The Ajiro Onsen Tourist Association is offering a special plan for guests staying in the Ajiro Onsen area of Atami City that includes transportation to and from the “Atami Marine Fireworks Festival” with guaranteed seats for special viewing. The Atami Marine Fireworks Festival is held more than 15 times not only in summer but also…
Rakuten OPTIMISM” at Tokyo Big Sight, giant gacha with free accommodation coupons, etc.
Rakuten Group is holding a private event “Rakuten OPTIMISM 2024” at Tokyo Big Sight from August 1 to 4. At the booths of Rakuten Travel and Rakuten Gurunavi, visitors can try their hand at a giant gacha (500 yen for one time) to win free accommodation tickets and original goods from hotels and hot spring…
UNIQLO to Launch “Japan Culture UT” by Genji Yonezu in September. Ghibli, Ultraman, FF, Censorman, etc.
UNIQLO will release a new UT collection by Gen Yonezu in mid-September. Japanese culture, including the music album “STRAY SHEEP,” the movie “Shin Ultraman,” the movie “How Do You Live?” directed by Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli, the anime “Chainsaw Man” and the game “Final Fantasy XVI,” for which Genji Yonezu has composed the theme…
JR West offers four courses of tours with commemorative goods that allow you to ride Doctor Yellow, available only to WESTER members.
JR West will release four “Doctor Yellow Experience Ride Plan” courses exclusively for WESTER members through tabiwa travel. Plans will be sold by lottery, limited to 50 persons for each course, on October 12 and 15, around October 14, “Railroad Day”. While the train is running, visitors can sit in the “observation dome” and experience…
USB memory stick that can take both camera and video, available for pre-order on Makuake
APRIL is offering pre-orders of Taika’s “USB Memory & Art Camera” on Makuake. The USB flash drive with camera and video functions is available for pre-order until August 30. With the included microSD card (32GB), the camera doubles as a USB memory stick and can also store photos and data taken. Photos can be taken…
Launching Ceremony Held for the AIDA/AfCFTA Impact Assessment Guide ｜ News & Media
On July 17, 2024, JICA, the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), and the AfCFTA Secretariat collaborated to hold a launch ceremony for the completion of the “AIDA (African Industrial Development Acceleration Action Plan) / AfCFTA (African Continental Free Trade Area) Impact Assessment Guide” in The launch ceremony was held in Accra, Ghana. The ceremony was…
Obon Expressway, it may take more than 2 hours to pass through traffic jam at Haneda Airport? NEXCO East Japan’s forecaster introduces tips on how to avoid it.
NEXCO East Japan held a regular press conference on July 31 at its headquarters in Kasumigaseki, Tokyo, where Kota Toriumi, the ninth-generation traffic jam forecaster for the Kanto Branch Office, explained the traffic jam forecast during the Bon vacation period (August 8 to 18). The number of traffic jams in both directions (up and down)…
Traffic regulations for the 36th Naniwa Yodogawa Fireworks Festival on the evening of the 3rd. Roads will be closed around Juso/Tsukamoto Station and Umekita area, etc.
The Yodogawa Police Department has announced traffic regulations for the 36th Naniwa Yodogawa Fireworks Festival. Regulation dates and times are from around 16:00 to 23:00 on August 3 (partly from 13:00 and 18:00). The roads around the Yodogawa riverbed, Juso Station, Tsukamoto Station, and Grand Front Osaka will be closed to vehicular traffic, and lane…
UNIQLO Osaka Festival” starts on August 9! Limited edition of collaborative T-shirts by Billiken and Geidai students, and novelty “Takoyaki Pouch” for first-come, first-served customers!
UNIQLO will hold “UNIQLO Osaka Festival” at 63 stores in Osaka Prefecture from August 9 to 22! Osaka x Art”. The item of note is the first T-shirt created in collaboration with an art event featuring “Billiken,” the god of good fortune who has become a symbolic character of Osaka. Four of the 101 artworks…
ANA Time Sale: Up to 200,000 yen discount on overseas tours (airfare + accommodations) for departures from September through January 2013
ANA has started a time sale on international tours (international airfare + accommodations). The sale period is from August 2, 0:00 to August 9, 23:59. During the sale period, up to 200,000 yen discount coupons are being distributed, applicable to tour bookings for departures between September 1 and January 31, 2025 (applicable and exempt periods…