Category: travelling

Click here to see all the spots we visited this time. We arrived in Nara by the sightseeing express “Aoniyoshi” and stayed at the Nara Hotel on the first day. After checking out of the hotel, we visited the following places in this order on the second day. Taikichi Irie Memorial Nara City Museum of…

Can we avoid crowding a little by shifting something? In general, regardless of the new Corona, it is expected that avoiding places or timing where people are likely to gather, in other words, “shifting” things around, will help avoid congestion. Avoiding crowds is an issue that cannot be ignored during busy periods such as Bon…

Wai Kai (91-1621 Keoneula Blvd., Ewa Beach), Hawaii’s first standing wave pool, water activities, signature dining, and event experiences, opened this spring in Ewa Beach, Oahu, Hawaii. Wai Kai” (91-1621 Keoneula Blvd., Ewa Beach) opened this spring. An official website in Japanese is also available. Located in the Hoakalei Resort, about a 35-minute drive from…

Gifu Prefecture, the Higashi-Mino Rekishi Kaido Council, and the Gifu branch of Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., Ltd. have produced the “Gohei-mochi Street Gacha Key Chain” and begun limited sales at eight locations in the Higashi-Mino region. Gohei-mochi is a local delicacy representative of the Higashimino-area, and about 120 stores sell gohei-mochi, each with a different…

TVer, the official commercial TV streaming service, is running a special program “Camping on TVer” during the Golden Week holidays, allowing viewers to watch over 100 camping programs from all over Japan. In addition to camping-themed programs such as “Hiroshi’s Hitori Camp no Susume” (Kumamoto Asahi Broadcasting), “Hiroshi no Botchi Camp” (BS-TBS), and “Nishimura Campsite”…

On April 30, Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo, opened a bouldering rink in Shinagawa Central Park (1-27 Nishi-Shinagawa, Tokyo). The pay area with a 4 x 12 m (height x width) wall has mats on the floor to provide a full-scale competition experience. The fee (2 hours per session) is 200 yen for individuals (100 yen for…

Fossil will launch the “Star Wars x Fossil” collection on May 4, “Star Wars Day. The collection will feature six models designed after iconic rebel characters. Each comes with a serial number and is housed in a collector’s box that includes sound effects from the film, comic book style illustrations, and a replica pin of…

The 360-degree panoramic view of the cottage area is breathtaking! It takes 3 to 4 minutes to get to the cottage area from Mori no Eki Hakone Tokunitoge on a mountain road. Directions are shown with pictures on the information map you received, so you will not get lost, but drive carefully as the road…

Japan Hotel will reopen the JR East Hotel Mets Koenji (2-5-1 Koenji Kita, Suginami-ku, Tokyo) on July 12. It is located directly connected to JR Koenji Station and approximately 9 minutes from Shinjuku Station on the JR Chuo and Sobu Lines. Individual air-conditioning facilities will be renewed, a smoking area will be installed, “Biz style”…

Etajima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, announced that the Seto Blue, a newly built vessel connecting Hiroshima Port and Etajima City, has been completed and will enter service on May 13. Seto Blue is the first vessel built by the city in about 30 years, and will be a 28-meter-long, 91-ton catamaran with a maximum capacity of…