7-MD Blog

Notes from the studio

What we build and why, life in Japan from Osaka, and what happens behind the scenes at 7-MD — written by Kader.

Life in Japan

From Algeria to a Japanese language school: my student visa, step by step

How I went from Algeria to a language school in Osaka with no agent and nobody in Japan: choosing the school, the sponsor question, the documents, the COE, the bank transfer that took a week, the visa and the first day — with real dates and costs.

19 October 20268 min read

Projects

Converting my Algerian driving licence in Japan — and why it became Menkyo Helper

My real experience converting an Algerian licence at the Kadoma centre in Osaka: the phone calls, the interview, the written test, the failed driving tests — and the app I built so other foreigners don't waste months and money.

18 October 20266 min read