Category: Japan

On August 6, LINE Yahoo Japan launched “Operation Information Cast” on its transit search application “Yahoo! This function allows users to check train delays, suspensions, resumption of operations, and other train operation information nationwide on the “Public Transportation Map”. This function can be used in conjunction with “Train Cast,” which allows users to check where…

Tokyo Disney Resort has announced new cities to visit for the Tokyo Disney Resort Special Parade, which will take part in festivals throughout Japan. The event will appear in the “Citizens’ Parade Smile Jamboree” to be held in Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture, on November 24. The parade will take place from the Miyazaki Station intersection…

Tokai City, Aichi Prefecture, has launched a cashless payment point return project, “Let’s support local stores! Campaign to get up to 20% back! until August 31. During the period, customers who use “d-pay”, “auPAY”, “PayPay”, or “Rakuten Pay” at participating stores in the city will receive points worth up to 20% of the payment amount….

Kay Uno, a custom-made jewelry company, has launched “Hosekibako/Cloisonne Jewelry Box” jewelry cases (462,000 yen each) with designs of Disney characters. There are three designs. The motifs are based on Disney’s “101 Doggies,” “Bambi,” and “Wan Wan Monogatari. Cloisonne enamel artist Takako Kikuchi used traditional techniques to create a beautiful world that looks as if…

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 Hiroyuki Tobari, general manager of InterContinental Yokohama Pier 8, about the…

We toured around the island of Oahu, enjoying the spectacular sights, activities, and shopping. This was my first visit to Hawaii, and I was able to discover a different way to enjoy Hawaii from what I had seen and heard about before. FLYING HONU adds to the elation of heading to Hawaii For the round-trip…

Buffalo has released the BSST01BK, a card-type smart tracker compatible with Apple’s “Find Me” app, which is available at the official Buffalo store on Amazon (Buffalo Direct). This smart tracker (not available for Android devices) can be used with the “Find” application on iPhones and iPads to check location information. The 2.4mm-thick credit card-sized device…

Kitahiroshima City in Hokkaido is running the “Kitahiro Cashless Settlement Campaign,” a cashless settlement point reward program, until August 31. The maximum number of points per transaction is 500, and the maximum number of points during the period is 2,000. Points will be awarded at the end of the month following the month of payment….

NEXCO Central Japan has decided on the official names of the interchanges between the Yamagata IC and the Ono-Kobe IC and the Hokusei IC (tentative name) and the Daian IC on the Tokai Ring Expressway (C3), which is being operated jointly with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. The under-construction names “Gifu IC” and…