For those living abroad, have you ever wondered where your home is? I have, and I still do all the time. Where does home feel like it might be? Does such a place even exist?

It has been almost 3 years since I moved from Tokyo to London. Since then, I've been searching for where I belong. But I still don't have a clear answer, and I often feel slightly adrift. This is why I decided to ask others. Maybe their answers might help me or someone else find our own.

Welcome to immi(n)grant!

immi(n)grant is a passport-sized magazine that asks people about their sense of home. The guest speakers are people who chose to leave their home country, including those who now live abroad, those who have just begun living abroad, those who once lived abroad, and those who move between countries. It focuses on recording each speaker's narrative as purely as possible, delivering their voice and character directly to the readers.

The title immi(n)grant highlights the link between Japanese and English: in Japanese, immigrant is pronounced imin (移民). While living abroad, differences in culture, language, and appearance often stand out, but the ties that connect us can be easy to miss. Wherever we live or grow up, something in us remains the same: the wish to belong might be one of them. immi(n)grant attends to what runs through us, rather than our differences.

May this magazine offer a thread to follow in thinking about your own sense of home, wherever you are living.