Frequently Asked Questions

MAPRISE is an AI-powered web GIS intelligence SaaS that covers all of Japan. Type an address or click the map to overlay hazard information, zoning, land prices, nearby population and more on a single map, and ask the AI questions in plain language. Nothing needs to be installed; it runs in your browser.

It is aimed at research work in real-estate brokerage, development and funds, banking (lending review), professional services such as appraisal and legal work, and local government (planning and disaster prevention). Individuals can also use it to check the risks and surroundings of a plot of land.

MAPRISE covers all of Japan. Core features — zoning, land prices, hazard information, and more — are available nationwide (coverage varies by data source and is expanding progressively). One feature (the per-building collapse-probability layer in seismic simulation) currently launches first in Kyushu, where MAPRISE was founded. See the Data Sources page for per-layer coverage.

Main functions: overlaying hazard, zoning and other layers; checking land prices and transaction prices; checking building shadows and sunlight; measuring distance between two points and the area of a plot; opening roadside land-price (rosenka) maps; saving favourite map views; asking the AI questions; and turning findings into a PDF report. Some features depend on your plan.

The latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge are supported. You need JavaScript enabled, WebGL support and an internet connection. A desktop PC with a screen at least 1280px wide is recommended; it also works on smartphones.

No. MAPRISE is a SaaS delivered through the browser, and updates are applied automatically. There is nothing for you to install or update.

Yes. The interface is available in Japanese and English, and you can switch language from the footer or the menu. Place names and the underlying data come from Japanese public sources, so some labels remain in Japanese. Additional languages can be requested on the Enterprise plan.

MAPRISE is operated by Vulcanz LLC (Tenjin, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka). See the company information and the Specified Commercial Transactions Act notice for the address, representative and other details.

We work to make the Service usable by everyone. If you have difficulty using it or need accommodation, please contact info@maprise.jp.

Yes. There are no complicated settings — just type an address and tap a button. It works the same way on a smartphone.

A layer is like a transparent sheet laid over the base map. You can stack one piece of information at a time — flood-prone areas, zoning, land prices, school locations and so on. Switch a layer ON in the menu on the left to show it and OFF to hide it. Stacking several lets you check, for example, “is this plot flood-prone and also in an exclusively residential zone?” on a single screen. Start by showing a place you care about and switching on just one layer. Click a colour or point on the map to open a detailed explanation, and use the legend at the bottom right to see what colours and symbols mean. There are more than 100 layers, listed in the layer catalogue.

Zoning (youto-chiiki) is a city-planning rule that broadly sets what kinds of buildings may be built on a plot; it has 13 categories such as exclusively residential, commercial and industrial. Building coverage ratio is the share of the site a building may cover; floor-area ratio is the upper limit of total floor area (all floors added together) relative to the site. For example, on a 100 m² site with 60% coverage and 200% floor-area ratio, the building may cover up to 60 m² of ground and have up to 200 m² of floor area in total. In MAPRISE the free plan shows zoning colours, and the ratio values are shown on Starter and above. The values shown are those set in city planning; the real limit can change with the width of the road in front, corner lots, fire-prevention districts and more, so always confirm with the municipal office or an architect before deciding what can be built.

Three typical ones: the flood inundation layer shows how far and how deep water could reach if a river overflows — darker colours mean deeper water. “Maximum scale” assumes the largest storm, roughly a once-in-a-thousand-years event; “planning scale” assumes the storm that river works are designed for (it differs by river). Sediment-disaster warning zones are areas at risk of landslides, debris flows and slope failure. The tsunami layer shows the flooding expected from the largest tsunami. Check the legend (bottom right) and click the map for details such as water depth. These are assumptions published by national and local governments; they do not predict or guarantee actual damage. For a final check on where you live or plan to buy, use the original hazard map issued by your municipality.

Not necessarily. A blank spot can mean (1) the place is not designated as a risk area for that hazard, (2) the publisher has not released data for that region (coverage is incomplete), or (3) the spot is outside the area, years or conditions the layer covers. Disasters larger than the assumptions can also occur. For example, the bear-sighting layer shows only municipalities that publish their data, so a blank does not mean there are no bears. Each layer’s coverage and caveats are in its description in the layer catalogue and on the data sources page. If unsure, ask the AI “what are the disaster risks around here?”.

All four are guides to land value, but each has its own purpose and publisher. The Published Land Price is released by MLIT each year as of 1 January and guides land transactions. The prefectural land price survey is carried out by each prefecture as of 1 July to complement it. Rosenka, set by the National Tax Agency per road for inheritance and gift tax, is generally around 80% of the published price. Transaction prices are based on prices actually paid in sales. That is why the numbers differ for the same place. MAPRISE overlays published prices, prefectural surveys and transactions on the map, and links to the National Tax Agency’s rosenka map for road prices. All are reference information; for a formal valuation for a sale or inheritance, consult a real-estate appraiser or tax accountant.

Yes. During the beta period (through the end of October 2026), you can try core features like map browsing and AI chat with no sign-up and no credit card (guest use without an account does not include AI chat history or PDF report generation).

No — the free plan works without registering a credit card. During the beta (until the end of October 2026), every plan can try all features, including AI analysis. Monthly AI-credit limits and storage features (property registration, saved views) follow the plan you registered with. Signing up through a paid plan’s button registers a card on Stripe’s checkout page, but nothing is charged until the beta ends at 23:59 JST on October 31, 2026 (we never collect card details outside of Stripe’s checkout screen). If you register on the free plan, you will never be moved to a paid plan automatically, and you simply continue on the Free plan when the beta ends. For paid plans, billing starts automatically on the registered card when the trial period ends. You can cancel at any time before it ends, and you will not be charged.

Yes. Without an account, you can browse the map and try the AI features (a daily limit applies). Features that save your data — property registration, PDF reports — require a free account.

There are two ways to log in: continue with a Google account, or register with an email address and password. For email registration, enter the confirmation code we send you to finish. Creating an account is free and needs no credit card. Logging in with other accounts such as Apple or Microsoft is not supported.

Use "Forgot your password?" on the login screen to reset it. The reset email is sent only to people who registered with an email address and password. If you registered with Google there is no password, so log in with "Continue with Google".

Yes. The how-to guides explain each operation with real screenshots, and the easy feature guide is written for people who are not confident with computers or smartphones. They cover login, reading the screen, registering properties, working as a team, CSV export and more.

Your data is kept for 30 days after you leave, and during that time it can be restored from the link in the restoration email we send. After that it is progressively deleted, except for data we must retain by law; deleted data cannot be restored. If you want to export your data, contact info@maprise.jp before cancelling or leaving. For paid-plan cancellation, see also the cancellation question.

From the start of paid plans (1 November 2026), prices are as follows. Free costs nothing. Starter is ¥3,278/month incl. tax (¥2,980 excl. tax) or ¥32,780/year incl. tax (¥29,800 excl. tax); Pro is ¥8,580/month incl. tax (¥7,800 excl. tax) or ¥85,800/year incl. tax (¥78,000 excl. tax); Business is ¥32,780/month incl. tax (¥29,800 excl. tax) or ¥327,800/year incl. tax (¥298,000 excl. tax). Enterprise is arranged individually (custom requirements are planned for a future release, timing not yet set). Tax is calculated at 10%.

During the beta period (through 31 October 2026) every plan can be tried free of charge (monthly AI-credit limits and storage features such as property registration and saved views follow the plan you registered with).

Annual billing is cheaper — you save 2 months. For example, Pro plan costs ¥102,960/year incl. tax (¥8,580×12) monthly, vs ¥85,800/year incl. tax annually.

Credit cards (Visa, Mastercard, JCB and American Express), charged automatically through Stripe. We never collect card details outside Stripe’s checkout screen. If you need a payment method other than a credit card, please contact us.

For paid plans, the first payment occurs when the trial period ends, and after that the registered credit card is charged automatically on each renewal date: every month for monthly plans, every year for annual plans. If you sign up during the beta (through 31 October 2026), the first payment is charged when the beta ends (23:59 JST on 31 October 2026) and nothing is charged before then. To avoid being charged, cancel from the billing portal before then. If you have used a trial before, the first payment occurs at the time you sign up. The Free plan is never charged.

If you sign up after paid plans launch (1 November 2026), there is a 14-day trial from your first sign-up. The trial can be used once per email address or credit card. When the trial ends, billing starts automatically on the registered card; you can cancel at any time before then and will not be charged. If you use a referral partner’s code, the free period is extended to "1 December 2026 or 30 days from sign-up, whichever is later".

Yes. Paid plans are ongoing subscriptions that renew automatically on the same terms — every month for monthly plans, every year for annual plans — until you cancel. You can cancel at any time from the billing portal; you keep access through the end of the current billing period and are not charged afterwards. If you registered on the Free plan, you are never moved to a paid plan automatically.

Listed prices include tax, calculated at 10%, with the tax-exclusive price shown alongside (for example, Pro is ¥8,580/month including tax, ¥7,800 excluding tax). Besides the billing name and country, businesses can enter their tax registration number. We have applied for registration as a qualified invoice issuer; once registered, our invoices will show the registration number. Invoices issued before registration are not qualified invoices. For invoices, receipts or other documents, please contact info@maprise.jp.

You can change plans anytime. Feature upgrades take effect immediately (your AI credit limit is updated by your next renewal date at the latest), and the difference is prorated and charged at the time of the request. During the beta period (through 31 October 2026) and during a trial period, however, nothing is charged at that time: billing starts at the price of your new plan when the beta or the trial ends. If you downgrade, your plan does not change at the time of the request — your current plan continues through the end of the current billing period and the new plan takes effect from the next billing period, with no prorated refund or credit. Switching from an annual to a monthly plan is applied immediately when the new monthly price is the same as or higher than your current annual price, and the unused portion you have already paid is applied to your following invoices.

You can cancel anytime with no penalty. You retain access through the end of the current billing period (annual plans are generally not refunded for early cancellation). If you are a consumer (an individual not using the Service as a business or for the purposes of a business) and cancel an annual plan early, we settle the months used at the monthly price and refund the remainder, as set out in Article 8-2 of the Terms of Service. Your data is kept and can be restored for 30 days after cancellation. After that, it is progressively deleted, except for data we are required to retain by law.

Monthly plans are not refunded pro rata; you keep access to the end of the current billing period and no further charges occur. Annual plans are generally not refunded for early cancellation (except where the cause is attributable to us, among other cases). However, if a consumer cancels an annual plan early, we settle the months used at the monthly price and refund the remainder under Article 8-2 of the Terms of Service. If a paid plan is unavailable for 24 consecutive hours or more for reasons attributable to us, we will, on request, reduce your next invoice by the pro-rated amount for that period (or refund it for annual plans). For what happens when an AI response is cut off, see the “AI features & credits” section.

We wait up to two months from the payment due date for the payment to be confirmed. If it still cannot be confirmed, the contract ends and your account switches to the Free plan. We do not bill unpaid usage fees afterwards. The actual debit date depends on your card company’s rules.

If you enter a referral code from a referral partner when signing up, your free period is extended. Codes are available only to customers signing up for a paid plan for the first time; anyone who has previously tried or signed up is not eligible. Please check the code’s validity and conditions with the person who referred you. When a code is used, whether you have a contract, your plan, your name and the amount paid (excluding tax) are shared with the referrer only with your consent (card details and how you use the service are never shared).

Yes. Enterprise is built on everything in Business (shared workspace and CSV bulk import included); seat and AI-credit limits and the support scope are agreed individually, based on your requirements. Custom requirements such as report customization, and API access and SSO/SAML authentication, are planned for a future release (timing not yet set). Reach out via the contact form to discuss your specific requirements.

Monthly AI credits are 50 on Free, 500 on Starter, 2,000 on Pro and 7,500 on Business. Free centres on the base map, three key hazard layers (flood, landslide, tsunami) and the last three years of land prices. Starter and above add every hazard and regulation overlay, ten years of land-price and transaction data and PDF reports. Pro adds talk-to-map control, detailed reports, logo registration and property registration (100 entries); Business adds a shared workspace and much larger limits. See the comparison table on the pricing page for details.

You can browse the nationwide map and aerial imagery, overlay three key hazard layers (flood, landslide and tsunami), check land prices for the last three years, use a two-pane split view and ask the AI up to 50 times a month. Some layers are limited in the area or years shown (see “Do any layers change their availability from November 2026?”). Email support is not included. Property saving and PDF reports are provided on paid plans.

Hazard overlays: three key layers on Free, all layers on Starter and above. Land prices: the last three years on Free, ten years on Starter and Pro, and the full history on Business and Enterprise. Detailed transaction prices and coverage/floor-area-ratio values are available on Starter and above. Split view shows two panes on Free and four on Starter and above.

Yes. During the beta (through 31 October 2026) many layers are available even on the free plan. From November 2026 it changes layer by layer, as follows (planned scope as of 20 October 2026).

Starter and above: most hazard layers other than the three free ones (for example flood at planning scale, inland flooding, storm surge, geology, active faults), Meiji- and Showa-era land use and old topographic maps, estimated road width, solar-panel coverage, boring data, Kitakyushu unused land, elementary/junior-high and high-school districts, serious crime in Tokyo, and the 250 m-mesh population forecast.

Pro and above: appraisal reports, and environmental infrastructure such as power stations, substations, transmission lines and crematoria.

Free but only in part: city-planning zones, the registry map, farmland parcels, embankment-regulation zones and similar cover only the area within about 10 km of each prefectural capital; care and disability-service offices and FIT-certified solar plants show roughly one point in ten; traffic accidents and reported crimes show 2019 only; real-estate transactions show price-band colours only; land prices cover the last three years.

Still free: flood (maximum scale), landslide and tsunami, water utilities, city-gas supply areas and others.

The plan icon on each layer in the layer catalogue shows the conditions for that layer.

Simple reports (the property survey report, PDF): 3 per month on Starter, 20 on Pro and 100 on Business; unlimited on Enterprise. Detailed reports (the disclosure-support report in PDF or Word, and the living-environment report in Word): 10 per month on Pro and 50 on Business; unlimited on Enterprise. Free, and detailed reports on Starter, are not included. Each report uses one from that monthly number and no AI credits; the numbers reset on the 1st of each month. Reports are reference material; use as an official document requires review by a qualified professional.

On Pro and above, you can register properties from the app and manage them as a portfolio (see the plan comparison table for per-plan limits). You can also import many properties at once from a CSV file.

Yes. You can save a favourite area, layers and zoom under a name, and register your usual place and layers as a home view so one button brings you back from anywhere. Limits are 3 on Starter, 20 on Pro, 100 on Business and unlimited on Enterprise (not available on Free).

Included users are 1 on Free and Starter, 3 on Pro, 10 on Business and unlimited on Enterprise. The subscriber invites members, who can then use MAPRISE together up to the included number of users. On Pro and Business, the monthly AI credit limit of the subscription is shared by the subscriber and all members (credits are not granted per member). The shared workspace for properties, views and reports is available on Business and above.

On Starter and above you can export map data as CSV (not available on Free). CSV is the only format. One export holds at most 10,000 rows (zoom in to narrow the area if there are more), and there is a daily total per plan — 50,000 rows on Starter, 200,000 on Pro, 1,000,000 on Business and unlimited on Enterprise — reset every day at 00:00 JST. Some data cannot be exported. See the how-to guide for the steps and limits.

Yes, on Pro and above. Pro lets you upload your logo (the "Powered by MAPRISE" line stays). On Business and above the "Powered by MAPRISE" branding is not shown, and Enterprise offers fully customised reports.

API access and SSO / SAML authentication are planned for the Enterprise plan in a future release (timing not yet set) and are not available today. If you have specific requirements, please reach out through the contact form.

For representative earthquake scenarios in Kyushu, it shows a 1 km-mesh seismic-intensity distribution and per-building collapse probabilities on the map. The per-building layer currently launches first in Kyushu, where MAPRISE was founded. It is an experimental, research-stage feature and its results are reference information; they do not guarantee actual shaking, damage or a building’s safety. See the dedicated page for an overview.

They are the monthly allowance for asking the AI (AI chat) and similar features. Per use, an AI chat uses 1 credit however long or complex the question is, the analysis menu uses 1, subsidy search uses 5 and aerial-photo change analysis uses 10 (as of October 2026). Standard guidance such as greetings, how-to and layer explanations uses no credits. PDF and Word reports use no credits either; they count against your plan’s monthly number of reports. Monthly limits are 50 on Free, 500 on Starter, 2,000 on Pro and 7,500 on Business; on Enterprise they are agreed individually, based on your requirements. Credits can be used only inside the service and cannot be cashed out, refunded or transferred.

When you use all your AI credits for the month, the features that use credits, such as AI chat, pause until the following month — but map viewing and basic features remain available. PDF and Word reports use no credits, so you can keep creating them within your monthly number of reports. Even if you hit the limit, upgrading to a higher plan expands your usage right away, from the same month (AI credits are not sold separately). The on-screen credit indicator notifies you as your balance runs low.

If we are unable to deliver an AI response, the AI credits spent on it are returned in full, automatically. That covers a response that ended partway through because of a connection interruption or a system error, and equally one that never started — for example when the location in your question could not be identified. You do not need to do anything, and when a response ends partway through the chat screen tells you. Credits are not returned when the response ended because it reached the output length limit, or when the input was restricted under our usage policy. If a return does not appear to have gone through, please contact info@maprise.jp.

You can ask in everyday language, such as "tell me about this area". The AI answers from the information on the map: nearby hazards, zoning, land-price trends, population change and more. On Pro and above you can steer the map by talking to it and compare up to five areas (unlimited on Business and above). On Starter and above, a regulatory info Q&A giving general reference information about laws is also available (5 topics on Starter, all 8 on Pro and above).

The knack is to say in everyday words what you want to know about which place. A place can be an address, a station or a place name, or you can click the map first and then ask. Examples:

- “Tell me about flood and landslide risk around Tenjin 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka.” - “What is the zoning here and roughly what can be built?” - “How have land prices around here moved over the last five years?” - “How much sunlight does this plot get?” (building shadows need Starter or above and a PLATEAU-covered municipality) - “Are there bear sightings around here?” (only where municipalities publish them) - “Compare this place with that one.” (area comparison needs Pro or above)

If you do not know a term, just ask, for example “what is building coverage ratio?”. If the answer is not what you wanted, name the place more specifically or narrow the question to one point. For how many credits a question uses, see “What are AI credits?”.

For safe use, there are questions the AI cannot answer — for example questions that identify or pry into individuals, questions that could be used for crime, questions trying to extract the service’s internal workings or settings, and requests unrelated to real estate or land. The AI’s answers are reference explanations only and do not replace final legal, tax or investment judgements. When it cannot answer, it says so. If rewording does not help, please use the contact form. For how credits are treated, see “What happens to my credits if an AI response gets cut off?”.

AI answers can contain errors (hallucinations), and the same question may produce different results. What is shown is reference information and is not a substitute for expert opinion or legal judgement. Always verify important decisions against the original sources, yourself or with a specialist.

The report is a reference document for your research. For formal use — such as a statutory disclosure document — it needs to be checked by a licensed real-estate agent or other specialist.

No. What you enter is processed in Japan and, under the terms of the AI service we use, is not provided to foundation-model providers and is not used to train their models. We also do not use property data you register for our own purposes such as advertising, AI training or developing new services.

We combine open data published by national and local governments and public research institutions with external APIs licensed for commercial use — for example MLIT National Land Numerical Information, GSI map tiles, e-Stat from the Statistics Bureau, the Digital Agency’s Address Base Registry and OpenStreetMap. See the data sources page for the main sources and providers.

Update frequency differs by dataset: some sources are updated annually by their publishers, while others are added progressively. What was added or updated, and when, is published in the data update history, and new layers and features are announced in the news.

No. Land prices, regulations, hazard information and similar are reference information and do not replace the statutory disclosure investigation under Article 35 of the Real Estate Brokerage Act, building-confirmation procedures or other legally required research. Each dataset differs in date and accuracy and may be out of date, shifted in position or incomplete in coverage. For formal confirmation, use municipal offices, qualified professionals such as architects and licensed agents, and original materials such as municipal hazard maps.

For elementary and junior-high districts we acquire and display data only for municipalities that permit use in a map service; some municipalities cannot be shown yet (the list is on the data sources page). Boundaries can include estimated lines, and some districts are approximated at the town/block level. Public high-school districts are an outline based on each prefecture’s board-of-education rules and admission guidelines, and prefectures without districts are shown in grey across the whole prefecture. All of this is reference information and cannot be used to determine the designated school or where you may apply. Rules change by year and exceptions exist, so please confirm with the municipal board of education for elementary and junior-high schools, and with the prefectural admission guidelines for high schools.

Some areas are blank because the publisher has not released data there, or because the publisher’s licence does not permit commercial use or redistribution. We do not adopt data whose licensing we cannot confirm. Coverage differs by layer and is expanding progressively.

Yes. If you, such as a municipal official, want content stopped or corrected, please contact us through the contact page. We will review it and respond promptly.

First check that you are using the latest Chrome, Firefox, Safari or Edge, that JavaScript is enabled and that WebGL is available in your browser. A desktop PC with a large screen is recommended, and turning off some overlaid layers may help. If it still does not improve, email info@maprise.jp with details of your environment.

The News page lists each addition with its details and caveats. The layer catalogue shows every layer with its description, source and the plan it needs, and the data update history records additions and updates. In October 2026 we added volcanoes, serious crime in Tokyo (by town), drone no-fly zones, minpaku (private lodging) ordinances, railway history (abandoned lines), earthquake epicentres and intensities, airport noise-control zones, aircraft overflight frequency, bear sightings and public high-school districts, among others. How to read each is explained in the “Layer-by-layer guide & cautions” section of this page.

Yes. Using MLIT’s PLATEAU 3D city-model buildings, it reproduces shadows on the map hour by hour for the winter solstice, equinox and summer solstice, and can show a day’s sunlight hours as colour. Shade from mountains and hills and from elevated roads and railways is also taken into account (elevated heights are estimated from bridge data, not measured). It is a Starter-and-above feature and works only in municipalities with PLATEAU building data. You can also ask the AI “how much sunlight does this plot get?”. The display is reference information; it is neither a judgement under the Building Standards Act’s shadow rules nor a guarantee of sunlight. Real sunlight changes with new neighbouring buildings, trees, season and weather.

Based on Japan Meteorological Agency earthquake information, it maps the epicentre, magnitude and maximum intensity of earthquakes that actually occurred. Circle size is magnitude and colour is maximum intensity. The latest 30 days or so are preliminary JMA values that you can scrub or play back with a time slider (preliminary values may change later). Past records go back to 1919 and can be viewed year by year; older years are less precise. It is a record of past earthquakes and does not predict future ones. The seismic simulation, by contrast, is a separate feature that estimates shaking and building-collapse probability for assumed earthquake scenarios.

No. The layer shows sightings published by municipalities, and covers only the prefectures and cities that publish their data. Areas that do not publish are not shown, so a blank does not mean there are no bears. Zoomed in you see individual points (date, type, place, circumstances); zoomed out you see counts grouped together. Prefecture-level counts from the Ministry of the Environment’s preliminary figures can also be viewed. Entries may include reports that are not confirmed as bears or positions that are slightly off. For the latest information and for safety decisions on hiking or walking, check each municipality’s page.

There are two layers. “Airport noise-control zones” is a rough, reference-only display of the noise-control zones under the aircraft-noise prevention law (Sobo Act) for five airports in Kyushu and Okinawa (it can be off by tens of metres or more from the real lines). “Overflight frequency” is a reference figure counting how often aircraft pass nearby across Japan, compiled from tracks collected by a volunteer receiver network; some areas and periods are not received, and military aircraft and some small aircraft and helicopters are not included. Neither shows noise loudness itself. For whether a place is inside a zone or eligible for soundproofing work, confirm with the competent authority such as the airport office.

No. Both are reference displays and do not decide what is allowed. “Drone no-fly zones” shows only the areas around facilities covered by the small unmanned aircraft flight-prohibition law (the Diet, nuclear power stations, airports, defence facilities and so on). Airspace around airports, densely inhabited districts and airspace above 150 m fall under the Civil Aeronautics Act, a separate rule, so check the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism’s DIPS site. “Minpaku ordinances” colours each municipality from publicly available ordinances and official pages that we researched; an ordinance may have changed since the confirmation date. Building Standards Act, Fire Service Act and condominium bylaws are not included. Whether you can actually start minpaku must be confirmed with the municipality where you notify.

There are two kinds. “Reported crimes” are locations of thefts and similar crimes published by the police, available only for the prefectures and years that publish them. “Serious crime (Tokyo, by town)” gives yearly counts per town published by the Metropolitan Police Department, by offence type such as robbery, injury and burglary, for Tokyo only (Starter and above). A high count does not by itself mean a place is dangerous: busy entertainment districts and densely populated areas naturally record more. The data are counts, not the locations of individual cases, and include provisional figures at publication time, so they may not match other statistics. For the safety of an area, also consult police and municipal publications.

There are three. “Solar power facilities (FIT-certified)” shows as points the facilities certified under the national feed-in tariff. “Coverage area” is the range covered by panels, estimated by AI from aerial and satellite imagery. “Panel footprints” are ground-mounted and rooftop panel outlines registered in OpenStreetMap. Coverage area and panel footprints do not guarantee the real position, shape or area, and older aerial photos may not show panels; installations or removals after the imagery or analysis are not reflected. Confirm the official extent with the operator or municipality. The coverage area is a Starter-and-above feature from November 2026.

It is a base map that paints elevation in colour bands, making slopes, low ground and plateau edges easy to see. It normally uses GSI elevation data. Around Nagasaki Station it uses 1 m elevation made from point-cloud data published by Nagasaki Prefecture, and in Toyama Prefecture’s private-forest areas 0.5 m elevation from the prefecture’s aerial laser survey, showing finer contours (the Toyama data is used with the governor’s approval under the Survey Act; use is limited to the approved area, and the approval number is shown in the map credit). Height differences read from it are approximate and cannot be used for surveying or grading design.

No. It shows the locations of Japan’s volcanoes, divided into “active volcanoes”, as defined by the Japan Meteorological Agency and others, and “other Quaternary volcanoes”; it does not show eruption risk or the latest volcanic activity. “Other Quaternary volcanoes” does not mean they will never erupt. For eruption warnings and alert levels, check Japan Meteorological Agency information.

We restrict access so that your property data and analysis history cannot be viewed from outside your company. Our staff may view it only when needed, for example to respond to a fault. Data is stored encrypted in data centers in Japan.

Your data is stored in access-controlled data centres in Japan, and all communication is encrypted with TLS 1.2 or higher. Some external services are provided by US companies — Stripe for payments, Google Analytics for analytics and Sentry for error monitoring. See the Privacy Policy for details.

No, except when needed to handle a fault, ensure security, comply with law, or provide support you requested. When we do, access is limited to designated staff and recorded.

We comply with Japan’s Act on the Protection of Personal Information and describe the data we collect, why, how long we keep it and which external services we use in the Privacy Policy. Requests for disclosure, correction, deletion, suspension of use or suspension of third-party provision are accepted at info@maprise.jp and handled within the statutory period after identity verification.

To understand usage and improve the service we use Google Analytics, which sends cookie identifiers, pages viewed, IP address and similar to Google LLC. This does not include information that directly identifies you, such as name, address or email. You can stop it through your browser settings or Google’s "Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on". The cookies and local storage we use are listed in the Privacy Policy.

The service has no uptime SLA, including on paid plans, and we do not guarantee its stability or continuity. Where we change or suspend the service we give notice in advance as a rule. See the Terms of Service for details.

On Starter and above, email support is available at info@maprise.jp (the free plan does not include support). For Enterprise, the support scope is agreed individually.

Use the contact form or email info@maprise.jp. Form enquiries receive a reply from the MAPRISE team in principle within two business days, and email replies are aimed for weekdays 10:00–18:00 JST. The scope of support depends on your plan: not included on Free, email on Starter and above, and agreed individually on Enterprise.

In line with the Specified Commercial Transactions Act, our phone number is disclosed without delay on request. Please ask through the contact form or at info@maprise.jp.

Yes. Use the contact form for questions about plans or your industry, or to request materials. Describing your current research workflow, pain points and desired timing helps us respond smoothly.

Contact us through the contact form or at info@maprise.jp. For bugs, including your browser and OS, the page or map position, the steps you took and any message shown speeds up the investigation.

It helps you look up hazards, zoning and land prices around a property by asking the AI, and then prepare an explanatory report. Time savings are an expected effect and actual results vary with usage. MAPRISE information does not replace formal investigation such as important-matter explanations, so always confirm against the original documents.

Overlay many layers to narrow down candidate sites and check hazards and even shadows on a single screen.

Overlay hazards, land prices and land history to see collateral properties’ less visible risks on the map. The display is reference information; for final credit decisions, also confirm original documents and professional valuations.

Use it to research land history and surroundings in advance and to help draft report materials. Detailed appraisal-report data is offered early on Pro and above (map display). AI output and displayed content are reference information; confirm the final content yourself before use.

Overlay nationwide open data and population forecasts and work through urban planning and disaster-prevention studies by asking the AI. Requests to correct or stop displayed content are handled through the contact page.

Yes, we are recruiting referral partners. See the partner program page for an overview and how to apply.

When a user you introduced through your referral code subscribes to a paid plan, a reward accrues based on their monthly fee. The exact rate and calculation conditions follow the latest terms provided at contract time.

It lets you register a prospect as a deal in advance. For 90 days from registration, that introduction is treated as valid. The aim is to protect the groundwork you put in first.

Rewards are confirmed at the end of the month in which the referred customer's payment is received, and paid by bank transfer on the 15th of the following month (the next business day if the 15th is a bank holiday), within 60 days of the customer's payment. We do not carry over small amounts: amounts under JPY 3,000 are also paid that month (only corporate partners not covered by the Japanese Freelance Act may ask to carry them over to the next month). We bear the bank transfer fee. Details follow the latest terms at contract time.

There is no cost to apply or to be reviewed. After you apply, a member of our team will follow up with a detailed explanation of the program.

We review your application and get in touch. After explaining the program and aligning on conditions, we move on to the contract process.