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Your external digital partner in Kobe.

Digital support in Japan, without the language gap.

SPEC Design Japan helps international businesses build, communicate and grow in Japan. Websites, design, content, photography and ongoing digital support — connected through one bilingual point of contact in Kobe.

WebsitesDesignContent Photo & VideoLocalisationKobe-basedAU × JP
Role
Your external digital partner
Based in Kobe · One point of contact
Perspective
Kobe × Sydney
Local knowledge · Global outlook
First step
A clear conversation
No finished brief required
Services

One partner for the digital work
that needs to work together.

When a website, social content, photography and localisation are handled separately, the story can easily lose its shape. We connect them around one clear purpose, from the first idea to ongoing improvement.

Kobe café owners reviewing their website together
Kobe florist preparing visual content with a smartphone and photographs
Kobe hospitality staff showing digital information to international guests
STEP 01
Create with purpose

We create websites, landing pages, brand materials, photography and video around what your audience needs to understand and do next.

WebsitesLanding pagesBrand designPhotographyVideo
STEP 02
Make it clear locally

We shape content for the people reading it — in Japanese or English. That means context, expectations and tone, not just translated words.

ContentSocial mediaLocalisationInboundGoogle Maps
STEP 03
Improve beyond launch

Launch is a starting point. We keep your website, content and digital workflows useful as your business, market and priorities change.

MaintenanceUpdatesContent supportSimple systems
AI × YOUR BUSINESS

AI, shaped aroundyour business.Human judgementat the centre.

AI helps us explore, test and organise ideas faster. But understanding what matters, recognising what feels wrong and making the final decision still require human judgement.

We use AI where it adds genuine value, without losing sight of your character, your customers or the real context of your business.

The goal is not more AI. It is better work, shaped around what your business actually needs.

Who we help

For businesses that need a
reliable bridge to Japan.

You may have a strong offer but no local digital team, or a Japanese presence that is not yet clear to international customers. We help define what matters first and turn it into practical work.

Working in Japan

International Businesses in Japan

Local digital execution

A bilingual partner for websites, campaigns, design and day-to-day digital work that needs local understanding.

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Entering Japan

Entering the Japanese Market

Context before translation

Clarify your message, adapt the customer journey and build the essential digital touchpoints for a Japanese audience.

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Hospitality

Restaurants & Hospitality

Help guests choose with confidence

Websites, photography, maps, menus and social content that make the experience clear before a guest arrives.

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Tourism & Place

Tourism & Local Destinations

Stories designed to travel

English content and visual communication that turn local character into useful, inviting information for overseas visitors.

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Good localisation is not simply translation.
It is making the right things clear.
The message, context and next step — designed for the people receiving them.
Contact

Planning something in Japan?
Let’s make the next step clear.

You do not need a finished brief. Tell us where you are, what you are trying to achieve, or what currently feels unclear. We will help organise the priorities and suggest a practical next step.
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About SPEC

Based in Kobe.
Shaped by Sydney.

The goal is not to create more digital assets.It is to make your value understood and easier to act on.Then build a system your business can keep using.
Local understanding and international perspective, connected through one continuous relationship.
A Kobe shop owner and digital partner discussing the business together
More than 10 years of practical experience in Sydney

Supporting Japanese businesses in Australia taught us how much context matters when a business communicates across languages and markets.

Japanese and English, considered together

We shape information around the reader’s questions and expectations. Localisation starts with meaning, not a word-for-word translation.

More than a website

Web, content, design, photography and simple digital workflows are planned as parts of one customer experience, not disconnected tasks.

One consistent point of contact

The person who hears the background stays connected through planning, production and improvement, so the intent does not get lost between teams.

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You do not need to know the whole solution.
We can define the next step together.
Tell us where you are and what you want to move forward.
Initial conversation and estimate are free · Replies usually within 1–2 business days