Chiba Prefecture's website for foreign tourists will be renovated to be fun to visit and easy to navigate. Chiba website will also become compatible with smartphones, launch a Facebook page and provide content-rich map information. Chiba website is adding Malay to its extensive foreign language support, including English, Chinese (simplified and complex), Korean and Thai.

1. Website

"CHIBA, JAPAN TRAVEL GUIDE -- Where the Fun Begins!"

(URL:http://japan-chiba-guide.com/)

Facebook page "Japan Tourism- Chiba"

(URL: https://www.facebook.com/Japan.Tourism.Chiba)

2. Launch date

September 17, 2014

3. Main features

-- Launching a new website tailored for navigation on a smartphone, making it easier for foreign tourists to search for travel information, including finding ways to visit sightseeing spots from wherever they are.

-- Opening a Facebook page to provide a wide range of information about Chiba's attractions as quickly as it becomes available.

-- Attaching elaborate digital map to travel information, showing not only the searched spot but also many other sightseeing locations around it.

-- Adding the Malay language to the website, strengthening its support for travelers from Southeast Asia.

-- Showing the Chiba website's Malay and English editions some of the spots in Chiba Prefecture catering to the special needs of Muslim people.

* From September 17, visitors to the old website will be automatically forwarded to the updated website.

The old website

"Welcome to Chiba" (http://www.chiba-tour.jp/)