Come for a while.
Come back for years.
Someone arrives and says tadaima — I’m home.
Someone here answers okaeri — welcome home.
That exchange is what we are building. The coliving, the dinners, the workshops — all of it exists to make those two words possible between people who were strangers a week ago.
“The energy of all the crews, and the deep connection with local people. The memories we created together were so incredible that I want to come back and visit you guys.”
AndreTaiwan · 29 nights · TADAIMA 2025
In the 2025 participant survey, all 19 respondents said they would visit Shimoda again. Read what they said →
The calendar does not stop when the programme ends.
Whatever month you land, the table is already set. It runs all year.
Glocal Community Dinner
Hosted by Haren, Shimoda City’s regional revitalisation officer — sometimes a BBQ outside, sometimes a long table indoors. New arrivals get introduced, so nobody eats alone during their stay.
Shimoda Glocal Potluck Dinner
Everyone brings a dish or a drink to share. Hosted by Shimoda City’s dual-life coordinator — this is where most people meet the neighbours they end up staying in touch with.
Social Friday
Open to anyone in town. Food and drinks at your own cost.
Stay for a week, a month, or keep coming back.
There is always a way in. TADAIMA runs for one month every autumn, Nomad Experience runs four times a year, and the town itself is open whenever you are. Start with whichever fits.
Oct 25 – Nov 22, 2026 · 3rd edition
TADAIMA 2026
One month of coliving built around four public days in November: Academic Day, Mirai Kaigi and the World Culture Festival. Membership from $299.
Year-round · 1 month
Nomad Experience
For people who want to become remote workers but have not made the jump yet. Beginner-friendly English workshops across ten kinds of online work.
Any time
Co-living in Shimoda
Work from a coworking space by the harbour, swim before your first call, soak in an onsen after the last one. A monthly dinner, Social Fridays and a WhatsApp group mean you stop being a stranger fast — whenever you arrive.
A one-month city pilot is now a year-round system.
Three years in, Shimoda does not run a programme once a year. It runs a relationship — continuously, with the city, Shizuoka Prefecture and local businesses behind it.
Shimoda City launches a digital-nomad attraction pilot, and ELENTO plans and runs the first one-month TADAIMA SHIMODA in November. Around 30 people arrive from abroad.
ELENTO takes the programme on as its own. Nomad Experience in June, a Shizuoka Prefecture community-manager course in October, TADAIMA 2025 and Mirai Kaigi in November. From June 2025 people arrive all year — not only in programme month.
Public and private, year-round. In August the city appoints a first-year participant as its Digital Nomad Attraction Coordinator — the first appointment of its kind in Japan, by our own research. TADAIMA 2026 runs 25 October to 22 November.
Over 300 nomads have come through Shimoda in the two years since it started. Of the roughly 30 who came in the first year, more than half have returned or kept a working tie with the town. Figures as of August 2026.
Supported by Shimoda City, Shizuoka Bank and Izukyu Corporation. Run with the Japan Digital Nomad Association, Kazemachi LLC and WITH A TREE.
Community Manager, Chief of Happiness in Shimoda.
Want to get to know the locals and make the most of Izu? Start with these two.
Haren
Haren Tambi
Digital Nomad Attraction Coordinator, Shimoda City / Chief of Happiness
Creates spaces where remote workers don’t just stay — they thrive. Curates events, conversations, and cultural experiences that turn strangers into chosen families.
“It’s super chill yet beautiful.”
Maru
Chiaki Yasumaru
Happiness Manager
Two-region living coordinator for Shimoda. Loves creating connections online and offline to make every place feel like home. And yes — she makes great takoyaki.
“A beautiful sea, mountains, hot springs, a cozy town, and warm people.”
Where Japan first opened its doors to the world — and is opening them again.
A coastal city on the Izu Peninsula, two and a half hours from Tokyo by Limited Express Odoriko. Commodore Perry’s Black Ships arrived here in 1854. Nine beaches, tattoo-friendly onsen, fish straight off the boat.
What people are writing about Shimoda.
Sept 8, 2025 · News On Japan
Co-Creating the Future of Local Communities: “TADAIMA 2025”
Coverage of the second edition — what happens when a town builds a programme around returning, not visiting.
Sept 8, 2025 · Japan Nakama
Co-Creating Local Communities: “TADAIMA 2025”
A UK-based Japanese community magazine on why a small port city started inviting the world back in.
Sept 2, 2025 · Nomad Magazine
Coverage of “TADAIMA SHIMODA”
A digital-nomad media outlet featuring TADAIMA SHIMODA and the town behind it.
For media and press enquiries: photos, figures and interviews are available on request. Please get in touch through the contact form.
TADAIMA SHIMODA, as it actually looks.
Beyond the events, Instagram is where everyday life in Shimoda and the community around it show up.
Run with the city, the prefecture, and twenty local partners.
Shimoda City and Shizuoka Prefecture back the programme. Local businesses, guesthouses, schools and volunteers make it happen.
Media partners
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Local updates, events, and the people who will be there when you arrive. The conversation starts long before you land.
