Category: travelling

On June 27, APA Hotel opened “APA Hotel ” (8-17 Kabashima-cho, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture). Together with “Nagasaki Ekimae” and “Nagasaki Ekimae Minami,” this brings the total number of APA Hotels in Nagasaki to three buildings with 372 rooms. APA Hotel Nagasaki Dejima pre-opened on December 27, 2022, and after extensive renovations and an increase…

JR Kyushu has announced that it will expand the number of stations covered by the touch-settlement experiment, which is currently being conducted at five stations between Hakata and Kashii on the Kagoshima Main Line, to 50 stations starting July 12. In this experiment, visitors will be able to use ticket gates and trains by holding…

Sagamihara City has released “Slowly Cycling Field SAGAMIHARA-Midoriku (Web version),” a cycling guide map of Midori-ku. A guide map for cyclists who enjoy touring, etc., that introduces recommended cycling courses and places to stop along the way. Since it is compatible with a smartphone web browser, it can be easily viewed on the go or…

On June 28, Virgin Australia Airlines commenced year-round direct flights from Haneda to Cairns, Australia, with one round-trip flight per day and same-day connections from Cairns to Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and other major Australian cities. The company is currently holding a ticket sale from June 28 to midnight on July 4 to commemorate the launch…

A new series expressing Ariel’s heart crush Ariel from “The Little Mermaid” expresses her crush at the moment she falls in love with Prince Eric with emotional 90’s animation-style light colors and gentle touch art. The plush keychains (Ariel 2,400 yen, Flander 1,800 yen), tote bags (2,970 yen), secret can badges (440 yen each), and…

Nishi Tokyo Bus will begin operating the “Tokyo/Shinjuku/Yokohama to Takamatsu/Marugame Route” overnight express bus service to Tokyo Station. The buses departing from Tokyo Station will be in operation from July 19, and those departing from Takamatsu/Marugame from July 20. The bus will be able to use the Yaesu South Exit of Tokyo Station as a…

Xreal Japan exhibited at the 3rd XR Comprehensive Exhibition [Summer], an event held at Tokyo Big Sight from June 28 to 30, and showed off its new XREAL Beam, which is now available for pre-order. The company sells the XREAL Air (formerly Nreal Air) augmented reality (AR) glasses, and by connecting XREAL Beam to these…

Columbia Sportswear Japan will release the third collaboration between Columbia and Cup Noodles, the “Basin to Garden Short Sleeve T-shirt” (7,150 yen), on June 30. The theme of this year’s product is “The more you eat, the cooler you will be. the new line features Omni-Freeze Zero, a cooling function that uses perspiration produced by…

JR West has launched a service that allows ICOCA IC card tickets to be used with Apple Pay. The service is available for iPhone 8 or later with iOS 16.0 or later installed, or Apple Watch Series 3 or later with watch OS 8.7.1 or later installed. If you transfer or issue a new ICOCA…

Marriott International opened the Fairfield by Marriott Hyogo Awaji Island Higashiura (678-1 Ura, Awaji City, Hyogo Prefecture) in Ura, Awaji City, on June 27. It is the 26th facility in Japan, the fourth in Hyogo Prefecture, and the second on Awaji Island, following Awaji Island Fukura, which opened in December 2022. Fairfield by Marriott Hyogo…