Playing Stardew Valley in Japanese

So you want to play Stardew in Japanese.

Download Yomininja to OCR the on-screen text:

GitHub - matt-m-o/YomiNinja: Open-source OCR and dictionary tool.

Open-source OCR and dictionary tool. Contribute to matt-m-o/YomiNinja development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHubmatt-m-o

Next you'll realise the font is too bad for OCR.

Use the Font Settings mod:

Font Settings

Customize in-game fonts.

Nexus Mods :: Stardew Valley

And set it up with Noto Sans Japanese:

Noto Sans Japanese - Google Fonts

Noto is a global font collection for writing in all modern and ancient languages. Noto Sans JP is an unmodulated (“sans serif”) design for the Japanese language

Google Fonts

Now the OCR works 🥳

But... What if you click too fast and miss a chat log?

Use the Chat Log mod:

Log Menu

An in-game menu that displays previously seen in-game dialogue that you may have missed. If you accidentally skipped through dialogue or just want to see it again, this is the mod for you!

Nexus Mods :: Stardew Valley

Okay, now you can play Stardew in Japanese 🥳