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Neighborhoods now translated into Japanese — Gangnam, Hongdae, Myeongdong, Itaewon, and Bukchon

Thirteenth update — the third full department now reads in Japanese, and it's the one visitors click first.

🕓 2 min read 🔄 Updated August 2026

The Neighborhoods hub and its five headline guides are now fully written in Japanese:

That's three full departments now translated into Japanese — Plan, Stay, and Neighborhoods — alongside homepage editions in Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish and French. The other twelve neighborhood guides remain English-only for now.

Next up: continuing to round out English content, and starting to plan full translations for a second language beyond Japanese.

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