Buy Me a Matcha
Make real friends in Japan, in English. Friends only.
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The only app built specifically for English speakers to make real friends in Japan: friends-only, English-only, one-on-one over a matcha. Match with someone near your Tokyo station, pick a café, and meet. Free on iPhone.
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PH · launched Oct 23, 2026 · 2 upvotes (top 23%)
- Horizontal
- Communication
- B2C
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- iOS
- Travel
- Social Networking
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Yes The core is a matching and booking flow: location-based pairing, chat, venue selection, and a mobile app. Standard stack, with trust and safety moderation as the main extra work.
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Attention rank: #24 of 241 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 310 days after the earliest competitor.
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