Category: Japan

Navitime Japan has expanded the “Navigation System for Electric Kickboards,” which is being tested in cooperation with ADI, to provide a route search function for specified small motorized bicycles (such as so-called electric kickboards) in compliance with the revision of the Road Traffic Law that will come into effect on July 1. The new system…

JR Tokai will set up a “special car for children” in Car 12 of some “Nozomi” trains on the Tokaido Shinkansen. The minimum number of passengers is one adult and one child each, and the service will run from August 10 to 20. It will be sold as a JR Tokai Tours travel product (not…

Shin-Yokohama Prince Hotel (3-4 Shin-Yokohama, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture) will launch “Shinkansen Art Sweets Stay,” an accommodation plan offering a diorama-style sweets plate in a train-view room. The plan is available from September 1 to October 31, and reservations will be accepted from July 3. The Shin-Yokohama Prince Hotel offers a spectacular 360-degree view…

Under the revised Road Traffic Law, which will come into effect on and after July 1, these bicycles will be treated as “specified small motorized bicycles”: no license will be required for those aged 16 or older, the maximum speed will be 20 km/h, helmets will be mandatory, and right turns will be made in…

We immediately visited the pool, which is full of topics, including the first expansion since its opening in 1991 and the creation of the “Wai Wai Jungle,” a new athletic area with a total construction cost of 1 billion yen. Summer is all about playing in the water! With pool classes already starting at schools…

Hakone Hotel Kowakuen (1297 Ninohira, Hakone-cho, Ashigarashita-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture), operated by Fujita Kanko, will finally have its grand opening on July 12. The Hakone Hotel Kowakuen, a long-established ryokan in Hakone with a history of 60 years since its establishment, will be revived as a new hotel that will carry on the name and traditions…

JTB will put the “Singen Pass” on sale on June 29, which includes unlimited rides on Yamanashi Kotsu buses and a round-trip ticket for the Shosenkyo Ropeway. The period of use is from July 1 to November 1, and the fare is 3,500 yen for adults and 1,750 yen for children. There is also a…

On June 27, APA Hotel opened “APA Hotel ” (8-17 Kabashima-cho, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture). Together with “Nagasaki Ekimae” and “Nagasaki Ekimae Minami,” this brings the total number of APA Hotels in Nagasaki to three buildings with 372 rooms. APA Hotel Nagasaki Dejima pre-opened on December 27, 2022, and after extensive renovations and an increase…

JR Kyushu has announced that it will expand the number of stations covered by the touch-settlement experiment, which is currently being conducted at five stations between Hakata and Kashii on the Kagoshima Main Line, to 50 stations starting July 12. In this experiment, visitors will be able to use ticket gates and trains by holding…