Category: travelling

Three NEXCO Companies Reschedule Review of Late-Night Discounts, Temporarily Suspending Maintenance Due to ETC System Failure, Difficult to Start in July

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On May 28, the three NEXCO companies announced that the start of operation of the revised late-night expressway discount will be rescheduled from July. On December 25, 2024, the three companies postponed the start of operation of the new system to around July 2025. However, they are currently suspending the maintenance of the midnight discount…

Traffic regulation for “Meiko Water Art Fireworks 2025” on May 31. Traffic control around Garden Pier from 5:30 p.m., additional trains on the Meiko Subway Line.

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The Meiko Floating Art Fireworks Organizing Committee will enforce traffic regulations for the “Meiko Floating Art Fireworks 2025” to be held on May 31. On the day of the event, the area south of the Garden Pier intersection (Nagoya Port Hall) on Route 154 will be closed to vehicular traffic from 5:30 p.m., and from…

Traffic regulation for “Adachi Fireworks” on May 31. Both banks of the Arakawa River will be closed until around 10:30 p.m. The Senju Shinbashi entrance to the Metropolitan Expressway will also be closed.

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The Adachi City Tourism Exchange Association and Adachi Ward will enforce traffic regulations in conjunction with the “47th Adachi Fireworks Festival” on May 31. On the day of the fireworks, from 4:00 p.m. onward, both banks of the Arakawa River, where the fireworks will be launched, will be closed to vehicular traffic, with restrictions extending…

Expo ’70 Osaka-Kansai sets up task force to deal with mass influx of insects. Kintori, which sells collaborative goods, releases explanatory note.

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The Japan Association for the International Exposition, 2025, has posted information on its official website regarding the current situation (as of May 27) and future countermeasures regarding the large number of insects flying into the “Osaka-Kansai Expo” site. The insects flying in large numbers in the venue are “Psittacidae,” a member of the Chironomidae family….

Takenori Iwata wants to go abroad to “Egypt” as JATA’s international travel ambassador: “Traveling abroad has a great power that cannot be experienced domestically.

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JATA (Japan Association of Travel Agents) has appointed singer and actor Gosuke Iwata as an ambassador for its overseas travel expansion project “More! Overseas” and released a web commercial starring Mr. Iwata on May 28 on its special website. On the same day, an announcement was held to announce Mr. Iwata’s appointment as an overseas…

A takeoff and landing site for flying cars was established at Gotemba Premium Outlets. First in East Japan to comply with Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism maintenance guidelines

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On May 27, Mitsubishi Estate and Mitsubishi Jisho & Simon announced the completion of an eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) vertiport (takeoff and landing site for so-called flying cars) at Gotemba Premium Outlets (1312 Fukazawa, Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture). It is the first vertiport in eastern Japan based on the guidelines for the maintenance of…

New goods on sale that will enhance your summer home time with Duffy. Mug cups, plate sets and cushions with donut motifs

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Tokyo DisneySea is currently holding “Duffy & Friends 20th Anniversary: Colorful Happiness” to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Duffy & Friends, and new items for summer will be available from July 3. In conjunction with the newly released story, “Duffy & Friends Filled with Joy! and a series of items with doughnuts as the keyword…