Category: Japan

Marunouchi Hotel (1-6-3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) will celebrate the 100th anniversary of its opening and the 20th anniversary of the relocation and opening of Marunouchi Oazo by offering special anniversary gifts and special anniversary items at its restaurants and bars. The event will run from October 1 to November 30. The French restaurant Pomme d’Adam…

Loft announced that it will close Umeda Loft in the spring of 2025 and relocate and open in the same Osaka Kita area. The store, which opened in April 1990 as the Kansai flagship of Loft following the first Shibuya store, has been selling trendy sundries in Chayamachi for 34 years. With the expiration of…

Mystays Hotel Management will operate the Kashima Central Hotel (4-7-11 Onohara, Kamisu City, Ibaraki Prefecture) from October 9. The new building will be rebranded to “Art Hotel Kashima Central” (full-service brand) and the main building to “Flex Stay Inn Kashima Central” (mid- to long-term stay brand) on December 4. This hotel is approximately 1 hour…

Nekuino and Seibu Railway will gradually introduce “toreluna,” a service that provides free sanitary napkins in private women’s restrooms at Tokorozawa and Ikebukuro stations, starting September 20. The decision to introduce this service was based on the needs and support for the service that had been demonstrated in advance at Seibu Railway stations. This is…

Adagoria’s brand “niko and… (niko and…), a brand developed by Adastria, has released a series of tote bags in collaboration with 10 artists. The bags are limited to 10 cities in Japan (Hokkaido, Ibaraki, Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, Hiroshima, and Fukuoka) and are priced at 1,980 yen each. They will be available at…

3COINS has launched autumn picnic items. They will be available at stores nationwide and on the official online shopping site, Park Closet. The rattan baskets that are a staple of the fashionable picnic lineup are now available with fur covers for autumn and winter. The lineup also includes a leisure sheet (with handbag) made of…

On September 17, Seibu Railway announced that it will begin operating the platform doors at Line 6 of two stations, Nerima-Takanodai and Shakujii-Koen, on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line by the end of FY2024. The project utilizes the railroad station barrier-free fare system and is also subsidized by Nerima Ward. Platform 1 at Nerima-Takanodai Station will…

Develop opened a new hotel brand, HOTEL R9 Premium Ichikawa Ekimae (1-8-6 Ichikawa, Ichikawa, Chiba), on September 15. It is located a 1-minute walk from Ichikawa Station on the JR Sobu Line and a 10-minute walk from Ichikawa-Mama Station on the Keisei-Honsen Line. It has a total of 46 rooms on seven floors above ground….

Bee’s released HIE HIE USAGI LUNCH BAG (8) (HIE HIE USAGI USABOSTON), an insulated bag for camping and lunch box storage, from the outdoor brand DOD on September 17 at its official online store. The price is 4,400 yen. It is available in ivory, green, brown, and orange. It measures 23 x 16 x 25…

NEXCO West Japan Kansai Branch will close the Kamotoba IC to Kamogawa-Higashi IC of the Daini-Keihan Road (E89) from 8 p.m. on January 17 to 6 a.m. on the following day, and close the entrance of the Jonanomiyakita IC upstream. The closures are due to urgent pavement repair work. The company is urging motorists to…