Category: Japan

Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the railroad and Shinkansen YEAR 2022, JR East will sequentially release a total of seven products featuring Suica penguins starting October 8. Product Details Suica no Penguin card case (E5 series color) price: 880 yen Release date: October 8 This IC card case uses the green and pink of the…

LOGOS Corporation’s outdoor brand “LOGOS” released two types of “LOGOS Alcohol Burner Sets” for family and solo cooks to enjoy one-pot cooking respectively. The LOGOS Alcohol Burner & Cooking Set is an ideal set for family camping. The set includes three types of cookers (a large pot, a small pot, and a frying pan), which…

Map Mapion, a map application operated by ONE COMPATH, has launched “Hiragana Map,” a map in which text notation on the map is displayed in hiragana. This function was previously available as “Eki no Namae Map,” in which station and municipality names are displayed in hiragana. In addition to station and municipality names, this time,…

National travel support will begin on October 11. With some exceptions, such as Tokyo, the National Travel Assistance subsidizes 40% of the price (up to 8,000 yen per night for travel products with transportation/up to 5,000 yen for other travel products) for travel between October 11 and December 20 (including check-out on December 21), and…

Cover Inc. announced on October 7 that Fubuki Shirakami, a member of the company’s female Vtuber group “Hololive,” has become a life-saving supporter of the Japan AED Foundation. The company has endorsed the efforts of the Japan AED Foundation and has made a donation to the organization, which led to the collaboration. Details of the…

On October 7, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike held a press conference to discuss the national travel support program that will begin on October 11. As previously reported, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has set the start date of the nationwide travel support as October 20 (for travel to destinations in Tokyo; for Tokyo residents traveling to…

Saitama Prefecture has launched a national travel support website. Saitama Prefecture has named its nationwide travel support the “National Version Travel! Saitama Discount” and the period is from October 11 to December 20 (including check-out on December 21). The subsidy is 40% of the price of a trip to Saitama (up to 8,000 yen for…

Peach Aviation will launch flights between Kansai International Airport (KIX) and Bangkok Suvarnabhumi on December 27. One-way fares start at 11,280 yen, and tickets will be available from October 6. This is Peach’s first new international route in approximately three years. Peach’s first medium-haul international flight will be operated by an Airbus A321LR aircraft designed…

Buses operated by the Fujikyu Group in the Fuji Five Lakes and Gotemba areas will introduce Visa touch settlement from October 29. The Fuji Five Lakes and Gotemba area, one of the major tourist areas in Japan, attracts many tourists from home and abroad, but with the introduction of Visa’s touch-sensitive payment system, tourists do…

Jetstar Japan will hold a one-way Superstar Sale starting at 5:00 p.m. on October 7 for early morning flights from Narita at 1,990 yen per one-way flight. During the sale, Jetstar Japan will also offer one-way fares starting from 3,290 yen for 16 domestic routes. An outline of the sale is as follows. Details are…