G1 Company Shows AI Tourism Guide KATARIBE At Tourism EXPO Japan
The pitch here is preservation as much as navigation: KATARIBE sells a way to record what local storytellers know before it goes with them, and G1 company is now asking municipalities and tourism associations to fund the next test.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
G1 company, Inc. brought KATARIBE, an AI tourism guide engine that turns interviews with local guides into location-linked guidance data, to the Travel Solution Exhibition 2026 inside Tourism EXPO Japan 2026 at Tokyo Big Sight on September 24 and 25. About 200 visitors came to the booth over two days. A demonstration with the Shin-Kamigoto Town Tourism and Products Association has run since April 2026.
KATARIBE records on-site interviews with storytellers, guides, and residents, then organizes those narratives as guidance data tied to GPS coordinates. Travelers talk to the AI and get information keyed to where they are standing and what they want to know.
The engine is pitched for use before a trip, on the ground by smartphone, in museums, and as support for guides, and afterward for pointing people to local products and online shops. G1 company lists LINE chatbot deployment, AR glasses, and metaverse avatars as options when the engine is connected.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.