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The Ainu People’s Culture Foundation will launch the “Enjoy Hokkaido with Golden Kamui! supported by Upopoi” campaign in collaboration with the anime “Golden Kamui” from October 8 to March 30, 2025. In the Poster Rally, participants will travel around the campaign area in Hokkaido and visit 10 different campaign posters collaborating with Golden Kamuy. By…

3COINS has launched practicality items for car trips and shopping. The items will be available at stores nationwide and on the official online shopping site, Park Closet. The lineup includes a sunshade, a smartphone holder, and a large-capacity shopping bag with a mens-like design. They are recommended for daily shopping trips by car, as well…

Seibu Arboretum Management will offer the “empty-handed PARK DAYCAMP Plan” at three Saitama Prefectural City Parks, limited to two groups per day (two to six people per group) from October 19 to November 17, 2012. Reservations are being accepted at the dedicated reservation page of each park. Implementation Park Sayama Inariyama Park (1-23-1 Inariyama, Sayama…

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Sanyo Shinkansen Line’s full operation, JR West has launched a WESTER Point campaign “Ride on weekends and win points! The more you ride, the more points you earn! The more you ride, the more points you earn! It’s fall! It’s travel! It’s the Shinkansen! Ride on weekends and…

IHG Hotels & Resorts operates 19 hotel brands with more than 6,400 hotels in over 100 countries. In Japan, IHG Hotels & Resorts currently operates approximately 47 hotels under seven brands from Hokkaido to Okinawa (as of June 30, 2024). For this interview, we asked Yuji Shiraki, general manager of the ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel…

JR East Japan Trading will release “Suica no Penguin Pata Pata Plushie” (2,200 yen), which will be sold first at the TRAINIART TOKYO Grandsta store from September 28, and will be available at the TRAINIART JRE MALL store and other stores after October 8. When the air pump built into the feet is pressed, the…

On September 28, JR East and JR East Trading will release “2025 JR East Employee Photo Calendar” (3 types, 1,650 yen each), which captures scenes unique to JR East employees. Stores selling the calendars include the TRAINIART JRE MALL store, the TRAINIART TOKYO store, and the Museum Shop TRAINIART Railway Museum store. The 2025 edition…

Logos Corporation, which develops the outdoor brand “LOGOS,” released the “LOGOS Batoning Stick,” an item that can be used for splitting firewood, on August 29. It is priced at 2,970 yen. It measures 6 x 28 cm (diameter x length) and weighs 430 g. It will be sold at Logos Shop directly managed stores (excluding…

3COINS has launched a new line of business items from its “3COINS MENS” series for men. The products will be available at stores nationwide and on the official online shopping site, Parc closet. The “4-partition 2-way backpack” (3,850 yen), which can be carried horizontally or vertically for easy organization of PCs and documents; a “foldable…

Tokyo Disney Resort has announced the new participating cities for the Tokyo Disney Resort Special Parade, in which Mickey Mouse and his friends will take part in festivities throughout Japan. The announcement was made to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the city’s incorporation with the “Higashihiroshima Memorial Parade – Connecting to the Future, Connecting Everyone”…