Omotesando Hills (4-12-10 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo), operated by Mori Building, will hold its New Year’s Sale “OMOTESANDO HILLS SALE 2024 WINTER” from January 2 to 14, 2024. About 40 stores in the building will participate, offering up to 60% off this season’s trendy items, including fashion items, accessories, and sundries. In addition, from January 2-3,…
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Asami Araki’s Paris Life] Christmas Markets in Colmar and Strasbourg in Alsace in 2 days and 1 night
In December, France is completely in Christmas mode. The Marché de Noël (Christmas market) in Paris is fun, but the one in the Alsace region near Germany is very famous. Last year, I went to see an Alsace-themed marché held in front of Paris’ East Station, but I wanted to visit there as well, so…
Compare 80 brands of sake from all over Japan in a single can! Weekend-only corner bar” open near JR Chuo Line station, where you can enjoy sake and snacks under the elevated railway tracks on the east side of JR Musashi Koganei station and nonowa Terrace at JR Musashi Sakai station.
JR East Startup and Agnavi, in cooperation with JR Chuo Line Community Design, will open a “traveling sake store” for a limited time starting December 15, where visitors can enjoy sake from all over Japan in “single cans. The two locations are “under the east elevated railway tracks of JR Musashi Koganei Station” (Friday-Sunday, December…
SWISS MILITARY launches new suitcase model “GENESIS”. 20% off with launch coupon
On December 22, MS-C will release the new “GENESIS” series of travel suitcases from SWISS MILITARY, a global brand that develops outdoor goods and other products. The suitcases are inspired by geometric patterns and come in two sizes: 66 cm and 76 cm. A carry-on bag, “READY BAG,” which can be attached to the top…
Opening of BLISSTIA Hakone Sengokuhara in Owakudani Onsen. Commemorative plan offers 5,500 yen discount per person for the premium course.
Lilo Vacations opened Japan’s first hotel for sale, BLISSTIA Hakone Sengokuhara (29-1 Sengokuhara, Hakone-cho, Ashigarashita-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture), on December 15. A condominium hotel is a facility where rooms owned by each owner are offered as a hotel for the general public. The four-story building with one basement level, all rooms are suites, combining “hotel condominiums”…
JCB’s 4th 500 Million Yen Split Campaign. Log in + increase the number of units for every 50,000 yen spent
JCB will conduct the “500 Million Yen Split Campaign Vol. 4” from December 15 to February 15, 2024, offering JCB cardholders a total of 500 million yen in cash back in a split-seconds campaign according to the number of units of JCB cardholders who meet the requirements. After registering to participate, “log in to MyJCB”…
Green Fare for Metropolitan Area Regular Trains to be Revised in March 2024: Suica Green Fare, a 260 yen discount, will be newly established, and paper tickets will be uniformly charged.
JR East will change the fare structure for green cars of regular and rapid trains in the Tokyo metropolitan area from March 16, 2024. The “Weekday Fare” and “Holiday Fare” and “Advance Fare” and “In-train Fare” categories will be abolished, and all fares will be the same as the “Normal Fare” when a green ticket…
Minnano Bank’s new “Circle” service introducing travel-related services, etc.
Minna no Bank will launch a new service, Circle, on December 19, and begin working with partners. Circle is a service that provides new awareness to the digital native generation, the company’s core users. According to Kenichi Nagayoshi, President and CEO, the company aims to create a platform that “connects things of value” by creating…
Snoopy and his friends run around Amsterdam! Afternoon Tea×PEANUTS collaboration item “PEANUTS IN AMSTERDAM”.
Lifestyle brand “Afternoon Tea LIVING” (Zazaby League) will release a total of about 80 items in collaboration with PEANUTS on January 10, 2024 under the theme “PEANUTS IN AMSTERDAM. The limited edition design features Snoopy and his PEANUTS friends running through a tulip field and cycling through a row of canal houses in the motif…
JR Group to revise its timetable on March 16, 2024. Hokuriku Shinkansen to open in Tsuruga, expansion of seated commuter service in Osaka area, etc.
The JR Group will implement a timetable revision on March 18, 2023. The main points of the revision are described here. The Hokuriku Shinkansen between Kanazawa and Tsuruga Stations will be in service, with nine round-trip “Kagayaki” and five round-trip “Hakutaka” trains to and from Tokyo Station, and the “Tsurugi” sectional train. The “Thunderbird” and…