# A new way to explore Japan with AI: Naviu AR Travel Companion for Japan Launches November 1 2026

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- Published: 2026-11-01T08:00:00+07:00
- Author: PR Newswire

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**Patent pending geospatial technology brings 29 language guidance and city scale
AR navigation to travelers**

TOKYO, Nov. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Naviu, a business under TANGLE Inc., offering
an AI-powered augmented-reality travel companion for Japan, launches on iOS and 
Android on November 1. Built on patent-pending geospatial technology, Naviu places
AR content and navigation accurately in the real world across entire cities, without
requiring a visual positioning system.

Travelers can ask Naviu about anything around them and receive answers in any of
29 languages, grounded in their exact location. A semi-transparent AR path provides
turn-by-turn guidance, an AI companion walks with the traveler, and the app reveals
side-street cafes, local landmarks, and other places that conventional maps and 
guidebooks may overlook.

**About Naviu**

Naviu combines an ask-anything AI guide, city-scale AR navigation, photo recognition,
bespoke trip planning, and an optional cultural storytelling companion. Its spatial
content network also allows brands, cities, and creators to place interactive 3D
and AR content in the real world. AR experiences are already live at landmarks including
Senso-ji, Tokyo Skytree, Tokyo Tower, Meiji Jingu, and Tokyo Station.

Naviu is available on the App Store and Google Play.

Official site: [naviu.app](https://naviu.app/)

**Key Features**

 ◦ **Ask-anything AI guide: **Conversational answers about any place in 29 languages,
   grounded in precise location data
 ◦ **Cultural storytelling and guidance: **An optional companion mode that guides
   travelers street by street and narrates local history and stories
 ◦ **AR navigation: **A semi-transparent augmented-reality path overlaid on real
   streets across entire cities
 ◦ **Photo recognition: **Travelers can point the camera at a temple, sign, or storefront
   and ask what it is
 ◦ **Bespoke trip planning: **Itineraries built around dietary needs, interests,
   accessibility, and available time
 ◦ **Spatial content network: **Brands, cities, and creators can place interactive
   3D and AR content in the real world

[⌊Demo screen⌉⌊Demo screen⌉[
Demo screen

**Statement from the Head of Naviu**

_"The hard part of traveling in Japan isn’t getting lost. It’s standing in front
of something remarkable with no idea what it is. Naviu answers that question in 
your own language, right where you’re standing, so the city opens up instead of 
staying a backdrop."**Jack Mead**
**CEO of Ashita Co. and Head of Naviu**

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Jack Mead：CEO of Ashita Co. and Head of Naviu

**About TANGLE Inc**

TANGLE Inc. is the Tokyo-based company behind the tour operators TOMOGO! and Untold
Japan. Its mission, Make the City Yours, reflects a decade of helping travelers 
discover Japan beyond the guidebook and now extends that experience into software
through Naviu.

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**Company**

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TANGLE Inc.

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**Headquarters**

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Tokyo, Japan

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**Representative Director**

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Kengo Goto

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**Business**

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TOMOGO!, Untold Japan, and development and operation of Naviu

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