Apps for Japan

Useful iOS apps for travel, payments, and daily life in Japan.

⚠️ Some apps are limited to the Japanese App Store

Apps with 🇯🇵 are limited to the Japanese App Store
Apps with 🌎 are available to all App Stores

Weather and natural disaster warning

🌎 NERV Disaster Prevention - Get English earthquake, tsunami, volcanic eruption and emergency warnings
🌎 tenki.jp -日本気象協会の天気予報専門アプリ- - Japan Specialized Weather Forecast App
🇯🇵 Yahoo!防災速報 - Yahoo! Disaster Prevention Report

Payment and reward points

🌎 PASMO - PASMO IC Payment App (Managed by Tokyo Metro)
🌎 Suica - Suica IC Payment App (Managed by JR)
🌎 セゾンPortal/クレジット管理 - Saison Credit Card Management App
🌎 三井住友カード Vポイントアプリバーチャルプリペイド - SMBC V Point Prepaid Card App
🇯🇵 dポイントクラブ（公式） - D Point App
🇯🇵 d払い－スマホ決済アプリ、キャッシュレスでお支払い - D Pay Payment App
🇯🇵 JRE POINT アプリ- Suicaでポイントをためよう - JRE Point App
🇯🇵 majica～電子マネー公式アプリ～ - Don Quijote's Majica App
🇯🇵 Moneytree - Finance Made Easy
🇯🇵 MUJI passport - 無印良品 - MUJI Point App
🇯🇵 nanaco（ポイントがお得・チャージも簡単な電子マネー） - nanaco payment and point app
🇯🇵 PayPay-ペイペイ(電子マネーでスマートにお支払い) - PayPay Payment App
🇯🇵 楽天カード - Rakuten Credit Card App
🇯🇵 楽天ペイ-かんたん、お得なスマホ決済アプリ！ - Rakuten Pay payment app

City life

🌎 ChargeSPOT - Rent battery packs (Details)
🌎 KuronekoyamatoOfficialApp
🌎 mymizu - Find the nearest place to refill your water bottle
🌎 アイカサ -傘レンタルアプリ- iKASA
🌎 電話帳ナビ－迷惑電話を着信拒否（迷惑電話ブロック）

Food

Transportation

Bicycle 🚲

Train 🚂

🌎 JR東日本アプリ電車：乗り換え案内・電車の乗換案内
- JR East Train App - Train route & transfer information
🌎 Norikae Annai -Japan Transit-
- Helpful for train transfers; Japan Rail Pass filter
🇯🇵 えきねっとアプリ新幹線・特急列車の予約
🇯🇵 EMot（エモット）特急券購入や旅行チケット予約・購入 - Buy discounted tickets for Hakone, Hamamatsu, Enoshima, and Kamakura areas

Taxi 🚕

🌎 GO Taxi - English supported Taxi App
🇯🇵 S.RIDE - English supported Taxi App

Airplane ✈️

🌎 Japan Customs Declaration App

Entertainment

🇯🇵 dアニメストアアニメ動画見放題アプリ/マルチデバイス対応 Anime streaming service

Hiking maps

🌎 YAMAP - Best hiking app for Japanese mountains; mostly in English
🌎 ヤマレコ登山・ハイキング地図＆GPSナビ - Great hiking app but is only in Japanese

Convenience store