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Category / Use
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English
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Japanese
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Website building
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Wix and Shopify
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Social media / Blogs
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Myspace, Tumblr
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Transit
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Google Maps
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Norikae Annai 乗換案内 (means transfer info) from:
Navitime all have a website and iOS / Android apps. Google Maps works beautifully too!
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Business
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eCommerce
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Amazon
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Travel
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Agoda, Booking,com
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The navigation and information layout is entirely logical for someone who lives in Japan and knows what they look for. The reason it’s so confusing to people who don’t live in Japan is because regions are still referred to by historical names, not prefectural names, so it’s usually a learning curve to know how to narrow down areas on a map. Secondly, Japanese travellers are looking for different requirements, like whether there is an outdoor onsen.
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Secondhand Marketplace
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Craigslist
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Eating
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Yelp, Foursquare, OpenRice
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They even have ramen and cafe specific apps! Check my 50+ Apps to Travel Japan in 2019 food guide section.
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Scheduler
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Team / Individual Calendars
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TimeTree (Sadly, shut down)
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App Rankings
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ProductHunt
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Weather
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Google
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Cooking
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Cookpad, kurashiru
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Messaging
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LINE, Google Allo
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Photos
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Google Photo
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Running
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Strava
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Runkeeper
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Startup Job Listings
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Angelist
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Wantedly is now a listed company, and founded by a female founder! Domestically, they have new products like Wantedly Chat, to connect companies and recruiters to talent.
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ToDo Lists
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Wunderlist
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Business
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Price comparison
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Price.com.hk
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Events
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Eventbrite
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A content marketing strategist and consultant. Passionate about storytelling for great teams and products. Co-founder of Business 3.0 (https://b3p0.org), LGBTQGlassdoor.com. Personal blog at https://thecupandtheroad.com.