Services under the brand name "NAVITIME", operated by NAVITIME JAPAN Co., Ltd. ("NAVITIME JAPAN"), and "EZ Navi Walk", jointly run by NAVITIME JAPAN and KDDI CORPORATION ("KDDI"), have started providing information featuring the 61st SAPPORO SNOW FESTIVAL from January 14th, 2010.

Around 2 million people are attracted to this annual festival held in Sapporo City (Hokkaido), and runs between February 5th through the 11th this year.

In addition to a map of the 14 venues, information regarding the time and summary of the events, as well as reference images of the snow statues are available. Using NAVITIME or EZ Navi Walk, you can find directions to the venue of your choice, with GPS voice guidance tailored for pedestrians. (Route search and GPS voice guidance is a paid features)

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Service availability

January 14, 2010 to February 11, 2010

Overview of services and prices (taxes included)

NAVITIME (Service in Japanese covering Japan)

1. Monthly subscription types: Free, 210 JPY/month, and 315 JPY/month

2. Where to get the NAVITIME application
1) Applications for mobile phones sold in Japan can be downloaded from the following operator-branded services:
・i-mode (NTT Docomo), Yahoo!Keitai (Softbank), EMOBILE, CLUB AIR-EDGE (Willcom),
2) Applications for Smartphone are available on our website. Please visit
　　http://www.navitime.jp/smartphone/index.jsp. (Payment is by credit card; Free and 315 JPY/month)　

EZ Navi Walk
1. Monthly subscription types: Free, 95 JPY/day, 210 JPY/month, and 315 JPY/month
2. Where to get the EZ Navi Walk application
Press the application key on your mobile phone and select EZ Navi Walk

DISCLAIMERS

Festival information source: City of Sapporo, Sapporo Tourist Association

"EZ Navi Walk" is a registered trademark of KDDI CORPORATION.
"Yahoo!" is a registered trademark of Yahoo!Inc.
"i-mode" is a registered trademark of NTT DOCOMO, INC
"EMOBILE" is a registered trademark of EMOBILE Ltd
"CLUB AIR-EDGE" is a registered trademark of WILLCOM, Inc

"NAVITIME" "Drive Supporter" are registered trademarks of NAVITIME JAPAN Co., Ltd.

For inquiries, please contact:
Mari Sekine, Ryoko Arika
Corporate Communications
NAVITIME JAPAN
pr_n@navitime.co.jp