JR East Cross Station Retail Company will release “Invitation Suica Penguin” and “Suica Penguin Wooden Carved Kagamimochi” in limited quantities. Pre-orders will be accepted at NewDays and GENERAL STORE RAILYARD on the JRE MALL site from 12:00 p.m. on November 22, and products will be shipped sequentially from December 13. In addition, a campaign to…
JR Kyushu to Offer Unlimited Rides on Normal and Rapid Trains for 100 yen “Kodomo Boken Kippu” (Children’s Boken Ticket) for Winter Vacation
JR Kyushu will continue to sell “Kodomo Boken Ticket” for elementary school students only during the winter vacation period. The ticket allows unlimited rides on ordinary and rapid trains for 100 yen for one day, and if you purchase an express ticket separately, you can also board JR Kyushu’s Shinkansen, D&S trains, and limited express…
Gora Hanadan Fuji to Open in July 2025. Sushi chef Keiji Nakazawa’s sushi restaurant to open in July 2025.
Gora Hanadan will open a sushi restaurant supervised by Keiji Nakazawa of the famous Edo-mae sushi restaurant Sushi Takumi at the Gora Hanadan Fuji, an accommodation facility scheduled to open in July 2025. Fuji, a World Heritage Site, on a 50,000 m2 site (Susuri, Oyama-cho, Suntou-gun, Shizuoka Prefecture). The hotel will have a total of…
Jackery’s 1070Wh portable power supply is 45% off. Rated at 1500W, 7 outputs, microwave and coffee maker.
Amazon (Amazon Japan) is having a time sale on Jackery “Portable Power Supply 1000 New”. Normally priced at 139,800 yen, it is 45% off at 76,890 yen at the time of writing. The set model with solar panels (1 or 2) is also 45% off. Jackery Portable Power Supply 1000 New is the successor to…
Osaka Maru Building Reconstruction Project (tentative name)” is now in full swing. The tallest building in the area with 40 floors above ground and 4 floors below, connected to Nishi Umeda Station and Diamor Osaka.
On November 19, Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. announced the full-scale launch of the “Osaka Maru Building Reconstruction Project (tentative name). The building is scheduled to open in 2030. Osaka Maru Building (1-9-20 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture) was established in April 1976 as Japan’s first cylindrical skyscraper. Due to the aging of the…
Marriott’s first business hotel, what kind of rooms? A look at the newly opened Four Points Flex by Sheraton Osaka Umeda
On November 18, Marriott International opened the Four Points Flex by Sheraton Osaka Umeda (1-10-3 Shibata, Kita-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture), the company’s 100th hotel in Japan. The brand’s first facility in the Asia-Pacific region, this mid-scale hotel is designed to provide a comfortable stay at an affordable price, and is built like a so-called…
Snowfall this winter is likely to be heavier on the Sea of Japan side from Hokkaido to the San-in region. Peak snowfall will begin in January.
Weathernews announced snowfall trends for this winter. Snowfall this winter is expected to be normal or above normal from Hokkaido to the San-in region. On the other hand, the Pacific side of northern to western Japan and northern Kyushu are expected to be near normal. Due to the La Niña phenomenon, westerly winds will meander…
Oedo Onsen Monogatari adds four new facilities in the Hokuriku and Tokai areas to its “direct round-trip bus” available from major stations.
Oedo Onsen Monogatari Hotels & Resorts will add facilities to its direct round-trip bus service between major stations and facilities in Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya, and Hakata starting December 1. The four new facilities to be served are Nagayama (Ishikawa Prefecture), Premium Yamashitaya (Ishikawa Prefecture), Awara (Fukui Prefecture), and Premium Gero Shinkan (Gifu Prefecture). This brings…
Brooks Brothers x PEANUTS, limited time event to embroider original Snoopy on shirts
Brooks Brothers Japan will collaborate with PEANUTS to hold a limited-time, store-only event where customers can purchase a targeted shirt and have their original Snoopy embroidered on it. The event will run from November 29 to December 1 at six stores: Omotesando, Marunouchi, Yokohama Motomachi, Osaka, Umeda Hankyu, and Kyoto Takashimaya. Ten types of men’s…
ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Matsuyama” Yamashita’s recommendation
IHG Hotels & Resorts operates 19 hotel brands with more than 6,400 hotels in over 100 countries. In Japan, IHG Hotels & Resorts currently operates approximately 47 hotels under seven brands from Hokkaido to Okinawa (as of June 30, 2024). For this interview, we asked Mr. Masazumi Yamashita, General Manager of ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel…