Achira: Japan Travel Compass

What it does

Find your nearest konbini in Japan! Simple compass heading, that's it! Stamp konbinis, collect them all!?!? Only ~50k to get. Maybe you can finish all in one ward? Or collect a set?

Achira (あちら) is a riso-styled iPhone stamp rally for the whole of Japan. A haptic compass points you to the nearest konbini — 55,000 across every ward — you walk there and stamp it into your riso logbook. 100% offline, 100% free, no account. Cafés, sento, supermarkets and neighbourhood guides unlock with Pro.

Konbini in every ward of Japan — free and fully offline. Follow the haptic compass to the nearest one, walk there, and stamp it into a riso-printed logbook. No map, no route, no signal — just an arrow, your feet, and a book that fills up as you go. Cafés, sento, supermarkets and neighbourhood guides join the hunt with Pro. Konbini stay free forever. Pro adds 20,000+ more places and goesfrom nicebits.jp

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