Tokyo DisneySea will hold the special event “Duffy & Friends Wonderful Kitchen” from January 15 to March 31, 2025. In the new story, Cookie Ann creates a unique pancake dessert with ingredients for a special dish collected by Duffy and his friends, and the “pancake pan” (4,500 yen) and “apron” (3,900 yen) are available to…
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Shikoku Drive Pass offers savings on “Nishi Awa” trips. First-come, first-served 1,000-yen coupon for food, drink, and souvenirs.
NEXCO West Japan, Sora no Sato, and the Western Tokushima Prefecture General Civil Affairs Bureau will hold the “Drive Pass to Nishi Awa – Nishi Awa Experience Discount Campaign Joint Project” from January 6 to February 28, 2025. In conjunction with the “Nishi-Awa Experience Discount Campaign” (January 1-February 28), a winter visitor promotion project in…
Hanshin Bus to raise and unify fares to 250 yen on all local bus routes; summer to fall 2025
Hanshin Bus announced that it applied to the Kinki District Transport Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism for approval to change the maximum fare for its general passenger automobile transportation business on December 23. In addition to a decline in passenger volume, the company cited soaring fuel prices, securing replacement costs…
Koji Inoue’s “Tips for Railway Travel”] Where are the elevators for large luggage and strollers at stations during the year-end and New Year’s holidays? …… Tips for smooth travel during the super-busy season
The end of the year is finally here. The end of the year is finally upon us, and with it comes the great migration of peoples, the rush to return home, and the rush to make a U-turn. I am one of those people who will be traveling in the midst of the rush. Naturally,…
Kinki Nippon Tourist Holds New Year’s Sale. Up to 20,000 yen discount for winter/spring domestic travel (transportation + lodging)
Kinki Nippon Tourist will hold the “2025 Kintetsu First Sale” on its official website starting today, December 25, with special offers for winter/spring travel. We offer discount coupons that can be used for travel from the beginning of the year through spring and GW. If you book a domestic dynamic package (transportation + accommodations) during…
Tokyo Monorail renews Haneda Airport Terminal 1 station. Commercial facilities to increase floor space, McDonald’s, etc. to reopen.
Tokyo Monorail has announced plans to renovate Haneda Airport Terminal 1 station. In addition to station facilities, commercial facilities are also targeted, the latter of which have already been sequentially opened since December. This is the first renewal based on the “Tokyo Monorail Theater” brand concept since the station opened. The station will redesign the…
Atami “Aji to Yu no Yado New Tomiyoshi” offers discount on suites with open-air baths overlooking the sea. Dinner is a delicious seafood feast including lobsters and sea bream.
Rakuten Travel is holding the “Rakuten Travel New Year SALE” with special deals on winter/spring travel until 9:59 p.m. on January 6, 2025. Sale-only plans (at least 5% off the original price plan) at popular hotels and hot spring resorts across Japan are now available, and even more savings can be made if you use…
Naritasan Shinsho-ji Temple opens a special website for Hatsumode in 2025. Traffic regulations around the approach to the temple will be in effect until the end of January.
Naritasan Shinsho-ji Temple (1 Narita, Narita City, Chiba Prefecture) has opened a special website for the first visit of 2025. Naritasan traditionally holds New Year’s decorations, kadomatsu (small pine trees) decorated in various halls, and New Year’s prayers until January 28, the first day of the year on which Fudo-sama is celebrated. The temple grounds…
Logos, “Carrot Lantern” that can also charge smartphones. Lightweight 90g, 4 placement & lighting modes
Logos Corporation, which develops the outdoor brand “LOGOS,” has released the “LOGOS Carrot Lantern,” a small carrot-shaped lantern. It is priced at 2,970 yen. The Logos Maple Leaf logo is designed to look like a carrot leaf, and the carrot’s content, the maple leaf, is an original insect-eaten version. When lit, the warm orange light…
ANA Holiday Inn Resort Miyazaki” Recommended by Ms. Sato
IHG Hotels & Resorts operates 19 hotel brands with more than 6,500 hotels in more than 100 countries. In Japan, IHG Hotels & Resorts currently operates about 47 hotels under eight brands from Hokkaido to Okinawa (as of September 2024). For this interview, we asked Mr. Motoaki Sato, general manager of ANA Holiday Inn Resort…