Nakanojo Town, Gunma Prefecture, “Chatsubo Moss Park” is a place where open-pit mining of iron ore was conducted until 1966, and highly acidic mineral water gushes out. The park is home to one of Japan’s largest colonies of “Chatsubomi Moss,” a species of moss that prefers this environment. It is surprising to learn that these…
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Hotel Okura Tokyo Bay, limited number of decorated rooms for Christmas, including a tree over 2 meters high
Hotel Okura Tokyo Bay (1-8 Maihama, Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture) will offer a limited number of rooms from November 8 to December 25 for stays in decorated rooms with Christmas decorations. The hotel will offer only one suite per day with a tree over 2 meters high and decorated in red and white Christmas colors, as…
Lake Sagami Illumilion,” the largest of its kind in the Kanto region, will bring together 7 characters including Rilakkuma and Sumikko Gurashi. Limited-edition plush toys with cuteness MORI MORI MORI!
Adventure resort “Lake Sagami MORI MORI” (1634 Wakayanagi, Midori-ku, Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture) will hold “Lake Sagami Illumination,” one of the largest illumination events in Kanto with 6 million light bulbs, from November 16 to May 11, 2025. Sagamiko MORI MORI is located approximately 8 minutes by bus from Sagamiko Station on the JR Chuo…
Spectacular hiking in the sea of clouds season. Climbing set for sale at “Takeda Castle Castle Town Hotel EN”, an inn in a former sake brewery.
Takeda Castle Castle Town Hotel EN (363 Kamimachi west side, Takeda, Wadayama-cho, Asago City, Hyogo Prefecture), operated by Value Management, will sell Kumomi (sea of clouds) climbing sets from October 3 to November 30. The Kumokai Climbing Set allows visitors to hike around the ruins of Takeda Castle, also known as “Castle in the Sky”…
Hakone Tozan Cable Car and Hakone Ropeway introduce priority boarding gates with Web reservations during the fall holiday season.
The Hakone Tozan Cable Car and Hakone Ropeway operated by Odakyu Hakone will offer priority boarding on weekends and holidays in November. The dates are November 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, and 24. Since the demonstration test of this system was well received during the Golden Week holidays in the fall of…
Barefoot Dreams releases Disney Princess patterned blanket. Snow White/Cinderella/Ariel/Jasmine
BAREFOOT DREAMS, a lifestyle brand from Malibu, California, will release “Disney Collection By BAREFOOT DREAMS” blankets with Disney princess patterns on October 4. There will be a total of four types, priced at 31,900 yen each. Each of Snow White, Cinderella, Ariel, and Jasmine is designed in large size on the comfortable fabric. The classic…
A trip to Amakusa, Kumamoto, where the history and culture learned by Porsche and the University of Tokyo changed from dots to lines and surfaces. What was the answer the children arrived at?
Two teams that have been exploring their respective cultures finally meet up. Although they are dimly aware of the existence of another group, where are they and what are they doing? When will they meet? The children had no idea where they were going, what they were doing, or when they would meet. As the…
Twiste Ignihide dorm menus are now available for pre-sale. Decoration incorporating blue, with dormitory emblem motif charms.
Empire Grill, the California cuisine restaurant at the Disney Ambassador Hotel, has begun pre-sales for the “‘Disney’s Twisted Wonderland’ Special Course at Empire Grill – Ignihide” to be served from December 13-19. The tickets will go on sale to the general public (first-come, first-served) after the end of the lottery (September 27-October 21) at Lawson…
DOD, pocket-sized “Fishing Bottle” with reel and hooks, and “Sokusaba Cooler,” a small cooler box with cutting board
Bee’s released the “FISHING BOTTLE” (5,720 yen), a bottle-type fishing tool with a hook and reel, and the “FISHING COOLER” (9,900 yen), a small cooler box with a cutting board, from the outdoor brand “DOD. The Fishing Bottle is an all-in-one construction bottle that includes a reel (with 100m of 6lb nylon line), 11 sarukans…
G-SHOCK x ITZY, “GMD-S5610” collaboration model in 5 colors. Includes stickers with illustrations drawn by the members.
Casio Computer Co., Ltd. will release the GMD-S5610IT, the second collaboration model between G-SHOCK and the Korean girl group ITZY. It is available in five colors: black, lime green, fuchsia pink, light pink, and violet, and is priced at 18,700 yen each. The base model is the GMD-S5610, a smaller version of the “5600” featuring…