ANA will operate the specially designed “EXPO2025 ANA JET” from early December to commemorate the 2025 Japan International Expo (Osaka-Kansai Expo). The aircraft will be a Boeing 737 with a special design using colors inspired by the Expo (red, blue, and gray) and ANA corporate colors (Mohawk blue and Triton blue), and will fly to…
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Hilton Kyoto” opens. Total of 313 rooms near Ponto-cho and Gion, including connecting rooms for groups.
Tokyo Tatemono and Hilton opened the Hilton Kyoto (416 Shimomaruya-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto) on September 12. To commemorate this event, Hilton Honors members will receive 1,000 points per stay exclusively for Hilton Honors members. Eligible stays are from October 1 to February 28, 2025. This is the first hotel in Kyoto under the flagship Hilton Hotels…
JAL Offers Business Flex Fare with Class J at the Same Price as Normal Seats
JAL is running the “JAL Class J Campaign” from September 10 to March 29, 2025, which allows customers to book Class J for the same price as a regular seat when using the Business Flex Fare. This campaign is available only through “JAL Online,” a domestic business trip arrangement service for corporate customers. The reservation…
JAL vehicles that you have seen at the airport at least once are now available as capsule toys! Towing tractor and happy yellow container set are also available!
BANDAI and JAL will start pre-ordering “JAPAN AIRLINES Miniature Collection” (5 types, 500 yen per set), which reproduces aircraft and GSE vehicles, on the online shopping site “Gashapon Online” from September 12. General sales will begin in December and will be available at official Gashapon Bandai stores nationwide, as well as at capsule toy vending…
Oedo Onsen Monogatari Premium, Seasonal buffet featuring grilled beef tongue, tekonezushi and other prized items
Oedo Onsen Monogatari Hotels & Resorts will hold a “Seasonal Buffet” at eight Premium Series inns. The period is from September 1 to February 28, 2025. The Premium series inns are about 5,000 yen more expensive than the standard inns, but they offer free use of the Premium Lounge, which serves soft drinks and alcohol,…
Mt. Fuji Yoshida Route, number of nighttime climbers down 95.1% from last year due to climbing restrictions; summer season ends in 2024.
Yamanashi Prefecture announced that the Mt. Fuji Yoshida-guchi climbing route closed for the summer season of 2024 on September 10, 2012. This season (July 1-September 10), the first mountaineering restrictions in Japan will be introduced to ease trail congestion and prevent bullet climbing. The following measures were implemented: an entrance fee of 2,000 yen and…
Chikyu-no Arukikata Osaka” will be published. Readers are invited to fill out a survey on gourmet foods, spots, and Osaka’s specialties and boast about them.
Chikyu-no Arukikata will release “Chikyu-no Arukikata Osaka” in January 2025, in A5 size, with about 540 pages, priced at 2,420 yen. A commemorative survey and present campaign started on September 11. The program will cover all 43 cities, towns, and villages in Osaka, and will introduce not only Osaka’s food and tourist attractions, but also…
Provision of Emergency Relief Supplies for Typhoon Damage in Vietnam ｜ News / Media
September 11, 2024 In response to a request from the government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide emergency relief supplies to the country in response to the damage caused by torrential rains as follows record damage from the earthquake and tsunami Typhoon YAGI made landfall in the…
The Power to Involve Creates a Sustainable Society! Talk with Professor Oki Daikan of the University of Tokyo on the Future of International Cooperation ｜ News & Media
Professor Oki Daikan of the University of Tokyo, who this year received the Stockholm Water Prize, known as the Nobel Prize in the field of water, has been working with JICA on research toward resilient development that can cope with water disasters and other disasters caused by climate change. As the risk of climate change…
Kagawa’s Kotodan Kairou hot spring facility renewed as a “sauna theme park” with 11 types of saunas and 7 types of water baths.
Kotodan Kairou (6-6 Ariake-cho, Kanonji City, Kagawa Prefecture), a hot spring facility in Kagawa Prefecture, will reopen as a “sauna theme park” on September 15. Within the 10,000 m2 site, there are 11 types of saunas, including a boat-shaped sauna, ocean view sauna, kettle bath-style sauna, and tent sauna. 7 types of water baths are…