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Japanese web services

Posted on 22nd October, by Cathy Wang in web. 6 Comments

saw it via twitter from Jeremiah:

@jonathanbrowne was telling me about this Japanese Web 2.0 list: http://tinyurl.com/6dv4vl compares and contrasts US vs Japan

I wrote a comment on the post but decided to elaborate more on the topic. So here it goes.

Since I have lived in Japan for a year in Hokkaido I feel like I might have learned some stuff about Japanese web services and the way people use them from a different perspective. What does this mean? I had mainly been in touch with people NOT in the tech industry, not early adopters.

Booking travel plans online:

If a Japanese person HAVE to book travels online they’d go to: Jalan.net. (entirely in Japanese, also no mobile version)
Jalan also has publications on traveling which ties back to the website. The magazines are popular as they publish specific area or holidays specials.

I tried …