Know what to ride, what to tap, and whether the JR Pass is worth it, then spend your days on the temples, food and streets you came for.
Available now, on the App Store and Google Play. Free, no account.
Explore Tokyo's neighborhoods, Kyoto's temples, Osaka's food streets, and the day trip out to Hiroshima and Miyajima, then see the exact route that gets you to every one of them.
Asakusa's temples, Shibuya's crossing, Kyoto's shrines, Osaka's food streets, and the crossing out to Miyajima's floating torii.
Hand-picked highlights for each city on the route, so you know what is worth the detour and what to skip.
Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima and Miyajima, plus the airports and the Osaka subway, with the exact route and transfers to reach every stop.
Tap through the gates with Suica, follow routes with kanji station signs so you can match the platform, and check whether the Japan Rail Pass is worth your trip before you buy it.
Add Suica to your phone and tap through the gates like a local, on Tokyo Metro, JR and the Osaka subway alike.Suica OKJR Pass covers thisNot on JR Pass
Every route leg shows the kanji station and line names too, so you can match the signs even when the announcements are not in English.
Enter your trips and NipponGo shows whether the Japan Rail Pass is worth buying for your itinerary, before you spend a cent.
NipponGo keeps working long after you have boarded: no signal, no subscription, and nothing to read except the answer you need.
Guides, fares and sample routes all run on your phone, so the plane, the platform or a dead zone underground is never a problem.
English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional and Korean, across the whole app.
Free to download, with no account and no long reads, just the fare, the platform or the badge you came for.
NipponGo answers the questions every first-timer asks, in the order you ask them.
JR versus Metro versus private lines, what a Suica card is, and how paying actually works. Plain language, no jargon.
Enter your trips and see whether the Japan Rail Pass is worth buying for your itinerary, then get it before you fly if it is.
Pick a route and see every leg with its line colour, its fare, the kanji station names for the platform signs, and the Suica and JR Pass badges. Then just go.
Every screen is hand-drawn in a Tokyo Twilight palette, no stock photos. Crisp on every phone.
Golden Route highlights, city by city
The JR Pass check for your exact trips
Suica and JR Pass badges per leg
The system, explained calmly
eSIM, WiFi and Suica setup
Yes, it is free to download.
Yes. Guides, fares and sample routes work with no signal.
Yes. Enter your trips and it shows whether the pass is worth buying for you.
Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima and Miyajima, along the Golden Route.
Eight: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Korean.
No account is needed.
Free, offline, in 8 languages, with no account. Available now on the App Store and Google Play.
Built by IOCODO, the studio behind Swiss Transport.
