Shopping at “Seven Miles Club”, imported goods make you feel like overseas After enjoying after-dinner coffee time at Amalfi Cafe, I walked along Shichirigahama for a bit to visit “Seven Miles Club”, a general store near Kamakura Koukoumae Station. I wondered if there really was a general merchandise store here since it was located in…
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Nighttime cherry blossoms at Chidorigafuchi, Tokyo, are fantastically lit up. Chiyoda Ward Mayor and others attend the lighting ceremony in the rain for the first time in four years.
Chiyoda City and Chiyoda City Tourism Association will hold “Chiyoda no Sakura Matsuri (Cherry Blossom Festival)” at Chidorigafuchi, one of the most famous cherry blossom viewing spots in Tokyo. The period is from March 24 to April 4. On the evening of the 24th, one of the highlights of the festival, the lighting ceremony of…
Japan’s first Jordan store “JORDAN WORLD OF FLIGHT SHIBUYA” opens March 25.
Jordan Brand will open JORDAN WORLD OF FLIGHT on March 25. This will be the second Jordan Brand Store in the world after Milan, Italy, and the first Jordan Brand Store in Japan. In addition to carrying the latest Jordan products for women, men, and kids, the store will feature initiatives focused on artists and…
New JAL international flight Sakura Lounge at Haneda. Together with the existing Sky View, it is about twice the size of the existing lounge and offers spacious seating.
JAL will open a new “Sakura Lounge” at Haneda Airport Terminal 3 on March 26. The new lounge is located below the existing “Sakura Lounge Sky View” (5th floor) near Gate 114 and has 379 seats. Together with the 403 seats in the Sky View, the new lounge will approximately double the size of the…
Cool Moomin “rush grass goods” and other new Belle Maison spring/summer products from Snoopy/Sumikko/Tom and Jerry!
Comfortable summer interiors using Moomin’s “Igusa” and other goods using the comfortable summer material “Igusa” are developed. Rugs and mats that take advantage of the light texture of rush grass will be developed in Moomin designs for the first time at Belle Maison. By using mature Scandinavian colors for this summery Japanese material, the rugs…
JR East “Narita Express” train design renewed
JR East will gradually renew the design of its Narita Express limited express trains starting in April. The Narita Express has operated as an airport access express linking major stations in the Tokyo metropolitan area with Narita International Airport since its launch in 1991, starting with the Series 253 and using the “N’EX” train design,…
Cherry blossom viewing spots in Tama-ku, Kawasaki City, including Ikuta Ryokuchi with 1,500 cherry trees in full bloom and 2 km-long rows of cherry trees
Tama-ku, Kawasaki City introduces cherry blossom viewing spots (best viewing time is from late March to early April) and cherry blossom viewing events as spring outings located in close proximity to Tokyo. Ikuta Ryokuchi is a natural environment with an area of 95.5 hectares, or about 20 times the size of Tokyo Dome, and boasts…
Japan Association of Travel Agents to Commend Outstanding Specialized Tours, “Tour Grand Prix 2023,” to be held on April 3.
On March 23, JATA (Japan Association of Travel Agents) announced the Tour Grand Prix 2023. The Tour Grand Prix is an award program that recognizes the most outstanding tour planning proposals for overseas and domestic tours (both solicited and ordered) and inbound tours to Japan, with the aim of improving planning and marketing capabilities in…
Weeping cherry trees at Daigoji Temple, a World Heritage site in Kyoto, are at their best! Spring limited cutout red seals and special exhibition “Taikoh Hideyoshi’s Cherry Blossom Viewing” are also available!
Daigoji Temple (22 Daigo Higashioji-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture) announced that weeping cherry trees will be at their best. More than 700 cherry trees of various varieties are planted on the vast 2,000,000 tsubo (approximately 1,000,000 square meters) of land. Weeping cherry trees, someiyoshino cherry trees, mountain cherry trees, and yaezakura cherry trees begin…
Weekend Ekiben] Shinjuku Station “Suica no Penguin – Spring Colorful Chirashi” (Penguin of Suica – Spring Chirashi)
Suica’s Penguin Spring Colorful Chirashi, a seasonal ekiben that is perfect for the spring cherry blossom viewing season, is produced by Orange Page for the cuisine. The chirashi sushi inside is colorful and pleasing to the eye, and the vinegar in the sushi rice is a weak and very mild type. This bento has a…