How to read Japanese booking sites in English

The coupons are on the Japanese versions of Jalan, Rakuten Travel and JTB. Your browser can turn those pages into English in one tap, and every button keeps working.

iPhone and iPad (Safari)

1. Open the Japanese page from our link.
2. Tap the ぁあ or AA icon at the left of the address bar.
3. Tap Translate to English. The first time, tap Enable Translation.

Don't see it? Make sure English is in Settings › General › Language & Region.

Chrome (iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac)

1. Open the page. A bar or bubble asks to translate. Choose English.
2. No bubble? Tap or click ⋮ (top right) › Translate.
3. Tip: choose Always translate Japanese once, and every Japanese page opens in English from then on.

Safari on Mac

1. Open the page and click the translate icon in the address bar.
2. Choose Translate to English.

Microsoft Edge and Firefox

• Edge: it offers to translate automatically. Click Translate.
• Firefox: click the translate icon in the address bar and choose English.

What stays in Japanese

Words inside pictures, like sale banners, don't get translated. You don't need them: coupon amounts, conditions and buttons are real text and turn English. If you want to read a picture anyway:

• Computer (Chrome): right-click the picture › Search image with Google Lens › Translate.
• Phone: take a screenshot and open it in the Google Translate app, or point the app's camera at the screen.

Want Japanese and English side by side?

The free Immersive Translate extension shows each Japanese line with the English right under it. Handy on booking forms, when you want to know exactly which button is which. It works in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari on iPhone.

A few more tips

• Don't use a translate.google.com link to open coupon pages. It breaks the coupon list and the get-coupon button. Open the real page and use your browser's Translate.
• Times on Japanese sites are Japan time. 10:00 AM in Japan is 8pm ET the day before (9pm ET in summer). We always give ET in our posts.
• The button to get a coupon on Jalan says クーポンGET. On Rakuten Travel it translates to Get coupon.