Tag: Japan

Alpen will open the “Alpen Outdoors ESSENTIAL STORE” shop-in-shop in Sports Depot, Oita and Mobara on October 7. The existing Sports Depot sales floor will be remodeled to incorporate the “Alpen Outdoors” worldview into a portion of the store to offer products and services in the outdoor domain. The store will also feature a variety…

NEXCO Central Japan’s Tokyo and Hachioji Branches will close the Shin-Shimizu JCT to Tomisawa IC and the Rokugo IC to Futaba JCT on the Trans-Central Japan Expressway to traffic during the night. The period is from November 7 to 18. This will involve inspections of road structures and equipment, cleaning of tunnel appendages, and other…

Tokyo Metro (Tokyo Metro) and Saga Prefecture will hold the “Tokyo Metro x Saga Prefecture Okuma Shigenobu Stamp Rally” from October 7 to 30. The stamp rally will be held to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the railroad’s opening. Original stamps featuring Shigenobu Okuma will be placed at four locations: Kokkai-gijidomae Station, Gokokuji Station, Waseda…

Rakuten, Inc. opened a special website “WOOD CHANGE: A Journey with Trees” on Rakuten Travel for October 8, “Wood Day” (a day to promote the use of wood). The site introduces buildings in various parts of Japan that use domestic timber, and proposes travel experiences that allow visitors to come into contact with wood. Users…

Kanagawa Prefecture has launched a national travel support website. Kanagawa Prefecture’s name for the national travel support is “Come on, Kanagawa! and the period is from October 11 to December 20 (including check-out on December 21). The subsidy will cover 40% of the cost of a trip to Kanagawa (up to 8,000 yen for travel…

Document opened KAL Auto Garden (2618 Oshikiri, Kumagaya, Saitama), a campground where visitors can enjoy playing with cars. Located about 10 minutes by car from the Higashi Matsuyama IC of the Kanetsu Expressway. The field, surrounded by nature, is lined with auto camp sites and overnight sites where you can park your car. There are…

Hongo Kogyo will open a day glamping facility “Relaxing” (683-1 Terakubo, Makino-cho, Takashima, Shiga) in Takashima City, Shiga Prefecture, on October 7. At “Relaxing,” guests can soak in a Shigaraki-ware bath and experience a barrel sauna, as well as enjoy a BBQ featuring local products and a tour of nearby tourist attractions on rental EV…

Taito City, Tokyo, will hold a commemorative project from January to December 2023 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Shotaro Ikenami, a local author of historical novels. Shotaro Ikenami was born in January 1923 in what is now Taito-ku, Tokyo, and spent his childhood in Asakusa and Ueno. He left behind many…

ANA Trading has launched the “Front Open Carry” (28,000 yen), an original product incorporating functions sought by travelers. It is available on the official e-commerce site “ANA STORE/ANA Shopping A-style” and on the shopping site “ANA STORE@SKY” which can be accessed from Wi-Fi in domestic flights and lounges. This bag can hold a 15.6″ PC…

JR East will launch “Touch and Get Points Back for Ekinaka Admission! as a year-round service on October 5. If you use Suica registered with JRE POINT to enter an automatic ticket gate at a participating station through “Touch de Ekinka” and make purchases totaling 1,000 yen or more at participating stores, and then exit…