Wadokei
Japanese time, 72 seasons
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
See the day the old Japanese way: twelve hours that stretch with the sun, and the 72 microseasons of the year. Learn the kanji behind each one as you go.
Wadokei is a clock for the old Japanese way of keeping time, brought to life on your iPhone and Apple Watch.
Before mechanical clocks, Japan divided daylight and darkness into six hours each, so an hour stretched long in summer and shrank in winter. This wadokei draws that dial for your exact place and date: the six day toki run from sunrise to sunset, the six night toki from sunset to sunrise, each marked with its zodiac sign and temple-bell count. A single needle shows the hour of now.
Around the clock turns the year. The traditional calendar splits the year into 24 sekki (solar terms) and 72 kō (microseasons), tiny five-day chapters like "the east wind melts the ice" or "bush warblers begin to sing". The app tells you today's kō and how far through it you are.
Made for curious minds, not only readers of Japanese. Every term shows the kanji, the romaji reading and a plain English meaning, so you can enjoy it at a glance and learn a little each day.
FREE
- The living toki clock for your location
- Today's toki, kō and sekki, with romaji and English
- Home and lock-screen widgets
- Apple Watch app and complications
FULL ALMANAC (one-time unlock)
- All 72 kō, each with a kanji-by-kanji breakdown
- The characters of the sekki and toki explained
- Chinese origins, interpretations and notes
- Search and explore the whole year
Everything is computed on your device from the sun's position, with no account and no network needed. Your location is used only to work out sunrise and sunset, and never leaves your device.
A quiet companion for the turning of the year.
Ratings & Reviews
Small refinements and reliability improvements for the calendar experience.
The developer, Øyvind Berget, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- Øyvind Berget
- Size
- 125.1 MB
- Category
- Reference
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.6 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.6 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.6 or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 11.6 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 7 more
- English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Shibukawa Edition $3.99
- Copyright
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