Month: January 2024

JAL, which has bases throughout Japan, has been continuously implementing regional revitalization initiatives (currently the “JAL Furusato Project”), and in August 2020 launched the “JAL Furusato Ambassadors,” cabin crew members selected through an in-house recruitment process who move to the area to promote initiatives in their respective regions. In December of the same year, JAL…

Shimada House will open a hotel, SAKE Kura Hotel Kawasaki Yado (2-8-2 Honmachi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture) and a bar, Sake Kura Bar, on February 9. Located a 7-minute walk from Keikyu Kawasaki Station, the hotel opened as a “hotel to enjoy a bar” in a place that once prospered as an inn town. Check-in…

Telecom Square will offer WiFiBOX, an unattended mobile Wi-Fi router rental service, at Keisei Oshiage, Keisei Takasago, and Keisei Yawata stations from January 31, 10:00 a.m. The “WiFiBOX” allows users to rent a mobile Wi-Fi router for as little as 300 yen and without a reservation, and the device has three types of charging cables…

Kagoshima City Transportation Bureau, Sumitomo Mitsui Card, Kagoshima Bank, Kagoshima Card, Nimoca, QUADRAX, JCB, and Reship will launch a new credit card touch payment service on March 1. Utilizing “stera transit”, a solution for public transportation provided by Sumitomo Mitsui Card Co. The service will be expanded to include touch-settlement compatible cards for Kagoshima city…

On April 1, Seibu Railway will renew its SEIBU Smile POINT service, which allows customers to earn “SEIBU Smile POINT” by riding Seibu Lines and Seibu Buses under specific conditions using PASMO registered in the “SEIBU PRINCE CLUB”. The “Repeat Plus” program, which will be implemented from April 1 to March 31, 2025, has been…

On January 30, French confectioner DARROYOT released a new sweet featuring the Disney character Minnie Mouse. Packages depicting bouncing smiles and dressed-up figures, as well as macaroons with Minnie Mouse printed on them, were also introduced. The macarons are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, and are sandwiched between raspberry cream, lemon…

The Fiji Tourism Board held a seminar and top interviews for the media and others in Tokyo on January 29. Robert Thompson, Executive Director of the Fiji Tourism Board, who visited Japan in conjunction with the event, said, “Fiji is a destination that can satisfy everyone, including families, couples, honeymooners, luxury travelers, and adventure lovers….

Weathernews announced the results of its “Hay Fever Prevention Survey” conducted through its Weathernews weather app. The survey was conducted from December 28, 2023 to January 3, 2024. More than one in two respondents reported hay fever, with Yamanashi, Shizuoka, and Saitama prefectures having the highest incidence rates by prefecture. It was concentrated on the…

Iwatani Corporation will release on January 31 a cassette stove supervised by Takumi Yamamoto, a car designer based in France, called Iwatani Cassette Fu “Kiwami”. It will be priced at 75,000 yen (excluding tax). The Iwatani Cassette Hoo series has been dominated by a square design, but this time, to embody the concept of “Nagomi”…