yugyo awarded Year 2 of Nagasaki’s digital nomad program — three open calls launch today
yugyo has launched Year 2 of the “Nagasaki Digital Nomad Reception Program,” commissioned by Nagasaki Prefecture, on July 3, 2026. It is the first prefecture-led initiative in Japan to welcome international digital nomads — building a “global relationship population” that stays 10–60 days and forms lasting ties with local residents and businesses.
Today, July 3, we opened the three public calls that serve as the program’s entry points:
・Monitor Tour (Oct 18 – Nov 14, 2026 / 20 participants): a call to “live and work” for about a month, based in Nagasaki City and traveling across the prefecture. Up to 560 person-nights are expected.
・Study Sessions for Local Businesses (jointly with Toyama Prefecture / online / free): five sessions to strengthen host-side capacity, starting July 22.
・Community Manager Academy — CMA (5 sessions / English / free, by selection): run with the Japan Digital Nomad Association (JDNA) to develop local connectors across the prefecture.
The biggest change in Year 2 is expanding the participant’s role from “those who are welcomed” to “those who co-create.” Lígia Gomes (Portugal) and Samanta Berga (Latvia), the two most impactful participants of 2025, join as Special Advisors involved across the full program design.
In its inaugural 2025 edition, 25 people from 15 countries took part, recording 696 person-nights (386% of target), participant satisfaction of 9.19/10, and roughly ¥27.87M in local spending by participants (over 2.5× program expenditure). Under the concept “Live Where Histories Cross,” we move from tourism toward relationships.
For details and applications, see below.
Program official site (Monitor Tour registration) →