Location Based Tag Event Hosted By Mapion, Tokyo Metro Train Lines

Mapion, [J] is hosting “Kunitori Onigokko 2012” (Country Grab Tag 2012) for “Keitai Kunitori Kassen” [J] (Cell Phone Country Grab Battle), their location based game for mobile phones.  It will run from April 24th until June 11th at 3:00 P.M. “Country Grab Tag 2012” is an event continuing from the stamp rally in partnership with… Continue reading Location Based Tag Event Hosted By Mapion, Tokyo Metro Train Lines

Location Game Shirotsuku Ties It Up With Job Offer Site

Cave Inc. [J] has announced the commencement of “Predict Job Luck With Lucky Prospects 47 Fortune,” [J] a tie-up campaign with “47Kyujin.com (47 prefectures job offer site)” [J] managed by F47Kyujin Site Joint Committee, [J] via “Shirotsuku,” [J] Cave’s location based game for GREE and Mobage.  The term period will be until April 26th. In… Continue reading Location Game Shirotsuku Ties It Up With Job Offer Site

“Shirotsuku” Holds Tie-Up Event With Tokyo Dome City Attractions

Cave [J] is hosting “Atoraku E Ikou,” [J] an event for their location information mobile game “Shirotsuku” in partnership with the Tokyo Dome Company’s integrated amusement establishment “Tokyo Dome City Attractions,” from February 1st until February 29th, 2012. “Atoraku E Ikou” is a limited term event being held through Tokyo Dome City Attractions, which by… Continue reading “Shirotsuku” Holds Tie-Up Event With Tokyo Dome City Attractions

Let’s Get a Foursquare Limited Tokyo Badge!

The smartphone location sharing service Foursquare has added the “Sakura Badge,” limited to the Tokyo area.  This is the first appearance of a limited badge from Foursquare in Japan. The conditions for opening a “Sakura Badge” are to follow the “Sakura Badge List” [J] with 62 spots carefully selected by Foursquare within the capital, and… Continue reading Let’s Get a Foursquare Limited Tokyo Badge!

KFC Begins Campaign For Location App “My Town”

Kentucky Fried Chicken [J] has begun a limited term campaign for the Japanese version of “My Town,” a smartphone location information game. In this campaign, when you “check in” using My Town at an actual KFC store, depending on the number of times, you can receive a “next generation shop” stationed at the same shop… Continue reading KFC Begins Campaign For Location App “My Town”

Mapion Offer’s 1 Year Limited Term Overseas Play Location Game “World Magical Adventure”

Mapion [J] under sponsoring by NTT Docomo [J] has announced the release of the location based game “Sekai Magical Daiboken” [J] (World Magical Adventure), which allows Docomo users to play overseas, for a one year fixed term starting September 8th (Thursday). Currently Mapion offers the cell phone stamp library game “Keitai Kuni Tori Kassen” (Cell… Continue reading Mapion Offer’s 1 Year Limited Term Overseas Play Location Game “World Magical Adventure”

Japanese Location-Based Service Colopl Sells Special Card With Pro-Baseball Ticket

Colopl [J] is planning to implement the sports game watching “Pro Baseball! Colopl Series” [J] to link with their cell phone geo-location game “Koroni-na Seikatsu” (Colony Life).  This will be their first attempt to collaborate with professional sports.  The “Pro Baseball! Colopl Series” is for sales of special Colopl Card linked game tickets for 16… Continue reading Japanese Location-Based Service Colopl Sells Special Card With Pro-Baseball Ticket

Colopl Visualizes Where People Checking-In East Japan

Japanese Location based service Coropura(Colopl.jp) makes a map of east Japan to show where its users checked in the day before [J]. The hex displayed on the map means there were at least one check in yesterday. The map has a choice of cellphone carriers, Docomo/au/Softbank. Docomo must have more users and good coverage. The… Continue reading Colopl Visualizes Where People Checking-In East Japan

Mixi Real Check-in – World First NFC Tag Location Based Service

On February 9th, Mixi enhanced their Mixi Check (service like Facebook Like) and Mixi Check-in (like Foursquare) to NFC(Near Field Communication) compliant. The word “Real” is attached to these two service enhancements. By that, now you can show your fondness for NFC embedded items on Mixi Real Check, in addition to likes on web pages.… Continue reading Mixi Real Check-in – World First NFC Tag Location Based Service