JR West has announced the sales outline of “Dice Ticket from Osaka” for the fall of 2024. The price is 5,000 yen for departures from Monday through Thursday and 8,000 yen for departures from Friday through Sunday. The ticket allows round-trip use of a reserved seat on a Shinkansen or limited express train from a…
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Hotel Indigo Inuyama Yurakuen” Asanuma’s recommendation
IHG Hotels & Resorts operates 19 hotel brands with more than 6,300 hotels in over 100 countries. In Japan, IHG Hotels & Resorts currently operates about 47 hotels under seven brands from Hokkaido to Okinawa (as of March 2024). For this interview, we asked Mr. Gentaro Asanuma, general manager of Hotel Indigo Inuyama Yurakuen, about…
JR East adds 15 more stations to be equipped with platform doors this fiscal year. Most of the Nambu Line stations are covered.
JR East announced that it will newly target line 29 at 15 stations for platform door installation in FY2024, in addition to those previously announced. The reason for this is that it has become possible to secure the components. The target stations include Ochanomizu and Chiba stations on the Chuo and Sobu Lines (local stop…
Skymark compensates airline ticket cancellation costs at 500 yen per seat. Responds to event cancellations and sudden business trips.
Dai-ichi Smart Small Amount and Short Term Insurance Co., Ltd. and Skymark Inc. have been offering “Skymark Suishikatsu Ouen Insurance (Air Ticket Cancellation Expense Insurance)” since August 20, 2012. The insurance fee is 500 yen per seat per sector (one-way), and the fares covered are Imadekaku, Tasadekaku, and SKY Sale (including transfer fares). This product…
Hello Kitty 50th Anniversary Café to be held in Tokyo, Aichi, and Osaka. Red is the basic color for both the interior and the menu.
L.T.R. will hold a “Hello Kitty 50th Anniversary Commemorative Cafe”. The restaurant will commemorate the 50th anniversary of Sanrio’s Hello Kitty in 2024, and the interior and menu will be based on the color red to create a cute atmosphere. Visitors can make reservations in advance via the website for a fee of 660 yen,…
Slit Frame Home Door” Introduced by East Japan Railway Company. Slits in the fence and door reduce wind pressure effects.
JR East will introduce a new type of platform door, the “slit frame platform door,” in the second half of FY2024. The slits in the door pockets and doors will reduce the effect of wind pressure by about 40% compared to conventional platform doors, leading to simplification of platform reinforcement work, etc. The installation structure…
UNIQLO sells a limited number of Hokkaido local T-shirts. Total of 12 types, including Shimaenaga and Clark statues, drawn by Masao Takahata.
UNIQLO has been selling original UTme! Each is priced at 1,990 yen and will be discontinued as soon as they are gone. The design was created by Masao Takahata, an illustrator, and features motifs from various parts of Hokkaido, such as the zebra finch and Clark’s statue. Tokyu Department Store Sapporo offers all types, and…
Suica and PASMO card sales resumed only for name cards. Sales of no-name cards in some areas in Tohoku to be suspended.
JR East and PASMO Council will resume sales of Suica and PASMO cards on September 1 for name cards only. This is because the supply of semiconductors has recovered and continued supply is expected. All bearer cards will continue to be discontinued, and Suica, which had also been selling bearer cards immediately after service expansion,…
Nippon Travel Agency launches environmentally friendly travel products “GREEN JOURNEY. The first products are Aso and Ise-Shima, aiming to reduce CO2 emissions and contribute to local communities.
Nippon Travel Agency has launched a travel product, “GREEN JOURNEY. This is the background for the establishment of the Green Journey Promotion Committee by 14 companies, including Nippon Travel Agency, Nissan Motor, and JR Group, in cooperation with the Ministry of the Environment and Tohoku University. The committee believes that the reason why environmentally friendly…
Tokyo Disney Resort to Hold Limited-Time “Summer Season Sweets Promotion”. You can buy sweets at 30% off at participating stores!
Tokyo Disney Resort announced that it will hold “Summer Season Sweets Promotion,” offering a 30% discount on all sweets at the cash register when purchasing five or more sweets at one time at participating stores. The promotion will run from August 26 to September 9. The target products are confectionery items, and the stores are…