Our family moved to Japan after 8 years of careful planning — but there are still things I wish we'd done before we left

From staying in residential neighborhoods to building a social network before landing, there are things I wish I had done differently before moving to Japan. Kerri King I moved my family from New Zealand to Japan in 2023, after almost a decade of careful planning. We perfected logistics on paper but spent too little time preparing for the reality of daily life. Before moving, I wish we'd tested out residential neighborhoods and built a social network. We spent eight years planning our move to…