Boken Japan
Find sights, food and places to stay in rural and small-town Japan.
Connects to Boken Japan's read-only database covering every municipality in Japan. Muse can search listings by keyword, prefecture, town or category, pull town overviews with access and station details, and open individual entries with source links and verified booking links for stays.
Try asking Muse: "Find soba places and a place to stay in Hakuba, Nagano, and tell me how to get there by train."
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Source: Found in the official MCP Registry (com.bokenjapan/mcp) · First listed November 11, 2026
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How to add it to Muse
Not in Muse's Connectors list yet, but Muse can still use it. Copy the request below and paste it into Muse. Muse asks before it shares anything with the app's site. Meta does not review apps used this way, so only use ones you trust. We tested this in the Muse app on September 24, 2026: Muse used an app's link directly this way and returned a live answer.
https://bokenjapan.com/mcp/Not in Muse's Connectors list yet. Muse can still use it: its page gives you a request to paste into Muse.
Also use it in ChatGPT or Claude
Boken Japan is a remote MCP server, so any assistant that can add a custom connector by link can use it. Same link, same tools.
Add it to ChatGPT
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Open ChatGPT settings
In ChatGPT, open Settings, then Connectors (called Apps & Connectors on some accounts).
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Turn on developer mode
Under Advanced settings, switch on Developer mode. That is what lets you add a connector by link.
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Create the connector
Choose Create, give it a name, paste the link as the MCP server URL, and save. If it needs a sign-in, ChatGPT asks for it here.
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Use it in a chat
Start a chat, open the tools menu, pick the connector, and ask. ChatGPT asks before it runs a tool the first time.
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Add it to Claude
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Open Claude settings
In Claude, open Settings, then Connectors.
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Add a custom connector
Choose Add custom connector, give it a name, and paste the link.
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Connect and use it
If it needs a sign-in, Claude sends you to it. Then turn the connector on in a chat from the tools menu and ask.
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https://bokenjapan.com/mcp/What people ask Muse to do
Technical details: safety screening, tools, response time and recent checks
Response time at the last check: 92ms. Worked in n/a of checks over 30 days.
Screening · November 11, 2026
Screened, no issues found
Screening looks for known threats and hidden instructions at the time of the check, and runs again weekly and whenever the tool list changes. It cannot see the server's code, so only connect what you need and review what Muse asks to do. How screening works.
Tools · 4
search_placesSearch Boken Japan listings (sights, things to do, places to eat, places to stay, day-to-day) by name or keyword, optionally within a prefecture and/or town and by category. Returns facts with the bokenjapan.com page, source URL, town access, checked booking links (stays) and lasget_townOverview of one Boken Japan town (municipality): names EN/JA, coordinates, access (nearest station, car needed), official links, address and phone of the town office, listing counts by type, section pages, sample listings and stays with checked booking links.get_listingOne listing by id (format <prefecture>/<town>/<section>/<slug>, as returned by search_places or get_town), with all published facts.list_townsWithout prefecture: the 47 prefectures with town and listing counts. With prefecture: every town in it with names, page URL and listing counts.Link
https://bokenjapan.com/mcp/Questions about Boken Japan in Muse
How do I connect Boken Japan to Muse?
Not in Muse's Connectors list yet, but Muse can still use it. Paste this into Muse: "Use Boken Japan to help me. It is a free service with an MCP server at https://bokenjapan.com/mcp/. It does not need an API key. Ask me before you share anything with it." Muse asks before it shares anything with the app's site. Meta does not review apps used this way, so only use ones you trust. We tested this in the Muse app on September 24, 2026: Muse used an app's link directly this way and returned a live answer.
Is Boken Japan working right now?
At the last check (November 11, 2026, 00:36 UTC) the endpoint was working, answering in 92ms. It is checked every 15 minutes.
Is Boken Japan safe to connect to Muse?
It was screened on November 11, 2026 with the result "screened, no issues found". Screening checks the domain against threat feeds and reads the tools for hidden instructions and requests for passwords or card numbers. It cannot see the server's code, so grant only the access you need.
What can Boken Japan do in Muse?
It exposes 4 tools, including search_places, get_town, get_listing, list_towns. For example, you could ask Muse: "Find soba places and a place to stay in Hakuba, Nagano, and tell me how to get there by train."
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