HONTABI is the only travel app for literary settings โ the real places where novels unfold. What makes it different: ๐ 1,000+ novels mapped to 4,000+ spots across 103 countries ๐บ๏ธ AI walking routes for half-day literary pilgrimages ๐ Reverse search: "What novels are set in Kyoto?" ๐ GPS check-ins light up your personal world map ๐ Reading shelf integrated with the map From Murakami and Hemingway to Joyce, Kafka, and Garcรญa Mรกrquez. 100% free. No sign-up. No ads.
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Hey Product Hunt ๐
I'm Kei, a solo indie maker from Tokyo.
HONTABI started with a simple frustration: every time I finished a great novel, I wanted to visit where it happened โ but there was no way to find it. Murakami's Tokyo. Hemingway's Paris. Joyce's Dublin. The settings were scattered across the web in fragments.
So I built the app I wanted:
๐ 1,000+ novels mapped to 4,000+ real-world locations
๐บ๏ธ AI-generated walking routes for half-day literary pilgrimages
๐ Reverse search: "What novels are set in Kyoto?"
๐ Check-in to spots โ your literary world map lights up as you travel
โ 100% free, no sign-up, no ads
It's especially built for:
- Readers who feel "I want to go there" after closing a book
- Travelers who want to read the literature of places they visit
- Anyone who wants reading and travel to feed each other
I'd love your feedback โ especially on which authors or cities you'd want next.
Happy to answer anything in the comments today!