Month: September 2024

Hotel Granvia Hiroshima South Gate to open on March 24, 2025, with a total of 787 rooms in two buildings

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JR West Hotel Development and Hotel Granvia Hiroshima will open JR West Hotels’ Hotel Granvia Hiroshima South Gate (2-37 Matsubaracho, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture) on March 24, 2025, and will start taking reservations on the hotel’s official website from October 1, 2012. This facility opened as a new wing of Hotel Granvia Hiroshima (1-5…

Solaseed Air offers “Minami-Kyushu DE Super Recovery! Ticket”. Limited in-flight sales

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From October 1, Solaseed Air will offer the “Minami-Kyushu DE Super Recovery Ticket,” which allows unlimited travel on JR Kyushu lines in Kumamoto, Miyazaki, and Kagoshima prefectures! Ticket” for unlimited rides on JR Kyushu routes in Kumamoto, Miyazaki, and Kagoshima prefectures. South Kyushu DE super recovery! ticket Sales period: October 1, 2024 – March 15,…

Crocs’ Harry Potter Collaboration Includes Classic Clogs Inspired by the Four Hogwarts Dormitories

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Crocs Japan will release Harry Potter collaboration items on October 1. The lineup includes classic clogs featuring designs inspired by the four iconic Hogwarts dormitories (Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin), as well as Givitz charms featuring the Harry Potter symbol. Each clog will be adorned with the colors, emblems, and themed gibbets charms of the…

We have seen Yamato’s invoice issuing system in action, which requires no handwriting and can be completed using a smartphone. Also reduces the burden on foreign travelers and facility staff.

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On October 1, Yamato Transport will begin offering a “simple slip issuing tool” that allows users to issue invoices from their smartphones at counters in hotels, airports, and tourist facilities. 300 locations nationwide are scheduled to install the service by the end of October. The service is limited to delivery within Japan). The process of…

minamoa, a new station building at Hiroshima Station, will open on March 24, 2025; details of 185 stores revealed

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JR West and Chugoku SC Kaihatsu announced that the opening date of “minamoa” (2-37 Matsubara-cho, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture), a new station building commercial facility at Hiroshima Station, has been set for March 24, 2025. As of September 27, 185 stores, including the first in Kyushu and the first in Chugoku and Shikoku, have…

Redevelopment of the former “Hoshigaoka Bowl” site. Construction of the first-phase construction zone will begin in February 2025, aiming to open in spring 2027.

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Higashiyama Yuen has announced plans for a new urban development project at the site of the former Hoshigaoka Bowl (16-45 Hoshigaoka Motomachi, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture), which closed its doors on December 5, 2023. The entire site area is 18,510.24m2 (including the existing No.2 Hoshigaoka Parking Lot/part of Hoshigaoka Terrace). The property is conveniently…

Yoro Railroad to Run Cinnamoroll Wrapped Train; One-Day Unlimited Ride Ticket to Go on Sale October 5

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Yoro Railroad will launch the “Yoro Railroad x Cinnamoroll Connecting Everyone Train” campaign produced by Nippon Travel Agency. This year’s event, the fourth in the series, will feature “Cinnamoroll,” who was voted the most popular Sanrio character for five consecutive years in the “Sanrio Character Awards” from October 5 to January 31, 2025, as well…