Family Storage

Family Identity, Designed.

Pass your family story
on to the next generation.

Keeping records should feel like telling a story, not doing a chore.
Families who live apart can build and share the same story.
A place to carry your family’s path into the future.

Ten years of care, carried into the next ten.

So you can entrust us with your precious records with peace of mind

  • Your family's records are stored encrypted
  • They are never sent to external AI services
  • All communication is encrypted
See how we protect your records

About

You can build a family tree map
for free.

A Family Map is a way of recording your family's history and bonds like a map.
Keep your family's history safe together with photos and records.
You can also share everything with the whole family. Sign up and start right away.

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Step 01

Sign up

Register for free. You can start right away.

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Step 02

Build your map

Expand your map with parents, children, brothers and sisters.

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Step 03

Photos and records

Keep your family's history together with photos and records.

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Step 04

Share with family

Invite your family by email and share everything.

Since 2015 · Trusted

We are family history experts
who have provided many family trees
for NHK "Family History".

Eleven years of proven work with family histories.
Now we bring that expertise to a new platform for stories.

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Operating company

Tradition Blue Co., Ltd.

Family Storage is operated by Tradition Blue Co., Ltd., a company with a long record of family tree research.

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Story Hub

Family stories, more than words.

Something moves you before you even sign in.
Warm family stories, shared with their families' consent.

Memories of grandparents
The grandfather who built
a shop from nothing after the war

"A man of few words, but he spoiled his grandchildren." A life retold by his family, alongside a Shichi-Go-San photograph.

◍ The Sato family · 4 generations, 32 people
Stories of home
The small island where Mother was born,
and the summer we visited together

A family living far apart opened the same album and wove a record of "the place we want to go back to."

◍ The Tanaka family · 3 generations, 18 people
NHK family history column
What "Family History"
has taught us

From our record of building many family trees: your family, too, surely has a story worth telling.

◍ Editorial column

Three Pillars

Record, share,
and pass on.

Every feature turns around one thing: your family's story.

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Step 01

Record

Not "data entry" — simply share today's memory, and your family's records build up naturally.

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Step 02

Share

Family living far apart share the same story at the same time. One person's post calls up the next.

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Step 03

Inherit

AI weaves the stories you have gathered and carries them to the next generation, turning your family's identity into something lasting.

Reborn

Three screens, reborn.

Beautiful and intuitive on your phone. Gentle for older family members, too.

An intuitive family tree, V2.2.0

An intuitive family tree, V2.2.0

Trace it with your finger and the tree opens out. Tap a person to open their story.

A guide, whenever you need one

A guide, whenever you need one

Answers about how to use the service and about pricing, right where you are.
If you need a person, you can be put through from here too.

AI Family Storyteller

AI Family Storyteller

AI tells the story from the records you have gathered, turning record-keeping from a chore into a pleasure.

Four Forces

What older family tree services
cannot do.

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Step 01

An intuitive family tree

Trace it with your finger and the tree opens out. Four generations, and still easy to follow — designed to be gentle for older family members.

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Step 02

Real-time sharing

Family living far apart see the same records at the same time. From a quiet archive to a living conversation.

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Step 03

AI Family Storyteller

AI tells your family's story from the records you have gathered, turning record-keeping into a pleasure.

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Step 04

Privacy you can trust

Sensitive family information is protected with strong encryption. "I can leave it here with confidence" is why people choose us.

Inherit

Every feature you rely on today
is carried over.

Even with a complete renewal, nothing you have built over 11 years is lost.
All of it is carried over in a new design.

◍ 100% of current features carried over, plus new ones

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Expand a map of the family close to you

Build out a Family Map of the relatives close to you — parents and children, brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews.

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Record a wealth of family data

You can record family data, personal data and much more besides.

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Keep track of important family events

Manage family events such as birthdays, wedding and birth anniversaries, and memorial services.

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Share everything with your family

Send an invitation by email and share all of your data with the family.

Plan

Start with your family's story, free.

Recording, sharing and passing on are free, always.
For those who want to trace their family history further, there is Family Research by our specialists.

Free
¥0 / free, always

Begin your family's story

  • Family tree (Family Map)
  • Storage for photos and records
  • Family invitations and sharing
  • Automatic event reminders
  • AI Family Storyteller
Start for free
Popular
Family Research
Family register collection + map
¥55,000 / per line (tax incl.)
Delivery: within 120 days of payment confirmation

We trace the registers and build your family tree

  • Register research by specialists
  • Family Map created and sent as PDF
  • Around 150 years of family records
  • Track record with NHK "Family History"
Request research
Family Research
Family register collection only
¥22,000 / per line (tax incl.)
Delivery: within 60 days of payment confirmation

We gather the registers for you

  • Register research by specialists
  • Around 150 years of family records
  • The registers gathered are sent to you
  • A map can be added later
See details

* Prices are per line (per surname). "Family Gift", linked to event reminders, is also free to use.

Your family, too, has a story
worth telling.

Ten years of care, carried into the next ten. Begin your family's story today.

FAQ

What people ask most.

What kind of service is Family Storage?

It is a service for reliably preserving and sharing your family's records (family tree, photos, memories and special days). From “Family Research,” which traces the family register (koseki), to creating a family tree, AI storytelling, and managing photos and special days, you can gather your family's story in one place.

Is sign-up free?

Yes. Sign-up is free. Basic use, such as creating a family tree and saving records, is free of charge. Only some services, such as Family Research (family register research), are paid.

Do I need any special knowledge to use it?

No. There are no difficult operations. Simply follow the screens and enter names and records.

Can I use it on a smartphone?

Yes. You can use it on a smartphone, tablet or computer. You can also add it to your home screen and use it like an app (PWA). It launches quickly, and you can also receive notices (push notifications).

How do I create a family tree (Family Map)?

Your family tree takes shape simply by adding family members, starting from yourself. Additions are always registered as “relationships as seen from you,” and you can zoom and move around with your fingertip. You can share your completed family tree with your family by printing it or saving it as a PDF.

Can I manage special days and events?

Yes. When you register birthdays, death anniversaries, other anniversaries and so on, we will notify you automatically as the day approaches (in-app notices, push notifications and email). You can also sync with Google Calendar and check them in your usual calendar.

What is the AI Storyteller (AI storytelling)?

It is a feature in which AI talks about a person based on the family records you have registered. If you ask, “What kind of person was my grandfather?”, it answers within what is in the records. It is designed to be modest: it does not make up things that are not recorded, and instead tells you “That is not in the records.” It can also read aloud, and you can choose a calm voice (Japanese, Korean and English).

Can I save photos for each person?

Yes. From each card in the family tree, you can open a photo gallery just for that person. With a share link, you can also show photos only to your family and relatives (people who don't know the link cannot browse the list).

Does the data I register belong to me?

Yes. The records and photos you register are your own. Please use the service with peace of mind.

How much does it cost to request family registers myself?

The fees for family register (koseki) documents are as follows, per copy (as of September 2026; the amounts are the same in almost all municipalities).

  • Certified copy of the family register (certificate of all matters): ¥450
  • Certified copy of a closed register (joseki) / pre-revision register (kaisei genkoseki): ¥750

If you request them by mail, the issuing fee for fixed-amount postal money orders (¥200 each) and postage both ways are added. The number of documents ranges from a dozen or so to more than thirty depending on the family, and the total generally comes to around ¥10,000 to ¥20,000-something per lineage.

For details, please see The Cost of Making a Family Tree, and for the request procedure, How to Request Family Registers. If you would like us to do it for you, the fees are listed under How much does it cost?

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Signing up is free. Start keeping your family's records today.

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