Tsumagoi Village in Gunma Prefecture and the Tsumagoi Village Tourism Association have released a concept room accommodation plan in collaboration with the anime “Bless This Wonderful World! (a.k.a. Konosuba). The stay period is from September 28 to October 31. Reservations can be made through a special website. Tsumakoi Village is Japan’s largest summer and autumn…
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Villains” design is now available on the Disney★JCB Card. Maleficent, Eartha and Gaston are also there!
Walt Disney Japan and JCB will issue a limited design “Disney Villains” Disney★JCB Card. The period is from September 10 to December 15. Applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis, and the offer will end when stock runs out. The black card face features designs of Maleficent from the movie “Sleeping Beauty,” Eartha…
Halloween Codes at Belle Maison’s Disney Fantasy Shop! Dress-like one-piece dresses and Villains’ jackets are also available!
Belle Maison’s “Disney Fantasy Shop” has been selling Halloween items since September 6. The shop offers new Halloween-inspired items featuring princesses and heroines, Disney villains, and the “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas” movie. The princess and heroine designs include items for Halloween events that immerse you in the world of the story, such as…
Roadside Station Salmon Park, Chitose, Autumn Run Festival: Kaisen-don (rice bowl) for 111 yen/Indian waterwheel rice bowl/all-you-can-stuffed salmon and mackerel, etc.
Roadside Station Salmon Park Chitose (2-4-2 Hanazono, Chitose City, Hokkaido) will hold “Welcome Back Salmon! Autumn Run Festival” will be held from September 14 to 16 and 21 to 23. During the period, six special limited-edition menu items will be available: “Indian Waterwheel Bowl” (7480 yen), which is inspired by a waterwheel and a salmon…
MUJI renews warm cotton innerwear to 100% cotton. Men’s chinos are also new.
Ryohin Keikaku will sequentially launch MUJI’s functional innerwear for fall and winter, “Attaka Cotton Innerwear,” at stores nationwide and online starting September 16. The warm cotton innerwear uses cotton with enhanced “moisture absorbing and heating” properties that convert steam emitted from the body into heat. Since the function of the cotton itself is enhanced, the…
Launched “Museum Pick,” a service that allows visitors to record their visits to approximately 5,000 art galleries and museums nationwide.
Museum Pick launched museumpick, a service for recording museum visits. Running on a Web browser, the system can keep records of visits to approximately 5,000 museums, botanical gardens, zoos, and other facilities throughout Japan. In addition to being able to save past records, visitors can obtain an “original stamp” with an image generated for each…
Local Charms: Holiday Inn & Suites Shin-Osaka’s Mr. Takamoto’s Recommendation
IHG Hotels & Resorts operates 19 hotel brands with more than 6,300 hotels in over 100 countries. In Japan, IHG Hotels & Resorts currently operates about 47 hotels under seven brands from Hokkaido to Okinawa (as of March 2024). For this interview, we asked Masamiki Takamoto, general manager of Holiday Inn & Suites Shin-Osaka, what…
3COINS launches serious guesswork items. Large capacity tote / Deco ribbons in 9 colors / Silver tee case / Fansa Prayer Mamoru, etc.
On September 9, 3COINS (3COINS) launched “Serious Guess Life Items” proposed by a buyer whose life depends on guesses. The “SUISEIKATSU Tote Bag” (880 yen), which can hold plenty of luggage, has a simple design that is easy for anyone to carry and is 40 x 13 x 43 cm (W x D x H),…
Kobe Kitano Nosta” opens on November 8 at the site of the former Kitano Elementary School. Seven gourmet stores including the first bakery/chocolate store to open in Kansai
Kobe Kitano Sweets & Cafe will open a gourmet complex, Kobe Kitano Nosta (3-17-1 Nakayamate-dori, Chuo-ku, Kobe), on the site of the former Kitano Elementary School on November 8. Located about a 12-minute walk from Sannomiya and Motomachi Stations, the concept is “ONE TABLE. The concept is to create a place (one table) where the…
Toyo Rapid Line debuts “EKI TAG,” a limited-edition stamp for all stations completed by November.
Station stamps of Toyo Rapid Transit Railway will be obtainable from September 14 on “EKI TAG,” a digital station stamp collection application by JR East Japan Planning Co. A new stamp will be placed at each station on the Toyo Rapid Line, excluding Nishi Funabashi Station, and a commemorative rally will be held until November…