AEON Retail will renovate the entire AEON Imabari store and open it as Soyora Imabari Umakoshi (4-8-1 Umakoshi-machi, Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture) in mid-November. The AEON Imabari store opened in 1999 as Imabari Saty and was renamed in 2011. In June of this year, a large hotel opened in the adjacent area. In anticipation of…
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JAL changes boarding method starting today. Window-side seats will be guided first to eliminate aisle congestion on the plane.
On the Airbus A350-900, JAL’s main wide-body aircraft for domestic flights, the L1 door was previously reserved for First Class and Class J passengers, and the L2 door was reserved for regular seat passengers. The new boarding method is to use the L1 door for the right side of the cabin (rows F to K)…
Lotte’s Polish subsidiary opens “E. Wedel Chocolate Factory Museum”. Largest scale in Central and Eastern Europe
Lotte’s Polish subsidiary Lotte Wedel opened the E. Wedel Chocolate Factory Museum (aleja Emila Wedel 5,03-822 Warszawa) on September 4. Wedel is a long-established confectionery manufacturer founded in Poland in 1851, and became Lotte Wedel after joining the Lotte Group in September 2010. The museum that opened consists of one basement floor and seven above-ground…
ANA’s domestic flight time sale starts at midnight on the 12th! November to February boarding
ANA will hold a domestic flight ticket time sale from September 12 at 0:00 to September 18 at 23:59. The offer is valid for flights from November 1 to February 28, 2025 (excluding December 27 to January 5, 2025). Limited routes and flights will be available in Hokkaido, Tohoku, Hokuriku (excluding Noto), Kansai, Chubu, Chugoku,…
Costa Rica’s 50th Anniversary Ceremony | News & Media
On August 7, JICA held a ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the start of its cooperation with Costa Rica. The ceremony began with opening remarks by Vice President Miyazaki, followed by presentations by former Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) and former experts on their experiences and their thoughts for the future friendship between…
Alpen releases six new fall products, including a tent for solo camping. Also re-released aluminum unit tables.
Alpen’s private brand “Alpen Outdoors” has been sequentially releasing six products, including tents for solo camping, at the group’s stores and official online store since August. In addition, the popular “Aluminum Unit Table 88/110” will be re-released in EC and stores. The AOD-SOLO TENT features a unique design that allows the tent’s front curtain to…
Anchor, 3-in-1 Mobile Battery/Magnetic Wireless Charger for iPhone 16 Series/Apple Watch, etc.
Anker Japan has started pre-orders for 10 products, including a mobile battery that can be used to charge the iPhone 16 series and Apple Watch, which will be available at the official Anker Japan online store, directly managed Anker Store, Amazon, Rakuten Ichiba, and some electronics mass retailers. The Anker MagGo Power Bank (10000mAh, 35W,…
Tobu Railway “Nikko Autumn Leaves Night Tour 23:45”. Departing from Asakusa Station deep into the weekend, this plan allows you to enjoy Oku-Nikko in the autumn foliage season from early morning.
Tobu Top Tours will release a plan for boarding Tobu Railway’s special night train “Nikko Autumn Leaves Night Train 23:45” around 11:00 a.m. on September 12. This limited-time train departs from Tobu Asakusa Station at 23:45 on weekends, and will run for a total of six days this season: October 12, 19, 25, and 26,…
Ace, the limited autumn model “Limited Harvest” in the “Kanana Freeway” series, a series that is dedicated to the traveler’s mastery.
Ace has released a limited edition model “Kanana Freeway Limited Harvest” with a pattern inspired by the autumnal Minori (a type of seaweed) from “Kanana Project,” a ladies’ travel bag brand developed in collaboration with travel expert Kainanae Takeuchi. It is available at directly-managed stores, online stores, major department stores and specialty stores nationwide. With…
Kurumikko and Okoshi collaborate on a limited quantity of cans. Two designs of Squirrel-kun traveling in “Osaka and Kamakura”.
The premium modern okoshi specialty store “& OKOSHI” at the Hankyu Umeda main store will release a limited-quantity “& OKOSHI x Kamakura Beniya Collaboration Can (20 pieces),” a confectionary product made in collaboration with “Kurumikko” from Kamakura Beniya. The second batch, following the fall 2023 release, will be smaller and more easily consumed. The “Beni…