Company Information
| Company name | Ashirase, Inc. |
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| Location | SF Uchikanda Building 6th Floor, 1-9-5 Uchikanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo |
| Company URL | https://www.ashirase.com/ |
| Main business activities | Development and sales of Ashirase, a walking navigation system for the visually impaired |
| Past Projects | Received the 2022 Good Design Award from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Design CES2023 Innovation Award Tokyo Venture Technology Grand Prize (FY 2024) |
Project Information
| Topic | Tokyo Metropolitan Government will implement Indoor Flow, an indoor navigation application service, and verify the effectiveness of indoor mobility support for visitors with mobility concerns. |
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| Project site | Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building |
| Product/service overview | Indoor Flow is a smartphone application that provides seamless indoor and outdoor navigation. It supports the provision of universal mobility at facilities by mapping using camera images, setting routes according to user characteristics, and positioning users using smartphone cameras. |
| Expected effect | Realization of a state in which visitors with mobility concerns, including the elderly and disabled, can travel to their destinations without getting lost, even when visiting Tokyo Metropolitan Government for the first time. |
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Ayumu Chino
Our mission at Ashirase is to "create wealth for people by walking." Barriers such as disability and language limit our ability to move around freely and meet the people we want to meet, which limits our possibilities in life. I believe that walking is not just transportation, but an intrinsic value that leads to social participation and the power of self-selection.
We have been developing a walking support system using our own vibrating navigation device and app, starting with the mobility issue of the visually impaired. In this project, we will implement indoor navigation at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office and take on the challenge of creating an experience where people can walk without getting lost even in places they visit for the first time.
We will expand the technology and products we have cultivated in Japan to the rest of the world and encourage many people to go out. We will move forward step by step toward the realization of a society in which anyone can interact with anyone at any time and go anywhere they want.