Jupiter Strategy Osaka announced a collaboration between the Osaka-Kansai Expo, which will open in the spring of 2025, and iPASS 一卡通, Taiwan’s leading transportation IC card. iPASS will be issued in an Expo version (priced at NT$200) to publicize the Expo to Taiwan, as well as to increase the number of visitors from Taiwan to…
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Tenmaku Design’s one-pole tent is 50% off at 26,400 yen. last day of Amazon Smile SALE
Amazon (Amazon Japan) is having a time sale on the Circus TC DX+ one-pole tent by Tenmaku Design. Normally priced at 52,800 yen, it is 50% off at 26,400 yen at the time of writing. This cotton-blend, condensation-resistant tent combines light shading and breathability. It is said to be as cool as a shady tree…
Snow Peak’s Merak Pro. Stove Plus, a double-layered shelter with a wood-burning stove attached that can be used to build a fire inside the tent.
Snow Peak will release the Merak Pro. Stove Plus, a fully double-layered shelter with a wood stove, on January 11. The set comes with Merak Pro. (269,500 yen), MK Stove (390,500 yen), Merak Pro. Fly Cover TC (126,500 yen), and Carbon Monoxide Checker (19,800 yen), which would cost 806,300 yen separately. Plus” is 770,000 yen…
Turn your room into a princess room! 8 items to make you feel like a Disney movie heroine, including rugs, curtains, futon covers, etc.
Belle Maison’s “Disney Fantasy Shop” has launched eight new items of furniture and sundries to enjoy the world of Disney princesses and heroines. Curtains, rugs, and mini tables will be available from January 7, while mirrors, futon covers, and storage cases will be available from January 31. Prices range from 3,990 yen to 16,900 yen….
Sendai Anpanman Children’s Museum & Mall offers half-price children’s tickets! Stage events and charagri will be held!
Sendai Anpanman Children’s Museum & Mall (101-14 Odawara-yamamotocho, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture) will hold the “Half-Price Child Ticket Campaign” from January 14 to February 21. This campaign offers children’s tickets, which normally cost 2,000 yen, for 1,000 yen, and applies to up to three children for one adult. Children (1 year old to elementary school…
Seibu Railway’s first “Sustenna” train, the 8000 Series, will enter service at the end of May.
Seibu Railway has decided to begin operation of the first of its “Sustaina rolling stock” (Series 8000), which it acquired from Odakyu Electric Railway in May 2024, at the end of May 2025. The cars had been undergoing safety equipment upgrades and design changes at the Musashioka Rolling Stock Testing Center since July 1, 2024,…
TSUBASA2025 Launch Event” will be held on Thursday, Jan. 23 at 18:00 (hybrid, free of charge)
TSUBASA, the startup support program of JICA and IDB Lab (Inter-American Development Bank Group) in Latin America and the Caribbean, will hold a launch event for the Open Innovation Challenge TSUBASA2025. Background and Overview The startup ecosystem in Latin America and the Caribbean has been rapidly revitalizing in recent years. In FY2021, JICA, together with…
Why do refugees continue to increase? What is necessary to create a peaceful society? 5] ｜ News & PR
Thinking about various social issues facing the world with TV personality and university student Marika Sera, “I want to know the world better! The theme of the fifth session is “Peacebuilding. The theme of the 5th session is “Peace Building. We interviewed Anas Hijazee, who came to Japan as a refugee from Syria, Tomohiro Hayakawa…
To Flores Island to see Komodo Dragons. 6 days and 5 nights trip with Garuda Indonesia Airlines.
I started this article with a not-so-travel-watch-like description. Garuda Indonesia Airlines is conducting an inspection tour, and the destination is the area around Flores Island, where Komodo dragons live. The Komodo dragon lives in Indonesia’s Komodo National Park. Although it is a type of lizard, the largest one is said to be over 3 meters…
Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, “Tateyama Tunnel Electric Bus” begins operation on April 15. Running between Murodo and Daikanbo in place of the retired trolley bus.
Tateyama Kurobe Kanko will begin operating the Tateyama Tunnel Electric Bus between Murodo and Daikanbo on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route on April 15. This new vehicle will replace the Tateyama Tunnel Trolleybus, which operated for 3.7 km (10 minutes) until November 30, 2024, and is designed to reduce the environmental burden in order to…