summary Event: Risk Reduction Hub session at the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction High-Level Meeting Date: Thursday, May 18, 2023, 8:15-9:45 a.m. Place: Conference Hall 7, United Nations Headquarters (New York) Main Participants Hideyuki Nakano (Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office), Mami Mizutori (Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Reduction and Head of the…
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Support for World Heritage registration of “Sado Island Gold Mine”; Dora-wari and unlimited expressway rides available with Sado Kisen accommodation packages.
Sado City, Sado Kisen Steamship, and NEXCO East Japan Niigata Branch will jointly launch a campaign on June 1 to support the “Gold Mine on Sado Island (Sado),” which is aiming for World Heritage registration. During this period, those who apply for the “Sado Island Golden Plan,” which includes a round-trip second-class car ferry ride…
German Tourism Bureau: Strong Recovery in the German Market in 2023. Campaign to attract Japanese visitors by utilizing the national brand of world heritage, nature, and food.
On May 24, the German Tourist Board held a press conference in Tokyo. Mr. Akira Nishiyama, Director General for Asia, German Tourist Office, took the stage to explain the current situation surrounding the German travel and tourism market and the forecast for future recovery following the resumption of overseas travel. According to Nishiyama, the number…
3m to the sea! I stayed in a car on the quay of RV Park in Osezaki, Numazu, with a great view of Suruga Bay and Mt! RV Park Chidori Marine Service
RV Park with a spectacular view of the beautiful sea and Mt. Now let me introduce RV Park Chidori Marine Service again. From Tokyo, take the New Tomei Expressway from the Numazu-Nagasumi IC to the Izu Longitudinal Expressway, exit at the Ema IC, and head toward Numazu on Prefectural Route 134. After passing through the…
MOU signed with Indonesia’s Nusantara New Capital Agency
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) took the opportunity of the G7 Summit held in Hiroshima on May 21 to conclude a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Nusantara National Capital Authority (NNCA) of the Republic of Indonesia (hereinafter referred to as “Indonesia”) on cooperation for the development of a new capital city. The memorandum…
Tokyo Disney Resort 40th Anniversary CD-BOX “Music-Go-Round” released, containing 155 songs on 12 CDs, including first-time recordings.
UCAN has begun accepting reservations for the deluxe edition of “Music-Go-Round,” a CD collection commemorating the 40th anniversary of Tokyo Disney Resort. The release is scheduled for mid-July. This 12-CD box set contains 155 songs from the 40 years of Tokyo Disney Resort, including familiar songs from attractions, songs from the latest entertainment, and rare…
Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo’s special summer garden production, “Chokumokai,” where twice as much fog creates an ink painting-like scene.
Hotel Chinzan-so Tokyo (2-10-8 Sekiguchi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo) will hold a special summer garden production, “Chounkai (Super Cloud Sea),” which allows visitors to experience coolness with twice the amount of spray (200%) as usual, starting July 3. By using nozzles made with advanced Japanese technology, water particles as fine as 10 to 20 microns, the same…
Marriott Bonvoy points can now be exchanged for ANA/JAL miles
Marriott International has launched a reciprocal point exchange program between Marriott Bonvoy points and ANA Mileage Club and JAL Mileage Bank. In the case of ANA Mileage Club, the exchange rate varies depending on the number of transfers and the number of miles during the same fiscal year (April 1 to March 31 of the…
Yamaguchi Prefecture Shimonoseki x Sumikko Gurashi “Sumikkomachi Campaign in Shimonoseki”: a project to receive an accessor and smartphone wallpaper.
Sun-X has been conducting the “Sumikkomachi Collaboration,” in which the character “Sumikko Gurashi” and local governments across Japan collaborate to enliven their towns, and from June 1 to July 31, the “Sumikkomachi Campaign in Shimonoseki” will be held in Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, where the two companies are collaborating this time. During the collaboration period,…
IHG x Mori Trust to open Hotel Indigo Nagasaki Glover Street in winter 2024. Concept incorporates Japanese, Chinese, and Dutch culture
IHG Hotels & Resorts and Mori Trust announced on May 24 that they have signed a partnership agreement and will open Hotel Indigo Nagasaki Glover Street (12-17 Minamiyamate-cho, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture) in winter 2024. The first Hotel Indigo brand in western Japan will be the fifth Hotel Indigo in Japan, following Hakone Gora, Karuizawa,…