S.RIDE will conduct the “Year-End Thanksgiving Campaign” from December 1 to December 31 at 11:59 p.m., where you can win gifts by taking a cab. Riders who use the “S.RIDE” cab app (Android/iOS version) to dispatch a cab and take at least one ride during December will be entered into a drawing to win a…
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Minatomirai Line, touch-sensitive payment experiment at all stations. Get on and off by holding up a smartphone/credit card/QR code.
Yokohama Rapid Transit, Sumitomo Mitsui Card, Visa Worldwide Japan, JCB, Nippon Signal, and QUADRAC will conduct a verification experiment of touch-payment boarding service at all stations on the Minatomirai Line from the first departure on December 4. The system utilizes Sumitomo Mitsui Card’s payment platform, “stera transit,” and allows passengers to smoothly get on and…
January 2025 issue of Airline Monthly, featuring a close look at the front lines of professionalism: “It’s Great to Work with Hikoi!
On November 29, Ikaros Shuppan released “Monthly Airline January 2025,” an A4-size, 152-page book priced at 1980 yen. Featuring “Working with Hikoi is Great!” The airline industry is full of jobs that are indispensable for flying passenger planes and welcoming passengers. Pilots and flight attendants work on the front lines of airport terminal buildings and…
Year of the Snake” Chinese Zodiac Pooh to be released in 2025! Why don’t you welcome the New Year with festive items from the Disney Store?
Walt Disney Japan will release New Year’s items at the Disney Store on December 6, including the popular annual “ETO POOH 2025” in honor of the Year of the Snake, the Chinese zodiac sign for 2025. The “ETO POOH 2025” collection features a plush doll of Pooh the Bear in his Year of the Snake…
Towel handkerchiefs with Disney Princess patterns from Jill Stuart. Rapunzel/Jasmine/Belle, etc.
Jill Stuart will release a towel handkerchief with a Disney Princess design in late November. Princess Aurora, Cinderella, Belle, Rapunzel, Jasmine, and Ariel are represented with printed appliques and embroidery. The overall design is based on the image colors of each of the princesses. Towel handkerchiefs measure approximately 25 x 25 cm and are priced…
Tochigi Prefecture “Winter Tochigi Travel Accommodation Campaign” from December 1. Prizes include coupons worth 100,000 yen.
Tochigi Prefecture will conduct the “Winter Tochigi Travel Accommodation Campaign” as a measure to stimulate demand during the off-season in winter. A total of 125 winners drawn from among those who stay at a hotel or ryokan in Tochigi Prefecture and apply for the campaign will receive prizes such as a 100,000 yen accommodation coupon…
Bandai’s Disney oversized gushers cost 1,000 yen each! 3 kinds of 13cm tall figures that can be opened and displayed as they are: Mickey/Pooh/Ariel
Bandai’s Vendor Division will release “Disney Character/Desktop Figure” (1,000 yen per capsule), a figure that can be used as a display as it is, in Gashapon vending machines nationwide starting the fifth week of November. The figure is 90mm in diameter, the largest in the history of Gashapon, and stands approximately 13cm tall; it is…
Disney FANTASY WINTER 2024″ at Lalapo & Lazona. Let’s enjoy the holidays as if you were a Disney princess!
Mitsui Fudosan Commercial Management will hold “Disney FANTASY WINTER 2024” at 19 facilities including Mitsui Shopping Park LaLaport, Lazona Kawasaki Plaza, Vivit Minami Funabashi, and LaLa Terrace TOKYO-BAY. The period is from November 30 to December 25. The theme will be Disney princesses and the blockbuster movie “Anna and the Snow Queen.” In addition to…
USJ to hold “Uni Spring 2025” to support students. Special price “1-Day Student Discount Pass” to go on sale on December 2.
Universal Studios Japan will hold the student support campaign “Uni Spring 2025” from February 1 to April 6, 2025. In conjunction with this, the UNI Spring Limited 1-Day Student Discount Pass and the Student Discount Universal Prime Annual Pass Standard, which can be upgraded on the same day by paying the difference at the Annual…
NAVITIME Travel, Generated AI Supports Travel Plan Creation in Chat Format
NAVITIME Japan has launched a natural language chat-style travel consultation function using generated AI in the “NAVITIME Travel AI” available in the PC version of “NAVITIME Travel”. This function searches for and suggests spots that match the user’s preferences through interaction with AI when the user enters questions or requests about spots of interest through…