Duo aims to attract inbound visitors with new experience to let them visit Japan again
Summary
The two guys from the Israel-based consulting firm Aniwo, who had given some posts about the recent Israeli tech scene to The Bridge, have begun a new startup named Matabi Technologies, hoping of ‘the wish to travel again’ in Japanese. Matabi Technologies was founded by Chikara Ueno and Takuya Ogushi, and an undisclosed person has been appointed CTO. Through their experiences in the previous job, the two guys felt that Israelis are used to traveling due to their limited territory or the gap year custom. While Asian travelers visiting Japan tend to set tight schedule in advance and enjoy mainly shopping, Israeli and European FITs tend to gather information after arrival in Japan and travel around where they are interested in. The firm targets especially FIT from overseas but its concept may be close to the Japanese travel reservation service Zuboratabi.