VASTLAND will pre-launch its easy-to-use Water Tank 12L (3,480 yen) at Amazon and Rakuten Ichiba stores on June 10. It has just the right capacity for 2-3 people camping, with an adjustable water volume cock, a large 8.7 cm diameter for easy washing, a cap with an air release plug, and a storage pocket for…
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Three Moomin Father’s Day plush floral gifts, exclusive to the official Rakuten store.
Rakuten is selling three original Father’s Day gifts, “Plush Flower Gifts” (8,800 yen each) from the official online Moomin store, MOOMIN SHOP Rakuten Ichiba, until 11:59 p.m. on June 11, 2012. This product includes a stuffed animal of each character from the Moomin stories and an artificial flower sunflower. One stuffed animal gift may be…
Rakuten Travel Super SALE, starts at 20:00 after this! Many half-price plans for hotels and hot spring resorts. Up to 3,000 points reward for 3 or more people.
Rakuten Travel will launch “Rakuten Travel Super SALE” on June 4 at 8:00 p.m., offering great deals on summer travel reservations. In addition to selling many half-price or less plans and 20 times points plans at hotels and hot spring resorts across Japan, you can save even more money by using coupons together. A campaign…
Pikachu Jet NH launches first flight on Bangkok route; ANA Managing Director Yazawa: “I put ANA’s sense of challenge in Rek-uza”.
On June 4, ANA launched the “Pikachu Jet NH”, a specially painted aircraft for international flights. The aircraft is a 246-seat Boeing 787-9 (registration code: JA894A), and its first flight was NH847 to Suvarnabhumi, Bangkok. The day before the flight, an unveiling event was held for invited guests, and the aircraft was also unveiled to…
ANA “Pikachu Jet NH” unveiled as Pikachu and Recuza take to the skies! CAs wear special aprons on the plane
On June 3, ANA held an event to unveil its specially painted aircraft, the Pikachu Jet NH, and unveiled its cabin. The specially painted aircraft was made possible through ANA’s support of the “Sora tobu Pikachu Project” developed by Pokémon Inc. and is based on the philosophy that after a period of difficult travel due…
Naoki Wakabayashi’s Travel Photo Gallery] Nakanojo Garden of Flowers and Gardens (Gunma Prefecture)
This time I stopped by Nakanojo Gardens. I happened to be passing by the area and dropped by after reading a local tourist guide. I was surprised to learn that the Nakanojo Gardens is a revolving garden, in which the garden plays a leading role, and that it is unexpectedly beautifully maintained. As soon as…
ZIPAIR inaugurates its first flight to San Francisco. The “Last Flight to North America” from Narita at 9:00 p.m. will bring a new style of travel to San Francisco.
ZIPAIR Tokyo launched its Narita – San Francisco route on June 2. The aircraft is a Boeing 787-8 with a total of 290 seats, including 18 “ZIP Full-Flat” seats and 272 “Standard” seats. The San Francisco route will be the third West Coast route for the company, which already operates the Narita-Los Angeles and San…
New “Radar Wind Mode” feature in the WeatherNews app, showing wind movement up to 72 hours ahead in high-resolution.
Weathernews has added a new radar-style mode, Windflow, to its WeatherNews weather app (Android/iOS version) as a new feature of its rain cloud radar. This content visualizes the wind around the world on a map based on proprietary wind forecast data, displaying hourly wind direction and wind speed forecasts for up to 72 hours from…
NEXCO Central Japan closes some sections of the Chuo and other roads due to heavy rain
NEXCO Central Japan has closed some sections of the Chuo Expressway and other roads due to heavy rains caused by approaching typhoon No. 2. As of 2:10 p.m. on June 2, the following sections are closed to traffic. Chuo Expressway: Iida Yamamoto IC – Nakatsugawa IC (uphill), Ina IC – Iida Yamamoto IC (uphill), Ena…
NEXCO West Japan May Close Highways in Kinki Region Due to Heavy Rain
NEXCO West Japan has issued a warning of possible road closures on expressways in the Kinki region from June 2 to 3 due to heavy rainfall caused by the approaching typhoon No. 2. The company advises drivers to check the latest weather and traffic information when using expressways, and to refrain from driving unnecessarily and…