1000Yen Eats, Cheap food. Real food. Mapped. Now on the App Store.

Cheap food. Real food.
Mapped.

26,423 restaurants across 78 Japanese cities, every one of them under ¥1,000. Real yen prices, JST kitchen hours, works offline. No signup, no account, no opinions about what you should order.

iPhone · iOS 15+ · Free · No ads · No signup

26,423

Restaurants

Cities

¥1,000

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Three things Google Maps can't tell you.

Price before you walk in

Filter by exact yen amount, not $/$$/$$$. ¥800 ramen. ¥430 gyudon. Real prices, no guesswork.

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Kitchen hours, real ones

Doors open till 22:00 doesn't mean the kitchen agrees. Japanese restaurants close between lunch and dinner. We track service periods, not building hours.

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Works with zero signal

Download cities before you go. Subway, mountain town, rural izakaya with no wifi, still works.

See it in action.

Real screens from the iPhone app. Pop palette, price-on-pin map, and a tap-ready detail card for every spot.

Welcome · One meal, ¥1,000

1000Yen Eats map screen, 94 restaurants nearby in Tokyo, price on each pin

Map · Every pin shows the price

1000Yen Eats detail card, restaurant name in kanji + romaji, price, service hours, walk time

Detail · Service hours + walk time

Why this exists.

I just wanted an app with simple filters that could find cheap eats in Japan. Nothing fancy, no reviews, no rankings, no opinions about what I should order. So I built one.

Right now most of what's on the map is chain restaurants and convenience stores, the predictable, repeatable stuff. That's intentional: those are the prices you can trust before you walk in. ¥430 gyudon is ¥430 in Tokyo, Osaka, and Sapporo.

The next push is authentic independent places. Tiny izakayas, family-run teishoku spots, the ¥600 ramen counter your hostel host won't tell you about. Coming as fast as I can verify them.

solo dev · 2026

78 cities at launch.
From Naha to Sapporo.

Every prefectural capital plus dozens of secondary cities, tourist towns, and onsen retreats.

東京Tokyo 大阪Osaka 京都Kyoto 横浜Yokohama 名古屋Nagoya 札幌Sapporo 福岡Fukuoka 仙台Sendai 神戸Kobe 広島Hiroshima 金沢Kanazawa 那覇Naha 奈良Nara 鎌倉Kamakura 箱根Hakone 熊本Kumamoto 長崎Nagasaki 高松Takamatsu 松山Matsuyama 岡山Okayama + 58 more

Three taps to a meal.

No account needed. Your first meal is one tap from the map.

Pick a city

Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, or any of 78 cities. Or let the app use your location.

Browse the map

Every pin shows the price and whether the kitchen is currently serving.

Walk in. Eat.

You know the price before you arrive. ¥430 gyudon, no English required.

Common questions.

Is it really out?

Yes, live on the App Store today. iPhone only at launch (iOS 15+). Android is on the roadmap but not yet.

Do I need an account?

No. The MVP is anonymous-first: search, browse, and save restaurants without an account. Accounts unlock daily streaks, achievements, and a friends feed in later versions, but the core "find cheap food" loop works without signing in.

How accurate are the prices?

Chain restaurants (Yoshinoya, Sukiya, Ichiran, etc.) are dialed in: those are the predictable, repeatable prices. Independent places have a typical-lunch price, accurate ±¥100 in spot checks. Independent coverage is the next push.

What kinds of places are on there right now?

Most of the current data is chain restaurants and convenience stores, the stuff you can rely on price-wise before you walk in. Authentic independent spots are being verified and added as fast as I can confirm them.

Is it really free?

Yes. No ads, no in-app purchases, no premium tier. Free forever.

Cheap food. Real food.
Mapped.