The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Loan Agreement (L/A) with the Government of the Republic of India on February 20, 2012, for nine projects totaling up to 232,209 million yen. The nine projects covered by the Loan Agreement are as follows. Signing ceremony (1) Project to Promote Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Telangana (Loan…
Prince Smart Inn Miyazaki, which completes lodging procedures using only a smartphone, opens with 163 rooms on Tachibana-dori Avenue.
Seibu Prince Hotels Worldwide opened Prince Smart Inn Miyazaki (2-4-17 Tachibanadori Nishi, Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture) on February 20. Prince Smart Inn Miyazaki is located on Tachibana-dori, the center of Miyazaki City, and JR Miyazaki Station is the nearest station, about 10 minutes by train from Miyazaki Airport (about 7 minutes by cab from Miyazaki…
Coleman adds new colors to Wheel Cooler/28QT and Ultimate Ice Cooler II cooler boxes
Coleman (Newell Brands Japan) will add new colors to its Wheel Cooler/28QT and Ultimate Ice Cooler II cooler boxes in mid-February. Wheel Cooler/28QT is a hard-type cooler box with slide telescopic carry handles and wheels that can hold six 2L PET bottles and keep them cold for 48 hours. Two new colors, “Olive” and “Glaze,”…
Koji Inoue’s “Hints for Railway Travel”] Car numbers are not always sequential numbers from the very beginning. Check the information before boarding the train.
Car No. numbering can jump or start from 11. In this issue, we will discuss car No. numbers. In fact, it is not always the case that “the number always starts from car No. 1 and increases by 1 in a sequential numbering system,” and sometimes exceptions occur. There are several reasons for this. First,…
One-day hot-spring bath facility “Kiraku-ri Villa Yokohama-Aoba” opens in late March. Auto-laulu sauna, pulgama, and bedrock baths.
Spa San Fuji will open its fourth one-day hot spring facility in Kanagawa Prefecture, “Kirakuri Bettei Yokohama-Aoba” (4-5-1 Nara, Aoba-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture) in late March. The bathhouse is based on the concept of a retro public bathhouse made of old-fashioned wooden structure, and there is an age limit of elementary school students or…
31 kinds of photogenic sweets representing Hakone! Hakone Sweets Collection 2024,” a spring event, will open for the first time in four years, and “advance reservations” can be made without worrying about running out of stock.
Odakyu Electric Railway and Odakyu Hakone Holdings will hold “Hakone Sweets Collection 2024” in cooperation with hotels, museums, and restaurants in the Hakone area. The event will run from March 1 to April 22. This event allows visitors to enjoy limited-edition sweets created by chefs and patissiers at each store while sightseeing in Hakone. This…
Carpooling service NearMe offers early bird discount of 500 yen at 16 airports nationwide; 23,000 yen in Amazon gift certificates up for grabs
NearMe is running the “Spring Air Travel Early Bird Special Campaign” for airport shuttles through March 31, 2012, for rides between March 1 and April 7. Airport Shuttle is an on-demand shared-ride transportation service between airports and homes/hotels. It operates at 16 airports nationwide (Haneda, Narita, Itami, Kansai, Shin-Chitose, Centrair, Fukuoka, Naha, Asahikawa, Obihiro, Aomori,…
Widen Omori Station West Exit Plaza and Ikegami Dori to 20-30 m without power poles. Separate traffic from buses and cabs
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced on February 19 that it has started work on Auxiliary Route 28 (Ikegami-dori) from Sanno 1-chome to Sanno 3-chome, Ota-ku, Tokyo. The length of the road is 530m. The 15m wide street at the Omori Station West Exit Plaza will be widened to 20-30m, with two lanes (9.0m) and sidewalks…
Celebrate “Minnie Mouse Day” with balloons! Original design items from Candu!
CANDO will release originally designed Minnie Mouse items to celebrate “Minnie Mouse Day (March 2). The cute design features pastel colors and a balloon floating in the air, creating a soft atmosphere like spring sunshine. The lineup consists of a total of 22 types of sundries, mostly for daily use. The lineup includes an A4…
Welcome the New School Year and School Term with Tokyo Disney Resort Limited Edition School Bags! Now available in four colors for the spring 2025 school year!
Tokyo Disney Resort will begin taking reservations on March 19 for originally designed school bags for elementary school students entering school next spring. Sales will continue through September 30, with prices ranging from 68,000 yen to 80,000 yen. Prices vary depending on the color. Delivery of the unit is scheduled for late February 2025. Reservations…