How it works, in full.

A digital stamp card. Like the paper card in a wallet — take a shop’s card, show that card at that shop’s till, a prize when it is full. Many shops live in one place: My cards.

Yes. The Kyoto list and each shop page are open. You only need an account when you take a card.

When you want a card of your own — to collect stamps and redeem a prize.

Open Kyoto shops. Use List, Split, or Map. The list is the shops — name, what they do, where they are — not a stamp card. Cards live on each shop’s page. A pop-up with no street address is on the list, not the map.

Yes. Each shop page has LINE, X, Facebook, email, a copied link, or the share sheet on your phone.

Scan this shop’s QR — on the table tent or the shop page. Sign in first at Register if you do not have an account. That QR only gives you the card. It does not stamp.

Email and a password, or Google, Facebook, or X if those buttons are shown. Forgot the password? Use Forgot password.

In My cards. Open is cards you are still collecting — including a full card waiting for the prize. Tap Completed for cards you have already redeemed.

At the till, open that card and tap it to turn it over. The stamp code on the back grows so staff can read it — not the table tent. One stamp.

Open the card you want stamped. The code belongs to that card only. Staff cannot pick for you.

So a photo of the code cannot be used later. A new code appears about once a minute. That is normal.

Open the stamp code again on your phone and let them scan the new one. Old codes last about one minute.

The shop sets a daily limit — often one a day, per card. If this card already has today’s stamp, try again tomorrow. After you redeem, a new card can take today’s stamp.

Open that full card and tap it to show the stamp code. When it says Ready, staff tap Redeem and give you the prize. A new card for that prize can start after that. The redeemed card moves to Completed.

They stay in My cards. Tap Completed. Open one to see the prize you redeemed. A full card that still says Ready stays under Open until you redeem it.

Yes. One wallet holds cards from many shops. Each card works only at its own shop.

No. A card belongs to one shop. Another till cannot stamp or redeem it. Open that shop’s card instead.

Some shops set 3, 6, or 12 months. If a card expires, it closes. You can take a new one.

Yes. In the browser menu, choose Add to Home Screen. You do not need an app store.

Yes. Use the flag in the header — Japanese or English. In English, the city list shows the romaji address. Maps still pin the Japanese line.

No. Shops see a short code, not your name or email.

Make a member account — the same one guests use — then open Host settings. The first time, you will set up your space at Your space.

One email holds one space. That space can have as many cards as you need — a coffee card and an event card, for example.

Your address decides the city. Enter the postal code, or the area if you have no shop. You do not pick a city from a list.

Tick “no fixed premises” and choose the prefecture and city. Guests will see the area, not a map pin.

We save your space as a draft. Guests cannot see it until that city opens. Your cards stay private until then.

A shop is a place with a till. An activity is a regular gathering. An event is a one-off. The kind changes the stamp rules you can choose: a drink, a purchase, or a visit.

Cinnabar is offered to hosts without a fee while Kyoto is opening. There are no plans or invoices in the product today.

Your name, kana, a short pitch, about, hours, phone, website, a map if you have an address, and every active card. Edit this on Profile.

One short note — for example “11:00–20:00, closed Wednesday”. There is no week-by-week calendar.

PNG, JPEG, WebP, or SVG. Keep it under 512 KB. A clear background looks best. We do not draw a plate behind it.

“List on the city page” starts off. Turn it on from Host settings — the first screen — when you are ready. Your shop page still works from a direct link when you are live.

Yes. Use the share menu on your shop page — LINE, X, Facebook, email, a copied link, or the share sheet. This is a share link only, not a LINE Official Account.

The new address decides the city again. If that city is not open, the space becomes a draft until it is.

A loyalty punch card — not a menu, not stock. Guests collect stamps and redeem the prize you set. Make one at New card.

Yes. A coffee card and a sweets card, or a shop card and an event card. Each card has its own print QR. Guests take and show one card at a time. A card can be stamped or redeemed only at your till.

It must fit on the card. Japanese prize titles: 32 characters. English: 56. Keep the description shorter still.

Between 5 and 12. Ten is the usual paper-card count.

You choose the rule: any drink, any purchase, a yen minimum, or any visit for gatherings. The yen minimum is a reminder for staff. Cinnabar does not check the till amount.

You set a daily limit on each card. One a day is the default. It resets at midnight in the city’s time. After a redeem, the new card can take today’s stamp. A welcome stamp does not count toward the limit.

An optional first stamp, given when the guest takes the card. It shows in gold.

Yes. None, 3, 6, or 12 months. After that, the card closes and the guest can take a new one.

Yes. Kyoto crests — pagoda, torii, and others — or plain cinnabar.

Print one kit per card. That QR is only for guests to take that card. It never stamps or redeems. The till uses a different shop code. Do not put the shop code on the tent.

Two different codes, both eight characters.

The shop code opens the till. Staff type it with their PIN. It is not for guests.

The card code is on the table tent. Guests scan it on their phone to take that card.

A shop with two cards has two card codes and still one shop code. Staff never scan the tent.

Set a PIN for yourself and each person on Staff before anyone opens the till. The PIN is never printed on the slip. Say it in person.

On Staff, add a name and set a PIN. They do not get Host settings — only the till.

On Staff, revoke that till device. It cannot stamp anymore. Set a new PIN if you need to.

Open Till. Enter the shop code and a PIN. You can also copy the till link from Host settings and send it — still say the PIN in person.

Ask the guest to open the card they want and show its stamp code on their phone. Scan that. Tap Stamp. When the card is full it says Ready — tap Redeem and hand over the prize. Do not scan the table tent.

Point them at the table tent or the shop page. They scan that QR on their phone, sign in, and take the card. Then they show the new stamp code. The till cannot open a card for them.

They choose. They open one card and show that code. The till stamps or redeems that card only. You do not pick.

“Already stamped today” — the daily limit. Try tomorrow.

“Card is already full” — redeem first.

“Code expired” — ask them to open the stamp code again. It lasts about one minute.

“Not this shop’s card” — they opened a card from another shop. Ask them to open yours.

“That’s the shop poster” — you scanned the table tent. Scan their phone.

“Could not read that code” — try again, or check the camera.

Allow camera access in the phone or tablet settings, then reload the till page.

About 30 days on that device, unless you revoke it.

Stamps today, redeems today, guests one stamp from a full card, and open cards. A seven-day count sits beside them.

A dated list of stamps, redeems, and refusals. See History. Guests appear as two dots and four letters — not a name.

Cinnabar does not take payment or settle sales. It only records stamps. There is no customer list to export.

No. Cinnabar is only the stamp card. It is not a cash register, not card payments, not bookings, not stock, and not a mailing list. One email holds one space — not a chain of branches.