Category: Japan

Danboru Honpo has released an “outdoor set” that includes a table and four chairs. It is available on the Danboru Honpo website for 3,880 yen, and on other e-commerce sites for 3,980 yen. The set consists of an assembled table and chairs made of corrugated cardboard. The table is completed by placing the top panel,…

Kodansha will hold a preview invitation campaign for Fantasy Springs, the new theme port at Tokyo DisneySea that will open on June 6. Follow the official X (@ZUKAN_MOVE) of “Kodansha’s Moving Picture Book MOVE” and “Kodansha’s Moving Picture Book MOVE,” an illustrated book series mainly targeting preschoolers to upper elementary school students, and repost the…

Walt Disney Japan has released a new line of “UniBEARsity” characters original to the Disney Store in Japan. The motif is Lucifer, the cat owned by the mother who appears in the movie “Cinderella,” and the cute items with a muscular expression are all available. The lineup includes an M-size plushie (4,400 yen), a plushie-specific…

The group also plans to collect donations from its employees and donate to the relief efforts. The full text of Oriental Land’s comments is as follows The Oriental Land Group, which operates Tokyo Disney Resort, announced that it will donate 50 million yen to aid in relief efforts and recovery assistance for those affected by…

Logos Corporation, which develops the outdoor brand “LOGOS,” will hold a “Maple Festa” from January 26 to 28, 2012, offering special deals on winter camping items. The event will be held at Logos stores nationwide, some Logos stores, and Logos flagship corners. A variety of products will be on sale at special prices, including standard…

To commemorate the Year of the Dragon, Tottori Prefecture is hosting the “Tottori Oyama Shinbashikan” antenna store in Tokyo’s Shinbashi district, where visitors can win daily prizes such as a 30,000 yen Tottori Kaiun travel voucher, as part of the “Tsumokaze Ryu no Tama” crane game! Totto Ryu yo! Wish Come True Tamae! will be…

JR West Food Service Net will hold “Keihanshin Souvenir Fair” in Sanyo Shinkansen trains (between Shin-Osaka and Hakata stations). The period is from January 16 to late March. The lineup includes six types of local confections typical of the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe area and snacks that go well with alcohol, such as Kyoto’s “O-Deep Green Tea Warabimochi…

Maison de FLEUR will release items featuring Disney princesses from its “Disney Collection” on January 19. The lineup includes a “square tote bag” (8,800 yen), a “round pouch” (5,200 yen), and a “tissue case” (4,500 yen). All of them feature motifs of Cinderella, Princess Aurora from “Sleeping Beauty”, and Belle from “Beauty and the Beast”….

LINE Yahoo! JAPAN has updated the “Rain and Snow Radar” function of the Yahoo! JAPAN app (Android/iOS version) to display forecasts up to 15 hours ahead. The app provides a variety of weather-related information. In addition to today’s, tomorrow’s, and weekly weather, the app provides “lifestyle advice” on what to wear and how to dress…

Ginza KOJI CORNER will release “ Happiness Bag (9 pieces)” on January 12. The price is 702 yen. The bag contains a combination of moist madeleines in Disney-printed packages and cookies with Mickey icons. The newly adopted design features colors and illustrations that remind us of the coming of spring. Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse…