English & Bilingual Website Design

English & Bilingual Website Design

For companies in Japan that need English, or both.
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English & Japanese Website Design
Bilingual Copywriting
English & Japanese SEO
Website Localization
Two-Language CMS Setup
Framer, Sanity & WordPress
English & Japanese Website Design
Bilingual Copywriting
English & Japanese SEO
Website Localization
Two-Language CMS Setup
Framer, Sanity & WordPress
English & Japanese Website Design
Bilingual Copywriting
English & Japanese SEO
Website Localization
Two-Language CMS Setup
Framer, Sanity & WordPress
Why bilingual?

When Japanese alone isn’t enough

This page is for companies based in Japan. Most of them come to us at one of these three points.
The grammar is fine and the inquiries still don’t come. English-speaking buyers want to know what you do and who it’s for within a few seconds. We rewrite and restructure the English version around that.
One site per language sounds tidy until both need updating. We put English and Japanese on one CMS, so your team changes a price or a photo once and both versions stay in step.
Hotels, real estate, schools, services for international residents. Your customers read English and your staff and partners read Japanese. We build one site that works for both, and that your team can update.

Based outside Japan?

Design for Japan

If you’re launching in Japan from overseas, there’s a page for that: Japanese localization, keyword research, and what Japanese users expect to see.

See Design for Japan →
English Sites for Japanese Companies
Written for English readers.
An English site planned from the brief, with its own structure, copy and keywords. For Japanese companies reaching overseas customers, visitors to Japan, or international residents.
Blackship Realty website for English-speaking real estate clients in Tokyo
Besso Hotels brand and website for overseas guests
Journey Japan eSIM site for travelers to Japan
Tokyo Portfolio real estate platform for expats
The Best Japan travel media website
Two-Language Corporate & Service Sites
One site to run, in two languages.
English and Japanese designed side by side on one CMS, so both stay current and neither one becomes the forgotten version.
Ship&co Ecommerce Connect event site
eMotion Fleet corporate website
Alishan Park cafe and guest house website
Otonashi no Yu English and Japanese landing page
apts.jp brand and website system

Both versions from one brief

We write the English and the Japanese from the same goals. Each one gets its own structure and wording.

Keywords researched per language

The phrase people search in Japanese is often different from the translation of your English keyword, and the other way around.

Layout checked in both

Japanese and English take up different amounts of space and need different fonts. We adjust buttons, headings and forms for each.

A CMS your team can run

Framer, custom code with Sanity, or WordPress with a custom theme. We go with whichever your team is most comfortable updating.

Case Studies
Testimonials

From past clients

We are happy with the outcome, having received a site that is not only visually appealing but also versatile and user-friendly, allowing us to easily create landing pages and effectively showcase the Ship&co App. Our heartfelt thanks to the Skydea team for their great work.

— Thomas Bertrand, CEO, BERTRAND Co.

I'm delighted to share that our Tokyo Portfolio website has been thriving since its launch. The traffic has consistently been on an upswing, moving from nearly no visitors to a 30k views per month. We are aspiring to reach even higher goals.

— Yasuharu Matsuno, CEO & Co-founder, Blackship Realty Inc.

Skydea did everything from strategy to coding, and had excellent communication. They were not only fast but flexible, and we were able to massively improve our website's UX/UI and SEO. We're seeing SEO growth and it's only been a few months! We'd love to continue working together!

— Chika Tsunoda, Founder & CEO, ANYTIMES

Skydea was the dream team to work with. We used Skydea's service to build our website for our new cafe, shop, and event space. Many elements of the business were not exactly fixed causing delays to our overall website development however they were patient, and understanding throughout the whole process while executing all of our wishes for the website. Skydea will find a way to get your website the way you want it, promptly and most importantly in great spirit.

— Kay Bayles, Alishan Park

Three steps to launch
No long onboarding. Most projects are moving within the week.
Tell us about the project
Thirty minutes on who the site is for in each language and what it needs to do. In English or Japanese.
Approve the plan
A proposal in three to five business days: which pages, which languages, when, and a fixed price.
Launch
We write, design and build both versions, then hand over a site your team can update.

Planning a second language?

FAQs
It depends on page count, how much copy we write, and the platform. You get a fixed quote in writing after the first call, before any work starts.