Instant Booking of Japanese Restaurants and Activities from a Korean Travel App
JapanTicket Holdings began API integration with Korea's 'Myrealtrip', enabling Korean tourists to instantly book and pay for Japanese restaurants and experiences.
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- 📰 Published: April 23, 2026 at 20:00
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JapanTicket Holdings Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Hiroaki Tanaka) will begin API integration with the Korean travel platform "Myrealtrip" through its group company Japanticket Co., Ltd. (hereafter JapanTicket).
Starting in April 2026, Japanese restaurants and cultural experiences can be booked and instantly confirmed in real-time from the Korean travel app. Moving from the previously mainstream "request reservation" to "instant reservation". Inbound tourists will be able to complete reservations on the spot when they find a restaurant or cultural experience.
■ Background
According to the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO), the number of travelers visiting Japan from South Korea in 2025 reached a record high of approximately 9.46 million, and travel expenditure also hit an all-time high.
According to our own data, reservations from South Korea are steadily increasing, and interest is expanding beyond dining reservations to cultural experiences. On the other hand, in booking restaurants and arranging experiences, inconveniences such as language barriers and "waiting for replies" remain, leading to cases where experience opportunities are missed.
Furthermore, most recently, the number of inbound visitors in March 2026 exceeded 3.61 million, marking a record high for March. Among them, South Korea was the largest inbound market with approximately 790,000 visitors (+15.0% compared to the same month last year), driving overall growth alongside Taiwan. Compared to long-haul markets that are susceptible to geopolitical risks and aviation costs, short-haul Asian markets, particularly South Korea, serve as a stable demand supporting Japan's inbound tourism.
Against this backdrop, our company will further strengthen the capture of demand from South Korea, starting with the highly demanded dining sector, by leveraging the inbound customer attraction infrastructure as JapanTicket and the network of over 15,000 stores nationwide via "ebica", a reservation management system for restaurants provided by group company Ebisol.
■ Overview of the Integration
1) An Experience Where You Can Find and Book on the Spot
Myrealtrip is a travel platform with a top-class share in tour and activity bookings in South Korea. With this integration, restaurant courses, cultural experiences, and admission tickets can be booked and instantly confirmed in real-time. Korean users can complete reservations within their native language app without worrying about language or payment.
2) Reducing Reservation Management Effort and Making Operations Smoother
Through API integration, in addition to reservation reception and inventory management, the synchronization of product information is also automated. This reduces the burden of individual responses for each supplier and streamlines operations. Furthermore, pre-payment leads to the suppression of no-shows and improved predictability of store visits.
This creates an environment where front-line staff can concentrate more on their original duties, such as customer service and improving experience value.
3) From Request Reservation to Instant Reservation
Previously, on Myrealtrip, there was only "request reservation," where availability was checked after a booking request. With this API integration, inventory is reflected in real-time, enabling "instant reservation" where everything from booking to payment is completed on the spot.
■ Significance of JapanTicket Holdings' Initiative
JapanTicket Holdings operates "ebica", a reservation management system for restaurants, and "Japanticket Plus", a service that supports attracting inbound customers. We have a sales network that connects worldwide OTAs (Online Travel Agencies) with the reservation management know-how cultivated on the front lines of restaurants. By combining these two, we have been building an environment where tourism operators and restaurants can comfortably welcome overseas tourists within their existing business flows.
The integration with Myrealtrip this time also further accelerates these efforts. JapanTicket handles cultural experiences such as sumo and ninja experiences, daruma painting, and chopstick making, centered around restaurant course reservations.
Among Korean visitors to Japan, while the need for dining reservations is high, interest in experiential content is also growing, expanding new customer attraction opportunities in both food and experiences.
Under our mission to "support businesses' hospitality with people and technology, and expand 'stylish experiences' to the world," we will strengthen the foundation to deliver Japan's wonderful food and cultural experiences to more inbound tourists.
▼ Details of "ebica":
https://www.ebica.jp/
▼ Details of "Japanticket Plus":
https://www.japanticket.com/inbound-tickets/
■ Myrealtrip Comment
Myrealtrip Japan Team Leader Mr. Choi Seungmo
"The food and beverage expenditure ratio of Korean tourists visiting Japan is 27%, the highest level among major countries visiting Japan. Previously, Japan Tick-
Starting in April 2026, Japanese restaurants and cultural experiences can be booked and instantly confirmed in real-time from the Korean travel app. Moving from the previously mainstream "request reservation" to "instant reservation". Inbound tourists will be able to complete reservations on the spot when they find a restaurant or cultural experience.
■ Background
According to the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO), the number of travelers visiting Japan from South Korea in 2025 reached a record high of approximately 9.46 million, and travel expenditure also hit an all-time high.
According to our own data, reservations from South Korea are steadily increasing, and interest is expanding beyond dining reservations to cultural experiences. On the other hand, in booking restaurants and arranging experiences, inconveniences such as language barriers and "waiting for replies" remain, leading to cases where experience opportunities are missed.
Furthermore, most recently, the number of inbound visitors in March 2026 exceeded 3.61 million, marking a record high for March. Among them, South Korea was the largest inbound market with approximately 790,000 visitors (+15.0% compared to the same month last year), driving overall growth alongside Taiwan. Compared to long-haul markets that are susceptible to geopolitical risks and aviation costs, short-haul Asian markets, particularly South Korea, serve as a stable demand supporting Japan's inbound tourism.
Against this backdrop, our company will further strengthen the capture of demand from South Korea, starting with the highly demanded dining sector, by leveraging the inbound customer attraction infrastructure as JapanTicket and the network of over 15,000 stores nationwide via "ebica", a reservation management system for restaurants provided by group company Ebisol.
■ Overview of the Integration
1) An Experience Where You Can Find and Book on the Spot
Myrealtrip is a travel platform with a top-class share in tour and activity bookings in South Korea. With this integration, restaurant courses, cultural experiences, and admission tickets can be booked and instantly confirmed in real-time. Korean users can complete reservations within their native language app without worrying about language or payment.
2) Reducing Reservation Management Effort and Making Operations Smoother
Through API integration, in addition to reservation reception and inventory management, the synchronization of product information is also automated. This reduces the burden of individual responses for each supplier and streamlines operations. Furthermore, pre-payment leads to the suppression of no-shows and improved predictability of store visits.
This creates an environment where front-line staff can concentrate more on their original duties, such as customer service and improving experience value.
3) From Request Reservation to Instant Reservation
Previously, on Myrealtrip, there was only "request reservation," where availability was checked after a booking request. With this API integration, inventory is reflected in real-time, enabling "instant reservation" where everything from booking to payment is completed on the spot.
■ Significance of JapanTicket Holdings' Initiative
JapanTicket Holdings operates "ebica", a reservation management system for restaurants, and "Japanticket Plus", a service that supports attracting inbound customers. We have a sales network that connects worldwide OTAs (Online Travel Agencies) with the reservation management know-how cultivated on the front lines of restaurants. By combining these two, we have been building an environment where tourism operators and restaurants can comfortably welcome overseas tourists within their existing business flows.
The integration with Myrealtrip this time also further accelerates these efforts. JapanTicket handles cultural experiences such as sumo and ninja experiences, daruma painting, and chopstick making, centered around restaurant course reservations.
Among Korean visitors to Japan, while the need for dining reservations is high, interest in experiential content is also growing, expanding new customer attraction opportunities in both food and experiences.
Under our mission to "support businesses' hospitality with people and technology, and expand 'stylish experiences' to the world," we will strengthen the foundation to deliver Japan's wonderful food and cultural experiences to more inbound tourists.
▼ Details of "ebica":
https://www.ebica.jp/
▼ Details of "Japanticket Plus":
https://www.japanticket.com/inbound-tickets/
■ Myrealtrip Comment
Myrealtrip Japan Team Leader Mr. Choi Seungmo
"The food and beverage expenditure ratio of Korean tourists visiting Japan is 27%, the highest level among major countries visiting Japan. Previously, Japan Tick-