Category: travelling

Tokyo Disneyland announced the details of the merchandise for “Vanellope’s Sweet Pop World,” the third installment of the “Disney Palpalooza” special event, which will go on pre-sale on January 14 before the event begins on January 15. The new items feature kitschy and cute candy motifs that are full of Vanellope, the main character of…

Tokyo Disney Resort will release a new “Popcorn with Bucket” (2,800 yen) at the popcorn wagons in both parks on January 14, 2025. The bucket is based on the park’s well-known popcorn wagon, and its visual point is to make you feel like you are standing in line watching the popcorn being made. The design,…

Tokyo Disneyland unveiled the first noon parade costumes for the third “Disney Palpalooza” special event, which will be held from January 15 to March 16, 2025. The third event will be “Vanellope’s Sweets Pop World,” themed “Vanellope’s World Made of Sweets. The event will feature a noon-time parade, “It’s a Sweet Full Time! parade at…

On December 11, Uber Japan launched “Uber Teens,” a service that allows children between the ages of 13 and 17 to hail cabs under parental supervision. Uber Teens allows parents to track their children’s rides to and from school in real time, and also features a new automatic recording function and PIN setting function, allowing…

The Achi Nichigami Tourist Bureau in Nagano Prefecture, in cooperation with WILLER ACROSS, has begun selling the “Nichigami Onsen Express Bus Set Plan,” which includes an express bus and accommodation in Nichigami Onsen. Since 2012, Achi Village has been engaged in a variety of starry sky-themed activities, such as star gazing events, night tours, making…

PARCO will hold a limited-time store “Chiikawa Restland Link Stand Sendai Sub-branch” at Sendai PARCO2 (3-7-5 Chuo, Aoba-ku, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture). The period is from January 30 to March 9, 2025. The drink menu of “Chiika Restaurant”, a permanent collaboration cafe in Ikebukuro PARCO, will be picked up and sold, and “Chiika Restaurant Goods…

East Japan Railway Company (JR East) announced plans to gradually upgrade the functionality of Suica over the next 10 years. The company aims to provide seamless and convenient services within 10 years by building a new platform that manages tickets and SF (charged electronic money), which have been managed by IC cards, on a central…

Limited Express Ticket and Boarding Ticket in One Set Like “Shinkansen e-ticket” and “Smart EX” that use transportation system IC cards, or “Ekinet Q-ticket” as well as JR Kyushu’s QR ticketless system, the limited express ticket and boarding ticket are in one set when using the Shinkansen or conventional limited express trains. Therefore, it is…

AEON BIKE, AEON’s bicycle specialty store, will release its original electrically power assisted bicycles, “WILLGO Cross Electrically Power Assisted Bicycle” and “WILLGO Town Electrically Power Assisted Bicycle,” on December 17. Both are priced at 88,000 yen. The product will be available at approximately 259 Aeon Bike stores in Honshu and Shikoku, and at the online…

Universal Studios Japan opened a new area, Donkey Kong Country, on December 11, expanding the area of Super Nintendo World by 1.7 times. A “Grand Opening Ceremony” was held in front of the entrance just prior to the opening. Donkey Kong and Mario, the stars of the new area, USJ President and CEO J.L. Bonnier,…