{
  "schemaVersion": "2026-03",
  "name": "NihongoHub",
  "title": "NihongoHub — Japan learning, travel & relocation data",
  "description": "Read-only, machine-readable datasets about learning Japanese and living in / traveling Japan, compiled for non-Japanese speakers. Each fact is attributed to the public source listed alongside it. This is a static data catalog (downloadable JSON resources), not a live tool server.",
  "url": "https://www.nihongo-hub.com",
  "type": "static-data-catalog",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "NihongoHub",
    "url": "https://www.nihongo-hub.com",
    "contact": "support@nihongo-hub.com"
  },
  "officialDomains": ["nihongo-hub.com", "nihongohub-nu.vercel.app"],
  "license": "Facts are free to cite. Attribution to NihongoHub (https://www.nihongo-hub.com) is requested when reused.",
  "attribution": "NihongoHub (https://www.nihongo-hub.com)",
  "resources": [
    {
      "name": "prefectures",
      "title": "47 Japanese prefectures dataset",
      "url": "https://www.nihongo-hub.com/data/prefectures.json",
      "format": "application/json",
      "description": "All 47 prefectures: signature and lesser-known foods, cultural sights, a 5-axis profile (food/culture/city/access/nature), sub-areas, and a GBIF-derived nature score. Every food/culture entry carries a source URL.",
      "updateFrequency": "monthly"
    },
    {
      "name": "track-f-transfer-costs",
      "title": "International money-transfer cost facts (freelancers / remote workers)",
      "url": "https://www.nihongo-hub.com/data/track-f.json",
      "format": "application/json",
      "description": "Sourced, neutral facts about the cost of moving freelance income across borders, anchored on World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide channel averages. Provider statements are quoted from each provider's own public pages.",
      "updateFrequency": "quarterly"
    },
    {
      "name": "track-j-relocation",
      "title": "Moving to Japan — neutral procedural facts",
      "url": "https://www.nihongo-hub.com/data/track-j.json",
      "format": "application/json",
      "description": "Neutral, sourced facts about relocating to Japan (Certificate of Eligibility timelines, residence card issuance, bank-account barriers). No manufactured urgency; each item names its source and a confidence level.",
      "updateFrequency": "quarterly"
    },
    {
      "name": "reachability",
      "title": "Japan Rail Reachability Matrix (approximate)",
      "url": "https://www.nihongo-hub.com/data/reachability.json",
      "format": "application/json",
      "description": "Approximate fastest rail times from Tokyo, Kyoto and Shin-Osaka to a main station in each of the 47 prefectures, for time-budget trip discovery. Deliberately rough (about ±20%), with a JR Pass caveat. Interactive explorer: https://www.nihongo-hub.com/where-next.html",
      "updateFrequency": "quarterly"
    },
    {
      "name": "sitemap",
      "url": "https://www.nihongo-hub.com/sitemap.xml",
      "format": "application/xml",
      "description": "Full URL index including 47 prefecture guides across en/es/id/th/zh-Hant."
    },
    {
      "name": "robots",
      "url": "https://www.nihongo-hub.com/robots.txt",
      "format": "text/plain",
      "description": "Crawler policy."
    }
  ],
  "lastUpdated": "2026-06-12"
}