Tag: Japan

Keihin Kyuko Bus, Tokyu Trans, Enoden Bus, JCB, Reship, and QUADRAC will introduce JCB touch payment on limousine buses bound for Haneda Airport on July 1. When boarding the bus, passengers can complete payment by holding a JCB touch-compatible card or smartphone over the dedicated terminal. In addition to JCB, Visa is currently available as…

Rakuten Travel will launch “LUXURY DAYS -Special Sale only for Luxury Inns-” from 8:00 p.m. today, January 24. In addition to selling many special plans for luxury hotels and onsen ryokans, the company is also distributing high-value coupons on its official page. If you obtain them in advance and use them together, you can make…

PUBFUN, an Impress Group company, has launched a service that allows users to make photo books of photos taken with their smartphones while traveling and other places and sell them on Amazon. The company operates “Nekpub Authors Press,” a publishing support service for individuals, and “Pub Photo Pub Pic,” positioned as its easy mode, now…

JR East has informed that some services of Ekinet and Mobile Suica are unavailable due to a power failure of the system server that occurred at around 0:37 a.m. on June 24, 2012. The following services are no longer available: reservations, changes, and cancellations on Ekinet, use of the Mobile Suica application (recharging, purchasing Suica…

Rainy camping in the nature-rich dry river bed campground First, we drove from Tokyo to the dry river bed campground in the rain, arrived after 2 hours, checked in, parked our car in the parking lot, and walked around to see where we could pitch our tent. I parked my car in the parking lot…

The Shin-Kamigoto Town Tourism and Products Association will hold “Kamiagoto Airport Starry Sky Night Tour” on July 23, August 12, and October 14. This astronomical observation tour will allow visitors to view the starry sky of Kamiagoshima, one of the best in Japan, from the runway of the airport, which is normally inaccessible. Located in…

On June 23, JAL unveiled a promotional video of the Airbus A350-1000, a new international aircraft scheduled for introduction this fiscal year, at the 74th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. The video introduces the aircraft of the era, starting with the Douglas DC-8 in 1960, followed by the Boeing 747 in 1970, the Boeing 777…

On June 23, Ibaraki Prefecture decided on Tsuchiura as the direction for the Tsukuba Express (TX) line extension and began studying the feasibility of connecting the line to Tsuchiura Station on the JR Joban Line. As for the extension of flights to Ibaraki Airport, for which there are many expectations from the residents of the…

Saga Prefecture has announced that the deadline for national travel support has been extended to November 30. While many municipalities have decided to end their nationwide travel support once and for all by June 30 (or mid-July), Saga Prefecture was one of the first to decide to extend it significantly. The extended period is from…

Oriental Land announced that it will revise the range of variable price points for park tickets on and after October 1. Currently, tickets are offered in four price ranges, depending on the difference between busy and off-peak periods, such as weekdays, holidays, and the time of year, but the caps will be revised for adults…