Category: Japan

First Resort will begin offering new guest rooms at the Tokyo Bay Maihama Hotel First Resort, an official Tokyo Disney Resort hotel, on July 5. Reservations will be accepted from 10:00 a.m. on April 6. The hotel will renovate 28 rooms on one of the eight floors on the South Side, focusing on rooms for…

Nippon Travel Agency, in cooperation with TBS TV, is organizing an official tour to Mongolia, where the Sunday theater “VIVANT” was filmed. The tour will go on sale today, March 28, at 2:00 p.m. Touring the locations of the Sunday theater “VIVANT”! 5 days in Mongolia Travel period: July 15-19, 2024 or August 7-11, 2024…

JAL will expand the number of services eligible for Life Status point accumulation under the JAL Life Status program and introduce “Star Grade” on April 1. Star Grades offer benefits such as elimination of mileage expiration date, free airport delivery service, and hotel discounts for each of the six grades based on the number of…

Rates start at 26,500 yen from June 1 to August 8. Reservations will be accepted from 1:00 p.m. on April 8; rates for August 9 and beyond have not yet been determined and go on sale from 11:00 a.m. on the same day four months prior to the stay date. Tokyo Disney Celebration Hotel will…

JR Hokkaido and JR East will release “Shinkansen e-Ticket (Tokudate Special 21)” which offers 50% discount for “Hayabusa” and “Hayate” (standard car reserved seat) on Tohoku and Hokkaido Shinkansen. The period of use is from May 9 to 23, and tickets can be purchased from 10:00 a.m. one month prior to the boarding date until…

JCB will renew JCB Plaza Lounge Honolulu (2nd Floor, Waikiki Shopping Plaza, 2250 Kalakaua Ave., Suite 207A, Honolulu), a lounge for cardholders in Honolulu, Hawaii, on April 1. Located on the second floor of the Waikiki Shopping Plaza on Kalakaua Avenue, this lounge is a base for JCB cardholders to make restaurant reservations at participating…

Seibu Railway will conduct a verification experiment in the latter half of FY2024 on touch-sensitive cards (credit, debit, and prepaid cards) and smartphone with the cards installed for boarding services. The experiment will be conducted at 21 stations, mainly around terminal stations and tourist attractions. Although specific station names are not disclosed, examples of tourist…

On March 28, SoftBank announced that it had implemented measures to improve communication quality at Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture, and around Suzuka Circuit Inao Station on the Ise Railway. Various events are held at Suzuka Circuit throughout the year, especially during the F1 Grand Prix when over 100,000 spectators visit the circuit,…

AIRDO will start selling “AIRDO x Chikazawa Lace Shop Towel Handkerchief Set” and “Mascot Bear Do (Spring/Summer Ver.)” on April 1 through in-flight sales. The towel handkerchief set is a collaboration with Chikazawa Lace Shop. The lace portion, sewn one by one by artisans using a hand-waving sewing machine, is subtly decorated with “Bear Do,…

Zedd launched four new products from the Swedish brand THULE. Both items are from the “Thule Chasm” luggage collection, which is characterized by its robustness. The collection has been updated by using 100% recycled materials for the main fabric and mesh, and by incorporating earth tones and unifying the exterior with a single color. The…