The Hakone Tozan Cable Car and Hakone Ropeway operated by Odakyu Hakone will offer priority boarding on weekends and holidays in November. The dates are November 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, and 24. Since the demonstration test of this system was well received during the Golden Week holidays in the fall of…
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Spectacular hiking in the sea of clouds season. Climbing set for sale at “Takeda Castle Castle Town Hotel EN”, an inn in a former sake brewery.
Takeda Castle Castle Town Hotel EN (363 Kamimachi west side, Takeda, Wadayama-cho, Asago City, Hyogo Prefecture), operated by Value Management, will sell Kumomi (sea of clouds) climbing sets from October 3 to November 30. The Kumokai Climbing Set allows visitors to hike around the ruins of Takeda Castle, also known as “Castle in the Sky”…
Barefoot Dreams releases Disney Princess patterned blanket. Snow White/Cinderella/Ariel/Jasmine
BAREFOOT DREAMS, a lifestyle brand from Malibu, California, will release “Disney Collection By BAREFOOT DREAMS” blankets with Disney princess patterns on October 4. There will be a total of four types, priced at 31,900 yen each. Each of Snow White, Cinderella, Ariel, and Jasmine is designed in large size on the comfortable fabric. The classic…
A trip to Amakusa, Kumamoto, where the history and culture learned by Porsche and the University of Tokyo changed from dots to lines and surfaces. What was the answer the children arrived at?
Two teams that have been exploring their respective cultures finally meet up. Although they are dimly aware of the existence of another group, where are they and what are they doing? When will they meet? The children had no idea where they were going, what they were doing, or when they would meet. As the…
Twiste Ignihide dorm menus are now available for pre-sale. Decoration incorporating blue, with dormitory emblem motif charms.
Empire Grill, the California cuisine restaurant at the Disney Ambassador Hotel, has begun pre-sales for the “‘Disney’s Twisted Wonderland’ Special Course at Empire Grill – Ignihide” to be served from December 13-19. The tickets will go on sale to the general public (first-come, first-served) after the end of the lottery (September 27-October 21) at Lawson…
DOD, pocket-sized “Fishing Bottle” with reel and hooks, and “Sokusaba Cooler,” a small cooler box with cutting board
Bee’s released the “FISHING BOTTLE” (5,720 yen), a bottle-type fishing tool with a hook and reel, and the “FISHING COOLER” (9,900 yen), a small cooler box with a cutting board, from the outdoor brand “DOD. The Fishing Bottle is an all-in-one construction bottle that includes a reel (with 100m of 6lb nylon line), 11 sarukans…
Bushcraft, wood-chopping, and cooking! Japanese survival knife “TAFU” made by a wild blacksmith in Noto, Japan Pre-sale on Makuake
Fukube Kaji is selling the Japanese survival knife “TAFU,” which makes full use of Noto’s wild blacksmithing techniques, through December 30 on Makeake. The company is offering a 25% discount (29,700 yen) on the regular sales price of 39,600 yen, including a Makuake discount. Products will be delivered between October and the end of January…
G-SHOCK x ITZY, “GMD-S5610” collaboration model in 5 colors. Includes stickers with illustrations drawn by the members.
Casio Computer Co., Ltd. will release the GMD-S5610IT, the second collaboration model between G-SHOCK and the Korean girl group ITZY. It is available in five colors: black, lime green, fuchsia pink, light pink, and violet, and is priced at 18,700 yen each. The base model is the GMD-S5610, a smaller version of the “5600” featuring…
HOTEL R9 The Yard Mobara, a container hotel, opens. Total of 38 rooms along Route 128, can be relocated in case of disaster.
Develop will open a container hotel, HOTEL R9 The Yard Mobara (2-1-5 Oshiba, Mobara, Chiba Prefecture), on October 23. Prior to the opening, the company will start accepting reservations from 3:00 p.m. on October 16. The “HOTEL R9 The Yard” series is a series of 90 hotels across the country that serve as disaster-prevention facilities…
Yamazen’s Smoke-Reducing Cassette Gas Grill. The “XGRILL Portable” reduces smoke from grilled meat by about 55% with its uniform plate temperature and “X-cut structure.
Yamazen will release the “XGRILL Portable,” a cassette cylinder type product that can be used outdoors, from the “Reduced Smoke Yakiniku Grill XGRILL” series in mid-October. Priced at around 9,980 yen, it will be available at Yamazenbiz.com, Yamazen’s official mail order site, Kurashi no e-shop on Rakuten Ichiba, and at home centers nationwide. The XGRILL…