
Achira: Explore Japan on Foot
Cafés, shrines & stamp journal
About
This app guides you to discover hidden local spots in Japan using a haptic compass. It encourages exploration off the beaten path, allowing you to collect unique digital stamps and track your journey.
What's New in Achira
1.7.0
October 26, 2026
New in 1.7 • More ways to walk: Explore nearby with suggested outings of 1–5 stops, find a particular type of place, or head towards a destination with discoveries along the way. Add or remove stops and shuffle suggestions before you start. • A simpler Home screen puts your walking choices together, with a shortcut to save where you’re standing. Track your current stop, skip ahead and resume an interrupted walk. • Find your destination: search Tokyo-area stations offline, search other places and areas online, and discover curated recommendations nearby. Walk towards a station or a saved favourite. • New illustrated place and activity stamps: press your impressions when you arrive, then revisit the saved artwork in your journal. Clearer lettering and improved arrival handling keep your stamps readable and available while saving. • Revisit your days: open a day’s Journey from Logroll to replay and share it. Your Footprint in the Field Guide shows the neighbourhoods and prefectures you’ve visited. • More places: 3,888 convenience-store listings added and 977 existing listings marked closed. The refreshed catalogue includes 57,970 active convenience stores across Japan. • More to try free: five standalone curated stamps plus three curated detours, with separate allowances stored on your device. A detour uses one allowance at its first successful curated stamp; its original stops stay included after restarting without using standalone stamps. Browsing, shuffling and cancelling before that stamp use no allowance. New standalone curated stamps use the stamp allowance; repeats and failed saves do not. Collected stamps stay in your book. • Expanded Achira Pro: all curated places and guides, detours, brand filters, nearby nudges and Apple Watch support. Supermarkets join konbini, nearby Tokyo-area stations and saved places as free destinations. Try brand filters until your fifth successful manual place stamp. • Cleaner controls, improved layouts for larger text and smaller screens, swipe-to-delete saved places, and fixes for saving and walk recovery.
MoreSubscriptions & In-App Purchases
Achira Pro Annual
All pro features: more stamps, filtering.
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FAQ
What is Achira?
Achira is a travel app that uses a haptic compass to guide you to discover local spots in Japan. It encourages exploration off the beaten path and allows you to collect unique digital stamps and track your journey.
Does Achira work offline?
Yes, Achira is designed for offline use. The entire 55,000+ store catalogue ships with the app, meaning you don't need a data plan or roaming to use its core features.
What kind of stamps can I collect with Achira?
Achira allows you to collect unique Riso-style stamps for various categories, including stores (per-chain), places (wards, prefectures), habits, moments, and your overall journey progress. Each stamp is unique and records details like the ward, date, weather, and season.
Is Achira free to use?
The core features of Achira are free to use. However, there is an optional subscription called Achira Pro for ¥500/month, which offers advanced features like uncapped compass cycles and detailed analytics.
What are the benefits of Achira Pro?
Achira Pro unlocks features such as uncapped compass cycles, a chain filter to focus on specific store chains, detailed field guide analytics including streak history and title progression, per-konbini visit history, and the Japan Progress Ladder. iOS users also get a step counter and Apple Watch companion.
Does Achira collect user data?
No, Achira is purely private and offline. It collects zero data, and your GPS data never leaves your phone. There are no accounts, sign-ins, or notifications.
What devices does Achira support?
Achira is available on watch, iPhone, and iPod. For iOS users, it offers an Apple Watch companion app for convenient use.
How often is Achira updated?
The latest version of Achira is 1.2.0, which was last updated on June 3, 2026. This indicates a relatively frequent update cycle for the app.





