As a new service of “JRE Hand-Luggage Travel,” JR East will start accepting same-day hotel delivery service of baggage to Tokyo using “Hakobun” train luggage transportation service at Niigata Station from June 1 and at Morioka Station from June 16. The fee is 2,500 yen per piece of baggage (total of 3 dimensions not exceeding…
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Tokyo-Kyushu Ferry to Urayasu/Makuhari with car. Simple 4-day drive package with round-trip boat and 1 night hotel stay.
Venus Travel, a member of the SHK Line Group, has begun sales of the Tokyo-Kyushu Ferry “Urayasu/Makuhari Toktoku Drive Pack: 4 days from/to Shin Moji,” which operates between Shin Moji Port in Fukuoka and Yokosuka Port in Kanagawa Prefecture. The tour is available from June 12 to August 31 (except August 8 to 20), and…
Vice President Yamada meets with Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Salmxai
On May 26, Vice President Junichi Yamada met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Salmxai Khommasit, in Tokyo. At the beginning of the meeting, Vice President Yamada mentioned the results of JICA’s projects in Laos, including wind power generation projects, human resource development support, and infrastructure…
Wind Radar” function added to Yahoo! Weather app, useful for both disaster prevention and everyday life.
JAPAN announced that it will add a “wind radar” feature to the iOS version of its Yahoo! Weather app by June; the Android version has already been available since April. The feature, which allows users to pinpoint wind speed and direction at one-hour intervals from two hours in advance up to 72 hours in the…
KDDI and Wi2 provide mountain lodge Wi-Fi in Hakuba Village in advance. with satellite communication service Starlink.
KDDI and Wire and Wireless (Wi2), in cooperation with Yamap, will begin offering “mountain lodge Wi-Fi” using the “Starlink” satellite communication service to improve the communication environment in mountain lodges where signal reception is difficult. Prior to this, Happoike mountain lodge (1-4487 Kitashiro, Hakuba-mura, Kitaazumi-gun, Nagano Prefecture), operated by Hakuba Village Promotion Public Corporation, will…
New Teva sandals in summer colors and animal prints. From three different models including the Hurricane XLT2.
Deckers Japan has released new summery colors and animal prints from three popular models of its strap-on sandals, Teva, on the official Teva website and at Teva retailers nationwide. The lineup includes a total of seven products with lightweight midsoles that cushion impact and straps that are quick-drying and durable. They can be used for…
Seishun Butayaro and Odakyu collaborate on the release of a new movie. Asami Seto, CV of Mai Sakurajima, will be stationmaster for a day at Katase Enoshima.
Odakyu Electric Railway will collaborate with the movie “Seishun Butayaku wa Odekake Sisters no Yume wo Yume wo Mai” from June 4 to July 2 to celebrate the opening of the movie in theaters on June 23. On the first day of the event, June 4 at 12:00 p.m., voice actress Asami Seto, who plays…
Grand opening of “Rakuten STAY VILLA Yatsugatake” on June 12.
Rakuten STAY will hold the grand opening of “Rakuten STAY VILLA Yatsugatake” on June 12. Prior to this, reservations are being accepted from May 29. The company operates various types of lodging facilities, including detached houses and apartments, under the “Rakuten STAY” brand, of which “VILLA” is the most high-grade class of lodging facilities that…
The first limited edition cutout red seal “Tokugawa Goshuin” at Kan’eiji Temple, Ueno. A detailed representation of the hollyhock crest
Elternal began offering the first limited edition cutout red seal “Tokugawa Goshuin” at the Noto-chudo Hall of Kan’eiji Temple (1-14-11 Uenosakuragi, Taito-ku, Tokyo), which is associated with the Tokugawa Shogun family. The design features the hollyhock crest, the symbol of the Tokugawa family, in kiri-e style on the entire surface. The fine paper cut-outs are…
Metropolitan Expressway unveils the progress of the Daishi Bridge construction. Existing bridge girder slid 30m upstream.
On May 29, the Metropolitan Expressway disclosed the progress of construction work related to the partial road closure due to the replacement of the Daishi Bridge. The special site shows an aerial view of the existing bridge girder sliding approximately 30 m upstream, which shows the road completely broken off. read more © Source travel…