
kuongeo
Japan: next bus/tram/boat from 26 places, RTK bases, JMA warnings, municipality facts.
What it can do
What data it sees
Do you need an account
No: the server works without sign-in
Japan: next bus/tram/boat from 26 places, RTK bases, JMA warnings, municipality facts. No key.
How to connect
How to connect kuongeo to Claude
The server address to paste into Claude settings:
https://kuongeo.com/mcp
- Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
- Go to Settings → Connectors.
- Click Add custom connector.
- Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
- In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.
Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.
Authorization
After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.
How to connect kuongeo to ChatGPT
The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:
https://kuongeo.com/mcp
- Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
- Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
- Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
- Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
- Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
- In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.
OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.
Authorization
On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.
How to connect kuongeo to Cursor
The server address to paste into Cursor settings:
https://kuongeo.com/mcp
Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.
Manually:
- In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
- Paste the JSON copied below into
~/.cursor/mcp.json(per project:.cursor/mcp.jsonin the repo root). - Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.
Authorization
If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.
Server tool list (7)
Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.
| next_departures | For travellers in Japan. Give a place or sight in Japanese or English (e.g. Miyajima, 宮島, Naoshima ferry, Shirakawa-go bus, Churaumi, Aso crater, Kumamoto Station, Toyama Station tram, Ise Jingu, Naha Airport). Returns in one call: the next boat (time, minutes to go, operator, last boat today) and the next bus/tram/monorail (time, minutes, route, destination, stop number, live or timetable), the page URL and the JSON URL. Covers Hiroshima, Kumamoto, Okayama/Uno Port, Toyama/Shirakawa-go, Ise/Toba and Okinawa (26 places, 2026-09). Live positions only where operators publish them; boats are timetables. No key. |
| answer | Give a place name in Japanese or English (e.g. 帯広, Obihiro, 京都市 の基準局, 札幌の警報). Returns in one call: the municipality (5-digit code), JMA warnings in force, the nearest free RTK base station (km, mountpoint, host) and the page URLs. No key. Use this first when a user asks about a Japanese place; call here/rtk_bases_near for detail. |
| here | For one point in Japan: municipality and its 5-digit code, JMA warnings and advisories in force (with English names), nearest AMeDAS observation, heat (WBGT), earthquakes within 300 km, hazard zones (flood, tsunami, storm surge, landslide), elevation, nearest free RTK base, furusato-nozei prices for the municipality and the cost of living of the matching surveyed city (rent, utilities, staples; Statistics Bureau monthly survey) from kurashigram.com. Same as GET https://kuongeo.com/api/here. Warnings are relayed from JMA, not issued here. |
| place | Static facts for a municipality of Japan by 5-digit code (JIS X 0402): names (ja/en), prefecture, population (2020 census), JMA warning area and region, centre point, and the URL of its page on kuongeo.com. Use the here tool with the centre point for live values. |
| rtk_bases_near | Nearest online community RTK base stations (NTRIP) to a point, worldwide, from KUON GEO's 10-minute polling. Returns mountpoint, host, distance in km and a baseline grade. |
| kurashigram_prices | Furusato-nozei return goods listed by a Japanese municipality on Rakuten, normalised to grams per 10,000 yen of donation, from kurashigram.com (CC BY 4.0). Keyed by the same 5-digit municipality code. |
| gnss_in_japan | Index of the English field guide for engineers using GNSS in Japan: QZSS status, CLAS, MADOCA-PPP, GEONET and community bases, coordinates and heights (JGD2011/JGD2024), bringing equipment and radio law. Returns titles, one-line summaries and URLs. |