Tategakizen

Tategaki Zen shows the time the way Japanese is traditionally written: in kanji, set vertically from top to bottom ("tategaki"). Ten past ten, for example, reads as 十時十分, stacked in a single quiet column on the face. A fine divider and a muted date column sit on the right, and a small red seal adds a single accent.

THE LOOK
- The time in kanji, set vertically in Shippori Mincho type
- A date column with a thin divider on the right side
- A small red hanko seal as a detail
- Warm paper tones with dark ink, designed to stay calm and legible

CUSTOMIZE
- Color theme: Paper, Ink, Sumi grey or Black ink (pure black background)
- Hour format: 24-hour or 12-hour
- Seal (hanko): the character 時 (time), the character 禅 (Zen), or off

AMBIENT MODE
- A dedicated ambient display: black background with only the time in grey
- Very few lit pixels, made with OLED displays in mind

GOOD TO KNOW
- Requires a Wear OS watch with Wear OS 4 or newer
- Everything is bundled with the watch face; no internet connection is needed
- No ads, no accounts, no data collection
- Available in English, German and Japanese
- After installing, long-press the current watch face, choose Tategaki Zen and use the customize option to change theme, hour format and seal

Font: Shippori Mincho (SIL Open Font License 1.1).