# Wakeikoku - Japanese Scenery — Wadokei, Zen, Washi, Gold Leaf

> Wadokei, Zen, Washi, Gold Leaf (iPhone/iPad app by Isao Yamaguchi.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wakeikoku-japanese-scenery/id6760963560 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Isao Yamaguchi](https://appshunter.io/developer/1538751336)
- Category: Lifestyle, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 30 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese
- Released: 2026-03-30
- Data updated: 2026-08-16
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wakeikoku-japanese-scenery/id6760963560/reviews.md

## What is Wakeikoku?

Wakeikoku is an ambient Japanese scenery app — designed to sit on your desk in landscape and let you watch time move through a calm ink-painted world.

Morning mist, afternoon light, sunset glow, a sky full of stars.
The scenery shifts gently with the hour, season, and weather.
Less of a clock, more of a small Japanese landscape you keep on display.

In 1.3.0, Himeji Castle joins the free scene lineup, and Miyajima joins Premium. Miyajima changes with the tide: quiet high-tide views in the morning and evening, and a low-tide daytime scene with visitors on the flats.

This app is for people who want a quiet aesthetic on a desk, bedside, or kitchen counter — washi texture, seasonal atmosphere, ambient Japanese visuals, and a sense of time you can feel rather than read.

Highlights
- 6 ink-painted worlds: Mt. Fuji, Kyoto, Himeji Castle, Tokyo, Seijaku, and Miyajima
- Free scenes: Mt. Fuji, Kyoto, and Himeji Castle
- Premium scenes: Tokyo, Seijaku, and Miyajima
- Time-of-day scenery that shifts through morning, day, evening, and night
- Seasonal washi color shifts
- Three Seijaku clock styles: wadokei digital, enso analog, or clockless zen mode
- Zen mode reacts to touch — tap the screen and ripples spread across the surface
- Year-round hourly gold-leaf flourish (duration configurable from 0 to 60 minutes)
- Choose your washi background: classic natural or sky blue
- 2,800+ real stars, 31 constellations, astronomically accurate moon phases
- Custom seal stamps that reflect season, time, place, or a single kanji of your choice
- World clock folded into Settings
- Portrait & landscape support, with optional landscape lock
- No ads, no tracking
- Available in Japanese and English

Wakeikoku is designed for people who want calm Japanese atmosphere in a room, on a desk, or beside the bed.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Wakeikoku Premium | $3.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.3.0 — 2026-08-15

■ What's New in 1.3.0

- Added Himeji Castle as a free scene, with bright daytime walls and a quiet nighttime silhouette.

- Added Miyajima as a Premium scene. Morning and evening show a calm high-tide torii view, while daytime shifts to low tide with visitors on the flats.

■ Refinements

- Updated Premium descriptions to match the current free and Premium scene lineup.
- Unified Terms of Use and Privacy Policy links with the shared mikocode pages.

Feedback and bug reports are welcome at mikocodex+support@gmail.com.

### 1.2.0 — 2026-04-27

■ What's New in 1.2.0

- Added a wadokei digital clock to the Seijaku scene, reusing the Edo-era "koku / sun / bun" vocabulary in a modernized form. A reading guide is available in Settings.

- Added a clockless zen mode. Tap the screen and ripples spread across the washi surface, like a stone breaking the calm of a pond.

- The hourly gold-leaf flourish is now a year-round companion, with a configurable duration from 0 to 60 minutes.

■ Refinements

- Redesigned the settings panel for a calmer, more focused layout that still feels like washi.
- Folded the world clock into Settings to reduce on-screen clutter.
- The spring sakura animation has finished its season; it will return next spring.

Feedback and bug reports are welcome at mikocodex+support@gmail.com.

### 1.1.0 — 2026-04-07

- Added a spring-only sakura animation for spring 2026
- Added a new sky-blue background style
- Improved the visual treatment of the quiet theme
- Refined the landscape viewing experience

### 1.0 — 2026-03-31

No release notes.

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All apps by Isao Yamaguchi: https://appshunter.io/developer/1538751336

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