Pick a starting point, and SHINDO sets everything else to match. Turn the dial.
Japan has an earthquake somewhere almost every day. An app that buzzes for all of them teaches you to ignore it — and then you ignore the one that matters. Focus mode starts from how you live: a light sleeper, a commuter, a visitor on a two-week trip, someone with parents in another prefecture. Choose one, and SHINDO sets your levels to match. You can still change any single setting afterwards.
An illustrative day in Tokyo. Each mode is a starting point; what reaches you also depends on your own levels and lines.
Both are measured in JMA seismic intensity — the shaking expected where you are, not the magnitude at the epicentre. Below the first level a quake just appears in the list. At the second you get the chime, the countdown and the haptics. Set the alarm to the level you'd want to be woken by, and no lower: an alarm that fires for shaking you'd sleep through is an alarm you'll eventually turn off.
Descriptions after JMA's seismic intensity table. The app's defaults: notify from 2, full alarm from 4.
The Visiting Japan mode is for visitors and short stays: every quake explained in your language, shelters and emergency phrases brought forward, and none of the seasonal Japanese weather noise. Tap a card to flip it.
Focus mode sits in your profile, next to everything else that's yours: the train lines you actually ride, your Philips Hue lights, a SHINDO Node, maps saved for when the network goes down. Hover a planet.
Seismic intensity (震度) descriptions follow the Japan Meteorological Agency's intensity table. Focus mode changes how SHINDO notifies you; it never changes your phone's government emergency alerts — keep those switched on.
Screens show the SHINDO app on 18 October 2026. The day, notifications and dial on this page are illustrations.
