Category: Japan

NEXCO Central Japan’s Tokyo Branch Office has begun construction of additional parking spaces at the Shimizu PA (uphill) on the New Tomei Expressway. At SA/PAs, parking area congestion is occurring due to a chronic shortage of parking spaces for large vehicles, especially during late-night hours, and the expansion of parking spaces is underway. At the…

The JR Mine Line Usage Promotion Council, in cooperation with Nagato Yumoto Onsen Town, the Yamaguchi Branch of Nippon Travel Agency, and JR West, will offer a special train tour, Nagato Yumoto Onsen Utaakari-go, in conjunction with the winter lighting event “Onshin River Utaakari 2023. The “XX no Hanashi” sightseeing train (two Series 47 cars),…

JORDAN and Hokkaido Kanko Bus have put the “Port Town Hakodate Free Pass 1-day Pass” on sale exclusively through Mobile Ticket. Prices are 500 yen for adults and 250 yen for children. The Hakodate City route of Hokkaido Kanko Bus operates between Seikan Ferry-mae and Kamiyukawa-cho. The Hakodate morning market with fresh seafood and agricultural…

The “Blue Cave SHIBUYA” Executive Committee is holding its first illumination event “Blue Cave SHIBUYA” (Shibuya Park Avenue to Yoyogi Park Zelkova Avenue) in three years since 2019, until December 25. Lighting hours are from 17:00 to 22:00. In 2022, a giant Christmas card will appear at the venue on the zelkova trees in Yoyogi…

NEXCO West Japan will operate 11 tollgates as ETC-only tollgates from spring 2023. Based on the “Interim Summary of ‘Efforts to Establish a Sustainable National Highway System’” released on September 25, 2020 by the National Highway Subcommittee of the Council for Social Infrastructure Development, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and six expressway…

Logos Corporation will release a limited number of additional sets of the “2023 New Year’s Advance Fukubukuro” on December 26. The “Meth Kit Set” includes items that can be used in combination with the meth kit, allowing for a wide range of cooking. In addition, the “Camp de Coffee Set” and “LOGOS Four Great Tastes!…

Meiji will collaborate with “Oriental Hotel Tokyo Bay” (1-8-2 Mihama, Urayasu City, Chiba Prefecture), a welcome baby inn, to sell the “Support Plan (with breakfast) full of benefits for babies and mothers” suitable for the first trip of a family with a baby. The plan includes “Meiji Hohoemi Raku Raku Milk,” which does not need…

Mitsui Fudosan Commercial Management will hold year-end and New Year sales at five Mitsui Outlet Parks in the Kanto region (Kisarazu, Iruma, Makuhari, Tama Minami-Osawa, and Yokohama Bayside). The semi-annual large-scale sale will feature winter items, watches, shoes, and other fashion items, as well as household sundries, etc. The “SUPER OUTLET SALE” will run from…

JR West has decided on the operation system and other details for the opening of the Umekita area in the northern district of Osaka Station, scheduled for spring 2023. In order to relocate and underground part of the line from Shin-Osaka Station to the Osaka Loop Line (Tokaido Line branch line), a new underground platform…

Globe-Trotter Asia Pacific, which sells British suitcases, will hold the “125 Years of Globe-Trotter” exhibition at Globe-Trotter Ginza (5-2-1 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo) until December 18 to celebrate the brand’s 125th anniversary. The exhibition will be held from 12:00 to 18:00. Hours are from 12:00 to 18:00. In addition to the suitcases and tools used when…