Tag: Travel

Tateyama Kurobe Kanko will begin operating the Tateyama Tunnel Electric Bus between Murodo and Daikanbo on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route on April 15. This new vehicle will replace the Tateyama Tunnel Trolleybus, which operated for 3.7 km (10 minutes) until November 30, 2024, and is designed to reduce the environmental burden in order to…

IHG Hotels & Resorts operates 19 hotel brands with more than 6,500 hotels in more than 100 countries. In Japan, IHG Hotels & Resorts currently operates about 47 hotels under eight brands from Hokkaido to Okinawa (as of September 2024). For this interview, we asked Yuichiro Imura, Deputy General Manager of ANA InterContinental Manza Beach…

Nanga will release all five models of its SOFT DOWN series for spring on January 10. The soft down is made of water-repellent nylon with an uneven washer finish, and new pastel green and yellow colors have been added for 2025. In addition to the remodeled coat and varsity jacket, a new stadium jacket and…

Theme for 2025 is “Investment for Growth Realize “the best treatment” for human resources, the source of growth Seibu Holdings Co. Chairman and CEO Takashi Goto Happy New Year! In 2025, VUCA will become deeper, the future more uncertain and complex, and diversity will increase. Against this backdrop, the Seibu Group is committed to “Resilience…

Rakuten Group, Inc. Representative Director, Chairman and President Hiroshi Mikitani Last year, Rakuten Group achieved a number of successes in various areas. In the Internet Service Business, the annual domestic e-commerce circulation amount was 6 trillion yen, and in the FinTech Service Business, Rakuten Card’s shopping transaction volume reached 6 trillion yen in the third…

KNT-CT Holdings Corporation president (e.g. of a company) Yoshinobu Koyama We wish you a Happy New Year! Last year was a year in which we keenly felt the threat of natural disasters, including the Noto Peninsula earthquake on New Year’s Day, typhoons and torrential rains that repeatedly strayed during the summer, and the Nankai Trough…

With the knowledge and experience gained over the journey, “A New Future Beyond the Crossroads. to JTB Corporation Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer Eijiro Yamakita With the New Year, I would like to extend my best wishes for a Happy New Year. Last year, many of you were moved by the excitement brought…

Amazon (Amazon Japan) is having a sale on the Snow Peak “2025 Fukubukuro Kettle Mug Set”. Normally priced at 26,020 yen, it is 15% off at 22,000 yen at the time of writing. The set includes the Field Varistor Kettle, Titanium Double Mug 300 Folding Handle, and Titanium Double Mug 450, and is available for…

The Imperial Hotel Tokyo will hold “Strawberry Days,” an event featuring strawberry sweets, at the hotel store Gargantua from January 10 to 15, 2025. The vanilla mousse is filled with strawberry mousse and compote, and the charlotte is decorated with cream, biscuit dough and strawberries to look like a cute hat. It will be available…

Logos Corporation, which develops the outdoor brand “LOGOS,” released a feature project “BBQ at Home in Winter” on January 6, introducing outdoor items and apparel that can be enjoyed at home during the cold season. This feature introduces cooking utensils such as grills for home use and oden clay pots with dividers, as well as…