- Business
- Hanatour Japan Co., Ltd. (6561.T) operates as a travel portal company primarily engaged in inbound tourism services for visitors to Japan from South Korea, China, Southeast Asia, Europe, and the Americas; it arranges accommodations including hotels and Japanese inns, restaurant and bus services, FIT packages, travel incentives, package tours, air tickets, and hotel bookings; sells accommodation-only products; organizes Korean wave events and made-to-order corporate trips; provides bus tours nationwide, chartered tour buses, and shuttle bus services for inbound tourists; offers development and marketing consultancy, business dealings services, and software and web system development, operation, and maintenance. The company, founded on September 1, 2005, and headquartered at Toranomon Y-CO Bldg. 8F, 5-12-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0001, Japan, serves B2B and B2C markets through platforms like Japan Topken, Japan Tomaru (Gorilla), and Japanryokan.net, with operations focused on Japan and international sourcing of tourists; it maintains a workforce of 103 employees as of December 2024 and holds registrations as a Tourism Agency Travel Industry Type 1 provider, IATA official passenger agency, and Tour Operator Quality Certification holder. A subsidiary of Hanatour Service Inc., it operates through four business segments encompassing travel arrangements, transportation, hospitality, and systems development. Recent developments include the April 2024 launch of HANARO and BUSRO systems to enhance business integration; re-opening of Kyushu and Hokkaido offices in May and July 2023 amid rebounding inbound travel demand; capital reduction to ¥100 million in May 2023; transition to the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth market in April 2022; achievement of over 45,000 monthly room sales on the B2B Gorilla platform in December 2024; and closure of the Kansai International Airport counter in December 2024 as part of sales streamlining.