SHIRO, which operates the cosmetics brand SHIRO, will open MAISON SHIRO (Kagadori, Naganuma-cho, Yubari-gun, Hokkaido), an accommodation facility for rent, on April 26. Prior to this, the company is accepting reservations for lodging on its official website. Located 25 minutes by car from New Chitose Airport and one hour from Sapporo, the hotel has four…
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voco Hiroshima” to open in the second half of 2027, with 301 rooms along the old Nishikuni Kaido Road, about a 4-minute walk from JR Hiroshima Station.
IHG Hotels & Resorts will open “VOCO Hiroshima” (1-1 Matoba-cho, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture) in the second half of 2027. voco” is IHG Hotels & Resorts’ premium hotel brand, which means “invite” or “call together” in Latin. The company operates 62 hotels worldwide, the second in Japan after Osaka. The hotel is conveniently located…
Solana Karuizawa Villa is a Japanese-style modern trailer house where you can stay with your pet. All buildings have a private dog run and an open-air cypress bath for dogs.
Solana Resort opened Solana Karuizawa Villa (3402-7 Shiono, Miyota-machi, Kitasaku-gun, Nagano Prefecture), a pet-friendly trailer house, on March 27. No dog fee and trailer house with private dog run, hinoki open-air bath, and BBQ grill (limited to 4 guests per day). Located approximately 13 minutes from the Saku IC, 25 minutes from the Usui Karuizawa…
Belkin is selling a gift box filled with Marvel limited edition models! If you want one, run to Costco!
Belkin will sell gift boxes of Marvel limited edition model products at Costco Online starting March 27 and at 33 stores nationwide starting April 1. The price is 9,980 yen. The set includes the Belkin MagSafe Compatible Magnetic Battery 5000, Belkin 60W USB-C to USB-C High Durability Silicon Cable, and Belkin 65W USB-C GaN Fast…
Tokyo Disney Resort Announces Schedule through March 2025! Also in January 2025, the third “Disney Palpalooza” will be held!
Tokyo Disney Resort has announced additional schedules through March 2025. The newly released programs are as follows. From January 15 to March 16, 2025, the third installment of the special event series “Disney Palpalooza” will be held at Tokyo Disneyland. This program, which started in 2024 as an event where you can frolic, play, and…
A castle made of nyan (tiered) balls is here! Castles and hills from three Disney films have become cat towers!
Kawaguchi Mack Industries will release a cat tower “Cat tower Disney series” made of reinforced cardboard. Reservations will begin on April 6. The lineup includes three movies: “Rapunzel in the Tower,” “Beauty and the Beast,” and “The Lion King. The Cat tower Disney series/Tangled (99,000 yen), based on the “Rapunzel on the Tower” motif, features…
Widening of Waseda Dori, 1165m from Mototenuma 2-chome intersection to Shimoigusa 5-chome. Sidewalks and space for bicycle traffic are also available.
On March 27, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced that it had begun work on Auxiliary Route 74 (Waseda Street) from Mototenuma 2-chome to Shimoigusa 5-chome in Suginami Ward. The area covers 1165m from the intersection of “Hontenuma 2-chome” where it intersects with Tokyo Route 25 running north-south near Shimoigusa Station to the intersection of “Shimizu…
Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line to Continue Time-of-day Fees on the Up-Line in FY2024. Weekends and holidays from 13:00 to 20:00: 1,200 yen for ordinary vehicles.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Chiba Prefecture, and NEXCO East Japan are conducting a social experiment of ETC time zone tolls on the Tokyo Bay Aqualine uplink (Kisarazu to Kawasaki direction), initially scheduled to last until March 31, 2024, but extended until March 31, 2025. In response to the frequent traffic congestion…
Pinpoint traffic congestion countermeasures by installing an additional lane at the Tomei Ayase Smart IC (up) and the Chuo Expressway Hino bus stop (down)
On March 27, NEXCO Central Japan announced pinpoint traffic congestion countermeasures for two sections of the Tomei and Chuo Expressways, which are permitted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism under Article 3 of the Road Improvement Special Measures Law. On the Tomei Expressway, an additional lane will be installed near the Ayase…
MLIT grants project approval for four-laning of 11 expressway sections nationwide. Total length 56.5 km
On March 27, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) approved the project to convert 11 expressway sections nationwide to four lanes. East Hokkaido Expressway: Oiwenchou IC – Yubari IC (4.1km, approx. 25 billion yen, Hokkaido) Akita Expressway: Yokote Kita Smart IC – Omagari IC (7.9 km, approx. 36 billion yen, Akita Pref.)…