Category: Japan

Slow Curve will release the Yuru Pack-Away Solo Cooker Set, a collaboration product between “Yuru Can△” and outdoor brand Coleman. The initial production run sold out, but the company began taking reservations again on August 5 in limited quantities. The price is 6380 yen. The product is based on the design theme of Shima Lynn’s…

Ceremony held at Miyazaki Airport to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the airline’s flight service. He expressed his gratitude to passengers, local businesses, and related parties for the 20th anniversary and said, “Twenty years ago today, we began operating the Miyazaki-Haneda route as Skynet Asia Airways. When we started our service, we had only 6…

BS11 (Japan BS Broadcasting Corporation) and KBS Kyoto will broadcast “Live Broadcast! Kyoto Gozan Okuribi 2022” from 19:03. The Gozan Okuribi is a religious event to send ancestors back to the other world after they have returned home for the Bon Festival. In 2020 and 2021, the festival was scaled down due to the effects…

Yamanashi Prefecture is the birthplace of wine in Japan, and accounts for 30% of the country’s wine production. The “wine no meshi” (rice with wine) is a typical ekiben of this region, which has more than 80 wineries in the prefecture. The name is a combination of the meaning “rice with wine” and the Koshu…

Moomin Valley Park will hold “Night Walk in the Moomin Valley – Illumorinois”. The period is from October 22 to January 9, 2023. The 1.8-km lakeside path is a combination of light effects around the periphery of Lake Miyazawa and Sony’s Sound AR acoustic experience, which blends the real world with the sounds of the…

Logos Corporation released three sizes of LOGOS Tetsu no Shokunin Grill Pan, three sizes of LOGOS Tetsu no Shokunin Grill Pan Case, a dedicated cover, and LOGOS Tetsu no Shokunin Dutch Pot Case from the LOGOS Tetsu no Shokunin series. The LOGOS Tetsu no Shokunin Grill Pan is an authentic iron frying pan made in…

Yamanashi Prefecture, Shizuoka Prefecture, and JR Tokai are holding the “Dramatic Nazotoki Game: Two Treasure Maps and Omoide no Tabi,” a hands-on, participatory excursion event in collaboration with the TV anime “Yuru Can△,” through August 31. There are two routes, the “Lynn Route” starting in Kofu and the “Nadeshiko Route” starting in Shizuoka, and the…

JR West will start selling “J-WEST Point Limited Express Tickets” for all Sanyo Shinkansen lines through the online reservation service “e5489”. The sales and use period is from August 5 to October 31. The price is lower than the regular price using “J-WEST points” accumulated so far through the use of trains and other services,…

NEXCO East Japan will enforce continuous day and night lane restrictions on the off-ramps of the Nagano Expressway from the Asago IC to the Koshoku IC. Renewal work will be conducted on the Ipponmatsu Tunnel from August 22 to September 16 and on the Nakasone River Bridge from August 22 to November 5. NEXCO East…

NEXCO East Japan has advised that heavy rain has caused road closures between the Tsugawa IC and Yasuda IC on the Banetsu Expressway. The road has been closed since 7:23 a.m. on August 4 due to rainfall exceeding the road closure criteria. In addition, the Bandai-Atami IC to Inawashiro-Bandai-Kogen IC on the Ban-Etsu Expressway is…