Shobunsha Holdings Inc. (9475)

Overview

Shobunsha Holdings, Inc., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a diversified company established in 1960, primarily involved in the planning, production, and publishing of maps, magazines, and guidebooks. The company has expanded its portfolio to include digital data planning, production, and sales alongside offering a variety of electronic services. Targeting both domestic and international tourists, it produces maps and guidebooks in several languages. Furthermore, Shobunsha Holdings leverages the internet, smartphones, and mobile communication technologies to offer tools and services, establishing itself as an advertising medium for clients across the hotel, transportation, retail, and other industries.

Products and Services

MAPPLE Kanko Guide and MAPPLE Tourist Map websites: These platforms are designed to aid tourists by providing easy access to detailed maps and guidebooks online, enabling travelers to thoroughly plan their visits and explorations in Japan.

MAPPLE Travel: A hotel booking website that allows users to find and reserve hotel accommodations, streamlining the process of planning travels.

Applications: Development and management of various applications including the MAPPLE TOKYO Sky Tree App, which offers maps and guides specifically for the Tokyo Sky Tree area, and MAPPLE-LINK, a service facilitating the download of information from MAPPLE Magazine directly to smartphones or cellphones, addressing the needs for instant and portable access to travel content.

Digital maps and travel guides for national agencies, local governments, and private enterprises: Offering comprehensive services for crime and disaster prevention, disaster measures, tourism business, regional marketing, customer management, and logistics through the provision of digital maps and guides tailored to the specific needs of these organizations.

Geographical Information Systems (GIS) development: Assists enterprises and local governments by making maps and developing GIS, covering services from data input to the development of mapping software, thus supporting complex spatial data management and analysis tasks.

Mapple Navi: A car navigation software provided to PND makers, which includes driving routes, restaurant information, and additional travel-related content, enhancing the driving experience for users through comprehensive navigational aids.