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Hanshin Electric Railway and Kinki Nippon Railway will release “Hanshin Version Ise Jingu Hatsumode Discount Ticket” and “Hanshin/Kintetsu New Year 1-day Ticket” from the end of 2024 to 2025. The “Hanshin Version Ise Jingu Hatsumode Discount Ticket” includes a free train ticket between Matsuzaka and Kenshima stations, two limited express ticket exchange tickets for the…

ME-Q, a printing service for original goods operated by MAW, has released the CELTONA One-Touch Vacuum Stainless Steel Bottle (430 ml), which can be created from a single piece with 360 degree full color printing. The price is 2,900 yen per piece. Delivery time is 4 business days for 1 to 4 pieces. Since the…

Kintetsu Corp. will release “Ise Jingu Hatsumode Discount Ticket,” a convenient ticket for Hatsumode at Ise Jingu Shrine and other shrines during the year from November 15 to December 31. The package includes a free train ticket that allows unlimited travel between Matsusaka and Kashima stations, two exchange tickets for express tickets for the free…

Hotel New Akao (1993-250, Atami, Shizuoka, Japan) renovated its lobby area in November. The hotel is currently installing two additional elevators until July 18, 2025. In conjunction with this, the lobby on the 17th floor of the Ocean Wing, which overlooks the Sagami Sea and downtown Atami, has been renovated and the front desk has…

Tokyo Disney Resort has announced its schedule of events for January through March 2025. Tokyo Disneyland will host the third installment of the “Disney Palpalooza” special event series, “Vanellope’s Sweet Pop World,” from January 15 to March 16, 2025. The theme of the event will be the world made of sweets envisioned by Vanellope in…

Following Minnie Mouse in the first installment and Donald Duck in the second, the third installment will be “Vanellope’s Sweets Pop World” starring Vanellope from the Disney film “Sugar Rush. Tokyo Disneyland will become a world of cute and fun sweets based on the theme of a world made of sweets imagined by Vanellope. Tokyo…

Tokyo DisneySea announced that the entertainment program “Big Band Beat – A Special Treat” will end on September 30, 2025. An entertainment program that retained the concept of a review show centered on the swinging jazz music of “Big Band Beat,” but with some changes in direction and structure. Highlights include dancing by Disney friends…

Hilton Tokyo Bay (1-8 Maihama, Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture) will hold “Strawberry School Life,” a dessert buffet themed on strawberries and youth, from December 28 to April 13, 2025, on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays (except January 1). The venue is the lobby lounge “lounge O”. The lineup of sweet and sour strawberry sweets will be divided…

Amazon (Amazon Japan) is having a time sale on its Echo Buds (2nd generation) noise-canceling earphones. Normally priced at 14,980 yen, they are 47% off at 7,980 yen at the time of writing. Echo Buds are fully wireless earbuds with active noise cancellation, created by the Amazon Echo smart speaker/display brand, and come with four…

JR Hokkaido will sell ticketless seat reservation tickets for 500 yen (half price for children) on all “Airport” trains between New Chitose Airport and Otaru on conventional lines. Normally, the price is 840 yen. The periods covered are December 27 – January 5, 2025 and January 25 – February 16, 2025. Reservations are limited to…