alumni, network state citizens; event organizers, community hosts, subculture ; network-state curious, aligned community members; coliving community members, long-stay nomads; Zuzalu residents, d/acc & biotech researchers, IRL builders - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/68888 - **Description**: This listing flips the roles — you bring the people, ZuCity plays the city. Book the two-week run (Mar 14–28, 2027) and stage your own popup in Nagano: venue access, the Nakamandem space, plus 10 sticker packs and 10 long-sleeve shirts for your crew. Our houses, coliving beds, and venue carry the logistics; the program stays entirely yours. ZuCity is a platform for living your best life — and that includes running the show. ### ZuCity 1st Visit Pack - **Type**: Service/Bundle - **Location**: Yoramachi, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: Contact for pricing - **Tags**: BUNDLE, WEEKEND, INTRO, COWORKING, ONSEN, COMMUNITY, NATURE, DIY - **Community**: Zuzalu City Japan - **Audience**: remote workers, digital nomads; network-state curious, aligned community members; nature-centered builders, biohackers; Zuzalu residents, d/acc & biotech researchers, IRL builders - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/78888 - **Description**: Your first ZuCity weekend, shaped around whatever you actually came for — a break from Tokyo, a deep work sprint, an onsen trip to clear mind and body, or hands-on building on a community project. Live with us in Brooklyn 2.0, meet our community and locals, see how truly amazing life out here is, and decide for yourself to come live in ZuCity. ### ZuCity Fan Pack - **Type**: Service/Bundle - **Location**: Yoramachi, Komoro, Nagano - **Price**: Contact for pricing - **Tags**: BUNDLE, WEEKLONG, MERCH, INTRO, ONSEN, COMMUNITY, NATURE - **Community**: Zuzalu City Japan - **Audience**: network-state curious, aligned community members; nature-centered builders, biohackers; Zuzalu residents, d/acc & biotech researchers, IRL builders - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/items/88888 - **Description**: The Fan Pack is for people true community members that want to rep ZuCity around the world — a week visiting ZuCity to learn about our community, culture, and vision plus swag to spread the word wherever you guy: a deluxe sticker pack, Anti-AI Ninja Mask to join our global anonymity set, and credits for our custom AI agent that plan trips, manage reservations, and summarize community news from anywhere. Spend your days living our life: all day onsen sessions, hikes in the mountains, deep work in our garden, an afternoon on a community project, and basking in Mt. Asama's glory. Come for the experience, comeback for the lifestyle, own a home to stay forever. ## Locations ### Nagano - **Region**: Nagano, Komoro, Yoramachi - **Coordinates**: 36.322581, 138.432061 - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/nagano ### Komoro - **Region**: Nagano, Komoro, Yoramachi - **Coordinates**: 36.322581, 138.432061 - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/komoro ### Hokkaido - **Region**: Hokkaido, Akabira, Moshiri - **Coordinates**: 43.537382, 142.081662 - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/hokkaido ### Kyuushuu - **Region**: Kyuushuu, Kumamoto, Kumamoto - **Coordinates**: 32.952694, 130.814331 - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/kyuushuu ### RyuKyu - **Region**: RyuKyu, RyuKyu, Okinawa - **Coordinates**: 27.551807, 128.659161 - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/ryukyu ### Chiangmai - **Region**: Thailand, Chiangmai, Nimman - **Coordinates**: 18.735735, 98.966117 - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/chiangmai ## Affiliated Communities ### Zuzalu City Japan - **Website**: zucity.org - **Instagram**: @zucity_japan - **Twitter**: @zucity_japan - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/zucity ### Elelfa - **Website**: elelfa.cargo.site - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/elelfa ### ADDress - **Website**: address.love - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/ADDress ### MIDORI.SO - **Website**: midori.so - **Instagram**: @midoris0 - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/MIDORI ### 4Seas - **Website**: 4seas.xyz - **Twitter**: @https://x.com/4seasDeSoc - **URL**: https://zucity.org/en/4seas