Tag: Travel

JTB announced that it has signed a multi-year partnership agreement with the Los Angeles Dodgers. This makes JTB the first Japanese travel agency to become an “Official Partner of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers have many Japanese players on their roster, and as many as 4 million fans visit their games each year. The…

The Japan Association for the International Exposition, 2025, has released a map of the Osaka-Kansai Expo site. The official map comes in four versions: regular, barrier-free, sensory, and digital. The map includes a map of the venue and information on facilities such as pavilions, restaurants, event facilities, merchandise stores, train station (Yumeshima), parking lots, shuttle…

The program was launched in fiscal 2024 and will be continued in fiscal 2025. On March 27, JATA (Japan Association of Travel Agents) held a regular press conference at its headquarters in Kasumigaseki to explain the “Let’s Stay on a Weekday! campaign for domestic travel. Let’s stay on weekdays! Campaign Eligibility: Applications for travel products…

LEGOLAND Japan Resort will expand and renovate LEGO Ninjago World, where visitors can experience the world of LEGO Ninjago, opening in spring 2027. Together with the existing 4488m2 expansion of 6272m2, it will be the largest area of 10,760m2 among the 10 LEGOLAND Resorts in the world. A new attraction, “LEGO NINJAGO The Ride 2.0…

The Road Traffic Information and Communication Systems Center (VICS Center) will begin full-scale operation of its “VICS Probe Utilization Service” on April 1. The demonstration experiment, which began in April 2020, will be completed on March 31, and the system will be put into full operation nationwide. Conventional VICS collected information from “roadside detectors” to…

Mystays Hotel Management will reopen 12 hotels, including Kamenoi Hotel Atami, from March through winter. Kamenoi Hotel Atami (2-12-3, Mizuguchi-cho, Atami, Shizuoka, Japan) will be renovating its guest rooms on March 20 with an open-air bath and a new Japanese restaurant, Atami, which will offer authentic course meals. In addition, a symbolic tree will be…

DEAN & DELUCA, operated by Welkam, will release a limited quantity “Travel Bag” on April 1. The price is 5280 yen. The main body fabric has been updated to supple and durable recycled nylon, and the height of the bag has been increased by 3.5 cm compared to last year’s model while the size of…

On March 27, JR East opened “TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY,” a new town adjacent to Takanawa Gateway Station. In this pre-opening opening, part of the NORTH/SOUTH building of THE LINKPILLAR 1, the twin tower closest to the station, and the south exit of Takanawa Gateway Station will be available for use. THE LINKPILLAR 1 will feature…

Tateyama Kurobe Kanko will hold a series of events to celebrate the debut of the Tateyama Tunnel Electric Bus on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, a mountain tourism route connecting Toyama and Nagano prefectures, starting June 1. On the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, visitors can take six different vehicles, including cable cars, buses, and ropeways,…

UNIQLO and Ministop will release collaborative T-shirts and tote bags on March 28 to celebrate the reopening of the UNIQLO AEON MALL Makuhari-Shintoshin store. The UNIQLO store on the first floor of the Ekimae Mall will close on March 27 and relocate to the second floor of the Grand Mall, which will reopen on March…