The Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Tokyo Expressway (KK Line) held “GINZA SKY WALK 2024,” a three-day event from May 4 to 6 to stop automobile traffic on the KK Line running through central Tokyo and experience a future pedestrian space. This event is part of the “Tokyo Sky Corridor” project, which aims to revitalize…
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Korean Air to Launch Direct Flights from Seoul to Lisbon, Three Flights a Week from September 11 to October 25
Korean Air will operate scheduled charter flights between Seoul-Incheon and Lisbon, Portugal, three times a week from September 11 to October 25. This will be the only direct flight between Northeast Asia and Lisbon, facilitating access to Lisbon, which previously required a transfer in a neighboring country such as France or Spain or use of…
Metropolitan Police Department, list of speeding and priority enforcement locations for May
On May 1, the Metropolitan Police Department updated its list of public enforcement locations for traffic violations. Speeding violations (PDF) will be enforced at approximately 100 locations in Chiyoda Ward, including Hanzomon Station Road (near Hayatomachi 3), Otemachi Ryogoku Line (near Otemachi 2), Misakicho-Nishi Kanda Line (near Misakicho 3), and Yasukuni Street (near Kandasudacho 2)….
Rakuten Travel Onsen SALE starts on the night of May 9. Up to 10,000 yen off coupon distributed in advance.
Rakuten Travel will hold “Rakuten Travel Onsen SALE” from 8:00 p.m. on May 9 to 11:59 p.m. on May 20, 2012, offering special deals at popular hot spring resorts nationwide. The period of stay is from May 9 to October 31. In addition to distributing in advance a coupon for up to 10,000 yen off…
ANA Holiday Inn Sendai” Recommended by Mr. Kotake, a hotel staff member who knows local attractions.
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 Mr. Seiichi Kotake, General Manager of ANA Holiday Inn Sendai, about…
Nankai Electric Railway to operate its fifth “Medetai Densha” train from July 1. The “To-oi Ancestor” is a converted 2000 Series train.
Nankai Electric Railway will add one more train to its sightseeing train “Metai Densha” operating on the Kata Line, starting July 1. The theme of the new organization is “Hajimari no ‘Mentei Densha’” (“Beginning ‘Mentei Densha’”). The relationship with the current formation is “To-oi Ancestor” and the name is “? and the name is “?…
Select store “Toei Iro” opens at Ichigaya Station on the Toei Shinjuku Line. 69 companies along the line participate in the limited sale of “Toei Détail” chocolates supervised by Paled’Or.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Transportation Bureau will open “Toeiro,” the first select store along the Toei Transportation Line, in Ichigaya Station on the Toei Shinjuku Line on May 15. In addition to a lineup of products (food, beverages, sundries, etc.) from stores located along the Toei Subway, Toei Bus, Tokyo Sakura Tram (Toden Arakawa Line), and…
Digital Stamp Rally” is now being held in Hokuriku. Tourists who visit hotels, tourist information centers, etc. will be entered into a drawing to win accommodation vouchers and other prizes.
The JTB Chubu Region Attraction Council and the Chubu Branch of the JTB Ryokan Hotel Association are conducting the “Hokuriku 3 Prefectures Round Trip Digital De Stamp Rally” to commemorate the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Kanazawa-Tsuruga line. During the period, visitors will be able to apply for a prize by collecting digital stamps in…
The 200th anniversary of the birth of Bedřich Smetana, the proud Czech musician! We walked around Smetana’s hometown of Litomysl and stayed at an old castle hotel near Prague.
Tears of emotion at a special opera viewing at the Smetana Museum Next stop was the small town of Japkenice. The house where Smetana spent the last eight years of his life has been preserved and opened to the public as the “Smetana Museum. Incidentally, there is a “Bedziv Smetana Museum” in Prague facing the…
Naoki Wakabayashi’s Travel Photo Gallery] Snow Corridor of Shiga-Kusatsu Plateau Route (Gunma Prefecture)
When spring arrives, the roads that had been closed during the winter season are cleared of snow and opened to traffic. The Shiga-Kusatsu Plateau route introduced here is one such route, which opens at the end of April, creating snow corridors in deep snow areas. The walls of snow on both sides can be 4…