TATERU, Inc. (head office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; representative director/CEO: Daisaku Furuki; securities identification code: 1435; “the company”) announces that it has been selected for building, managing and maintaining a rest spot facility at Dekimachi Park as a part of Fukuoka City’s project and has signed a basic agreement with the city.

TATERU selected for building, managing and maintaining rest spot at Dekimachi Park!

Fukuoka City has promoted Hakata Old Town Project to improve attraction by tying valuable resources in the Hakata region with stories and cityscapes. While historic old towns have driven tourism as sightseeing spots in many cities around the world, this project is designed to build an old town in Fukuoka city, which is accepting more and more inbound tourists every year, and maximize the inbound benefit across the region through public-private partnership. Located in the heart of downtown Fukuoka, Dekimachi Park was renovated last winter. In this park, Fukuoka city plans to build, manage and maintain a rest spot facility as a sightseeing destination in the Gokusho area under the Hakata Old Town Project. TATERU has been selected for this project and signed a basic agreement with the city.

Theme is “creating sightseeing spots in Old Town Hakata and innovating tourism using artificial intelligence (AI)/IoT”

Based on the theme of “creating sightseeing spots in Old Town Hakata and innovating tourism using artificial intelligence (AI)/IoT,” the company will improve the mobility and convenience, rejuvenate the area, and create a line of flow in the area and guide people under this Dekimachi Park project. In the park, the company plans to build a rest facility in harmony with the surrounding cityscape and landscape on a street from Hakata Sennen-no-mon Gate, a welcoming gate to the historic and cultural zone to the tour bus stop that will also be newly created. The facility will serve as a space for relaxation for inbound tourists and local residents. The company will also collect various tourist data including inbound and domestic tourists’ attributes, positional information, chat history, and voice translation history through AI- and IoT-based tourism services. Accumulated database will be shared with Fukuoka city for planning subsequent tourism measures and developing and offering new solutions using big data.

＜Project overview＞

＜Partners＞

Park24 Co., Ltd., teamLab Inc., NO CORPORATION., LTD., etc.

＜Schedule＞

April 27, 2018 Start operation of tour bus stop

September 2018 Start construction of sightseeing facility (scheduled)
April 2019 Start operation of sightseeing facility (scheduled)

＜Overview of Dekimachi Park＞

Address: 1-chome, Hakata-ekimae, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka-shi
Space: 6,673㎡
Park opened in: 1965 (renovated on December 11, 2017)