Junglecity Network, Inc. joins hands with "Chikyu no Arukikata"in promoting Seattle to Japanese communities around the world

SEATTLE, July 25, 2000 - Junglecity.com, the largest web site about Seattle in Japanese joins hands with "Chikyu no Arukikata" in promoting Seattle to Japanese communities around the world.

"Chikyu no Arukikata," literally means "how to walk on the earth," started as the best-selling guidebooks a few decades ago in Japan. Since its launch in 1996, it has been the most comprehensive and interactive web site as proven by the traffic of minimum 3.5 million visitors per month. It offers extensive travel related information including weather, currency exchange rate, tour reservation, travel gear shopping and sweepstakes to name a few.

Junglecity.com provides Seattle's most updated local information, in Japanese, with original photos at Arukikata's site. Arukikata's page is hyperlinked to Junglecity.com and updated twice a month. Since Arukikata's hit has grown to a minimum of 3.5 million per month, this will contribute significantly to the increase in traffic to Junglecity.com from Japan, which is currently 800,000 per month.

On Chikyu no Arukikata, click on "Genchi Saishin joho" (Most updated Local Information), There are 9 cities listed including Seattle. When you click Seattle, you will be taken to our page that lists 4 topics related to Seattle as follows:
- Place to visit in Seattle
- Event in Seattle
- Shop in Seattle
- Restaurant in Seattle

For our first time, we covered Pacific Place, EMP, Seafair and La Panier. This page can also include advertisements upon request.

Media Contacts:
Takumi Ono, 206-285-2054, press@junglecity.com