Month: November 2024

Nankai Electric Railway to Revise Schedule on December 21. Rapid limited express Rapito stop stations will be changed and the number of airport express trains will be increased for convenient access from Namba to Kanku Airport.

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Nankai Electric Railway will implement a timetable revision on December 21. The revision is in response to increasing railroad demand for the airport line and in anticipation of the Osaka-Kansai Expo, which will open in April 2025. Note that the number of passengers transported on the airport line in the first half of FY2024 (April-September)…

Travel Campaign in Niigata Prefecture “Gold Mine on Sado Island” registered as a World Heritage Site; up to 5,000 yen off JTB’s accommodation plans

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Niigata Prefecture is conducting the “Koicha: Gold, White, and Silver Niigata Campaign to Commemorate the World Heritage Registration of the Gold Mines of Sado Island” until February 28, 2025! Golden and Silver Niigata Campaign” until February 28, 2025. The program is designed to promote the “gold mines of Sado Island,” which are now registered as…

Sanrio Puroland to Open New Attraction in Spring 2025. Costume design and pastry chef experience challenges

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Sanrio Entertainment announced on November 14 that it will open its first new workshop-type attraction at Sanrio Puroland (1-31 Ochiai, Tama City, Tokyo) in spring 2025. This family attraction is designed to nurture children’s creativity, imagination and expressiveness by challenging them to try creative experiences related to the characters in a mysterious atelier where Hello…

Who are you going with? Akita in Winter” Campaign from December 1. Limited coupons available at Rakuten Travel.

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Akita Prefecture and JR East Akita Branch will launch a large-scale winter tourism campaign in Akita Prefecture, “Who to Go with? Akita in Winter” from December 1 to February 28, 2025. During the period, the event will promote travel unique to Akita in winter with the keywords of “hot springs,” “food and sake,” “koshogatsu events,”…

15% off Logos shrug with neck warmer. -6°C

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Amazon (Amazon Japan) is having a time sale on the Logos “Antibacterial and Odor-resistant Round Washable Warmer Shrug -6”. Normally priced at 13,970 yen, it is 15% off at 11,813 yen at the time of writing. This shrug with anti-bacterial and deodorant treatment (Silvadur) for temperatures down to -6°C (-4°F) comes with a neck warmer…

JICA Social Security, Disability and Development Sector Platform 2nd Plenary Meeting (November 22, 2012) ｜ News & PR

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The plenary meeting of this year’s Social Security, Disability and Development Sector Platform will be held on Friday, November 22, from 14:30 to 16:30 (CET) in a hybrid face-to-face and Zoom format. If you would like to attend, please register as an individual or group member and complete the registration and pre-survey. If you are…

Fukuoka Prefecture offers up to 3,000 yen discount per night for “Fukuoka Weekday Otoku Tabi” campaign, starting December 1.

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The Fukuoka Tourist Federation will hold the “Fukuoka Weekday Otoku Tabi” campaign, offering special deals for weekday travel. The subsidy is a unique measure to stimulate travel demand by dispersing visitors who tend to concentrate on weekends and consecutive holidays to weekdays. 20% of the total price (up to 3,000 yen per person per night)…