Climbing · Local guide
Tokyo Climbing Index
Tokyo has no shortage of climbing gyms. The harder part is choosing one: location, training boards, style, and transit time all matter. I built the index I wanted to use myself.
- Role
- Design & development
- Focus
- Useful local data
- Status
- Live and evolving
The idea
Gym directories tend to optimize for volume. I wanted a calm, opinionated tool for climbers who care about practical details—especially training facilities and where a gym sits in the city.
The approach
The interface keeps the data close to the map and makes filtering the primary interaction. The content is deliberately curated rather than scraped into a noisy catalogue.
What’s next
I’m exploring location-aware sorting, transit-time estimates, richer map details, and Japanese-language support without sacrificing the index’s simplicity.