Category: travelling

BE-PAL November issue, first “stainless steel fire pot” in the appendix, 15cm in diameter for solo campers, collaboration with GRIP SWANY.

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Shogakukan will include a “stainless steel ‘fire pot’ SOLO” as a supplement to the November issue of BE-PAL in collaboration with “GRIP SWANY,” a popular outdoor glove brand. The price is 1,350 yen. This is the first time BE-PAL has included a pot as an appendix. The pot is made of stainless steel and measures…

Licorice Recoil and Sumida Aquarium collaborate for the first time. Original goods and drinks with illustrations by Licorice Recoil and SUMIDA AQUARIUM.

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Sumida Aquarium (1-1-2 Oshiage, Sumida-ku, Tokyo) will hold its first collaboration project with the TV animation “Licorice Recoil” from October 25 to November 18. The museum store on the 5th floor will sell original goods featuring illustrations depicting Chisoku Nishikiki and Takina Inoue posing with the “Sakana~” and “Chinago~” characters from the play on a…

Is Japan’s easternmost station, Higashi Nemuro Station, disappearing? Local feeling: “It is difficult to use the railroad.” …… What is the aim of Nemuro City’s “Free for both railroads and buses for minors”?

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Will the Hanasaki Line become a tourist railroad in the future? Is East Nemuro Station a target for deficit reduction? The low number of local users of the Hanasaki Line has often been mentioned in the data of the local governments along the line. Management continues to struggle, with current annual revenues of 170 million…

JR Oimachi Station – Shinagawa Ward New Town Hall “Oimachi Tracks” to be opened in March 2026; TOHO Cinemas/Ascot to open a store

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On October 8, JR East decided on the name “OIMACHI TRACKS” for the “Oimachi Station Area Hiromachi District Development (tentative name),” which will include the JR East Group’s first service residences and out-mall commercial facilities for the opening of the town in March 2026. In the “Greater Shinagawa Area,” the south area of Tokyo around…

New rooms with a large 8-meter dome at “Glamping Hills Akagi” with a spectacular night view and starry sky. All-you-can-drink service also started.

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Glamping facility “GLAMPING HILLS AKAGI” (195-1 Minami Akagisan, Akagi-cho, Shibukawa City, Gunma Prefecture) underwent a renovation in October, opening three new guest rooms. The company has also launched an all-inclusive service that allows guests to use free drink service and rental goods at no extra charge (included in the accommodation fee). Reservations are now being…

OMO5 Otaru, cruising only for guests to enjoy the snowy scenery and illumination from the canal under a kotatsu

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OMO5 Otaru by Hoshino Resort (1-6-31 Shikouchi, Otaru City, Hokkaido) will hold the “Otaru Canal Kotatsu Cruise” for guests only, where they can enjoy snow-covered streets and illumination while sitting under a kotatsu. The 40-minute cruise, which will be offered only on Saturdays and Sundays from December 1 to March 31, 2025, is priced at…

One Bangkok, a new landmark in central Bangkok, opens. The Ritz-Carlton, Mitsukoshi Department Store, and 250 food halls.

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TCC Assets and Frasers Property announced that One Bangkok, a commercial complex they have been developing in central Bangkok, will open on October 25. One of the largest private development projects in Thailand with a total investment of US$3.2 billion, it is located in Lumpini, Bangkok’s commercial district. On a prime site of approximately 170,000…