AURA Poetry is an index of all 1,741 Japanese municipalities and 300+ cultural events — each described in literary prose, not bullet points or star ratings. Built for travelers who want to go somewhere real. Every place has a story written in the style of a travel essayist: what the light looks like, what the town used to be, what it still holds. Free to use. Hotel links are affiliate-supported — that's how the lights stay on.
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Hey PH! I'm Naga, a solo developer based in Japan.
I built AURA Poetry because I kept seeing the same 10 cities recommended everywhere — Kyoto, Tokyo, Osaka. Japan has 1,741 municipalities. Most of them have never been written about in English.
So I used Claude API to generate literary prose descriptions for all of them. Not summaries. Not bullet points. Actual writing — in the style of a travel essayist.
Then I added 300+ cultural events: festivals, pottery workshops, fishing village stays, morning markets.
The whole thing runs on a single Heroku dyno. Hotel links are affiliate-supported — that's how the lights stay on.
Would love to hear which place surprises you most. 🗾