Type Japanese to clear the fog, discover shops, and bring a quiet street to life — one word at a time.
A living street of shops, characters, and words — all drawn in a warm, hand-crafted style.
No tutorials. No lesson plans. You discover MojiMachi by playing it.
Everything begins hidden. A quiet, empty road.
→Words appear. You type them. Each keystroke pushes fog back.
→Silhouettes fill with color. You name them, character by character.
→Your chibi character walks further. The street remembers your progress.
You don't memorize flashcard lists. You learn ramen words at the ramen shop.
Keystrokes are captured directly. An ink dot tracks your position. Your eyes stay on the word, not a text field.
Inspired by A Dark Room — no menus, no lesson lists. The game reveals itself as you play. You learn by doing.
Shops earn passive ink while you're away. Words you haven't practiced start to fade — a gentle nudge, not a punishment.
Each shop is a vocabulary world. Learn words in context, where they actually belong.
I started learning Japanese and quickly got tired of flashcard apps that felt like homework. I wanted something that felt like discovering a place — where every word had a home, and every shop had a story. MojiMachi is the game I wished existed.
— The MojiMachi team
MojiMachi launches Summer 2026. Free to play. No ads. No account required.