`places_near_point`

Pack: japan-places · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/places_near_point for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Find facilities in Japan near a latitude/longitude — convenience stores, stations, hospitals, pharmacies, restaurants, ATMs and other POIs. Use when you already have coordinates rather than a station name. Answers “what’s within 300m of 35.6595,139.7005 in Tokyo” style questions. Returns each place’s name, category, distance in metres and coordinates, sourced from OpenStreetMap.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`latitude`	number	yes	Center latitude.
`longitude`	number	yes	Center longitude.
`category`	string	yes	What to find: “convenience_store”, “station”, “hospital”, “pharmacy”, “restaurant”, “cafe”, “supermarket”, “bank”, “atm”, “hotel”, “post_office”, “toilet”, “parking”, “temple”, “shrine”, “park” — or an exact OSM tag like “shop=bakery”.
`radius_m`	number	no	Search radius in metres (1-5000, default 500).
`limit`	number	no	Max results (1-200, default 20).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "latitude": 35.6595,
  "longitude": 139.7005,
  "category": "convenience_store",
  "radius_m": 500,
  "limit": 20
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/japan-places/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"places_near_point","arguments":{"latitude":35.6595,"longitude":139.7005,"category":"convenience_store","radius_m":500,"limit":20}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('places_near_point', {
  "latitude": 35.6595,
  "longitude": 139.7005,
  "category": "convenience_store",
  "radius_m": 500,
  "limit": 20
});

Response shape

Field	Type	Description
`query`	object
`resolved_category`	string
`count`	number
`places`	array
`source`	string

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "latitude": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "longitude": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "category": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "radius_m": {
          "type": "number"
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": true
    },
    "resolved_category": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "count": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "places": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "name": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "name_ja": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "category": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "distance_m": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "latitude": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "longitude": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "osm_id": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "osm_url": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "tags": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "brand": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "brand:en": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "brand:ja": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "brand:wikidata": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "name": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "name:en": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "name:ja": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "name:ja-Latn": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "shop": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "wheelchair": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "branch": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "level": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "phone": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "source": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "brand:wikipedia": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "name:ja_rm": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "name:ko": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "website": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "name:ja-Hira": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "wheelchair:description": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            },
            "additionalProperties": true
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": true
      }
    },
    "source": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": true
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the japan-places pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "japan-places": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/japan-places/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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