FlareSpot

See what’s happening nearby, right on the map. Discover local voices, share the moment, earn badges, and explore stages and timetables in the improved FES mode.

FlareSpot is a map-based app for discovering festivals, concerts, fireworks, local events, and the voices of people who are there.

Explore festival stages and spots, places to visit before or after a show, and nearby fireworks or local events. Use the Event Calendar in the top-right corner to browse upcoming events and jump directly to a venue or neighborhood on the map.

AI Scouter highlights notable places, events happening now, and what is coming up next in the area shown on the map.

“Ima no Koe” (Voices Now) lets you browse photos and short updates shared within the circle shown on the map, and react to them with a heart.

You can also post photos, stickers, animated stickers, emoji, and short comments directly on the map. Your posts are saved in My Flare, where you can look back on your photos and the places you have lit up.

From My Flare, you can create a Glow Card that combines your photos, locations, and glowing map in a single image. You can also create a Flare Movie—a short video that connects your photos with the places where they were shared.

Flare Movie includes three visual themes: DIARY, QUEST, and LOG. Finished movies can be saved to the Photos app or shared with other apps.

Key Features

• Explore festival venues, live shows, and nearby places on the map • View stages, spots, and local information through map cards • Find festivals, fireworks, and local events from the Event Calendar • Jump directly to an event venue or neighborhood on the map • Discover notable places and upcoming events with AI Scouter • Browse local photos and short updates through Voices Now • Post photos, stickers, animated stickers, emoji, and comments on the map • Look back on your photos and places in My Flare • Create Glow Cards featuring your photos and a glowing map • Create, save, and share Flare Movies • React to photos and posts with hearts

FlareSpot is useful when you want to:

• Find the next stage to visit at a festival • Discover places to visit before or after a concert • Find fireworks displays and local events • See what people nearby are sharing right now • Capture the atmosphere of a place with photos and short updates • Look back on the places you have lit up • Turn memories from trips and events into cards or short videos

FlareSpot brings together what is happening now, where to go next, and the places you have lit up—all on one map.

Fireworks and local events are mainly shown around the area currently displayed on the map. Event coverage currently focuses on the Kanto region of Japan and is gradually expanding.