Tokyu Resorts & Stay will begin operating Ski Jam Katsuyama (170-70 Yoshino, Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture), one of the largest ski resorts in western Japan, on December 20. Operating hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. There are two courses that can be skied: the Fantasy Site and the Variety Site. The longest run is…
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Daiwa House’s first resort hotel “BATONSUITE Okinawa Kourijima” opens on March 27. All 35 rooms are suites & ocean view.
Daiwa House Realty Management, a member of the Daiwa House Group, has launched a new hotel brand, BATON SUITE, and will open its first hotel, BATON SUITE Okinawa Kourijima, on March 27, 2025. In conjunction with this, the company will begin accepting reservations at 3:00 p.m. on December 19. Room rates range from 30,000 yen…
Grant Aid Agreement Signed for Pakistan: Grant Aid Supports Quality Improvement of Maternal and Child Health Services by Providing Equipment to Medical Facilities in Flood-Affected Areas ｜ News & PR
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Grant Agreement (G/A) with the Government of Pakistan on December 17 in Islamabad for the “Mother and Child Healthcare Equipment Development Project in the Flood Affected Areas and Surrounding Areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province”. The agreement was concluded with the government of Japan. Signing Ceremony A summary…
5 days in Mongolia to visit locations for the drama “VIVANT”. Dinner with the actor who played Genghis Adiel Jameen is also included.
In cooperation with TBS TV, Nippon Travel Agency will organize an official tour to the locations in Mongolia where “VIVANT” was filmed. The tour will go on sale at 2:00 p.m. on December 19. Touring the location of the Sunday theater “VIVANT”! Mongolia 5 days Travel Period: April 26-30, 2025 Departure/Destination: Narita Airport Trip fee:…
Hokuriku Shinkansen Line aims to begin automatic operation from Tsuruga to Kanazawa in FY2029.
JR West announced that it aims to start automatic operation on the Hokuriku Shinkansen between Tsuruga and Kanazawa in FY2029. As part of the company’s “Mid-Term Management Plan 2025 Update,” the company is working to improve transportation quality and productivity through improvements in both hardware and software, and is collaborating with JR East to develop…
Saitama “LaLa Terrace Kawaguchi” to open in May 2025, 71 stores to be open to the public. Renewal while making use of the former Sogo Grand Clock.
Mitsui Fudosan announced that Mitsui Shopping Park LaLa Terrace Kawaguchi (3-5-1 Sakae-cho, Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture) is scheduled to open in May 2025 as part of the “Kawaguchi Station Commercial Facilities Project (tentative name)” in Saitama Prefecture. This is a renewal project of the former Sogo Kawaguchi Store in front of JR Kawaguchi Station. The…
Tomei Makinohara SA (Ascent) fully renewed. Matsuya Shokudo opens for the first time in a SA/PA, offering a set meal of one soup and three vegetables, centering on pork cutlet and pork miso soup.
Central Japan Exis will open “Matsuya Shokudo, Makinohara SA Upstream Branch” at Makinohara SA (Upstream) on the Tomei Expressway, the first of its kind among highway SA/PAs nationwide. The opening date is December 21. On November 26, the food court and shopping corner on the small car parking lot side were renovated, and with the…
ANA launches an in-flight cart for drink service. New lightweight model priced at 190,000 yen.
On December 18, ANA Trading released a new type of cart (unused) for beverage service onboard ANA flights. The price is 190,000 yen (plus 2,750 yen for large package shipping). It will be available at the official e-commerce site “ANA Shopping A-style” and “A-style ANA Mall Store”. The cart, which has been used on retired…
MOL Cruises Announces Cruises Departing April-June 2025 on the Nippon Maru, Including a Round-the-Japan Cruise during GW
MOL Cruises has announced cruises departing from April to June 2025 aboard the Nippon Maru. Reservations will be accepted from 10:30 a.m. on January 31, 2025. In addition to familiar cruises such as “Golden Week Round-the-Japan Cruise” and “Kumano Premium Cruise on Nippon Maru,” several short cruises of one to two nights are also available….
Imperial Hotel celebrates 135th anniversary with 135-hour stay plans and reissue of traditional sweets
The Imperial Hotel Tokyo will offer new accommodation plans, reissued sweets, a limited number of whiskies with original labels, and a rakugo storytelling event as the third of its 135th anniversary commemorative projects. Since the Imperial Hotel will celebrate its 135th anniversary on November 3, 2025, the hotel has designated November 3, 2024 to March…