The three NEXCO companies will conduct a Web-based survey as part of a nationwide survey of road and street traffic conditions conducted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. The survey targets people who traveled on expressways under NEXCO’s jurisdiction between September 24 and October 23. The purpose of the survey is to…
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Gransta Tokyo “Suica no Penguin Fair 2025” to be held. New sweets/kuzumochi/tote bag/face wash goods, etc.
JR East Cross Station Development Company will hold “Suica no Penguin Fair 2025” in Gransta Tokyo and Gransta Marunouchi. The period is from September 24 to October 14. This popular event features a collection of sweets and goods featuring the Suica penguin. This year, a total of 17 products will be available, including 13 products…
Hello Kitty” large-capacity tote released today is a blue label collaboration! Appendix to October issue of sweet
Takarajimasya will release the October 2025 issue of “sweet” on September 11. The price is 1,670 yen. The special supplement is a tote bag collaborated with Hello Kitty and “BLUE LABEL CRESTBRIDGE,” measuring approximately 39 x 8 x 43 cm (W x D x H). While it has a large capacity that can easily hold…
Hotel Route-Inn Shimotsuma” opened. 197 rooms and 154 free flat parking spaces in 20 minutes from Joso IC.
Route Inn Japan opened Hotel Route Inn Shimotsuma (117-3 Hiranuma, Shimotsuma City, Ibaraki Prefecture) on September 10. Located 20 minutes from the Joso IC on the Ken-O Expressway and 4 minutes by car from Shimotsuma Station on the Joso Line, the hotel has 197 guest rooms. The hotel has 197 guest rooms and 154 flat…
Appendix includes “Hello Kitty” drawstring tote & cold bottle holder! The October issue of sweet, the extra edition, is on sale today!
Takarajimasya will release the October 2025 extra issue of “sweet” on September 11. The price is 1,720 yen. The special supplement to the extra issue is a two-piece set of a tote with a drawstring and an insulated/insulated plastic bottle holder, a collaboration between Hello Kitty and “BLUE LABEL CRESTBRIDGE. The tote with drawstring is…
TAOYA” to open around July 2026 in Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture. Resort hotel of Oedo Onsen
GENSEN HOLDINGS, operator of the Oedo Onsen Monogatari Group, announced that it has acquired a new property in Minamiaso Village, Aso County, Kumamoto Prefecture. The 30,249m2 site, four-story building with one basement floor, will be renovated, and is scheduled to open around July 2026 under the TAOYA brand of hot spring resort hotels. Located in…
Komazawa Park Quarter” to open in front of Komazawa University Station on November 11, with the opening of Starbucks, Seijo Ishii, Royal Host, and other stores.
Imax will open KOMAZAWA Park Quarter (3-18-7 Kamiuma, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo) on November 11. Located a 1-minute walk from Komazawa Daigaku Station on the Tokyu Denentoshi Line, it has a total floor area of 6418.75m2 and 4 floors above ground and 1 basement floor. The building is lined with 17 stores, including Starbucks Coffee, Seijo Ishii,…
USJ’s horror tour into a zombie manufacturing factory was too scary. Advanced Level Haunted Mansion opens for Halloween only.
Universal Studios Japan will hold “Halloween Event 2025” starting tomorrow, September 4. One of the attractions that will be the center of attention is the new attraction “Factory of Fear: Zombie Tour of Despair,” which will open on September 5. This is a USJ original themed on a tour of a “zombie manufacturing factory” and…
USJ “Hamikuma” Wearing Goods on Sale! 4 kinds of straps including new characters, T-shirts and hats for full-body coordination!
Universal Studios Japan will hold “Halloween Event 2025” from tomorrow, September 4. In advance of the event, the company has released limited-edition goods featuring the popular Halloween character “Hamikuma. Hamikuma are the characters from the annual “Halloween Horror Nights” event, in which zombies attack the park at night. This year’s lineup of Hamikuma-related products is…
JR Kyoto Station introduces pictograms and color-coded information signs indicating the Shinkansen, bus, cab, and subway lines of flow.
The Kyoto City Urban Planning Bureau’s Kyoto Walking Town Promotion Office, JR West Japan Railway Company, and Kyoto Station Building Kaihatsu will install floor signs at the Kyoto Station Central and West Exit ticket gates and inside the ticket gates for the Shinkansen, buses, cabs (Karasuma Exit), and subway platforms. The Shinkansen ticket gates (blue),…