Category: Japan

LINE Yahoo has started providing real-time approach and delay information for Kyushu Sanko Bus, Sanko Bus, and Kumamoto City Bus on its smartphone application “Yahoo! This is based on the open data of “Bus Kitakuma-san”. If a route of one of the three companies is on the user’s searched route, the system automatically displays information…

Docomo Bike Share has newly installed a shared bike port at the Yaeyama Post Office on Ishigaki Island as part of its “Churachari” business. Five ports have been installed at post offices in the prefecture in the past, and services provided by Japan Post have been communicated through the advertising space on the car body….

JALUX will launch on September 9 at the “JAL Shopping JAL Mall store” the scarf-patterned cold-keeping items worn by JAL flight attendants. The “Marche Bag L” (5,280 yen), “Kuru Kuru Cooling Sheet” (3,300 yen), and “Lunch Bag” (4,400 yen), each designed with the CA scarf pattern without changing scale. The “Marche Bag L” has a…

The lineup includes everything from suitcases to general pouches for small items and clothing, perfect for fall travel. The calm colors make them easy to pick up. Walt Disney Japan will release a new collection “DISNEY TRAVEL” at the Disney Store on September 13. Disney Flagship Tokyo, Tokyo Disney Resort Store, Ota AEON MALL Store,…

Saitama-based craft beer maker COEDO will release “Saikyo Line 39th Anniversary Anniversary Beer” on September 20 to commemorate the 39th anniversary of the Saikyo Line. The price is 398 yen. This beer was brewed at the Kawagoe Brewery, a two-minute walk from the west exit of Kawagoe Station, using a recipe devised jointly with JR…

Although more and more people are using SNS to gather information about their travel destinations, even in this day and age, we are still interested in the recommendations of local people. In this section, we ask people who work at lodging facilities throughout Japan to introduce points of interest at the lodging facilities where they…

On September 6, a preliminary opening ceremony was held for “Grand Green Osaka,” the second phase of the Umekita area, a large-scale redevelopment project on the north side of JR Osaka Station. Utilizing the site of the former Umeda Freight Station, which was called “the last prime site in Kansai,” nine joint venture developers led…

Core Global Management announced that the hotel “Nasu Onsen Morishun no Kagome/Hewitt Resort” (206-730 Yumoto Forest, Nasu-cho, Nasu-gun, Tochigi Prefecture) will open on November 2 and is now accepting reservations. All of the 20 rooms are equipped with a half-open-air bath, and five of them have private saunas. The concept of the resort is “a…

New Era Japan will release a series of new women’s apparel products for the 2024 fall/winter season on September 12. The lineup includes sweatshirt set-ups and boa blousons based on warm shades of brown and stone. The sizing and silhouettes are designed for women’s wear. Carried at all NEW ERA STORE stores and on the…

Tokyo DisneySea unveiled a new costume collection for Duffy & Friends called Little by Little Closet. Each of the seven Duffy & Friends has a costume lineup that brings out their individuality, and will update your existing stuffed animals to make them even cuter. They will also come in handy when you are out and…