Japan Official Travel App
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travel | Free | Japan National Tourism Organaization | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
“Japan Official Travel App” is the official smartphone app provided by JNTO, delivering up-to-date information about traveling in Japan for a safe and comfortable journey.
App Overview:
-Travel guide contents
-Route Search and navigation
About the Features:
[Travel guide contents]
Regularly updated articles and tourist spot information, maps, and route search features help you plan and travel your journey across Japan. Transit search is compatible with Japan Rail Pass.
Explore Japan through content-rich articles introducing big cities to small rural towns and events. The articles are selected by JNTO for the app to enrich your journey.
The app contains basic information about Japan that may be helpful for tourists, such as general rules and manners, medical assistance, and embassy contact details. Links to helpful services also provided.
[Route search]
-The app navigates you from your preferred point of departure to your destination.
-Search covers all modes of public transport (trains including JR and subway lines, airplanes, taxis, and ferries), and is compatible with Japan Rail Pass
-Provides useful information such as the most convenient carriage number for train transit, platform information and station lists.
-Search directly from a zoomable interactive train map
-Allows you to save searched routes. You can also see them while offline.
[Offline Spot Search]
-Search offline for the following spots:
*Free Wi-Fi hotspots
*Tourist Information Center
*Station
*Hospitals
[Notice]
-At the time of your initial access, we ask users to participate in a survey, which is used for enhancing tourism experience in Japan. This survey is optional, and you will be able to use the app without answering them.
-This app uses GPS in the background for enhancing user experience.
Reviews
It's okay.
Bikuri-donki
Essentially an average curation of listicles. The concept is great though... but you can tell the content is arbitrarily added, rather then the type of stuff that is really intriguing to foreigners beyond the typical tourist destinations. After 21 years in Tokyo, most of the advice people seek is something more than these listicles offer. But not bad for a version 1 app.
Nice and helpful app!
Mgoldstein2284
Very useful app. Nice to see so many unique places and attracts to visit. Japan is a very beautiful and amazing country! I will return again and again! :)
Language
Hshhshhsjhavba
If allowing switching language in the app rather than change system setting, it would be more convenient.
First time in Japan
EUntalan
Excellent app. Made getting around Japan very easy, especially considering I don’t speak Japanese.
Very useful for navigating Tokyo’s trains and subways
Alan-cep
The app is very useful when navigating around Tokyo. I just wish this feature was available offline. Also, this app drained my battery.
Must have for any tourist
eve618
My friend has been to Japan multiple times and still uses this app. It was so helpful during my first visit.
Need improvement on favorite route retrieval.
AportalUser
App kept crashing when saved favorite route is retrieved from the historical list. Otherwise, a sold 5 stars for JR Pass route search.
