Observed arrival · 2026-09-29
Hojotoku: Check Before You Buy
A Japanese search tool for finding municipal subsidies tied to purchases such as hearing aids, bicycle helmets, solar equipment, and energy-saving appliances.
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- Japanese residents planning eligible household purchases
- Worth noticing
- A dated bulletin lists six September 30 deadlines and marks budget-exhausted programs separately.
Field notes
The homepage offers both category and municipality browsing, with prefectures and individual cities visible in the location list. Its dated bulletin separates approaching deadlines from programs reported as closed after reaching their budgets, and the page reports checking 467 pages. The site says it verifies subsidy amounts and conditions against official municipal pages; the extracted homepage does not include individual citations.
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○OpenPublic substance visible
✦PrettyNotable craft visible
●ProPolished or operationally mature
◎NicheUnusually specific use
◉HumanPersonal, local, civic, or handmade
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