Tokyu Corporation and Tokyu Recreation have revealed details about the tenants on the first through fifth floors of Tokyu Kabukicho Tower (1-29-1 Kabukicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo), which is being developed for an April 14, 2023 opening. Tokyu Kabukicho Tower is an approximately 225-meter high-rise complex consisting of 48 floors above ground, 5 floors below ground, and…
Emergency Relief for Hurricane Lisa in Belize – Delivery of Donated Goods
Emergency Relief for Hurricane Lisa in Belize – Delivery of Donated Goods Emergency relief supplies provided by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for Hurricane Lisa in Belize have been handed over to the country. Emergency relief supplies to be provided to Belize arrived at the Philip Goldson International Airport in Belize City on November…
Amazon Black Friday Reveals Some of Its Target Products, Including Suitcases and Mobile Batteries
Amazon (Amazon Japan) will hold “Amazon Black Friday” from November 25 at midnight to December 1 at 23:59. This Black Friday, the company will offer products in various categories at special prices through three sales: “Special Time Sale,” “Limited Quantity Time Sale,” and “Big Surprise Sale. The “Special Time Sale” will offer special prices on…
NAKED YORUMOUDE 2022: Heian Jingu Shrine” to color the night in Kyoto. Visit the shrine with a distanced lantern in hand and experience the art of light.
NAKED will hold a special event “NAKED YORUMOUDE 2022 Heian Jingu Shrine,” a next-generation art project “NAKED GARDEN ONE KYOTO,” on the nights of November 18 through December 25. Yolmoude is a new style of nighttime worship by Naked. With “NAKED Distance Lanterns,” which allow visitors to maintain a social distance from their surroundings, they…
Signing of Minutes of Discussion on Technical Cooperation Project for Turkey: Supporting Urban Resilience in Turkey through Cooperation in the Field of Disaster Prevention
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will launch three technical cooperation projects in the field of disaster prevention in the Republic of Turkey. On November 18, 2022, JICA and the Government of Turkey signed the Record of Discussions (R/D) for the technical cooperation project “Seismic Risk Reduction and Disaster Management Planning Project in Metropolitan Bursa”…
Jetstar Special Sale to Commemorate Resumption of Narita-Taipei/Taoyuan Route Service. One way from 7980 yen
Jetstar Japan will resume its Narita-Taipei/Taoyuan route on January 19, 2023, after suspending the service due to the new coronavirus. Prior to this, sales of tickets for flights departing between January 19 and March 25, 2023 have resumed. Prices start from 7,980 yen one-way without fuel surcharge. To celebrate the resumption of flights, the “Fly,…
Ikaros Publishing introduces 38 famous cafes and coffee shops in Tokyo, carefully selected by the former editor-in-chief of a coffee magazine.
On November 18, Ikaros Shuppan released “Tokyo’s Cafes & Coffeehouses with Delicious Coffee” (A5 size, 176 pages, 1,870 yen). Atsushi Takahashi, former editor-in-chief of “Coffee Time,” a coffee magazine that ceased publication in March, carefully selected 38 stores in Tokyo and its suburbs that offer particularly good coffee, based on 11 years of research by…
Tokyo DisneySea becomes the first Japanese theme park to receive the 2022 Applause Award
Oriental Land announced that Tokyo DisneySea received the “2022 Applause Award” at the IAAPA Attractions Expo 2022 held on November 15 in Orlando, Florida, USA. This is one of the most prestigious awards in the amusement park and theme park industry, and the first for a Japanese theme park. Tokyo DisneySea is a theme park…
FamilyMart to sell “Convenience Down” at about 90 stores only. Hand washable, 6,990 yen.
On November 22, FamilyMart will release “Convenience Down” as a new product under its original “Convenience Wear” brand, limited to about 90 stores in Tokyo. The price is 6,990 yen. In an attempt to develop not only the conventional emergency demand for clothes at convenience stores, outer jackets for use in the chilly season will…
Glamping facility with LED-lit pool “+RIVERPOOL FINE GLAMPING Saitama Chichibu” opens.
FINE GLAMPING will open its second franchise store, +RIVERPOOL FINE GLAMPING Saitama Chichibu (2621 Minano, Minano-cho, Chichibu-gun, Saitama) in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, on November 19. Located in a rich natural setting surrounded by vineyards overlooking the Misawa River, a tributary of the Arakawa River, visitors can enjoy river trekking. Rooms are limited to 3 groups…