May 9th 2018
Unlocking Tokyo with New One Day Rental Cycle Pass
Service offers more than 5,000 power-assisted bicycles all over Tokyo
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Nov 30th 2016
City Bikes for Tourists – New Collaboration with Docomo BikeShare
New partnership will see collaboration on the creation and management of a city bicycles rental service for foreign tourists visiting Japan.
June 15th 2016
JapanTravel.com Surpasses 10,000 Members
Japan’s largest multi-language travel website, publishing over 500 new articles per month.
Sept 1st 2015
Reevo x Japan Travel Tie-Up
Creating Japan’s first national rental campervan network for foreign tourists.
Sept 1st 2015
Japan Travel Questions Launched
Japan Travel announces a new service integrated into the site.
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Archive
Aug 2014
Announcing Dateline Tokyo
Inviting foreign journalists to Japan to report on Tokyo worldwide, in colloboration with TMG and FCCJ.
May 2014
10,000 Articles on JapanTravel.com
Japan Travel announces it has surpassed 10,000 articles.
May 2013
Partnership with AllAbout.co.jp
JapanTourist.jp announces collaboration with All About, Inc.
Dec 2017
Promoting Inbound Tourism in Shingu
Sankei News reports on Japan Travel joining a familiarisation trip in Shingu, Wakayama prefecture
Nov 2016
JAL Launches a New Website - “Explore Japan”
New site, http://jal.japantravel.com/, aims to bring more inbound visitors to Japan.
Nov 2016
Toppan & Japan Travel to Promote Inbound Tourism Leveraging Foreign Thinking
Toppan is partnering with Japan Travel to support local governments through new inbound initiatives, including tourist mindset-powered marketing and consulting, to support tourism regions in new ways [日本語]..
June 2015
Nara Ambassador Program Commences
New project in collaboration with Nara Prefecture, promoting Nara as a premier tourist destination [日本語].
May 2014
Reports on the 10,000 milestone
Various web reports on JapanTravel hitting the 10,000 article milestone [日本語].
Jan 2012
Gifu Regional Partner in Asahi News
Asahi News interviews Justin Dart about tourism post-March 11..
Dec 2011
Kanagawa Regional Partner in TownNews
TownNews.co.jp interviews Larry Knipfing on JapanTourist Kanagawa
May 2017
Promoting the Rugby World Cup in Kyushu
Our Creative Director, Tom Roseveare, in the Asahi Shimbun newspaper.
June 2014
Japan Travel Interns on TBS
Some of our 2014 interns try traditional Japanese food in a Tokyo izakaya.
April 2014
Japan Travel on TBS Ippuku
Japan Travel experts explain the most popular Tokyo destinations for foreign tourists.
NOV 2018
The Bookmark Update
We've launched a new tool to help members save their favourite articles, and help planning their trip that little bit easier.
OCT 2018
Japan Travel Bike: Oita City
Our bike service has now launched in Oita City in partnership with Joyfull Bike.
SEP 2018
The Profile Update
Our member profiles are completely redesigned from the ground up, with new features also coming soon.
AUG 2018
The Settings Update
Our new and improved user settings/profile options page introduces an overhauled UX (please login to view)
MAR 2018
Japan Travel Bike
Our new service invites tourists to discover Tokyo, Nara and Osaka by bike.
NOV 2017
The City Update
We launched our new city design exclusively for Shinagawa, Tokyo, before a wider rollout in 2018.
APR 2017
Japan Travel Shop
We've launched our dedicated e-commerce store with a range of tours and activities.
APRIL 25th 2017
Prefectures Updated
Our newly designed prefecture design was launched – read more about it here.
JAN 27th 2017
Vietnamese Launched
We have launched Japan Travel in Vietnamese – our 13th language. Visit vi.japantravel.com to find out more. Chào mừng bạn đến với Japan Travel!
JAN 10th 2017
New Homepage Launched
We introduced a new homepage design, marking a new direction that we'll be extending to the rest of the site this year.