Next-Generation Dining Experience App Guided by AI Agent: English Version of 'UMAME!' Launched
Gurunavi will launch the English version of 'UMAME!', an AI-powered app that personalizes dining experiences for inbound tourists, on March 31, 2026. The app instantly suggests 'available now' restaurants based on user preferences.
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Gurunavi, Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Akio Sugihara; hereinafter 'Gurunavi') will launch the English version of 'UMAME!', an app equipped with an AI agent that personalizes dining experiences using generative AI, starting Tuesday, March 31, 2026. With this release, we will provide a next-generation dining experience where even foreign tourists who are unfamiliar with Japanese geography and food culture can reach the optimal restaurant to experience the 'now' around their current location without getting lost.
While dining is one of the greatest pleasures for foreign tourists visiting Japan, finding a restaurant that suits their tastes and is available immediately from a vast amount of information is difficult. The English version of 'UMAME!' was developed to resolve this hesitation of 'Where to go?'. Rather than just a search tool, the AI agent, staying close to the user, matches them with restaurants where they can feel the 'now' of Japan, proposing once-in-a-lifetime encounters during their journey.
**3 Values Provided by 'UMAME!'**
**1. Instantly suggests 'restaurants you can enter now'**
Every minute and second of travel time is precious. It instantly proposes the best spot around the current location, minimizing time loss caused by searching for a restaurant in an unfamiliar area.
**2. Encounters with local spots to experience Japan's 'now'**
AI proposes local famous stores that can only be experienced at that time and in that place. By matching restaurants tailored to the user's mood, it saves the trouble of searching and proposes new encounters with Japanese food culture.
**3. Personalized experience that evolves the more you use it**
The AI works in tandem with the 'Bookmark' to save favorite restaurants and the 'Journal' to keep a record of meals. As usage increases, the AI deeply understands the user's preferences and continues to provide optimal matching as an exclusive concierge.
**Future Outlook**
Moving forward, we aim to create an app that users from all over the world visiting Japan can use more seamlessly, striving to further improve convenience. Through this, we will contribute to expanding the fan base of Japan's rich food culture and driving customer traffic to restaurants.
Gurunavi is promoting the 'Gurunavi Next Project' to realize technological innovation and DX across the entire Gurunavi utilizing generative AI. Under the PURPOSE of 'Connecting through food. Fulfilling people.', we will continue to accelerate the 'realization of next-generation dining experiences' and 'overwhelming operational efficiency' through the expansion of AI utilization.
The development background and features of 'UMAME!' are also introduced in detail in 'Gurunavi Tsushin'.
**Gurunavi officially releases 'UMAME!' (Next-generation restaurant matching app)!**
[Click here for the article] https://pro.gnavi.co.jp/magazine/t_res/cat_8/a_4886/
■App Overview
Name: UMAME!
Supported languages: Japanese, English
While dining is one of the greatest pleasures for foreign tourists visiting Japan, finding a restaurant that suits their tastes and is available immediately from a vast amount of information is difficult. The English version of 'UMAME!' was developed to resolve this hesitation of 'Where to go?'. Rather than just a search tool, the AI agent, staying close to the user, matches them with restaurants where they can feel the 'now' of Japan, proposing once-in-a-lifetime encounters during their journey.
**3 Values Provided by 'UMAME!'**
**1. Instantly suggests 'restaurants you can enter now'**
Every minute and second of travel time is precious. It instantly proposes the best spot around the current location, minimizing time loss caused by searching for a restaurant in an unfamiliar area.
**2. Encounters with local spots to experience Japan's 'now'**
AI proposes local famous stores that can only be experienced at that time and in that place. By matching restaurants tailored to the user's mood, it saves the trouble of searching and proposes new encounters with Japanese food culture.
**3. Personalized experience that evolves the more you use it**
The AI works in tandem with the 'Bookmark' to save favorite restaurants and the 'Journal' to keep a record of meals. As usage increases, the AI deeply understands the user's preferences and continues to provide optimal matching as an exclusive concierge.
**Future Outlook**
Moving forward, we aim to create an app that users from all over the world visiting Japan can use more seamlessly, striving to further improve convenience. Through this, we will contribute to expanding the fan base of Japan's rich food culture and driving customer traffic to restaurants.
Gurunavi is promoting the 'Gurunavi Next Project' to realize technological innovation and DX across the entire Gurunavi utilizing generative AI. Under the PURPOSE of 'Connecting through food. Fulfilling people.', we will continue to accelerate the 'realization of next-generation dining experiences' and 'overwhelming operational efficiency' through the expansion of AI utilization.
The development background and features of 'UMAME!' are also introduced in detail in 'Gurunavi Tsushin'.
**Gurunavi officially releases 'UMAME!' (Next-generation restaurant matching app)!**
[Click here for the article] https://pro.gnavi.co.jp/magazine/t_res/cat_8/a_4886/
■App Overview
Name: UMAME!
Supported languages: Japanese, English