Hapitas (ハピタス) is one of the largest cashback and points sites in Japan. You open an online shop or service through a link on Hapitas, buy or sign up as usual, and Hapitas pays you points (1 point = 1 yen) that you can turn into cash, PayPay, Amazon gift cards and more. It is free, it has been running for 19 years, and it reports 6.4 million members (as of March 2025, the latest figure Hapitas publishes).
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The catch for most foreigners living in Japan is simple: the whole site is in Japanese. That is why this guide exists. We walk you through what Hapitas is, how the money flows, who can join, and what to watch out for, so you can decide in five minutes whether it is worth your time.
Hapitas at a glance
| What it is | A “point site” (ポイントサイト): cashback for shopping and services, paid in points |
| Operator | OZVISION Inc. (株式会社オズビジョン), Tokyo |
| Members | 6.4 million (as of March 2025, per the Hapitas sign-up page); 3,800+ shops and services listed |
| Cost | Free to join and use |
| Point value | 1 point = 1 yen |
| Cash out | Bank transfer, PayPay, Amazon gift card, Rakuten points, V points, Pollet and 30+ more |
| Monthly exchange limit | 30,000 points per month across all destinations (Pollet has a separate 300,000-point limit) |
| Who can join | Anyone living in Japan aged 13 or older, one account per person. No nationality requirement |
| Language | Japanese only (that is what this site is for) |
How Hapitas makes money, and why you get paid
Shops and services pay Hapitas an advertising fee every time a customer arrives through Hapitas and completes a purchase or sign-up. Hapitas keeps part of that fee and returns the rest to you as points. Nothing is added to your bill: you pay the shop’s normal price, and the points come out of the advertiser’s marketing budget.
The link between “you clicked on Hapitas” and “you bought something” is tracked with browser cookies. This is the one technical thing you need to get right: if your browser blocks tracking (Safari’s privacy settings, ad blockers, private mode), the purchase may not be counted. We cover the safe way to shop in the sign-up guide.
What you can actually earn
Rates change daily, so treat these as the shape of the deal rather than a promise. There are three kinds of offers:
- Everyday shopping (0.5% to a few percent). Rakuten Ichiba, Yahoo! Shopping, Qoo10, travel booking sites, food delivery, fashion. Small per order, but it adds up because you were going to buy anyway.
- Sign-ups and applications (hundreds to tens of thousands of points). Credit cards, bank accounts, mobile plans, internet lines, insurance. A single credit card application was listed at 9,000 points on the sign-up page in November 2026. These pay the most, and they are also where foreigners need to check eligibility first.
- Small tasks (a few points each). Surveys, quizzes, app downloads. Not worth your evening, but fine while waiting for a train.
A realistic picture for someone who shops online a few times a month and does one or two sign-ups a year: a few thousand yen in points per year from shopping, plus 5,000 to 20,000 yen from the sign-ups. Hapitas also adds a welcome bonus of up to 500 points for completing its stamp rally after registration (survey, quiz, and one offer).
Can foreigners use Hapitas?
Yes. The terms of service assume you use the service from inside Japan and set a minimum age of 13, but they say nothing about nationality. What you will need in practice:
- An email address
- A phone number in Japan that can receive SMS (or a voice call). Hapitas uses phone verification when you set your security question and every time you exchange points
- For cash: a Japanese bank account in your own name
- Enough Japanese to follow the screens, or this site open in another tab
One account per person is a strict rule. Do not create a second account “for the welcome bonus” and do not share one with a partner: both get accounts suspended.
How you get your money out
Once you have earned at least 300 points and at least one offer has been approved, you can exchange points. The popular routes are bank transfer (free, through a digital gift step), PayPay Money Lite, Amazon gift cards (490 points buys 500 yen), Rakuten points and V points. Most exchanges are completed the same day or within a few days.
The one number everyone misses: you can exchange at most 30,000 points per month, counted across all destinations together. If you ever earn more than that, Pollet (a balance service run by the same company) has its own 300,000-point monthly limit and can pay out to your bank for a 200 yen fee per transfer. Full details, with the fees for each option, are in our cash-out guide.
Is Hapitas legit?
It is a 19-year-old business run by a Tokyo company, with millions of members and a published guarantee: if you shopped through Hapitas and the points never showed up, Hapitas will credit them after checking (the “お買い物あんしん保証” guarantee). The usual complaints are about points being rejected because of cookie or browser problems, or because the user did not meet an offer’s conditions (for example, cancelling a trial before the required period). Read the conditions, use a normal browser, and keep your confirmation emails.
Who should and should not bother
Worth it if you already shop on Rakuten, Yahoo! Shopping or Qoo10, book hotels and flights online, order delivery, or plan to open a bank account, get a credit card, or switch mobile plans in the next year. The sign-up offers alone can cover a month of groceries.
Skip it if you do almost all your shopping in physical stores and Amazon (Hapitas has no general Amazon offer), or if you cannot receive SMS on a Japanese number. You would be creating an account you never use.
Next steps
Ready to try it? Our sign-up walkthrough (every screen translated) and our cash-out guide are the next two articles on this site, published one day apart. Until then, the referral link below takes you straight to the registration page with the welcome bonus attached.
Sources: Hapitas sign-up page and terms of service (hapitas.jp), Hapitas help center articles on exchange limits, first-exchange conditions, phone verification and the cash-by-digital-gift procedure (faq.hapitas.jp), Pollet help center on bank withdrawals (polletcorp.zendesk.com). All checked on 5 November 2026. Rates and rules change; the links above always show the current values.