Category: Japan

IHG Hotels & Resorts operates 19 hotel brands with more than 6,400 hotels in over 100 countries. In Japan, IHG Hotels & Resorts currently operates about 47 hotels under seven brands from Hokkaido to Okinawa (as of June 30, 2024). For this interview, we asked Mr. Daichi Shishikura, General Manager of VOCO Osaka Central, about…

UNBY has begun taking reservations for the EPIC SERIES, a series of connected backpacks that combine four bags around a 60L capacity backpack, on its official EC. Prices are 74,800 yen for the backpack, 24,200 yen for the daypack, 15,400 yen for the sakosh, and 7,700 yen for the pouch. Each item can be expanded…

JR West Hotel Development and Hotel Granvia Hiroshima will open JR West Hotels’ Hotel Granvia Hiroshima South Gate (2-37 Matsubaracho, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture) on March 24, 2025, and will start taking reservations on the hotel’s official website from October 1, 2012. This facility opened as a new wing of Hotel Granvia Hiroshima (1-5…

Crocs Japan will release Harry Potter collaboration items on October 1. The lineup includes classic clogs featuring designs inspired by the four iconic Hogwarts dormitories (Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin), as well as Givitz charms featuring the Harry Potter symbol. Each clog will be adorned with the colors, emblems, and themed gibbets charms of the…

From October 1, Solaseed Air will offer the “Minami-Kyushu DE Super Recovery Ticket,” which allows unlimited travel on JR Kyushu lines in Kumamoto, Miyazaki, and Kagoshima prefectures! Ticket” for unlimited rides on JR Kyushu routes in Kumamoto, Miyazaki, and Kagoshima prefectures. South Kyushu DE super recovery! ticket Sales period: October 1, 2024 – March 15,…

On October 1, Yamato Transport will begin offering a “simple slip issuing tool” that allows users to issue invoices from their smartphones at counters in hotels, airports, and tourist facilities. 300 locations nationwide are scheduled to install the service by the end of October. The service is limited to delivery within Japan). The process of…

JR West and Chugoku SC Kaihatsu announced that the opening date of “minamoa” (2-37 Matsubara-cho, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture), a new station building commercial facility at Hiroshima Station, has been set for March 24, 2025. As of September 27, 185 stores, including the first in Kyushu and the first in Chugoku and Shikoku, have…

Higashiyama Yuen has announced plans for a new urban development project at the site of the former Hoshigaoka Bowl (16-45 Hoshigaoka Motomachi, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture), which closed its doors on December 5, 2023. The entire site area is 18,510.24m2 (including the existing No.2 Hoshigaoka Parking Lot/part of Hoshigaoka Terrace). The property is conveniently…

Yoro Railroad will launch the “Yoro Railroad x Cinnamoroll Connecting Everyone Train” campaign produced by Nippon Travel Agency. This year’s event, the fourth in the series, will feature “Cinnamoroll,” who was voted the most popular Sanrio character for five consecutive years in the “Sanrio Character Awards” from October 5 to January 31, 2025, as well…

JTB, in cooperation with local businesses in the Kurobe City and Kurobe-Unazuki area of Toyama Prefecture, will release travel products in early October for the opening of the entire Kurobe Gorge Railway line and the start of a new tourist route, the Kurobe-Unazuki Canyon Route. The tour will be held from mid to late November,…