Category: Japan

The Japan Burger Championship Executive Committee will hold Japan Burger Championship 2023, a competition to determine the best hamburger in Japan, from June 9 to 11 at Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse (1-1 Shinko, Naka-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture). Popular hamburger stores from all over the country will gather at the venue to compete in the…

VASTLAND will pre-launch its easy-to-use Water Tank 12L (3,480 yen) at Amazon and Rakuten Ichiba stores on June 10. It has just the right capacity for 2-3 people camping, with an adjustable water volume cock, a large 8.7 cm diameter for easy washing, a cap with an air release plug, and a storage pocket for…

Rakuten is selling three original Father’s Day gifts, “Plush Flower Gifts” (8,800 yen each) from the official online Moomin store, MOOMIN SHOP Rakuten Ichiba, until 11:59 p.m. on June 11, 2012. This product includes a stuffed animal of each character from the Moomin stories and an artificial flower sunflower. One stuffed animal gift may be…

Rakuten Travel will launch “Rakuten Travel Super SALE” on June 4 at 8:00 p.m., offering great deals on summer travel reservations. In addition to selling many half-price or less plans and 20 times points plans at hotels and hot spring resorts across Japan, you can save even more money by using coupons together. A campaign…

On June 4, ANA launched the “Pikachu Jet NH”, a specially painted aircraft for international flights. The aircraft is a 246-seat Boeing 787-9 (registration code: JA894A), and its first flight was NH847 to Suvarnabhumi, Bangkok. The day before the flight, an unveiling event was held for invited guests, and the aircraft was also unveiled to…

On June 3, ANA held an event to unveil its specially painted aircraft, the Pikachu Jet NH, and unveiled its cabin. The specially painted aircraft was made possible through ANA’s support of the “Sora tobu Pikachu Project” developed by Pokémon Inc. and is based on the philosophy that after a period of difficult travel due…

This time I stopped by Nakanojo Gardens. I happened to be passing by the area and dropped by after reading a local tourist guide. I was surprised to learn that the Nakanojo Gardens is a revolving garden, in which the garden plays a leading role, and that it is unexpectedly beautifully maintained. As soon as…

ZIPAIR Tokyo launched its Narita – San Francisco route on June 2. The aircraft is a Boeing 787-8 with a total of 290 seats, including 18 “ZIP Full-Flat” seats and 272 “Standard” seats. The San Francisco route will be the third West Coast route for the company, which already operates the Narita-Los Angeles and San…

Weathernews has added a new radar-style mode, Windflow, to its WeatherNews weather app (Android/iOS version) as a new feature of its rain cloud radar. This content visualizes the wind around the world on a map based on proprietary wind forecast data, displaying hourly wind direction and wind speed forecasts for up to 72 hours from…

NEXCO Central Japan has closed some sections of the Chuo Expressway and other roads due to heavy rains caused by approaching typhoon No. 2. As of 2:10 p.m. on June 2, the following sections are closed to traffic. Chuo Expressway: Iida Yamamoto IC – Nakatsugawa IC (uphill), Ina IC – Iida Yamamoto IC (uphill), Ena…