Summary
A Japanese rail query becomes one call, provided you hand it the kanji.
The parameters carry the value here: the time is given down to the minute and read as either a departure or an arrival, and every mode is an independent switch, so "the same trip without the Shinkansen" is a rerun rather than a different tool. The station-name rule is strict enough that the tool's own description spells out the conversions for the major stations, and anything outside that list has to be converted first.
What it is
A single-tool route search over Yahoo! Transit for stations in Japan.
What you get
- Routes between two stations, optionally via a third, for a year, month, day, hour and minute you supply
- Each mode as its own switch: useShinkansen, useExpress, useAirline, useFerry, useHighwayBus and useLocalBus
- The search shaped around the traveller: walkSpeed, seatPreference, ticket type, sort order, and whether the time given is a departure or an arrival
Requirements
Station names written in Japanese kanji or kana — search_route does not take the romanised or English form, so the conversion happens before the call. No account and no key.
Setup effort
One command — npx -y norikae-mcp