Shirabe Japan Data Hub
Japan data tools for AI agents: calendar (rokuyo), address, name splitting, corporate number lookup
What it can do
What data it sees
Do you need an account
No: the server works without sign-in
Japan data tools for AI agents: calendar (rokuyo), address, name splitting, corporate number lookup
How to connect
How to connect Shirabe Japan Data Hub to Claude
The server address to paste into Claude settings:
https://shirabe.dev/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 Shirabe Japan Data Hub to ChatGPT
The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:
https://shirabe.dev/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 Shirabe Japan Data Hub to Cursor
The server address to paste into Cursor settings:
https://shirabe.dev/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 (5)
Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.
| lookup_calendar | Look up Japanese calendar information for a given date: Rokuyo (six-day cycle such as Taian/Butsumetsu), Rekichu (almanac notes), Eto (sexagenary cycle), 24 solar terms, and purpose-based auspiciousness scores. Useful when an AI agent needs canonical Japanese calendar facts (e.g. choosing an auspicious date for a wedding or ceremony). Source: Shirabe Calendar API (shirabe.dev). |
| normalize_japanese_address | Normalize a free-form Japanese address against the official Address Base Registry (ABR, all 47 prefectures). Returns the canonical form, structured components (prefecture/city/town/block/building), postal code, WGS84 coordinates, match level (0-4) and confidence, plus mandatory CC BY 4.0 attribution. Useful when an AI agent must clean or de-duplicate Japanese B2B/customer records. Source: Shirabe Address API. |
| split_japanese_name | Split a Japanese personal name into family and given parts using IPAdic person-name POS tags (with whitespace/length heuristics as fallback). Returns family, given, and a confidence score (0-1; warning when low). Useful for normalizing name fields in HR, CRM, or form data. Source: Shirabe Text API. |
| corporation_lookup | Look up a Japanese company by its 13-digit corporate number (法人番号) against the National Tax Agency (NTA) corporate-number registry. Returns the registered trade name, head-office address, change history and other public fields as JSON, plus mandatory NTA attribution. Useful when an AI agent already has a corporate number and needs canonical company facts (e.g. validating or enriching a B2B record). To go the other way (company name → number), use corporation_search. Source: Shirabe Corporation API. |
| corporation_search | Search the Japanese corporate-number registry (National Tax Agency) by company name and return matching companies, each with its 13-digit corporate number (法人番号), registered name and address, plus mandatory NTA attribution. Handles trade-name variants (㈱ / (株) / 株式会社) via normalization. Useful when an AI agent has a company name and needs to resolve its corporate number / canonical record. To go the other way (number → company), use corporation_lookup. Source: Shirabe Corporation API. |