WidgetStore now speaks Japanese — meet ウィジェット堂
The whole site and every widget now work in Japanese, with /ja/ URLs, a Chinese-free Japanese UI, 8 new widgets for Japan and local defaults like Tokyo time.
Since October 12, WidgetStore has been fully available in Japanese. In Japanese, we're called ウィジェット堂 (Widget-dō), and the Japanese site lives at widgetstore.net/ja/.
This wasn't just a matter of translating the interface. We wanted someone in Japan to go from the home page to a widget, through the editor, a sign-in email and the legal pages, and read natural Japanese the whole way — without a single Chinese character slipping through.
What's included
- The site: home, widget library, widget pages, editor, pricing, Dashboard, My Page and My Data are all in Japanese.
- Widget content: text inside every widget follows the visitor's browser language, and editor settings are in Japanese too.
- Animated icons and covers: most can switch to Japanese, with dates, weekdays, seasons and moon phases shown the Japanese way, in Japan time.
- Emails and legal pages: sign-in codes, Terms, Privacy and Refund policies, plus a new page required for selling online in Japan (the Specified Commercial Transactions Act disclosure).
- Separate URLs: Japanese pages live under
/ja/, so shared links open in Japanese and search engines index them on their own.
An automated check scans Japanese pages for anything that looks like Chinese (simplified characters, Chinese punctuation) and runs before every release.
8 new widgets for Japan
- Japan Holiday Countdown: days until the next national holiday, with long-weekend alerts — data from the Cabinet Office of Japan.
- Japanese Almanac: Reiwa era year, rokuyo days, the old lunar date, the 24 solar terms and holidays, with a monthly calendar at the large size.
- Japan Weather (JMA): official Japan Meteorological Agency forecasts for today, tomorrow and the week, for 60 cities.
- Japanese Micro-Seasons: a new poetic season name every five days, with seasonal artwork.
- Qiita / Zenn / note Card: your profile and latest posts from these Japanese tech and writing platforms.
- Trash Day Reminder: set your local collection days and see what goes out today and tomorrow.
- Two animated icons: a New Year countdown and a Japanese date stamp.
Local defaults
When you create a widget in Japanese, the defaults fit Japan: world clocks and time differences start with Tokyo, currency conversion starts with USD → JPY, and clocks show Japan time. Widgets you've already set up stay as they are.
Why "ウィジェット堂"
"Dō" is a common ending for Japanese shop names — friendly and easy to remember. ウィジェット堂 simply means "the widget shop". Whatever the name on screen, it's the same WidgetStore, with the same account.
Help us get it right
We write and review the Japanese copy ourselves. If something reads awkwardly, or there's a widget you'd love to see for life in Japan, email us at islaohu@gmail.com.
Want to try it? Open the Japanese home page, or start with the Quick start guide.