Mitsubishi Estate has completed construction of a dedicated business jet facility at Shimojishima Airport, which will open on April 21. The Miyako Shimojishima Airport Business Jet Terminal is part of the Shimojishima Airport Area International Passenger Facility Development, Operation, and Private Aircraft Acceptance Project being promoted by Okinawa Prefecture. The terminal is equipped with CIQ…

JR East Cross Station Retail Company will release new Suica’s Penguin goods that can be used as Mother’s Day gifts, such as soap flowers, on April 19 at 12:00 pm. They will be available at NewDays JREMALL stores and GENERAL STORE RAILYARD JRE MALL stores. The “Suica no Penguin Soap Flower Box,” a box of…

Spring Airlines will launch its Narita-Shijiazhuang (Shijiazhuang) route on April 24. Shijiazhuang is the capital of Hebei Province, and this is the first scheduled flight between Shijiazhuang and the Japanese metropolitan area. Shijiazhuang is also known as the birthplace of Zhao Yun, a general of the Three Kingdoms period, as well as for its existing…

On April 17, Hoshino Resort BEB and the Generation Z start-up company, Guess Meter, announced that they will co-produce a new lodging experience, “Guess Meter Room,” at Hoshino Resort BEB5 Karuizawa (3364-15 Nagakura, Karuizawa-cho, Kitasaku-gun, Nagano Prefecture). In line with this, the Guess Meter has released the “Guess Map”, a Guess Katsudo teaching application that…

Hoshino Resort’s nationwide brand of onsen ryokan, “Kai,” has announced the opening of “Kai Okuhida,” Hoshino Resort’s first foray into Gifu Prefecture, on September 5. Reservations for the hotel will begin today, April 17. The concept of the hotel is “to be awakened by mountain hot springs and to relax in Hida design. The hotel…

On April 17, Marriott International announced plans to rebrand seven hotels owned by HMI Hotel Group in Japan as Marriott Hotels and Courtyard by Marriott. The following seven new facilities will be created. Hamamatsu Marriott Hotel (now Grand Hotel Hamamatsu) Kyoto Marriott Hotel (now Hotel Heian no Mori Kyoto) Kobe Marriott Hotel (now Hotel Crown…

The maximum discount is 20,000 yen per person per reservation, and cannot be applied to consecutive nights (only applicable to single-day stays). The discount is only available for “Domestic Lodging” services, and is not applicable to reservations made through Rakuten Pack (airline ticket + accommodation/Shinkansen/express train + accommodation) or Rakuten Travel’s foreign language website (inbound…

Skymark Airlines will hold a discount campaign “May is not only Golden Week! May is not just Golden Week!” from April 19 to 30. Fares are 4,000 yen, 5,000 yen, 7,000 yen, or 9,000 yen one-way on all routes. The applicable boarding period is from May 8 to 31. read more © Source travel watch…