East Japan Railway Company (JR East) will conduct an “Off-Peak Pass” campaign from September 25 to October 22! Off-peak commuter pass” campaign from September 25 to October 22. The “Off-Peak Commuter Pass” is available only during off-peak weekday morning hours in the Tokyo metropolitan area, and is approximately 10% cheaper than the regular commuter pass….
Month: September 2023
Hints for Railway Travel by Takashi Inoue] Blunt train does not mean slow train! Love the slow trains!
Hakodate Main Line’s Sundoku Regular Trains Now. There are some situations where the number of local trains running on some sections of main lines is unnecessarily low. Famous examples are the Joetsu Line (Mizukami to Echigo-Nakazato) and the Nippo Main Line (Saeki to Nobeoka). If these were local lines, one would think “that’s the way…
Collaboration between Sanuki City, Kagawa Prefecture, and NEXCO West Japan: “Setouchi-Ogushi Coast Geo Walking
Sanuki City in Kagawa Prefecture and NEXCO West Japan Shikoku Branch will collaborate to plan a walking tour on the theme of “geo (landforms and geology)” on the city’s Ogushi Peninsula for two days from November 25 to 26. During the tour, visitors will walk along the Ogushi Peninsula, which commands a panoramic view of…
JR East announces outline of renewal of Nakano Station. New station building, north-south free passageway, and station building to be built on the west side of the existing ticket gates.
On September 1, JR East announced the outline of the renewal of Nakano Station, which is being promoted in cooperation with Nakano Ward and Tokyo Metro. In the renewal project, a new bridge station building will be constructed on the west side of the existing station building. A 19-meter-wide north-south free passageway will be built…
Limited to 100 “Furusato Meisho Taxis” in Tokyo to win Furusato tax returns.
News Technology and S.RIDE began running the “Hometown Specialty Taxis” on September 4, limited to 100 vehicles in Tokyo, as the fourth installment of the Gift Taxi Project, in which users receive gifts for a limited time. The “THE TOKYO MOBILITY GALLERY Canvas” mobility car window media, which projects advertisements onto cab windows, is used,…
Shinkansen Maintenance Tokai goes to a new uniform for the first time in about 30 years. Stylish blue and orange
Shinkansen Maintenance Tokai will renew its uniforms for the first time in 30 years, and will start wearing the new uniforms produced by Onward Corporate Design on October 1. The staff members who perform turnaround maintenance for the Tokaido Shinkansen at Tokyo Station are called “dressers,” and their ability to perform maintenance on all 1,323…
Gifts for Yuzuru Hanyu and Miyavi. New live voice special contents will also be distributed.
KOSÉ will broadcast the third season of “Miyabiyakana Hitori,” a special live audio content featuring Yuzuru Hanyu, the global muse of Seikkisei, on its official Instagram (@sekkisei.official) on September 6, starting at 6:00 pm. The theme of the first “Thirteenth Night” is “Be supple, be fit. Hanyu, who has worked hard every day as an…
HOTEL R9 The Yard, a container hotel that will serve as a disaster prevention base, will open in Satsumasendai City, Kagoshima Prefecture, on October 6.
Develop will open a container hotel, HOTEL R9 The Yard Satsumasendai (665-1 Miyazato-cho, Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture), on October 6. Reservations for lodging will be accepted from September 29. The “HOTEL R9 The Yard” series is a series of container hotels that can be used as lodging facilities during normal times and converted into evacuation facilities…
MOU Signed with ASEAN Energy Center: Further Cooperation with ASEAN on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation ｜ News & Media
The year 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of Japan’s first dialogue with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (1973 Synthetic Rubber Dialogue). The Japanese government and ASEAN have designated this year as the 50th anniversary of the ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation to promote exchanges and cooperation between the public and private sectors.1 As part…
IHG Time Sale with up to 35% off room rates, starting September 6 at 11:00 a.m.
A bright restaurant that resembles an overseas café, offering a complimentary breakfast buffet to all guests. Japanese dishes include miso soup, rice, and side dishes made with our special Rokko miso. Western-style dishes include bread, yogurt, fruit, granola, and a wide variety of other items. For those in a hurry, takeout is available via “Grab…