Tag: Japan

As the second series of goods featuring the characters of JR Tokai’s TOICA IC card, Asamizu Company will sell a limited number of “TOICA Chick Plushie” (1980 yen) and “TOICA Chick Plushie Key Chain” (1430 yen). Each will be available for reservation from December 20, with product shipment starting in late January 2024. read more…

The Kyushu Round Trip Tourism Revitalization Consortium opened RV Park smart at “Takanabe Onsen Meirin no Yu” (6900 Kamie, Takanabe-cho, Koyu-gun, Miyazaki Prefecture) and started reservations for overnight stays. RV Park smart is a wide-area overnight stay spot designed to promote tourism in areas such as transit areas. Takanabe Town is the third municipality in…

Korean Air will increase its New Chitose (Sapporo) – Incheon (Seoul) route from 11 round-trip flights per week to two round-trip flights daily. The increase will take effect on January 13, 2024. The aircraft used on KE766/KE765 are Airbus A330-300 (24 Prestige, 248 Economy seats), and on KE770/KE769 are Boeing 737-8 (8 Prestige, 138 Economy…

Strawberry form cushions and blind type brooches are now available! A number of special items are available for the “Duffy & Friends Heartfelt Strawberry Gifts” event, including a strawberry-shaped “cushion” (5,000 yen) with the message “For Duffy” and a “blind” type brooch. A strawberry-shaped “cushion” (5,000 yen) with the message “For Duffy” and a “plush…

Plaza Create will begin offering a strawberry-picking experience exclusively for hotel guests and discounts on coworking space fees at THE GLAMPING PLAZA ISESHIMA BASE (1480-1 Shinmei, Agoi-cho, Shima City, Mie Prefecture), a glamping facility in Shima National Park. The strawberry picking experience will be held at JA Ise Nagasawa Farm, about a 3-minute drive from…

On December 12, Booking.com Japan held a press conference to announce its forecast of travel trends for 2024 and its new travel concept, “Travel is LIFE-This is Me! According to Tomomi Ohata, Director of Public Relations at Booking.com Japan, the trend predictions for 2023 made a year ago tended to have a strong connotation of…

Hello, I am Akira Fukasawa, photographer. I have just participated in a study tour to “Hanoi and Halong Bay” including World Heritage sites, organized by Vietnam Airlines. This report is from the third day of the trip. I woke up early in the morning and took a leisurely stroll around the Emeralda Ninh Binh Resort….

Marriott International Japan opened Tokyo Edition Ginza (2-8-13 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo). This will be the second Edition hotel following the first Edition hotel in Japan, “Tokyo Edition Toranomon,” and was designed by Ian Schrager, who is responsible for the Edition brand, and architect Kengo Kuma. The building will feature a modern brasserie with a Japanese…

M.D. Planning will open “ZUKKU NO MORI” (1405-2 Kamikobori, Katori City, Chiba Prefecture), a dog cottage with a private dog run and sauna for only four dogs per day, in December. In advance of this, the company began accepting reservations at resortgrumping.com. Located about 90 minutes from central Tokyo by car, the facility is about…

Tokyo Metro will conduct a demonstration experiment at the platform of Aoyama-itchome Station on the Hanzomon Line (bound for Shibuya) to verify the effect of changing the behavior of passengers by displaying the real-time congestion status of each train car. The period of the experiment will be from mid-December to the end of March 2024….