Practical free tools for life and travel in Japan.
Use these tools before your flight or while you are in Japan. They are free, mobile-friendly, and designed around real arrival and daily-life situations.
Free Tools for Japan Travelers and New Arrivals
HarukaBase free tools are made for international travelers, short-term students, working holiday participants, and new residents who want practical help before and after arriving in Japan. Instead of studying formal textbook Japanese from the beginning, you can focus on the situations you are most likely to face first: the airport, trains and taxis, hotel check-in, shopping, mobile data, and everyday errands.
The Japanese Phrase Trainer contains 500 phrases organized by real situations. You can listen to Japanese and English audio, display romaji when you need pronunciation help, hide answers in quiz mode, and check your progress as you practice. Start with airport and transport phrases before your flight, then move to food, housing, money, connectivity, and emergency phrases when they become relevant.
Connect Language Practice With Your Japan Arrival Plan
Language practice works best when it is connected to a specific task. Before departure, review the first-week arrival checklist and save the phrases you may need at immigration, baggage claim, the train station, or a taxi stand. If you still need mobile data, compare your options in the Japan SIM card, eSIM, and pocket Wi-Fi guide. Travelers staying longer can also review housing support in Japan before practicing hotel and housing phrases.
These tools are free to use on a phone, tablet, or computer. More arrival tools will be added here as they are completed, so this page will remain the main directory for HarukaBase practical tools.