HAKOBUNE SPOT · LIVING IN JAPAN
Everyday places in Japan — and your routine gives back.
Hair salons, lessons, tax and visa advice, home services — places that are happy to help people who live here.
Gives back
Same price. Your visit supports social causes.
Places on HAKOBUNE Spot pay us a fee when a guest’s visit is confirmed. Part of that fee goes to social causes — you pay nothing extra.
- Pick a place hereSearch by area or by what you want to do.
- Book — or just walk inNo booking needed. Pay the place as usual; no extra charge, no donation asked.
- Scan the QR when you payAsk the staff for the HAKOBUNE QR. Scanning it confirms your visit.
- Part of the fee goes to causesWe set aside part of the place’s fee for social causes, and report who received it and when.
Points show social good: 100 points = ¥1 that goes to a social cause. Points are not money and can’t be cashed out.
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Hair & beautyShimokitazawa, Tokyo
Sora — a Back-Street Hair Salon
Choose your stylist and decide from photos.
from ¥5,500Open now · until 20:00
- Gives back
- English OK
Hair & beautyOsaka
Kazamidori Barber
Hot towels and a straight razor, with the same care right through to the shave.
from ¥3,300Opens tomorrow at 09:00
- Gives back
- English OK
Hair & beautyAichi
Hana to Yubi Nail Room
Flat-rate nails: choose from 30 seasonal designs.
from ¥5,500Open now · until 21:00
- Gives back
- English OK
Hair & beautyKanagawa
Sorano Motomachi Lash & Brow
Lashes and brows done together, in a private room.
from ¥5,500Open now · until 20:00
- Gives back
- English OK
Lessons & schoolsTamagawa, Kanagawa
Riverside Baseball School
A baseball school where beginners can start with a one-day trial.
from ¥1,000Next open: Sat 09:00
- Gives back
Lessons & schoolsTokyo
Talk — English Lessons at Home
Online English conversation you can keep up with every month.
from ¥5,500Open now · until 22:00
- Gives back
- English OK
Lessons & schoolsKanagawa
Otomado Music School
Piano and violin lessons, taught on a grand piano.
from ¥9,900Opens tomorrow at 13:00
- Gives back
- English OK
Lessons & schoolsHiroshima
Tsubame Abacus & Calligraphy School
Soroban (abacus) after school, calligraphy on Saturday mornings.
from ¥4,400Opens today at 15:30
- Gives back
Lessons & schoolsKyoto
Shirakawa Kitchen Cooking School
Kyoto home-style obanzai, learned from a dashi of kombu and katsuobushi.
from ¥4,400Opens tomorrow at 10:30
- Gives back
- English OK
- Book in your languageSend a booking request here. Your needs reach the place in clear Japanese.
- No Japanese phone neededBook with your email address. Any country’s phone number works.
- Your routine gives backScan the QR code when you pay. Part of what the place pays us goes to social causes.
What to do today?
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Worth a visit this week
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For the weekend
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StaysKyoto
Hitotoki — a Stay with Books
An inn where you may sit by the bookshelves all night.
from ¥12,000
- Gives back
- English OK
ExperiencesIwate
Tsuchi Hitohi Pottery
Make your own rice bowl in half a day.
from ¥4,500Next open: Sat 09:30
- Gives back
Makers & workshopsFukuoka
Hitoshizuku Brewery
Watch the sake brewery wake up at dawn.
from ¥2,000Opens tomorrow at 06:00
- Gives back
- English OK
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