Category: travelling

HAKONATURE BASE, a new nature playground in Hakone, opens on April 28. The North Face’s first store and local beer can be tasted.

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Odakyu Electric Railway has launched “HAKONATURE,” a collaborative regional project to promote new ways to enjoy Hakone under the theme of “experiencing nature. HAKONATURE BASE (740 Yumoto, Hakone-cho, Ashigarashita-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture) will open on April 28. It is located on top of a small hill, a 7-minute walk from Hakone-Yumoto Station on the Hakone Tozan…

Chichibu Yado, a hotel for the whole town in a renovated old private house. Experience the town of Chichibu with a town walking passport in hand.

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Japanese Space Tadzu “Japanese Space Tadzu” has two rooms. Built in 1928, the building was originally used as a peddler’s inn and has been renovated as a multipurpose art space since 2008. Rates start at 16,600 yen per room (per person) for two people. SHIRAUME: A building that was once used as an inn was…

Alpine adds glamping facilities and new sites where you can stay with your dog at campgrounds 1,000 meters above sea level

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Alpen will hold the second grand opening of its campground, Alpen Outdoors Shirotori Field (136-1-1, Shirotori-cho, Gujo, Gifu Prefecture), on April 29. In conjunction with the grand opening, the company has renovated “The LOOK,” a sanitary building complete with a terrace with a view, and added glamping facilities that allow guests to stay with their…

A great look inside the UNIQLO Maebashi Minami Interchange store with its huge logo cube! A new form of roadside store with a coffee shop, flower store and repair store

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FLOWER BOX, where you can buy flowers at UNIQLO The Maebashi Minami Interchange store, as a new type of roadside store, also features a variety of measures that have been previously introduced at other stores in Japan and overseas. In the area named “Flower Box” on the right side of the main entrance, approximately 30…

ANA Reduces Fuel Surcharge for Tickets Issued in June and July. Hawaii to hit the 10,000 yen level.

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ANA has applied to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism for a revision of the applicable fuel surcharge. The surcharge will be applied to tickets issued between June 1 and July 31. The two-month average Singapore kerosene market price for February-March 2023 was $103.03 per barrel. Multiplying this by the average exchange rate…