Top Japan Guide for Travellers

1Time Out Tokyo

“Time Out Tokyo” is the Tokyo version of “Time Out”, a media specializing in local information around the world. You can find activities in Tokyo “today” and “this weekend”.

Originally started in London, England, it is now a familiar medium for foreigners operating in 85 cities and 37 countries around the world. Since we deliver local information on Tokyo and information on seasonal events, it is valuable information for travelers with an experience-based travel style centered on Western cultures.

Supported language: Japanese, English

2Lonely Planet

This is the website version of the world’s most famous guidebook “Lonely Planet”. Many of you may have seen foreign tourists walking around the city holding them in their hands.

This is the worldwide version of “Walking the Earth” in Japan, and contains basic information such as the history, culture, climate, and language of countries and regions around the world. The story of the world’s most iconic travel guides begins with Tony and Maureen Wheeler’s overland odyssey from London to Australia, an adventure that prompted them to publish their first guidebook – Across Asia on The Cheap – and found Lonely Planet.

Supported language: English, German, Italian

3Japan Guide

Japan Guide is a long-established media for foreign tourists since July 2, 1996. Introducing a lot of information on sightseeing in Japan and living in Japan. It covers a wide range of information from tourist information in Japan to the origin of Japanese food and the latest Japanese culture by Japanese people. The goal is to deliver comprehensive, up-to-date information on traveling in Japan, first-hand from Japan.

Supported language: English, Chinese (Traditional, Simplified), Korean

4Otaku Mode

Tokyo Otaku Mode™ (TOM) shares with the world the latest Japanese pop culture news through its Facebook page, which has over 20 million likes, and sells products related to Japanese anime, manga, games, music, and fashion through its website, the Tokyo Otaku Mode Shop. TOM strives to be the fastest source for delivering world-famous Japanese pop culture content around the globe. That is TOM’s mission.

TOM also strives to support top creators in expanding overseas. This is achieved through translation support of creators’ products and profiles, creating portfolios for creators geared toward overseas viewers, increasing their overseas exposure through interviews, exhibiting their works at overseas conventions, and more. TOM aims to be a platform on which creators can post and sell their works to a worldwide audience.

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Supported language: English

5JNTO

This is the official website operated by the Japan Tourism Bureau (JNTO). Since it is official tourist information of the Government of Japan, it is used by foreign tourists visiting Japan from all countries to decide their travel destinations.

JNTO is involved in a broad range of activities both domestically and worldwide, to encourage international tourists from all over the world to visit Japan. JNTO maintains 22 offices in key cities around the world, through which a wide range of tourism-related promotions are carried out. Each overseas office is responsible for promoting travel and tourism to Japan; one of the most important functions is to help the travel industry encourage their clients to visit Japan.

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Supported language: 15 languages ​​including English, Chinese (simplified / traditional), Korean, Thai, etc.

6Tofugu

“Tofugu” is a site that started in 2008 as part of a university class. Tofugu introduces tools and writings about the Japanese Language for people who were and still are excited about learning Japanese Culture.

We all thought there must be a better, more effective way to learn Japanese, even if it’s not “traditional.” So we began writing. We learned how humans actually learn and made WaniKani for learning kanji, because sometimes tradition is overrated.

Supported language: English

7Tsunagu Japan

“TSUNAGU JAPAN” is a curation media that conveys Japan’s proud things to the world. In Japanese, the word “tsunagu” means “to connect”. The feature is that it publishes articles that give hints on Japanese culture and learning Japanese.

Each article has a high level of quality and volume, and while valuing the “reader’s (foreigner’s) perspective”, it provides information on tourism to Japan, shopping information, and information on Japanese culture.

Supported language: English, Chinese (Simplified, Traditional), Thai

8Go Tokyo

“GO TOKYO” is operated by The Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau (TCVB). Consist of tourism marketing professionals working with a coordinated network of partners to attract travelers and business events in Tokyo, producing the best “Tokyo Experience” for everyone.

The Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau works to attract international travelers, business events, distribute tourist information, further community tourism, better tourism infrastructure, and deepen industry partnerships in order to fulfil our vision: “Making TOKYO the world’s choice.”

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Supported language: English, Chinese (Simplified, Traditional), Korean, Thai, German, Italian, Spanish, French

9Rachigo! Japan

The media “Rachigo” is popular with Taiwanese tourists visiting Japan. As you can see from the URL, “purchase” means “let’s go”.

In Taiwan, it is more common to collect tourist information on the Internet, personal blogs, and SNS rather than buying and reading tourist guide books. One of the most popular sites for collecting information is this purchase. Since it is a media for Taiwanese, the language is only in traditional Chinese.

Supported language: Chinese (Traditional)

10Japan Info

“JAPAN Info” has grown rapidly since its release in January 2015. Operated in English / Traditional Chinese (Taiwan / Hong Kong), it boasts access from Japan’s largest traditional Chinese area, and is frequently viewed from Southeast Asia and North America, where the number of foreign visitors to Japan is increasing rapidly, and is viewed in 233 countries.

Also, one of the features of this media is that it has high diffusion power not only on Facebook but also on Twitter.

Supported language: English, Chinese (Traditional)