住めば都 (Sumeba miyako)

Meaning: Wherever you settle, you grow to love it as home.

Literally: Where you live becomes the capital

Example: “最初は不便な田舎だと思ったが、今では大好きだ。住めば都だね。” — At first I thought it was an inconvenient backwater, but now I love it: home is where you make it.

Equivalents in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, and 3 more languages

English: There's no place like home
French: Rien ne vaut son chez-soi (literally: Nothing is worth one's home)
Spanish: Hogar, dulce hogar (literally: Home, sweet home)
German: Eigener Herd ist Goldes wert (literally: One's own hearth is worth gold)
Italian: Casa mia, casa mia, per piccina che tu sia, tu mi sembri una badia (literally: My home, however small, seems an abbey to me)
Dutch: Oost west, thuis best (literally: East, west, home is best)
Russian: В гостях хорошо, а дома лучше (V gostyakh khorosho, a doma luchshe) (literally: Visiting is nice, but home is better)
Polish: Wszędzie dobrze, ale w domu najlepiej (literally: It's good everywhere, but best at home)