Your companion
for Japan.

Places to go. Customs to understand. Help with everyday life. From your first visit to making Japan home.

Explore

A day out,
closer to Japan.

A neighbourhood walk, a small museum, a trail beyond the city. Find places to spend your time, with the details you need before you go.

Browse places

Culture

Understand what
surrounds you.

Before a temple visit or your first onsen.
Choose a question to read an example.

At a templeHow is prayer done? At a shrineWhat should I expect? At an onsenWhat is the bathing etiquette? Inside the templeCan I take photographs?

Live

For life
in Japan, too.

Registering an address. Sorting out a My Number card. Reading a letter from the ward office. Find an explanation and a link to the people who publish the rules.

See everyday topics

A Japanese letter?

Papers helps you read it on your iPhone. Your photos and recognised text stay there.

Privacy

Some things stay yours.

Your papers, saved guides and preferences stay on your phone. No account. No advertising trackers.

How privacy works

Coming to iPhone

Take Wakomi with you.

We’re preparing the first release, starting with Tokyo and its surroundings.

Keep me posted

Your companionfor Japan.

A day out,closer to Japan.