SPRING Japan is running a “Welcome to SPRING JAPAN! New Member Registration Campaign”. The period is from June 8 to October 29. Newly registered SPRING JAPAN members will receive up to 5,500 yen worth of coupons that can be used when purchasing airline tickets during the period. If the total amount of payment is 5,000…
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Moomin Cafe Recipe Book with Molds & Stencils
Fusosha will release “Moomin Cafe Recipe Book,” a recipe book with Moomin and Little Mii die-cut & stencil sheets, on June 14. The price is 1870 yen. The recipe collection includes a wide range of menu items such as sweets, lattes, hamburgers, etc., which anyone can easily try at home. In addition, as a special…
“Lilo & Stitch” 20th anniversary offers
Walt Disney Japan will release a series of items commemorating the 20th anniversary of the release of the movie “Lilo & Stitch” on June 14. The lineup includes jointly planned products with the Hawaiian macadamia nut brand MAUNA LOA and items featuring Stitch dressed as Elvis Presley. The lineup also includes an aloha shirt featuring…
Marriott offers discounts for Michinoeki hotels lodging
Marriott International is selling a set of accommodation vouchers to stay at any of the Fairfield by Marriott Michi-no-Eki hotels nationwide through June 30. Each ticket can be used by up to two persons per night and is priced at 13,200 yen per ticket; sets of two (26,400 yen) and sets of three (39,600 yen)…
APA Hotel: “Haneda Anamoriinari Ekimae” and “Asakusabashi Ekimae” open in July
APA Hotels & Resorts will open “APA Hotel Haneda Anamoriinari Ekimae” on July 22 and “APA Hotel Asakusabashi Ekimae” on July 29. The company has begun accepting reservations in advance of these openings. APA Hotel Haneda Anamoriinari Ekimae is a one-minute walk from Anamoriinari Station on the Keikyu Airport Line, and APA Hotel Asakusabashi Ekimae…
Solaseed Air 20th anniversary: JPY 12,000 discount for children
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of its service on August 1, Solaseed Air will hold a “Family Support! Special Campaign for Children’s Fares” to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the airline’s launch on August 1. The “Normal Fare for Children” for children aged 3 to 12 years old will be reduced by up to 50%…
Reducing 2 tons of CO2: The lights goes off on 5 bridges in Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway
The Metropolitan Expressway will hold bridge light-downs to reduce CO2 emissions. The dates are June 21 for the “Summer Solstice Light-Down” and July 7 for the “Cool Earth Day Light-Down. Lights will be turned off on five bridges (Rainbow Bridge, Yokohama Bay Bridge, Tsurumi Tsubasa Bridge, Goshiki Sakura Bridge, and Katsushika Harp Bridge) along the…
Narita Airport introduces “cocobo”, a new security robot from SECOM
NAA (Narita International Airport) will install one of SECOM’s new security robots “cocobo” at Terminal 2 for the first time in Japan on June 13 (more units are planned). In addition to the functions of SECOM Robot X2, the company’s autonomous patrol monitoring robot already in use, the robot is equipped with AI and other…
New Airport Line (Gamagama Line) with improved access to Haneda Airport
Ota Ward and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government have agreed to share the cost of the New Airport Line (Yaguchiwatashi to Keikyu Kamata) development project. The new airport line will improve the convenience of east-west transportation in the district by connecting the approximately 800m distance between JR/Tokyu Kamata Station and Keikyu Kamata Station by rail. In…
Segway’s electric kick scooter: now with wireless charging
Segway Japan has released a packaged model from its Max Plus electric kick scooter, designed for public road use, equipped with an exclusive wireless charging system planned and produced by HyperWeb. In the electric kick scooter sharing business, the burden of collecting, recharging, and reinstalling equipment/batteries with low battery charge remains an issue. With the…