Category: Japan

Rakuten Group is holding “U25 Only! Winter Grand Thanks Festival” from November 15 to January 9, 2025. Rakuten members aged 15-25 who entered through the website will earn double points at Rakuten Ichiba, Rakuten Furusato Tax, Rakuten Books, Rakuten Kobo, and Rakuten Travel (domestic stay only) during the period. Points will be awarded for a…

ACE held its new 2025 spring/summer exhibition for interested parties from November 12 to 14. In this report, we will focus on symbolic products among the many new products. From the flagship Proteka brand comes the “J5 COLLECTION,” a line of suitcases with the theme of “JAPAN LUXURY. The lineup includes two models: “SHISUI,” which…

AEON TOWN will open “AEON TOWN Rakurakuen” (4-444-15, Rakurakuen, Saeki Ward, Hiroshima Prefecture) on December 6. The two-story building will house a total of 71 stores, with the MaxValu Rakurakuen store as the core store. In the “fresh produce and food sales area” on the first floor, 15 stores including delicatessen stores and bakeries will…

Mitsubishi Estate will collaborate with the “Licorice Recoil” anime “#Licorico Miyako! 2025 in Miyakojima” from January 9 to March 16, 2025. This is the second installment of the popular collaboration with the restaurant bar “Blue Turtle” (1352-16 Irabu Irabu, Miyakojima City, Okinawa Prefecture), which appears in the final episode of the anime. The main characters,…

JTB is distributing “Suichoroken. Tottori Prefecture” coupons that offer savings on lodging trips to Tottori Prefecture! Tottori Prefecture” coupon, which offers savings on lodging trips to Tottori Prefecture. The discounts are available for Dynamic Package JTBMySTYLE and single accommodation, and include 8,000 yen discount for travel price of 40,000 yen or more, and 4,000 yen…

Globe-Trotter Asia Pacific opened the “Globe-Trotter Aoyama Store” (5-8-5 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo) on November 15. Business hours are from 11:00 to 19:00. It will be located on the first floor of Vulcanize London Aoyama, a commercial facility specializing in British brand apparel and sundries, located on Kotto-dori, a major shopping area in the Minami Aoyama…

JAL will conduct a tie-up campaign with “The Gourmet of Solitude,” a theatrical movie, from November 15, 2024 to February 28, 2025. This is to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the start of the “Class J” seating class service on domestic flights. During the period, JAL Mileage Bank members in Japan who enter the contest…

Meiji University acquired the land and building of the Yamanoue Hotel (1-1 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo). The building was built with a donation from Keitaro Sato, a graduate of the school, and had been operating as “Yamanoue Hotel” since 1954, but has been closed since February of this year due to its aging. The university is…

Gakken has released “Japan’s Cute Local Toys Coloring Book. The book is AB size, 104 pages, and priced at 1,540 yen. The book features 47 coloring pictures based on traditional toys from all over Japan, such as wooden bears from Hokkaido, dog hariko from Tokyo, and sarubobo from Gifu Prefecture, which have been kept at…

Honolulu Coffee Japan will hold the grand opening of its first Honolulu Coffee store in Japan (1-14-4 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) on December 5. The exterior walls of 1/1 HARAJUKU “K”, where the store will be located, are decorated with mural art by Kevin Lyons, an artist famous for his murals in the Kakaako district of…