Yamanashi Prefecture announced that the Mt. Fuji Yoshida-guchi climbing route closed for the summer season of 2024 on September 10, 2012. This season (July 1-September 10), the first mountaineering restrictions in Japan will be introduced to ease trail congestion and prevent bullet climbing. The following measures were implemented: an entrance fee of 2,000 yen and…
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Oedo Onsen Monogatari Premium, Seasonal buffet featuring grilled beef tongue, tekonezushi and other prized items
Oedo Onsen Monogatari Hotels & Resorts will hold a “Seasonal Buffet” at eight Premium Series inns. The period is from September 1 to February 28, 2025. The Premium series inns are about 5,000 yen more expensive than the standard inns, but they offer free use of the Premium Lounge, which serves soft drinks and alcohol,…
Provision of Emergency Relief Supplies for Typhoon Damage in Vietnam ｜ News / Media
September 11, 2024 In response to a request from the government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide emergency relief supplies to the country in response to the damage caused by torrential rains as follows record damage from the earthquake and tsunami Typhoon YAGI made landfall in the…
The Power to Involve Creates a Sustainable Society! Talk with Professor Oki Daikan of the University of Tokyo on the Future of International Cooperation ｜ News & Media
Professor Oki Daikan of the University of Tokyo, who this year received the Stockholm Water Prize, known as the Nobel Prize in the field of water, has been working with JICA on research toward resilient development that can cope with water disasters and other disasters caused by climate change. As the risk of climate change…
Kagawa’s Kotodan Kairou hot spring facility renewed as a “sauna theme park” with 11 types of saunas and 7 types of water baths.
Kotodan Kairou (6-6 Ariake-cho, Kanonji City, Kagawa Prefecture), a hot spring facility in Kagawa Prefecture, will reopen as a “sauna theme park” on September 15. Within the 10,000 m2 site, there are 11 types of saunas, including a boat-shaped sauna, ocean view sauna, kettle bath-style sauna, and tent sauna. 7 types of water baths are…
Aeon Imabari store renovated to a new business model “Soyola Imabari Umakoshi”. Saizeriya/Daiso 3 brands, etc. to open for the first time in Ehime.
AEON Retail will renovate the entire AEON Imabari store and open it as Soyora Imabari Umakoshi (4-8-1 Umakoshi-machi, Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture) in mid-November. The AEON Imabari store opened in 1999 as Imabari Saty and was renamed in 2011. In June of this year, a large hotel opened in the adjacent area. In anticipation of…
Lotte’s Polish subsidiary opens “E. Wedel Chocolate Factory Museum”. Largest scale in Central and Eastern Europe
Lotte’s Polish subsidiary Lotte Wedel opened the E. Wedel Chocolate Factory Museum (aleja Emila Wedel 5,03-822 Warszawa) on September 4. Wedel is a long-established confectionery manufacturer founded in Poland in 1851, and became Lotte Wedel after joining the Lotte Group in September 2010. The museum that opened consists of one basement floor and seven above-ground…
ANA’s domestic flight time sale starts at midnight on the 12th! November to February boarding
ANA will hold a domestic flight ticket time sale from September 12 at 0:00 to September 18 at 23:59. The offer is valid for flights from November 1 to February 28, 2025 (excluding December 27 to January 5, 2025). Limited routes and flights will be available in Hokkaido, Tohoku, Hokuriku (excluding Noto), Kansai, Chubu, Chugoku,…
JAL changes boarding method starting today. Window-side seats will be guided first to eliminate aisle congestion on the plane.
On the Airbus A350-900, JAL’s main wide-body aircraft for domestic flights, the L1 door was previously reserved for First Class and Class J passengers, and the L2 door was reserved for regular seat passengers. The new boarding method is to use the L1 door for the right side of the cabin (rows F to K)…
Costa Rica’s 50th Anniversary Ceremony ｜ News & Media
On August 7, JICA held a ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the start of its cooperation with Costa Rica. The ceremony began with opening remarks by Vice President Miyazaki, followed by presentations by former Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) and former experts on their experiences and their thoughts for the future friendship between…