Kakaku didn’t just release their newest financial report in English today, they also published a press release to announce “Tabera”, a Tabelog-connected iPhone app that allows customers to make pictures of dishes at restaurants and share them on Facebook and Twitter. There are...
Kakaku And Tabelog See Strong Growth In Traffic In June [E-Commerce]
Kakaku has released traffic information on its biggest properties for June 2011, their namesake price comparison site (and Japan’s largest) and restaurant guide (and Gourmet Navigator competitor) Tabelog. And according to the report, both Kakaku and Tabelog grew significantly on a year-on...
Traffic On Kakaku And Tabelog Recovers Following Earthquake [E-Commerce]
The earthquake that hit Japan on March 11 hit Japan’s web industry in different ways. Kakaku.com says that they suffered badly in the days after the quake (-30% daily users for Kakaku itself, and even -40% for restaurant service Tabelog) but saw a quick recovery as far as traffic is concerned...
Kakaku Beefs Up iPhone Version Of Tabelog [E-Commerce]
Kakaku has announced the launch of a new version of Tabelog, its popular restaurant search and rating service, for the iPhone. Version 4 enables iPhone users to contribute information, reviews and pictures to a given restaurant in Japan directly through their handsets (download). Kakaku has also...
Tabelog vs. Gourmet Navigator: Who Will Win In Japan?
Kakaku isn’t only a price comparison engine: the eponymous company behind the service also offers Tabelog, a restaurant site that’s competing with Gourmet Navigator (listed, 2440). What many people don’t know is that Tabelog used to be just a forum for people to discuss...
I Will Speak At “Insert Coin” In Tokyo Next Week
Next week Wednesday, the 14th “Insert Coin” is scheduled to take place in Tokyo, an event series aimed at professionals working in the Japanese game industry. The topic this time is a post mortem of this year’s Tokyo Game Show – or in other words, a (bilingual) discussion on...