Month: February 2024

The Tokyo Metropolitan Transportation Bureau will offer the web-based reservation service “TOEI Smart Commuter Pass Reservation” from March 5. This service allows customers to purchase PASMO commuter passes (commuter/student) for Toei Subway, Nippori-Toneri Liner, Tokyo Sakura Tram (Toden Arakawa Line), and Toei Bus at ticket vending machines at stations by making a purchase reservation on…

Wealth Management will open Six Senses Kyoto (431 Myohoin side-machi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto) on April 23. Six Senses is IHG Hotels & Resorts’ natural luxury brand hotel. Six Senses Kyoto will be the brand’s first hotel in Japan. The 81 rooms and suites, ranging in size from 42 to 238 m2, are arranged to offer views…

Nagoya Railroad Co. will begin operating repainted Series 6000 trains on March 2. The repainted trains will be two one-man trains in one formation. It is inspired by the green color of the 3400 series trains, known as “caterpillars,” which Meitetsu operated until 2002. The train is scheduled to run on the Nagoya Main Line…

Hotel New Otani Tokyo (4-1 Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) will sell the second collaboration room with “Kanahei’s Little Animals Pisuke & Usagi” from April 1 to March 31, 2025. YURUTTO STAY,” a collaboration room with Kanahei’s small animals “Pisuke & Usagi,” was the talk of the town as a plan that would inevitably fill up in…

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government will open a 1.5-km stretch of the Okuno Ome Route 238, including the Umegaya Tunnel from Okuno, Hinode-cho, Nishitama-gun, to Umego 1-chome, Ome-shi, to traffic at 15:00 on March 16. This is expected to shorten the access time between Hinode and Ome, as well as improve disaster preparedness by double-routing and…

On January 31, TokyAir became the first new independent airline in 15 years to begin service on the Niigata-Okadama (Sapporo) route. The aircraft is an ATR 72-600 with 72 seats. The first flight from Niigata (BV101) departed at 9:37 am and arrived at Okadama Airport at 11:10 am. The first flight carried 71 passengers (98.6%…

Universal Studios Japan is reviving the VR roller coaster “Blade of Demons XR Ride: Infinite Train of Dreams,” which allows visitors to experience the world of the anime “Blade of Demons,” for a limited time starting February 1. When it appeared in 2021, it was in the middle of the Corona Disaster, so many people…

Oricon announced the results of a customer satisfaction survey on credit cards. The survey was conducted online in three categories: “no annual fee,” “general,” and “gold. In addition, evaluations were also collected for nine categories (eight excluding “cost performance” for “no annual fee” only), including “ease of card creation” and “ease of use of website/application….

On January 31, the Singapore Tourism Board, Singapore Airlines, and JTB signed a partnership agreement to attract MICE and create new demand. The agreement is for a period of two years, with incentive tours and study tours as the main targets, and they will collaborate in the development of new products and human resource development….

On February 1, Ace launched the street fashion bag brand EDGELINK (edge link). As the brand targets the so-called “Generation Z,” it has adopted skateboarding as the theme of its debut collection. The brand has invited professional skaters Kairyu Netsuke and Rinne Akama as brand ambassadors, and will promote product development that incorporates the appeal…