Kintetsu Corp. will release “Ise Jingu Hatsumode Discount Ticket,” a convenient ticket for Hatsumode at Ise Jingu Shrine and other shrines during the year from November 15 to December 31. The package includes a free train ticket that allows unlimited travel between Matsusaka and Kashima stations, two exchange tickets for express tickets for the free…
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Tokyo Disney Resort Reveals Event Schedule for January-March 2025. Cookie Ann and Leena Bell will make their first appearances at the meet and greet!
Tokyo Disney Resort has announced its schedule of events for January through March 2025. Tokyo Disneyland will host the third installment of the “Disney Palpalooza” special event series, “Vanellope’s Sweet Pop World,” from January 15 to March 16, 2025. The theme of the event will be the world made of sweets envisioned by Vanellope in…
Hilton Tokyo Bay, Strawberry and Youth-themed Buffet. All-you-can-eat nostalgic school life style sweets & dishes.
Hilton Tokyo Bay (1-8 Maihama, Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture) will hold “Strawberry School Life,” a dessert buffet themed on strawberries and youth, from December 28 to April 13, 2025, on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays (except January 1). The venue is the lobby lounge “lounge O”. The lineup of sweet and sour strawberry sweets will be divided…
Details of the third Disney Palpalooza have finally been announced! This time the star of the show is Vanellope from the movie “Sugar Rush
Following Minnie Mouse in the first installment and Donald Duck in the second, the third installment will be “Vanellope’s Sweets Pop World” starring Vanellope from the Disney film “Sugar Rush. Tokyo Disneyland will become a world of cute and fun sweets based on the theme of a world made of sweets imagined by Vanellope. Tokyo…
DisneySea to end “Big Band Beat – A Special Treat” on September 30, 2025.
Tokyo DisneySea announced that the entertainment program “Big Band Beat – A Special Treat” will end on September 30, 2025. An entertainment program that retained the concept of a review show centered on the swinging jazz music of “Big Band Beat,” but with some changes in direction and structure. Highlights include dancing by Disney friends…
47% off Amazon Echo noise-canceling earbuds for $8,000.
Amazon (Amazon Japan) is having a time sale on its Echo Buds (2nd generation) noise-canceling earphones. Normally priced at 14,980 yen, they are 47% off at 7,980 yen at the time of writing. Echo Buds are fully wireless earbuds with active noise cancellation, created by the Amazon Echo smart speaker/display brand, and come with four…
JR Hokkaido: 500 yen for a limited time for ticket-less reserved seats on the rapid airport train, starting at the end of December.
JR Hokkaido will sell ticketless seat reservation tickets for 500 yen (half price for children) on all “Airport” trains between New Chitose Airport and Otaru on conventional lines. Normally, the price is 840 yen. The periods covered are December 27 – January 5, 2025 and January 25 – February 16, 2025. Reservations are limited to…
Dainagoya Building, “Dainagoya Christmas Illumination” decorates the hanging garden about 30 meters above the ground with over 100,000 light bulbs. Last year, about 180,000 people visited.
Dainagoya Building (3-28-12 Meieki, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi) will hold “Dainagoya Christmas Illumination” from November 13 to December 25. Lighting hours are from 17:00 to 23:00. In 2023, approximately 180,000 people visited the event, and in 2024, under the theme of “Crystal Christmas,” over 100,000 lights will illuminate the Sky Garden, a hanging garden approximately 30…
Seibuen Yuenchi’s Nostalgic Christmas! Sunset Hill Shopping Street, which recreates the streets of the 60’s Showa era, is filled with a holiday mood!
The climax of the festival will be a snowfall! Bukiuki Ugi Festival: A Christmas Miracle” is an entertainment show that makes the retro Showa-era Sunset Hill Shopping Arcade even more lively with Christmas music, costumes, and warm light bulbs. The usual “nosy” residents of the Sunset Hill Shopping Arcade sing, dance, and occasionally involve guests…
Oku-Nikko Hotel Shikisai offers “Astronomical Observation Plan” for star gazing in winter with nothing to do. Also enjoy an open-air bath and a kaiseki dinner.
Oku-Nikko Hotel Shikisai (2485 Nakagu Shrine, Nikko-shi, Tochigi Prefecture), a hot spring inn of Lilo Hotels & Resorts, will offer an “Astronomical Observation Plan” from December 1 to March 31, 2025, to enjoy the winter starry sky of Nikko in a casual manner. Prices start at 21,450 yen per night with two meals (per person…