Himeji City unveiled a new tourism PR site, “Himejikan. NONN, an actress from Hyogo Prefecture, will tour the city and show the charms of “Himeji-han” for women in their 20s and 30s to enjoy. The video shows how she relaxes as she tastes the charms of the city, such as eating “Jokamachi Dogu,” which looks…
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We visited the site of a complex under development in the Sakuragaoka Exit area of Shibuya Station. The name has been decided as “Shibuya Sakura Stage.
Shibuya is currently undergoing a redevelopment project around Shibuya Station that is said to be a once-in-a-century project. The Shibuya Station Sakuragaoka-guchi Area Type 1 Urban Redevelopment Project is being promoted by the Shibuya Station Sakuragaoka-guchi Area Urban Redevelopment Association. The demolition work started in January 2019. The buildings are located on the A block…
flexstay inn shin-urayasu adds twin and triple rooms. Easy access to Tokyo Disney Resort and Makuhari Messe
Flex Stay Inn Shin-Urayasu (4-1-29 Imagawa, Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture) will renovate some of its guest rooms and begin offering them on March 1. Located with easy access to Tokyo Disney Resort and Makuhari Messe, the hotel can be used as a base for business and leisure, mainly offering semi-double and twin rooms. This time, six…
Local Souvenir Selection] “Leaf Memory” and “Baked Tiramisu” from Kobe Souvenirs
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, this year too, the stores in town will be lined with elaborate and colorful chocolates. Hyogo Prefecture is one of the most competitive sweet battlegrounds in Japan. Morozoff” and “Uheim” baumkuchen originated in Kobe. In January, the Japanese team led by Henri Charpentier of Ashiya won first place…
Bangkok Metropolitan Area Urban Railway New Master Plan (M-MAP2) Development Project
The Government of Thailand has identified the following issues with the Bangkok Metropolitan Area Railway Master Plan (M-MAP), which is the basis for the various urban railroad projects currently being implemented and planned in the Bangkok metropolitan area: accuracy of demand forecasts, connectivity with stations, routes, and other transportation modes, and promotion of integration of…
Samoa Water Supply Authority Maintenance and Management Capacity Strengthening Project in Collaboration with Okinawa – Phase 2
In Apia, the capital city of Samoa, the Samoa Water Authority (SWA) operates the water supply system, but it has been facing problems such as high non-revenue water rate due to leakage, untreated water supply, and improper operation of the water treatment plant. This low level of water service resulted in low customer satisfaction and…
Gender Sensitive School Enrollment Continuation Project through School Activities and Community Participation
Sindh, Pakistan, has one of the lowest gross enrollment and primary education completion rates among the country’s four provinces, with a large proportion and absolute number of out-of-school children (OOSC), as well as extremely large gender differences. The country is also characterized by large disparities in enrollment rates among girls from poor rural families, and…
TOD Urban Development Capacity Building Support Project
In Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, the population increase due to economic growth has led to an increase in the number of private vehicles owned, and traffic congestion has become a problem on the main roads. Therefore, the government of Tanzania is promoting the development of a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system in Dar es Salaam…
Public Health Engineering Bureau General Capacity Strengthening Project (Phase 2)
The Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) of the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development and Cooperatives in Bangladesh is primarily responsible for formulating water source development plans, constructing water supply facilities, and transferring facilities to local governments in rural and urban areas (excluding Dhaka, Chotgram, Khulna, and Rajshahi). The company was also required…
Infrastructure Development Planning Project in Cocopo Rabaul
Located in the northeast of Papua New Guinea, New Britain Island is the second largest island in terms of area after the main island of New Guinea, and consists of East New Britain (ENB) Province and West New Britain Province. The main industries are cocoa and papaya. The main industry is the export of primary…