JR Group announced the sales and usage periods of the Seishun 18 Ticket and Seishun 18 Ticket Hokkaido Shinkansen Option Ticket for the spring season of 2025. Seishun 18 Ticket (Spring 2025) Sales Period: ［For 3 days] February 14 – April 8, 2025 ［For 5 days] February 14 – April 6, 2025 Duration of Use:…

Epoch will hold the exhibition “Sylvanian Families Exhibition 40th” to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Sylvanian Families throughout Japan. From April 25 to May 18, the Tokyo venue will be held at Exhibition Hall D on the 2nd floor of Bunka Kaikan in Sunshine City (3-1 Higashi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo), and details on each content…

ANA Group announced its air transportation business plan for FY2025. On international routes, the Group plans to increase the total number of flights by 108% year-on-year by operating the Haneda-Paris/Munich route daily from FY2024, resuming the Haneda-Vienna route, and opening the Haneda-Milan/Stockholm/Istanbul route, in addition to year-round service on the Narita-Perth route. Peach will continue…

Tokyo Metro and Toto Bus will hold “Midnight Shintomicho☆”, a photo session of Hanzomon Line 18000 Series trains, at Shintomicho Station on the Yurakucho Line late at night on February 8. Applications will be accepted on the Hato Bus website from 4:00 p.m. on January 22 for the first 30 applicants. Applicants must be at…

JR Hokkaido and JR East will sell the “Hokkaido & East Japan Pass” for the spring season of 2025 from February 13 to March 25. Priced at 11,330 yen for adults and 5,600 yen for children, the pass will be on sale at major stations and reserved-seat ticket machines in JR Hokkaido and East Japan,…

On January 22, Seibu Railway announced that all three trains of the Yamaguchi Line (Leoliner) will be renewed sequentially from FY2025 to FY2027. The 8500 Series, introduced when the Yamaguchi Line first opened in 1985, will be replaced with a new type of train. The current cross-seat configuration will be replaced with long seats to…

Tokyo Metro and Navitime Japan have been experimentally offering a “Seat-friendly train guidance” function for “Transfer NAVITIME” application paying members only since January 22. When a paid member searches for a route that includes Tokyo Metro lines on “Norikae NAVITIME” and there is a “car with a high probability of seating” to be displayed, “Car…

MOL Sunflower launched its first LNG-fueled ferry, Sunflower Kamui, on the Oarai-Tomakomai route on January 21. It will replace the existing Sunflower Daisetsu. Kamui has more space for loading cargo vehicles than existing vessels, and all cabins are private rooms. It is said to provide a comfortable space for truck drivers. Other features include a…

On January 22, KDDI and Wire and Wireless launched “Ferry Wi-Fi,” an onboard Wi-Fi service via satellite broadband Starlink. The service will be offered for a limited time on the “Hamayu” ferry operated by Tokyo Kyushu Ferry between Tokyo and Kyushu, and will be expanded gradually as the company monitors usage. Starlink provides a bandwidth…

JTB and Airbnb Japan announced on January 22 that they have signed a collaboration agreement. The project aims to promote the development of a welcoming environment for tourism promotion through the utilization of vacant houses in areas where the population is declining, and through this initiative, “exchange creation projects” centered on the community will be…