JR Kyushu (Kyushu Railway Company) announced its operation plan for July 5 due to the approach of Typhoon No. 4. On the Nichinan Line, service between Aoshima and Shibushi Stations will be suspended from the first departure, and service between Minami-Miyazaki and Aoshima Stations will be reduced from the first departure. Kyushu Shinkansen trains will…
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JR Kyushu Series 415 / Nishitetsu Series 5000 train tours to visit train yards
Nishitetsu Travel and JR Kyushu (Kyushu Railway Company) will conduct “Nishitetsu Type 5000 x JR Series 415 Ride Tour” on July 30. The price is 12,800 yen (same price for adults and children). This tour will visit the Minami Fukuoka rail yard by JR Kyushu’s Series 415 train and the Chikushi rail yard by Nishi-Nippon…
RIHGA Royal Hotel Hiroshima, “Animage and Ghibli Exhibition” accommodation plan with admission ticket
Rihga Royal Hotel Hiroshima will offer a stay plan that includes an admission ticket to the “Animage and Ghibli Exhibition: Ghibli Began with a Single Magazine” to be held at NTT Credo Hall adjacent to the hotel. The period covered is from July 16 to September 3. Animage” was born in 1978 as Japan’s first…
Famima allows advance application online for personal accident insurance for bicycles.
On July 5, FamilyMart will launch a service that allows customers to apply online in advance for “accident insurance for bicycles,” which is available at multi-copy machines and Famiports installed in its stores. This enables customers to register the necessary information in advance via a dedicated Web page and complete the application process by accepting…
KanKore x Victorinox’s “First Aid Repair Personnel Huntman” order now available.
ARMA BIANCA has begun taking orders for the “Victorinox First Aid Repair Personnel Huntman” on its mail-order website, ARMA BIANCA. The price is 9680 yen. This product is a multi-tool collaboration between the online game “Fleet Kitsune” and the Swiss brand “Victorinox. The “Victorinox Huntman” is equipped with 15 functions such as a knife and…
Commemorating ANA’s 70th anniversary, baby/children’s brand “familiar” characters as pilots and CAs: Lesson bag/drawstring bag/towel handkerchief
ANA Trading will release a lesson bag, a drawstring set, and a towel handkerchief set in collaboration with “familiar,” a brand for babies and children, as the second A-style project to commemorate ANA’s 70th anniversary. It went on sale on July 1 at “ANA STORE@SKY,” a shopping site accessible at domestic flights/lounges. It will also…
JAL x ONE PIECE, “Wanokuni Flight: Legendary Otsuru and Adventure in the Sky,” a round-trip charter from/to Narita, Japan, accepting waiting list until July 7, 2012
JAL PAK will collaborate with the anime “ONE PIECE” to offer the “One Piece” round-trip charter “Wanokuni Flight: Legendary Otsuru and Sky Adventure” from and to Narita on July 30 and 31, and is accepting applications for the waiting list. A special “Sanji-supervised” menu is offered for in-flight meals. Western-style “hamburger steak” with an image…
Tobu Railway’s Asakusa Station Backside Exploration Tour. Observe the station’s guest rooms and other undisclosed areas, as well as the structure of the Tokyo Sky Tree.
Tobu Railway and Club Tourism have launched a one-day tour, “TOBU’s Charm in a Day! Tobu Asakusa Station Backside Exploration Tour”. In addition to visiting the guest rooms and other closed areas of Tobu Asakusa Station, a limited number of visitors will have the opportunity to participate in station staffing activities, such as broadcasting inside…
ANA InterContinental Hotel: a new IHG luxury hotel in Abe Kogen, Japan
Japanese and French dining and hot spring baths where you can enjoy Mutsu and Sanriku ingredients Next to the guest rooms, we would like to introduce the restaurant “SHIRATSUYU” on the first floor. The restaurant offers Japanese and French cuisine for dinner, lunch, and breakfast buffet, and provides guests with a menu that blends local…
ANA’s A380 couch seat: The wide, flat seat is comfortable beyond its class.
On July 1, ANA reintroduced the Airbus A380 “FLYING HONU” on the Narita – Honolulu route. As previously reported, the first flight (JA381A) arrived at Honolulu and flew back to Narita, and I had the opportunity to board the second flight (JA382A), which flew to Honolulu on the following day. A couch seat is a…