CA Sega Joypolis will hold “Thomas the Tank Engine and His Friends in Odaiba” at DECKS Tokyo Beach (1-6-1 Daiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo) from December 22 to March 12, 2023. Thomas and other familiar characters will gather at the “JOYPOLIS Special Event Space” on the 5th floor of the Island Mall (outside the Tokyo Joypolis theme…
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Due to track switching work for the opening of the Umekita area at Osaka Station, all Limited Express Haruka and some Kuroshio sections are cancelled.
JR West will cancel all “Haruka” limited express trains and some “Kuroshio” trains due to track switching work for the opening of the Umekita area at Osaka Station. From the nighttime of February 11, 2023 to the early morning of February 13, 2023, track switching work will be carried out at two locations within the…
Kohitsu Sanso to hold “Winter Mountain Support Fair” until December 25. Up to 15% of member’s points will be returned.
Kohitsu Sanso is holding a “Winter Mountain Support Fair” at its stores nationwide, including franchise stores. Until December 25, members will receive 10% back in member points, double the normal rate, and 15% back in points on special outdoor brand items such as down, fleece, and waterproof jackets for winter mountaineering. Details on eligible products…
There’s still time to support travel throughout Japan. 3-day/2-night trip for a family of 3 to Ishikawa/Kanazawa for only 500 yen in real terms!
Despite great difficulty in making reservations, managed to book accommodations Reservations for National Travel Agency support began on October 11, except for Tokyo. The author, a family of three (one of whom is an infant), tried to book a 3-day/2-night trip to Kanazawa on a travel site, but the sites were all down due to…
Baby Carriage Rental Service “Babycal” First Introduced in Aomori, Yamagata, and Niigata; Available in All East Japan Railway Prefectures
JR East will begin offering the “BabyCal” stroller rental service in Aomori, Yamagata, and Niigata prefectures on December 15. With this service, it will be available in all prefectures in the JR East area. BabyCal is a reservation-based stroller rental service that can be used on the go, based on the concept of “creating a…
Hokkaido Kamikawa-cho, Hokkaido x Columbia, “17L Cooler Tote,” a return gift for taxpayers in hometown, limited to 250 pieces.
Kamikawa Town, Hokkaido, in collaboration with Columbia Sportswear Japan, with which the town signed a comprehensive partnership agreement in 2021, has developed and started accepting applications for the “Festival Woods 17L Cooler Tote,” a tax return gift for the hometown. The product will be sold at “Rakuten Furusato Tax” and “Satofuru” in limited quantities of…
Experience the digital twin of the International Space Station (ISS) in real time. Space Work Metaverse
Mitsui Fudosan and Nihonbashi Muromachi Area Management will hold “HELLO SPACE WORK! NIHONBASHI 2022″ to experience space work in Nihonbashi. NIHONBASHI 2022” from December 12 to 23. THE ISS METAVERSE Experience the viewpoint of an astronaut in real time in a JAXA-supervised metaverse space. The tour simulates the current flight position and day/night conditions of…
Prefectural Road No. 41 Naniwa-suji closed to vehicular traffic for the Tokaido Line branch subway line conversion and new Umekita Station, near JR Osaka Loop Line Fukushima Station.
Osaka City is aiming to switch underground and open a new station in spring 2023 for the JR Tokaido Line branch line subway conversion project and the Umekita new station installation project. The line will begin operating on an underground route on February 13, 2023, and the level crossing located at the intersection with the…
Signing of a loan agreement for a waste power generation and treatment project in Binh Duong Province, Vietnam (overseas investment and loan): Contributing to the realization of a recycling-oriented economy by reducing the risk of environmental pollution
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) provided a loan of up to US$7 million to the Binh Duong Water Environment Joint Stock Company (BIWASE) of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on December 9. The agreement has been signed. The loan will contribute to the “Initiative for Overseas Investment and Loan to ASEAN” (*1) announced by…
Special tour of Nagashima/Igawa Dam by Oigawa Railway and Igawa Line. Sneak into the inside of the dam, which is usually closed to the public.
Oigawa Railway, in cooperation with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism’s Nagashima Dam and Chubu Electric Power Company’s Shizuoka Hydro Center, will conduct special tours of undisclosed areas. The tour will take visitors on the Oigawa Railway between Senzu Station and Igawa Station to Nagashima Dam (Kawane Honmachi, Haibara-gun, Shizuoka Prefecture), the only…