TOKYO--(Business Wire/Korea Newswire) December 23, 2014 -- On December 22nd 2014, Cloud 9 Ltd., (Headquarters: Machida City, Tokyo Prefecture; Managing Director: Kentaro Fujimoto) has launched its Gourmet Site named Japanful (http://www.japanful.com) targeting foreign visitors to Japan. With a free multilingual translation tool for Japanese restaurant owners and easy to use features for tourists, the website supports Japanese restaurants and bars looking to draw patronage from foreigners visiting the country.

Japanful's Mission

The Mission of Japanful is “to create an environment where all visitors to Japan can fully enjoy the abundance of Japanese Cuisine”. With this mission, Japanful aims to make the burdensome process of creating a foreign language menu easier with Japanful's free food specific translator, available on the Japanful website. As a result of this, foreigners can easily understand the complexities of Japanese cuisine and Japanese restaurants can move one step closer to true Omotenashi (hospitality).

Specific Features of Japanful

△ FOR FOREIGN VISITORS
· Using Japanful's gourmet site, they can gain information about restaurants and their menus in their own language
· Reading reviews and ratings, they can find Japanese food that suits their original tastes
· They can easily and conveniently share their bookmarks and reviews in the “My Page” portion of the Japanful website
· They can browse Japanful produced articles, features and videos targeted to what foreigners want to know about Japanese Cuisine

The Future of Japanful

After its launch, Japanful plans to continuously improve usability, develop a smartphone app and become multilingual supporting more than just English. Until 2020, Japanful has set a goal of registering 200,000 restaurants and is expecting to draw 7,200,000 users yearly.

The name “Japanful”

In the hope of spreading the “Beautiful” and “Wonderful” Japanese charm to people throughout the world, the words “Japan” and “ful” was joined to create the name “Japanful”.