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The hotel is located in the center of Miyazaki city, within walking distance to Nishitachibana-dori (a.k.a. Nishitachi), Miyazaki’s largest restaurant district. The 16-story building has a total of 133 rooms, including standard rooms with a double bed, standard premium rooms (with massage chair) convenient for sightseeing and business, spacious suite twin rooms, and condominium twin…

How about Hawaiian whiskey distilled with pure water? Ko’olau Distillery The Ko’olau Distillery, which we stopped at on our way back to Honolulu from Kailua, is a small but authentic made-in-Hawaii whiskey distillery at the foot of the Ko’olau Mountains. On Oahu, the trade winds hit the Ko’olau Mountains, bringing a lot of rain, which…

The anniversary year celebrating the 40th anniversary of Tokyo Disney Resort is finally reaching its grand finale! A limited menu has been available since the end of December. The Hot Coffee Cocktail (780 yen) at Miguel’s Eldorado Cantina is a hot cocktail to savor on a cold day. The hot cocoa with liqueur will slowly…

The Tokyo Disney Resort 40th Anniversary special events are finally reaching their grand finale. Special menus have been available since the end of the year earlier. At Tokyo DisneySea, new limited-edition menus inspired by the restaurants’ background stories and theme ports are now available. The menu is full of flavors that bring Guests and the…

The Hokuriku Shinkansen, which had been suspended due to the earthquake that occurred on January 1, resumed operation on all lines at 15:20 on January 2. On the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, operations were suspended on all lines immediately after the earthquake, then resumed between Tokyo and Nagano stations and between Toyama and Kanazawa stations. Operation…

NEXCO East Japan and NEXCELIA East Japan will hold “Highway Meal Koshien” from January 9 to determine the No.1 highway meal that everyone wants to eat from among “highway meals” sold at SA/PAs. A total of 121 items were entered from SA/PAs in the Hokkaido and East Japan area, including menus that use plenty of…

NEXCO Central Japan and NEXCO East Japan have closed some sections of the Hokuriku Expressway and other roads to traffic due to the earthquake that struck the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture on January 1, which has caused multiple cracks and other damage. As of 8:00 a.m. on January 2, the road closures are between…

Lilo Vacations will build 10 new cottages with sauna and hot spring outdoor baths on the grounds of the Oarai Park Hotel (8249-10, Isohama-cho, Oarai-cho, Higashi Ibaraki-gun, Ibaraki Prefecture), a resort hotel surrounded by the sea and pine forest. The opening is scheduled for April 2024. The theme of the hotel is a “completely private…

Kasumigaseki Partners will open “seven x seven Itoshima” (266 Nishiura, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture), the first of its new “seven by seven” hotel brand, on April 26. The pre-opening is scheduled for March 1, and reservations are now being accepted on the official website. seven x seven is a high-end brand of FAV HOTEL,…

After a year of celebration, the 40th anniversary of Tokyo Disney Resort will finally come to a grand finale in January! In time for the last spurt of the anniversary year, new items will appear one after another on special menus and menus with Souvenirs. The eye-catching “Souvenir Lunch Case” with its beautiful gradation (¥1,300…