ANA has announced that it has been awarded a 5-star rating in the World Airline Star Ratings by SKYTRAX, a UK-based airline ratings company. This marks the tenth consecutive year that ANA has received the 5-star rating since it was first awarded in 2013. The World Airline Star Rating is based on an audit of…
Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo: The Making of Harry Potter” will open in summer 2023. Visitors can actually experience the behind-the-scenes production of the series.
Warner Bros. Studios Japan will open “Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo Making of Harry Potter” in the summer of 2023 at the former Toshimaen site in Tokyo’s Nerima Ward. Prior to the opening, creative art was unveiled on December 1, the same day the first “Harry Potter” movie, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,” was…
LOGOS “2023 New Year’s Advance Lucky Bags” on Sale! Popular camping equipment such as tents and sleeping bags are now available in a special set! 10% discount for LOGOS FAMILY NEOS members!
Logos Corporation, which develops the outdoor brand “LOGOS,” has released a limited-quantity “2023 New Year’s Advance Lucky Bags. A special grab bag filled with popular LOGOS items, including the Tradcanvas Tepee & Tarp 350 Shrug Set, which includes a one-pole tent that is easy for even outdoor beginners to assemble, and the Premium PANEL Great…
Win Amagif 1,000 yen to 10,000 yen for purchasing airline tickets with Amazon Pay. Five companies including Airtori and NAVITIME participate.
traveler’s list Period covered: November 30 – December 31, 2022 Terms: Amazon Payde airline ticket purchase Present: Amazon gift card worth 10,000 yen (100 winners selected by drawing) Note that currently, when Amazon Pay is paid with an Amazon gift card, 0.5% is returned to the gift card balance for regular members and 1.0% for…
Local Souvenir Selection] “Beniimo Tart” and “Yukishio Sando” (Snow Salt Sando), Okinawa Souvenirs
December has come and gone, and there are only a few days left in this year. As the weather gets colder by the day, we miss tropical resorts ……, so we picked up two souvenirs from Okinawa Prefecture for this issue. With the announcement of the extension of the National Travel Support Program through the…
GO” cab app launched in Wakayama and Miyazaki Prefectures
The “GO” cab app launched its service in Wakayama and Miyazaki prefectures on December 1. GO is a cab dispatch app that launched in September 2020 and uses real-time vehicle location information and proprietary dispatch logic to improve the accuracy of matching users with nearby vehicles. The newly added areas are Wakayama City, Wakayama Prefecture…
Renewal of ATAMI Kaifengro, a resort in Atami born from a guesthouse created by Kengo Kuma; limited to 4 rooms with ocean view
Hulic Fufu will reopen ATAMI Kaimine-Ro (8-33 Kasuga-cho, Atami, Shizuoka) on December 28. ATAMI Kaifengro is a four-room hotel featuring Kengo Kuma’s “Water/Glass” artwork, in which a glass box seems to float in water. 27 years after its completion in 1995, the hotel has been undergoing renovation since summer. The two luxury suites, “Seiha” and…
Remote islands and mountain huts become au areas; KDDI begins operation of Starlink base stations
On December 1, KDDI began operating a base station using SpaceX’s (Space Exploration Technologies) Starlink satellite communication service as a backhaul line for its au communication network at Hatsushima, Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture. The company has announced “Starlink Business,” which provides Starlink communication services to corporations and municipalities, and while this business enables Wi-Fi and wired…
I stayed at “Tokyu Stay Mercure Osaka Namba”. Double-brand hotel with 288 functional rooms near the station.
Tokyu Stay Mercure Osaka Namba is located a 4-5 minute walk from both Namba and Shinsaibashi stations on the Osaka Metro Midosuji Line. It is within walking distance of Dotonbori, the center of Osaka’s Minami district, and Shinsaibashi, lined with high-brand stores, making it a perfect location for business stays and sightseeing. A five-minute walk…
G-SHOCK announces the “G-B001,” a watch with a bezel that appears like a capsule toy. Equipped with gimmicks such as detachable bezel and interchangeable band
On December 1, Casio Computer Co., Ltd. announced the G-B001, which inherits the form of the G-SHOCK DW-001 released in 1994 but with a detachable bezel. The release date is January 27, 2023. With the “DW-001,” G-Shock introduced a rounded design that differs from the rugged, hard form of its predecessors based on the concept…