`places_near_station`

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_station for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Find facilities in Japan near a named train or subway station — convenience stores (konbini: 7-Eleven, Lawson, FamilyMart), restaurants, pharmacies, hospitals, ATMs, banks, hotels, supermarkets near a Shinkansen, JR, subway or private-railway station. Answers “convenience stores within 500m of Shibuya station”, “pharmacies near Shinjuku station”, “hospitals near Namba station”. Geocodes the station name within Japan, then searches OpenStreetMap around it. Returns each place’s name, category, distance in metres and coordinates.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`station`	string	yes	Station or place name, e.g. “Shibuya Station”, “Shinjuku Station, Tokyo”, “Namba Station, Osaka”. Adding the city helps disambiguate common names.
`category`	string	yes	What to find: “convenience_store”, “station” (another station nearby), “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

{
  "station": "Shibuya Station, Tokyo",
  "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_station","arguments":{"station":"Shibuya Station, Tokyo","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_station', {
  "station": "Shibuya Station, Tokyo",
  "category": "convenience_store",
  "radius_m": 500,
  "limit": 20
});

Response shape

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

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "station": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "category": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "radius_m": {
          "type": "number"
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": true
    },
    "resolved_station": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "name": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "display_name": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "latitude": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "longitude": {
          "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"
              },
              "brand:wikipedia": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "name:ja_rm": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "name:ko": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "website": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "branch": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "level": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "phone": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "source": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "wheelchair:description": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "name:ja-Hira": {
                "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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