JR West announced that it will conduct a demonstration test of the “face recognition ticket gate” to be introduced at the Umekita underground entrance of Osaka Station (Umekita area), which is scheduled to open on March 18, 2023. The face recognition ticket gate is a new ticketless authentication method that uses the face as the…
Watch for heavy snow from the evening of today the 22nd to the 26th. On the Sea of Japan side of northern to western Japan
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has issued an emergency announcement regarding heavy snowfall. According to the announcement, heavy snow is expected to fall mainly on the Sea of Japan side of northern to western Japan from December 22 to 26. Due to the inflow of strong cold air into western Japan and…
Hometown vending machine installed at Kansai International Airport. Voucher for use of Hotel Nikko Kansai Airport’s accommodation, restaurants, etc.
Izumisano City and Hotel Nikko Kansai Airport will install a “Furusato Tax Payment Vending Machine” in the hotel lobby at the airport and begin accepting donations at 11:00 on December 23. This is the first installation of a Furusato tax vending machine at an airport in Japan and the first in Osaka Prefecture. The hotel…
Peach offers “Domestic/International Fly Anywhere Sale” from 2,490 yen for domestic flights and 6,860 yen for international flights. Seoul, Taipei, Hong Kong, Bangkok, etc.
Peach Aviation will hold a “Domestic/International Anywhere Sale” for domestic and international flights. This is the first time in about three years that Peach has held such a sale for international flights. Fares will start at 2,490 yen one-way for domestic flights and 6,860 yen one-way for international flights. The sales period is from 10:00…
Rakuten Travel reopens nationwide travel support reservations in Tochigi, Kanagawa, Kyoto, and Hyogo; up to 60% off for stays on the 27th.
On December 22, Rakuten Travel resumed reservations in some areas with nationwide travel support. Eligible Prefectures Domestic Lodging: Tochigi, Kanagawa, Kyoto, Hyogo Domestic Tours: None In accordance with the national travel support program for the year, 40% of the travel price (up to 8,000 yen per night for travel products with transportation/up to 5,000 yen…
Signing of Yen Loan Agreement for Cote d’Ivoire: Contributing to addressing the food security crisis through strengthening agricultural infrastructure
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Loan Agreement (L/A) of up to 15 billion yen with the Government of the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire on December 21 in Abidjan for the “Emergency Assistance Loan for Food Security”. In Côte d’Ivoire, 95% of farmers, or 40% of the working population, are smallholder smallholder farmers….
Fairfield by Marriott Hiroshima Sera” adjacent to Roadside Station opens. 78 rooms for the first time in Hiroshima
Fairfield by Marriott Michi-no-Eki Project (Marriott International) opened Fairfield by Marriott Hiroshima Sera (2394-8 Oyanagi, Kawajiri, Sera-cho, Hiroshima Prefecture), its 22nd hotel in 10 prefectures. This is the brand’s first entry into Hiroshima Prefecture. The hotel has 78 guest rooms. This project is a regional development project that proposes a “trip across regional attractions” adjacent…
What is Yang Ji Gum Loo, the evolutionary sweet that exploded in Taiwan? A rewarding drink in a bottle of mango has landed in Japan, and we were one of the first to try it in Taiwan!
I first drank a cup of it in a conference room in Taipei. I am a big mango lover. It was the first time in my life to try Yangji nectar, and when I drank it, I found that it was not too thick, not too thin, and had an exquisite thick texture. The tapioca…
Metropolitan Expressway, renewal project of approx. 300 billion yen for 22 km of damaged tunnels and bridges
On December 21, Nobuhiro Maeda, president and representative director of Metropolitan Expressway, held a press conference to explain the renewal plan. On December 22, 2021, exactly one year ago, the company established the “Technical Review Committee for Large-Scale Renewal, Repair, and Enhancement of Metropolitan Expressways,” chaired by Professor Koichi Maekawa of Yokohama National University, to…
Atsuta Jingu Shrine and Atsuta Police Station, traffic control until Jan. 5 for Hatsumode 2023, with all-night subway service on Jan. 31.
traffic control December 31, 2022 from 11:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. January 1-3, 2023 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. each day January 4-5, 2023 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. each day Although the shrine is open 24 hours a day throughout the year, all parking lots on the grounds will be closed from the night…