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Machi

Find the echoes of life in every city.

Machi is a local life and social community organized by city and language. Discover local information and meet people in your city.

Find housing, secondhand deals, jobs, hiring, dining, events, Q&A, local tips and trusted services — and meet local friends, dining buddies, event companions, language exchange partners and people who actually live there.

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Closed beta

Tokyo / Los Angeles / Toronto

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city channels

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中文 / EN / 日本語

Tokyo pulse

City Pulse

Local information and local people, organized by city and language.

TokyoLos AngelesToronto

Tokyo · Dining

Rising

Anyone in Shibuya for ramen this Friday?

3 people replied · 中文 / EN

Tokyo · Language Exchange

Hot

Looking for Japanese-English exchange near Shibuya.

12 replies · EN / 日本語

Tokyo · Housing

Trusted

What should I avoid when renting in Shinjuku?

28 answers · 中文

Languages
中文EN日本語
Social scenes
DiningMeetupsHousingLanguage ExchangeEvents

I just moved near Shibuya. Anyone up for ramen?

Weekend event companions?

City Echo / City Pulse

Not just more information — the city starts answering back.

Machi brings local life information, lived experience, city-based social scenes and real human connection into one city pulse.

Find real people inside the echoes of city life.

TokyoDining · Language ExchangeLos AngelesJobs · EventsTorontoHousing · Q&A

Someone asks

What should I avoid when renting in Shinjuku?

Someone answers

I lived there last year. Here is what to check in the contract.

Someone connects

Friday ramen in Shibuya. Two seats left.

City Pulse

Cities

First beta cities, grounded in real life scenes.

Tokyo, Los Angeles and Toronto will open first in closed beta. City cards show beta sample data for channels, languages and social scenes.

Beta sample data

Current city

Japan · Tokyo

Switch to
  • Los Angeles
  • Toronto
  • Shanghai
  • Hangzhou

Japan

Demo preview

Tokyo

Closed beta · Waitlist open

Housing warnings, dining plans, language exchange and local companions open first.

Shibuya, Shinjuku and bay-area life signals

Housing · Dining · Language Exchange · MeetupsClosed beta · Waitlist open中文EN日本語HousingDiningLanguage ExchangeMeetups

United States

Beta sample data

Los Angeles

Closed beta · Waitlist open

Jobs, events, dining, local services and multilingual community connection.

Westside, Eastside and service demand

Jobs · Events · Dining · Local ServicesClosed beta · Waitlist openEN中文日本語JobsEventsDiningLocal Services

Canada

Beta sample data

Toronto

Closed beta · Waitlist open

Housing, jobs, multilingual Q&A and support when you are new to the city.

Newcomer support and local help

Housing · Jobs · Multilingual Q&A · MeetupsClosed beta · Waitlist openEN中文日本語HousingJobsQ&AMeetups

Demo preview: posts, heat and city status shown here are beta sample data, not production metrics.

Social Connection

More than local information — meet people in your city.

Dining buddies, coffee companions, event companions, sports partners, language exchange partners, weekend plans, new friends, local help, city-based interest groups and support when you are new to a city.

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Tokyo · Local connections

People nearby

local friends · dining buddies · language exchange

Dining buddy

Ramen in Shibuya this Friday?

3 people nearby

Language exchange

EN / 日本語 exchange near Shibuya.

12 replies

Event companion

Weekend gallery + coffee?

5 interested

Local help

New in Tokyo. What should I set up first?

Answered by locals

I am nearby too. Want to join?

Public places first feels safer.

City channels

Local information, opportunity and offline connection, organized by real city scenes.

Machi organizes news, guides, social posts, meetups, dining, events, language exchange, housing, secondhand, jobs, hiring, Q&A, services and local tips by city and language.

City Info

News, guides, Q&A and services for understanding everyday life in a city.

  • News

    Local news, policy updates, transport alerts and safety reminders.

    Local alerts

  • Guides

    Housing, visas, banking, mobile plans, job hunting and daily experience.

    Life tips

  • Q&A

    Questions about visas, housing, work, school and healthcare.

    Local help

  • Services

    Moving, translation, visas, study abroad, insurance, repairs and tax.

    Leads

Trade & opportunity

Housing, secondhand, jobs, hiring and service leads.

  • Housing

    Listings, sublets, shared homes, roommates and housing warnings.

    Rentals

  • Secondhand

    Used goods, requests, moving sales and free giveaways.

    Local resale

  • Jobs

    Part-time, full-time, internships, remote work and job search stories.

    Careers

  • Hiring

    Local merchants, companies and organizations post hiring needs.

    Open roles

Social & Offline

Local friends, dining buddies, event companions, language exchange and lived warnings.

  • Social

    Meet local friends, new friends, city-based interest groups and mutual help.

    Local people

  • Meetups

    Dining buddies, coffee companions, event companions, sports partners and weekend plans.

    Companions

  • Dining

    Meals, coffee, restaurant visits, food groups and casual offline plans.

    Tables

  • Events

    Exhibitions, city walks, classes, board games, sports and local gatherings.

    Offline

  • Language Exchange

    Chinese, English, Japanese and multilingual learning partners.

    Languages

  • Avoid

    Housing, transaction, hiring, meetup and offline safety tips.

    Local warnings

Why Machi

Machi is not a classifieds board. It is local life information + lived experience + city-based social connection + real relationships.

The value is not “more posts.” It is finding the echoes of life in every city, then finding real people inside those echoes.

WeChat / LINE groups

Information sinks, search is weak, important things are missed and it is hard to meet people outside the group.

Facebook Groups

Noisy, weakly categorized, poor cross-language experience and imprecise social connection.

Craigslist / classifieds

Transaction-heavy, with little lived experience, Q&A or person-to-person connection.

Social media feeds

Content is scattered, city structure is unstable and browsing does not always build local relationships.

Dating apps

Built for one-to-one matching or dating, not city life, events, dining, language exchange or local mutual help.

Machi

Machi organizes information and people by city, language, channel, interest and real-life scene, so you can find local information and meet people nearby.

city + language
channels + scenes
people + trust
Brand story

Find the echoes of life in every city.

A city is never only a name on a map. Its real shape lives inside ordinary days.

Machi is where those voices can be seen, found and answered.

City Echo
Ask
Share
Be found
Get answered
Tokyo is more than trains, neon and towers.
Osaka is more than streets, food and crowds.
Shanghai is more than the Bund and night views.
Hangzhou is more than West Lake and old poetry.
Los Angeles is more than sunshine and freeways.
Toronto is more than lake views, streetcars and distance.

Questions

Is this neighborhood a good place to live?

Experience

Housing, banking, work and local warnings.

Opportunity

Hiring, services, events and local deals.

It lives in someone new asking whether a neighborhood is good to live in, and in someone leaving the city selling furniture at a fair price.

It lives in interview notes, weekend dinner invitations, housing guides, safety reminders, local events and answers from people who have been there.

These voices are small, but real. They scatter across chats, social feeds, forums, friends and the uncertain first days in a new city.

Machi gathers those scattered voices back together so a city's real experience stops being a pile of fragments.

In Machi, you do not only see content. You see the life that is happening in a city right now.

What keeps people in a city is not only an address. It is the sense of life they find there.

Founder

Came to Japan to study in October 2019, and built Machi from his own experience of cross-border life and city migration.

Read the full founder story

Languages

Built for multilingual cities.

Users can switch the app language and choose content languages, such as Chinese content in Tokyo, Japanese content in Toronto or English content in Los Angeles.

中文English日本語한국어FrançaisEspañol

Recommendation context

Language-aware ranking

Current region

Canada · Toronto

Content language

Japanese

Priority

  1. 1Japanese content in Toronto
  2. 2Japanese content in Canada
  3. 3Global Japanese trending content
  4. 4High-heat Toronto content in other languages

Safety

Real connection needs real boundaries.

Machi builds safety prompts, reporting, blocking, content review and account enforcement into social, meetup, dining, language exchange, housing, secondhand, hiring and business scenes.

Social safety

Do not share your address, ID or financial details too early. Report or block harassment, scams and offensive content.

Meetup safety

Meet in public first, tell a friend where you are going and keep communication records.

Dining safety

Dining plans include prompts around public venues, group size, costs and leaving safely.

Language exchange safety

Start in public spaces and avoid private spaces for a first meeting.

Housing safety

Do not prepay unverified landlords. Check addresses, contracts and identities. Watch for below-market listings.

Secondhand safety

Trade in public places, inspect high-value items in person and avoid large deposits.

Jobs & hiring safety

Never pay job deposits. Check company websites, addresses and contacts. Beware high pay that asks for money first.

Business verification

Verification and risk labels for local merchants, recruiters, housing providers and service teams.

Report and block

Reporting, blocking, review, takedowns and account limits form the enforcement flow.

Community guidelines

Rules cover harassment, hate, scams, impersonation, malicious advances, fake events and offline danger.

1Report
2Review
3Block
4Remove
5Limit

Business

Businesses can do more than buy ads — they can enter local social scenes.

Restaurants can promote dining events, local offers and group meetups. Language schools can reach language exchange users. Event organizers, gyms, studios, local services and recruiters can connect with real city-based demand.

  • Restaurant meetup campaign
  • Language school exchange group
  • Event organizer local participants
  • Gym / class interest community
  • Local service leads
  • Hiring in city community
Apply for partnershipView ad plans

Business console

Tokyo social campaign

Verified business

Restaurant meetup campaign

Beta sample data

Language school exchange group

Beta sample data

Hiring in city community

Beta sample data

Verified local partner

Verification, social campaigns, leads and city channel operations.

Start with your city

Download Machi

Machi is preparing for closed beta. Tokyo, Los Angeles and Toronto will open first. In Web Beta, you can use city home, discovery and search, notifications, messages, posting, profiles and local connections.

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Waitlist

Join the city beta waitlist

What you will get

  • Web Beta invite

    Try city home, discovery, search, notifications, messages, posting and profiles first.

  • First-city opening notices

    Be first to know when Tokyo, Los Angeles and Toronto open.

  • Local connection entry

    Meet local friends, dining buddies, event companions and language exchange partners.

We only email you about launches and city openings. We never sell your email or sign you up for other lists.

Updates

Latest from Machi.

This is where we share product progress, launch city plans, test invitations, partnership openings and important notices from Machi.

AnnouncementNewsApp UpdateNoticeInfo
Announcement2026.05

Machi homepage is live

The first website version now includes city showcases, content channels, trends, languages and business entry points.

News2026.05

First-batch cities enter closed beta

Tokyo, Los Angeles and Toronto are live in closed beta. Waitlist users have started receiving invites.

App Update2026.05

iOS / Android Beta 0.9 going to packaging

Adds city channels, content languages, ranking and the merchant onboarding draft. Beta builds roll out to early waitlist users next week.

Notice2026.05

Second wave of waitlist invites going out

Waitlist users will receive early city opening notices and app test invitations.

Info2026.05

Business partnership requests are open

Local merchants, hiring teams, housing agents and service providers can submit partnership interest.

FAQ

Questions before launch.

What is Machi?

Machi is a community organised by city. It gathers the real-life experience of locals, newcomers and visitors — news, housing, work, dining, Q&A, what to avoid — by city, language, topic and trust.

How is Machi different?

Most social apps show you who you follow. Machi shows you what is happening in a city — surfaced by language, topic, heat and the credibility of the people who lived it.

What content does Machi support?

News, guides, secondhand, housing, jobs, hiring, companions, dining, events, Q&A, services, merchants and deals.

Does Machi support multiple languages?

Yes. Users can switch app language and choose content languages.

Can businesses join?

Yes. Future support includes verification, ads, hiring promotion, deal promotion and service leads.

Can I download it now?

Machi is preparing for launch. Join the waitlist to receive updates.

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