NEXCO East Japan began accepting applications for “Winter Pass 2023,” a DoraWari discount program that offers discounted expressway fares for standard cars, mini cars, and other ETC vehicles, on November 25 at 14:00. The Winter Pass was also on sale last season, with travel from the Tokyo metropolitan area, Sendai, and Niigata to Yuzawa, Numata,…
MIMARU Osaka Shinsaibashi NORTH, an apartment hotel themed on Osaka Castle, opens.
Cosmos Inissia, a Daiwa House Group company, and Cosmos Hotel Management opened the “MIMARU Osaka Shinsaibashi NORTH,” an apartment hotel themed on Osaka Castle, on November 24. Room rates start at 26,800 yen per night per room (for a four-person occupancy). The lobby floor features a “golden tea room” with full-size “armor (helmets of armor)”…
G-SHOCK collaborates with art project “Wasted Youth”; navy and white color scheme based on DW-5900
Casio Computer Co., Ltd. will release a new shock-resistant G-SHOCK watch, the DW-5900WY, a collaboration model with the art project “Wasted Youth” on December 9. The price is 15,400 yen. Wasted Youth is an art project by graphic artist VERDY. In addition to hosting pop-up stores and events, they are also a skateboarding team. The…
JAL Hometown Ambassadors and Supporters: A Journey to Nobeoka City in Northern Miyazaki Prefecture, a joint ride by JR Kyushu cabin crew and the JAL Hometown Supporters.
With the beginning of national travel support, there is renewed interest in domestic travel. JAL, which has bases throughout Japan, has been continuously implementing regional revitalization initiatives (currently the “JAL Furusato Project”). In August 2020, JAL launched the “JAL Furusato Ambassadors,” cabin crew members selected through an in-house recruitment process, who settle in local communities…
Toei Subway to introduce women-only cars on the Oedo Line. Weekday morning rush hours, from January 2023.
The train will operate during weekday morning rush hours in Car 4 of an 8-car train. Stickers will be placed on the windows and platform doors at the stops. The women-only car is also available for elementary school students and younger, physically disabled male passengers, and their caregivers. The Tokyo Metropolitan Transportation Bureau will introduce…
Air Canada to resume flights from Haneda and Kansai Airport in summer 2023. Japan-Canada routes will be larger than in 2019 before Corona.
In the current winter schedule (October 30 – March 25, 2023), JAL operates the Narita – Vancouver route daily, the Narita – Montreal route three times a week, and the Narita – Toronto route four times a week. In the summer schedule (March 26-October 28, 2023), all three routes will be operated daily, and the…
Vocalist Kotone’s Music Trip] Hananuki Valley in Ibaraki Prefecture is the best spot for autumn foliage! Enjoy autumn just before winter with BBQ and hot springs at a campsite!
Lunch was BBQ at Keyakidai Campground I searched the Internet for places to have lunch near Hananuki Valley, but there are not many restaurants in the Hananuki Valley area. …… Since it was a weekday when I went there, there was a possibility that they were not open for lunch. I had recently purchased a…
JR Kyushu’s Fukuhoku Yutaka Line Festa 2022 in Nogata, including exhibition of the 885 Series temporary train “Kaioh” and driving simulator experience
JR Kyushu will hold “Fukuhoku Yutaka Line Festa 2022 in Nogata” on December 3. At the Nogata Train Center (278 Oaza Yamabe, Nogata City, Fukuoka Prefecture), where the event will be held, “Kai-o”, a special train using Series 885 trains, will be exhibited (and one round trip will be made between Hakata and Nogata Stations),…
Traffic congestion peaks on Kanto Koshin expressways during the year-end and New Year holidays, including on December 29 and 30 for down expressways and on January 2 and 3 for up expressways. Upward on January 2 and 3.
NEXCO East Japan and NEXCO Chunichi have compiled a congestion forecast for expressways in the Kanto Koshin region and Shizuoka Prefecture during the year-end and New Year period (December 28 – January 4, 2023). Traffic congestion in the downbound direction will occur mainly in the morning, peaking especially on December 29 and 30 and January…
Traffic congestion forecast for the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway during the year-end and New Year’s holidays; December is the busiest month of the year, with traffic congestion tending to occur mainly on Fridays
On November 25, the Metropolitan Expressway announced its traffic congestion forecast for December through the year-end and New Year holidays. December is the most congested month of the year on the Metropolitan Expressway, especially on weekdays toward the end of the year. 2022 is also expected to see more congestion on weekdays from the middle…