TOOLS & DATA FOR EVERYDAY DISCOVERIES
Time a task. Look up a year. Explore places and companies.
Meet the Hinokoto apps made for those everyday moments.
Follow a link to the app or its store listing.
Make sense of the year
A quick reference for Japanese eras, Western years, ages, zodiac signs and school years.
Which Japanese era does a year belong to? How old does that make someone? Keep useful year-by-year information close at hand when filling in forms or looking back.
iPhone / iPad / Android
Find your focus
Pomodoro, study and interval countdown timers.
Give study sessions, workouts and everyday tasks a rhythm of their own. Choose a timer for the moment.
iPhone / iPad / Android / Web
Get to know a place
Rankings for Japan’s prefectures and municipalities.
Explore the places you know and the places you are curious about. Regional data and rankings offer a fresh perspective on towns and cities across Japan.
iPhone / iPad / Android / Web
Look beyond a company name
Company profiles and financial data for Japanese businesses.
Take a closer look at a business through its basic information and financial data. A starting point for learning about Japanese companies.
iPhone / iPad / Android / Web
See the world in comparison
Country statistics, comparisons and rankings.
Explore the world through data. Compare countries, browse rankings and discover both the differences and the things they have in common.
iPhone / iPad / Android / Web
Turn a frequency into sound
Generate a tone at your chosen frequency.
Hear the frequency you are curious about with this sound tool. Turn your device’s volume down before trying it.
iPhone / iPad / Android / Web
Measure the sound around you
Check ambient noise levels in decibels using your device's microphone.
Is it too loud, or too quiet? This tool uses your device's microphone to measure the sound level around you in decibels, right where you are.
Web
See what sound looks like
Real-time FFT spectrum analyzer with peak hold and musical note detection.
This tool visualizes the sound picked up by your microphone in real time, broken down by frequency. Use peak hold to catch a fleeting sound's character, or note detection to check the pitch of an instrument or the sounds around you — a way to see what sound is made of.
Web
Links lead to available releases. Check each destination for device compatibility, pricing and terms. App names and descriptions here are translated; available interface languages vary by app.