Stamped recommends restaurants based on real Japanese-language review patterns — not overseas rankings — and lets travelers complete their reservation online, start to finish.
Restaurant information published for overseas visitors is often shaped by which listings happen to have English content or heavy social media coverage — not by how the restaurant is actually regarded in Japan.
We compare how a restaurant performs on Japan's own review platforms against its overseas visibility, and surface places that are genuinely well-regarded by Japanese diners — including many that never show up on international lists at all.
"I checked it myself — the #1 restaurant on an overseas ranking site turned out to be ranked 260th on Japan's largest restaurant reservation platform. That gap is what Stamped exists to close."
— Founder, StampedBased on the founder's own comparison of an overseas ranking site against Japan's largest restaurant reservation platform, conducted in June 2025.
Three steps between landing in Japan and sitting down at a table locals would pick.
Area, cuisine, dates, and party size — takes under a minute.
Recommendations scored from Japanese-language review patterns, flagged when a place is mostly known overseas.
Real-time availability and confirmed reservations, completed entirely on the web — no phone calls required.
A working prototype already exists. Travelers pick an area and cuisine, and see recommendations ranked by local trust — with a clear flag on any place that's mostly known through overseas coverage.
Selecting a restaurant shows real-time availability and completes the reservation entirely online.
Every recommendation carries a trust score, visualized as a seal — the higher the fill, the stronger the local endorsement.
Calculated from the language mix and pattern of a restaurant's Japanese-language reviews — a signal overseas ranking sites don't use.
Stamped is available in six languages, with more planned as the service grows.