JR East will offer a new ticketless boarding service using QR codes, which will be introduced in the Tohoku area in the second half of FY2024, followed by a gradual expansion of the service area. By selecting “QR Ride” when making a reservation or purchasing a ticket on “Ekinet” and then passing the QR code…
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Seikan Ferry names new vessel “Hayabusa 2” to enter service in March 2023. Ship No. 913, which will replace the Asakaze No. 5.
Seikan Ferry named its new 3,000-ton vessel Hayabusa 2, which is scheduled to enter service in March 2023, and held a naming and launching ceremony on November 7 at the Hakodate Shipyard & Machinery Works’ No. 1 berth. Hayabusa2 is the 913th vessel ordered by Hakodate Dotsukuri as a replacement for Asakaze5. The bow of…
Tokyo Dome City becomes a Christmas Park! General stores, workshops, and photo opportunities with Santa Claus.
Tokyo Dome City (1-3-61 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo) will hold the winter event “TOKYO DOME CITY CHRISTMAS PARK” from November 26 to December 25. During the event, titled “Santa Claus Holiday,” the festival will feature the popular “Santa Claus Photo Shoot,” a workshop where visitors can transform into Santa Claus, and a parade, all of which…
Big Holiday, nationwide travel support plans for 37 prefectures. Great deals on ANA/Shinkansen/Ski tours, etc.
Big Holiday sells package products eligible for national travel assistance. The company’s popular ski tours, ANA’s air travel products, JR East, JR Tokai, and JR Kyushu products, and Tokai Kisen’s ship travel products are available in all 37 prefectures (as of the November 8 announcement). The National Travel Assistance program subsidizes 40% of the travel…
Shared office space in Tokyo Station renewed with the addition of completely private rooms. Facial recognition verification experiment also conducted.
East Japan Railway Company has reopened STATION DESK Tokyo Marunouchi, a shared office space in Tokyo Station. Four more completely private rooms will be added to provide more privacy. It is a high-security space similar to STATION BOOTH in the station area, and can be used for web conferencing and intensive work. In addition, a…
Vietjet offers free checked baggage up to 30kg. On all flights between Narita/Kansai/ Centrair/Fukuoka and Vietnam
Vietjet has begun offering free checked baggage allowance of up to 30 kg on flights between Japan and Vietnam. The service is available from November 7 to December 20. Eligible flights are all flights between Narita/Kansai/ Centrair/Fukuoka and Hanoi/Ho Chi Minh/Danang. Free checked baggage service is available by applying for the advance booking option when…
Completion of the four-lane construction work on a portion of the Higashi-Kyushu Expressway between the Kanda Kitakyushu IC and the Yukuhashi IC on November 18
NEXCO West Japan Kyushu Branch will complete the partial four-lane construction work (approximately 1.1 km in length) on the Higashi-Kyushu Expressway between the Kanda Kitakyushu IC and the Gyobashi IC (approximately 8.6 km in length) at 10:00 on November 18, 2012. In the event of a disaster such as a slope collapse due to abnormal…
Winter-only glamping sauna at “THE FARM” farm resort in Chiba Prefecture. Night events to enjoy fresh vegetables and bonfires are also available.
The Farm Resort “THE FARM” (1309-29 Nishitabe, Katori City, Chiba Prefecture) has opened a winter-only “glamping sauna” in the park. A sauna experience event “Night Sauna Village” is also being held for guests until November 30. THE FARM has a campground where you can enjoy a one-day BBQ in the great outdoors, a natural hot…
Flying to Fukuoka on a budget with National Travel Assistance: 16,000 yen discount for 2 nights + 6,000 yen coupon granted for a very satisfying sola trip.
The nationwide travel support program started on October 11. I opened the JAL Web site and thought, “I should get on a helicopter and go somewhere. I clicked on “Airfare + Accommodation” and found the entrance to the “National Travel Support Special Page. You can select a destination for each prefecture from “Search by Destination,”…
Aeromexico to Resume Nonstop Service from Mexico City to Narita with Daily Service in March
Aeromexico will resume direct flights from Mexico City to Narita on March 25, 2023 with daily service. From Mexico City International Airport, the company operates eight routes to more than 40 destinations in Mexico, eight routes to Central America and the Caribbean, and seven routes to South America. The resumption of the Mexico City-Narita route…