Cultural Translation · Myoko · Joetsu
You need
somebody who
understands you
Moving to rural Japan. Exploring it for the first time. Finding a home. Starting a business. Whatever brings you here — we bridge the gap between you and this place.
Not a travel agency.
Not a real estate office.
A cultural translator
for Myoko & Joetsu.
This region has everything — world-class powder, ancient sake breweries, affordable countryside homes, and a quality of life that cities can't match. What it doesn't have is someone who speaks your language. Literally and culturally.
ComInc. exists to be that bridge. Whether you're here for a week or a lifetime, we connect you with the right people, the right places, and the understanding you need to make it work.
三 つ の 柱
How We Help
旅 — Travel
Explore the Region
Powder skiing, hidden onsen, sake tours, temple walks — experience Myoko & Joetsu with a local who knows every trail and every back-alley ramen shop.
住 — Living
Find Your Home
Dreaming of a countryside house in Japan? We work with ES Hasegawa, a trusted local housing company, to help you find and understand properties. We're your interpreter — of language, contracts, and culture.
商 — Business
See the Opportunity
Rural Japan is full of untapped potential — guesthouses, outdoor ventures, agricultural collaborations. We help you understand the landscape, navigate regulations, and connect with the right partners.
四 季
Every Season,
a Different World
December — March
Winter
Bottomless powder. Onsen under snowfall. The silence of a castle town buried in white.
April — May
Spring
4,000 cherry trees line Takada Castle's moat — one of Japan's top three sakura spots.
June — August
Summer
Mountain trails, waterfall pools, firefly evenings, and the freshest sashimi from the Sea of Japan.
September — November
Autumn
Fire-red foliage, sake brewery tours, harvest festivals, and golden light over rice terraces.
cominca.
Stay in a castle town.
Discover a future.
Our renovated kominka sits in the heart of Takada — a historic castle town. Five minutes to Takada Park, ten to the old gangi arcade — restaurants, cafés, ramen shops, wagashi, miso stores and more — twenty-five to the ski mountains, twenty-five to the Sea of Japan coast.
Stay for a weekend and ski the deepest powder in Japan. Stay for a week and explore countryside properties with us. Stay longer and start to feel what life here could be. Every path starts at this door.
Sho Shimizu
Founder & Cultural Translator
Born in Japan. Lived abroad. Came back to do one thing — help people from outside experience this place the way locals do. Not as tourists. As people who belong.
I'm not a real estate agent. I'm not a tour operator. I'm the person who sits between you and every local interaction — the housing company, the city office, the neighbor — and makes sure everyone actually understands each other.
Get in touch
Whatever brought
you here — let's talk.
Visiting. Relocating. Investing. Just curious. There's no wrong reason to reach out.