Keifuku Electric Railway will debut its new Mobo 1 “KYOTRAM” train for Randen in the spring of 2025. The start of commercial operation is scheduled to be announced in late January 2025. KYOTRAM” features a rounded front. It is equipped with a large LED indicator on the front and LED indicators on the sides for…
Month: January 2025
Air Japan presents round-trip tickets to passengers on every flight from Narita in February and March. First Anniversary Campaign
Air Japan is running the “Airline Tickets are Lottery! An exciting campaign to make air travel more fun! from February 9 to March 22, 2025. This is to commemorate the first anniversary of the start of the airline’s service. During the period, one person will be selected by lottery for a round-trip Selected fare ticket…
UK to require ETA upon entry into the country from January 8, 2025. Required even for non-entry transit.
ETA registration for non-European subjects (including Japan) will be mandatory on or after January 8, and for European subjects on or after April 2, while ETA registration for Japanese nationals will be accepted from November 27, 2024. The UK government will require all travelers who currently do not require a visa for entry to obtain…
Holiday Inn Kyoto Gojo to open in January 2025. 183 rooms in total, with free room and meal for children under 12 years old.
IHG Hotels & Resorts has set January 29, 2025 as the opening date for the Holiday Inn Kyoto Gojo (179 Higashikazariya-cho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto). Kyoto is the location where Japan’s first “Holiday Inn” opened in 1973, and this will be the first revival in about 50 years. The hotel is a two-minute walk from Gojo Station…
JAL “Outing to Tokushima! Campaign. 5,000 yen discount per person when you use Tokushima Awa Odori Airport and stay overnight in the prefecture.
JAL is running the “Tokushima Outing! The campaign is available until February 27, 2025, but not for flights departing between December 26 and January 8, 2025. JAL Dynamic Package (Air + Accommodation), using Tokushima Awa Odori Airport for both round trip and staying at least one night at an accommodation in Tokushima Prefecture, will receive…
Tokyo Dome Hotel collaborates with Oshicoco. Creating a “Dream Guessing Room” with the parties involved in Guessing.
Tokyo Dome Hotel (1-3-61 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo) has announced the launch of a collaborative room project with Oshicoco to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Reservations for the collaboration rooms are scheduled to open in late February 2025, and the rooms will be available for stays until late April. The concept of the project is “~Otaku Think!…
JR Kyushu releases special tickets available at JR Cupo. Tickets and limited express ticket sets
JR Kyushu will release “JR Cupo Privilege Ticket” on January 22 via JR Kyushu Internet Reservation and JR Kyushu Application. Ticket for reserved-seat of Shinkansen and limited express trains, which includes a ticket and a limited express ticket, can be purchased only with “JR Qupo”, which is accumulated by using SUGOCA and JQ CARD. For…
Hotel Route-Inn Grand Nagoya Fujigaoka Ekimae opens. A total of 230 rooms in 4-minute walking distance from the station, with Ghibli Park within easy reach.
Route Inn Japan opened the Hotel Route Inn Grand Nagoya Fujigaoka Ekimae (51 Meigaoka, Meito-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture). The 12-story hotel has a total of 230 guest rooms. Located about a 4-minute walk from Fujigaoka Station, about a 4-minute drive from the Nagoya IC, and about a 20-minute drive to Ghibli Park. It has…
Solare Hotels “Warm Snow Sapporo” opens in April 2025. Total 136 rooms with sauna to feel the nature of Hokkaido.
Solare Hotels and Resorts will open Warm Snow Sapporo (2-1-1 Minami 6-jo Higashi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido) in April 2025. This is the second hotel in the “Fifth Season Hotels” series, which designs hotel stays to enhance the unique charm of each region by designating the climate of each region as the “fifth season”. The fifth…
Awajiya launches “JR Freight Container Lunchbox Osaka no Yakiniku Hen,” featuring Model 19D containers
Awajiya will release “JR Freight Container Lunchbox: Osaka Yakiniku Edition” on January 4. The price is 1,680 yen. Starting with the first JR Cargo Container Lunchbox, “Sukiyaki in Kobe,” which was released in 2022, this is the fourth edition, following the “Sea bream rice in Akashi” and “Chicken rice in Kyoto” editions. The container-style container…