Hatenablog

Hatenablog is a free Japanese blogging service, described on the site as a place to write solidly for free and to share thoughts, feelings and everyday experiences. Features include a subscription reading list, groups, topic prompts, an article editor and a dashboard for managing posts, plus a daily featured-posts section curated by the editorial team.

The site also lets bloggers sell paid articles and run subscriptions directly on their own blog, and shows featured posts covering topics such as a mountain temple visit, plant care as a hobby, gel nail art, ice skating and daily-life diary entries, some marked as Pro accounts. Individual posts on the homepage span categories including travel, beauty, food, hobbies and parenting.