Utsunomiya Zoo (552-2 Kamikanei-cho, Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture) announced on January 7 that it will welcome a black leopard on December 4, 2024, and that the animal is currently undergoing acclimation. The black leopard has melanism, a rare trait among leopards and jaguars, and is kept in only nine zoos in Japan. The black leopard…
Rihga Royal Hotel (Osaka) sells The Nikka, a commemorative whisky for the 90th anniversary of the hotel’s founding. Special price of 40,480 yen per bottle.
Rihga Royal Hotel (5-3-68 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture) will celebrate its 90th anniversary on January 16 by selling a limited quantity of “90th Anniversary Whisky The Nikka” from the same day. The Nikka, a premium blended whiskey carefully selected and blended from a wide variety of Nikka Whisky’s most matured original whiskeys, is…
Iwatani’s outdoor-only heater is 42% off. Operates on cassette gas and maintains constant heat in cold locations.
Amazon (Amazon Japan) is having a time sale on Iwatani’s FORE WINDS Outdoor Heater. Normally priced at 11,637 yen, it is 42% off at 6,790 yen at the time of writing. It runs on cassette gas (sold separately) and requires no batteries or power cord. The combination of a spherical burner and reflector can heat…
20% off the new GoPro HERO13. Includes high capacity microSD, battery, extension poles, etc.
Amazon (Amazon Japan) is having a Black Friday sale on the GoPro HERO13 Black. The model, which includes the main unit, 128GB microSD card, two batteries in total, charger, Shorty mini extension pole, clip mount, gift box, and seller’s 2-year free warranty, is normally 99,800 yen, but is 20% off at 79,800 yen at time…
Major Taiwanese transportation IC card “iPASS ” and Expo ’70 Osaka-Kansai collaborate to promote tourism between Japan and Taiwan. Aiming to promote tourism between Japan and Taiwan.
Jupiter Strategy Osaka announced a collaboration between the Osaka-Kansai Expo, which will open in the spring of 2025, and iPASS 一卡通, Taiwan’s leading transportation IC card. iPASS will be issued in an Expo version (priced at NT$200) to publicize the Expo to Taiwan, as well as to increase the number of visitors from Taiwan to…
Snow Peak’s Merak Pro. Stove Plus, a double-layered shelter with a wood-burning stove attached that can be used to build a fire inside the tent.
Snow Peak will release the Merak Pro. Stove Plus, a fully double-layered shelter with a wood stove, on January 11. The set comes with Merak Pro. (269,500 yen), MK Stove (390,500 yen), Merak Pro. Fly Cover TC (126,500 yen), and Carbon Monoxide Checker (19,800 yen), which would cost 806,300 yen separately. Plus” is 770,000 yen…
Tenmaku Design’s one-pole tent is 50% off at 26,400 yen. last day of Amazon Smile SALE
Amazon (Amazon Japan) is having a time sale on the Circus TC DX+ one-pole tent by Tenmaku Design. Normally priced at 52,800 yen, it is 50% off at 26,400 yen at the time of writing. This cotton-blend, condensation-resistant tent combines light shading and breathability. It is said to be as cool as a shady tree…
Turn your room into a princess room! 8 items to make you feel like a Disney movie heroine, including rugs, curtains, futon covers, etc.
Belle Maison’s “Disney Fantasy Shop” has launched eight new items of furniture and sundries to enjoy the world of Disney princesses and heroines. Curtains, rugs, and mini tables will be available from January 7, while mirrors, futon covers, and storage cases will be available from January 31. Prices range from 3,990 yen to 16,900 yen….
TSUBASA2025 Launch Event” will be held on Thursday, Jan. 23 at 18:00 (hybrid, free of charge)
TSUBASA, the startup support program of JICA and IDB Lab (Inter-American Development Bank Group) in Latin America and the Caribbean, will hold a launch event for the Open Innovation Challenge TSUBASA2025. Background and Overview The startup ecosystem in Latin America and the Caribbean has been rapidly revitalizing in recent years. In FY2021, JICA, together with…
Seibu Railway’s first “Sustenna” train, the 8000 Series, will enter service at the end of May.
Seibu Railway has decided to begin operation of the first of its “Sustaina rolling stock” (Series 8000), which it acquired from Odakyu Electric Railway in May 2024, at the end of May 2025. The cars had been undergoing safety equipment upgrades and design changes at the Musashioka Rolling Stock Testing Center since July 1, 2024,…