TOKYO, Nov. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- WAmazing Co. Ltd. (Representative Director/Company President: Fumiko Katou, Head office: Minato, Tokyo, below as "WAmazing") offers the WAmazing smartphone app service targeted towards visitors to Japan from Taiwan and Hong Kong. By using the WAmazing app, international visitors to Japan can receive a free 15 days SIM card from international airports for internet access within Japan. As of Monday, November 20, 2017, WAmazing will release "WAmazing Snow", a service that offers information about Japanese ski resorts and online bookings for lift passes, snow recreation passes, equipment rental, and lessons. WAmazing offers a new way for visitors from Taiwan and Hong Kong, countries which don't see snowfall, to enjoy their winter vacations in Japan. This service offers lift passes for skiers and snowboarders at popular Japanese ski resorts at a discount of up to 30%. We also offer foreign language ski and snowboarding lessons*, as well as snow recreation passes to ski resorts that allows visitors to enjoy the Japanese snow at locations accessible as a day trip from Tokyo and Osaka.
To celebrate the launch of this service, the first 500 applicants will receive a free lift pass that can be used at 22 ski areas in the Aizu area, which boasts some of the best quality of snow in the world.
WAmazing aims to expand services further in East Asia while offering opportunities for visitors to enjoy even more pleasant trips to Japan.
* Foreign language = Both English and Chinese classes are offered
Japan has the second highest number of ski resorts in the world (according to the 2017 International Report on Snow & Mountain Tourism), and the quality of the snow is completely different depending on the area, even though they are all located in the same country. Another major advantage is that many ski resorts are located relatively close to major cities. The number of foreign visitors to Japan has been rising steadily, reaching 24.04 million people in 2016. In addition, the Tourism Vision to Support the Future of Japan (decided by the Abe Cabinet on March 30th, 2016) sets targets of 40 million foreign tourists in Japan in 2020, and 60 million foreign tourists in Japan in 2030, making tourism a growth industry that is also gathering attention as a means of regional revitalization. However, the majority of foreign visitors to Japan tend to stay on the so-called Golden Route, comprising Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto, which limits the areas that benefit from the economic spillover effects of tourist spending. This is why WAmazing, which provides internet connections that are much in demand by foreign tourists for free, will be starting a service that capitalizes on Japan's winter tourism content, by providing promising information on ski resorts in Japan, such as Japan's winter tourism content, and allowing users to book and purchase lift tickets, snow activity tickets, rentals and online lessons. WAmazing hopes that this will help foreign tourists to truly appreciate the beauty of the four seasons in Japan, as well as potentially valuable tourism resources, so that they will be able to enjoy amazing tourism experiences not only in major cities, but in various areas throughout Japan.
What tourists can do with WAmazing Snow
*AIZU Ski Area List
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