Kakaku com : Tabelog partners with local governments to provide gourmet and sightseeing information

September 13, 2017

Kakaku.com, Inc.

Tabelog joins hands with local governments to provide local gourmet and sightseeing information First partnerships with the city of Naha and Yokohama in a joint effort to promote the attractiveness of each city and support local efforts to attract tourists

Tabelog (http://tabelog.com), a restaurant discovery and reservation site operated by Kakaku.com, Inc. (TSE code: 2371), is pleased to announce that it has started an online platform for local governments to provide tourist information. First alliances have been established with the city of Naha (Okinawa Pref.) and the Yokohama Tourism and Convention Bureau. As of September 13, 2017 users can access gourmet and sightseeing information on Naha and Yokohama on the respective pages.

Now, this is the first time Tabelog is partnering with local governments.

On the business collaboration with local governments Offering information on more than 80,000 restaurants from big cities to small towns, people often use Tabelog while traveling or sightseeing. Tabelog ranked 3rd in a recent survey on most popular sites among domestic travelers, published in June 2017 by Values Inc. We believe that the need for tourist information is especially high among Tabelog users, as they are very keen on visiting restaurants in different parts of the country. Therefore, we decided to set up a platform for local governments to share tourist and sightseeing information while incorporating Tabelog's extensive restaurant and gourmet related content. By providing more than 1,000 million Tabelog users with tourist information focusing on food as well as supporting local governments to attract tourists, we hope to contribute to regional revitalization.

On providing tourist information on Tabelog Tabelog will set up pages with special features on each area, with official content on sightseeing spots and events provided by local governments as well as gourmet information such as restaurant rankings provided by Tabelog. The content provided by Kakaku.com will be extensive, with original articles provided by Tabelog Magazine's editorial team, summaries of user recommendations from Tabelog Matome and travel content from icotto, Kakaku.com group's online magazine on gourmet and travel. This will provide an easy and entertaining way to gather tourist and gourmet information. As of today, the first two features for the cities of Naha and Yokohama are online.

City of Naha：https://tabelog.com/tieup/city/naha/

City of Yokohama：https://tabelog.com/tieup/city/yokohama

City Information Page

Local Governments

• Restaurant Info

• Gourmet Info

• Place to go

• Sightseeing spots

• PR Videos

• Recommendations

User reach Tabelog media

User reach Official websites

City of Naha City of Yokohama

Going forward, Tabelog will continue to provide gourmet and sightseeing content from all over Japan, thereby expand its comprehensive support of local governments in their efforts to provide tourist information.

About Tabelog

Launched in March 2005, based on the concept of "helping to make the best restaurant choice", Tabelog provides restaurant rankings based on user reviews and ratings.

Registered restaurants: approx. 850,000; posted reviews: approx. 20 million (as of Sep. 2017) Monthly users: 98.97 million, monthly page views: 1,826.91 million (as of June 2017)

Monthly users by device: Smartphone 76.68 million users, PC 22.06 million users.

Additional information (Japanese only):

• Tabelog's user ratings and ranking: https://tabelog.com/help/score/

• Tabelog's policy on user reviews and ratings: https://tabelog.com/help/policy/

• Tabelog's features: https://tabelog.com/help/beginner/

  Official social media accounts (Japanese only)

• LINE (Tabelog Magazine): ＠ oa-tabelog-magazine

• LINE (Tabelog): @tabelog

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tabelog/

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/tabelog/

About icotto

Operated by Kakaku.com, icotto is an online magazine offering travel and gourmet information for women. Under the concept of "You will want to go out", the editorial team offers daily information on gourmet, sightseeing and hotels from around the country, which users can use to make travel plans best suited for their lifestyle and taste.

Kakaku.com corporate profile

Address: Digital Gate Building, 3-5-7, Ebisu-minami, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0022 Representative Director, President: Shonosuke Hata

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