Stampath

Stamp rally · Japan

Walk Japan, collect stamps.

Stampath turns a walk through a Japanese neighbourhood into a stamp rally. Follow a route we edited by hand, and when you reach a spot your phone collects the stamp by GPS. The other half is a map of roughly 3,600 bins and konbini — because Japan has almost no public trash cans. Free, no sign-up, no ads, works offline — and nothing is sent to our servers.

Coming soon

iPhone first. App Store submission in progress — no download link yet.

  • Free
  • No sign-up
  • No ads
  • Works offline
  • 5 languages
The walking screen: the route through Higashiyama in Kyoto with the next stop highlighted and the collect-stamp button

Routes

Three routes to start with

Every route is edited by us, ordered for walking, and every stamp you press stays in your passport.

01

Tokyo in 48 hours

6 spots

The short list for a first visit: the places you can't miss, in a walking order that never doubles back.

Stamps 0 / 6
02

Kyoto, Higashiyama at an easy pace

5 spots · 2.6 km · mostly downhill

Starts high and walks down through the old streets, so the hill is behind you before you notice it.

Stamps 0 / 5
03

Osaka: eat in 2 hours without queueing

5 areas · no shop names

We point at areas, not restaurants. You pick the counter with the shortest line — that's the whole idea.

Stamps 0 / 5

How a quest works

Three steps, nothing to read

  1. 1

    One spot at a time

    The app shows only your next spot, with a direction and a distance. There is no long itinerary to keep track of.

  2. 2

    Get close, the stamp lands

    Inside the radius the stamp button wakes up. One tap, a short animation, done — no QR code, no camera.

  3. 3

    It stays in your passport

    Every stamp is saved on the device with its date. Finish a route and the route badge is yours.

What it looks like

Screens from the app, running the real routes.

Quest list with Kyoto Slow East in progress
Quest list — pick a route
Walking screen with the next spot and its distance
Next spot — direction and distance
A stamp landing after a check-in at Yasaka Pagoda
Stamp — the moment it lands
The bin map with filters and a selected bin
Bin map — filters over the map

The second half

And when you need a trash can

Japan has almost no public bins, and it surprises everyone. Stampath ships with about 3,600 bins, konbini and station spots, with the walking time to the nearest one. The whole set is bundled in the app, so the map opens even with no signal.

≈3,600
bins & konbini mapped
5
languages
0
accounts, ads, trackers

Map data from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), plus our own field checks.

The bin map around Tokyo Station, with a selected bin and its walking distance