MUJI BASE OIKAWA (524-1 Odashiro, Otaki-machi, Isumi County, Chiba Prefecture), a community experience lodging facility renovated from the former Old Aikawa Elementary School, will open on October 1. Reservations for accommodations are now being made through Airbnb. MUJI BASE is the third MUJI BASE in Japan, following MUJI BASE KAMOGAWA (Kamogawa City, Chiba Prefecture), which…
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FEILER announces Belle design from Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” movie. Surrounded by roses, the romance never stops!
Faylor Japan will release “True Love,” a handkerchief with a design of Belle, the main character from the Disney movie “Beauty and the Beast,” on September 18 (online scheduled for 12:00 pm on the same day). The price is 2,970 yen. Available at FEILER Ginza main store (Tokyo), FEILER Tenjin underground shopping mall (Fukuoka), FEILER…
ANA launches “EXPO2025 ANA JET,” a specially designed aircraft commemorating the Osaka-Kansai Expo
ANA will operate the specially designed “EXPO2025 ANA JET” from early December to commemorate the 2025 Japan International Expo (Osaka-Kansai Expo). The aircraft will be a Boeing 737 with a special design using colors inspired by the Expo (red, blue, and gray) and ANA corporate colors (Mohawk blue and Triton blue), and will fly to…
Samantha Vega’s “Fashionable Cat” Marie collection! 3 cute items in pink and ribbon
Samantha Vega launched on September 12 a collection inspired by Marie, the kitten in the Disney movie “Fashionable Cat. The lineup consists of three items. All of them feature Marie-like designs with large ribbons and soft pink tones. The heart-shaped shoulder bag (19,800 yen) features a voluminous bow. The pink-beige color is both cute and…
UNIQLO quickly took a look at the “AEON Laketown Kaze Store,” the largest in Saitama Prefecture! Koshigaya’s local T-shirts and the ease of getting to the store on foot in 5 minutes!
UNIQLO will open its largest store in Saitama Prefecture, the UNIQLO AEON Laketown Kaze Store (AEON Laketown Kaze 1F, 4-2-2 Laketown, Koshigaya City, Saitama Prefecture), tomorrow, September 13. We had a quick look inside the store at a media preview held prior to the opening. The new store is a relocation of the UNIQLO AEON…
Hilton Kyoto” opens. Total of 313 rooms near Ponto-cho and Gion, including connecting rooms for groups.
Tokyo Tatemono and Hilton opened the Hilton Kyoto (416 Shimomaruya-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto) on September 12. To commemorate this event, Hilton Honors members will receive 1,000 points per stay exclusively for Hilton Honors members. Eligible stays are from October 1 to February 28, 2025. This is the first hotel in Kyoto under the flagship Hilton Hotels…
JAL Offers Business Flex Fare with Class J at the Same Price as Normal Seats
JAL is running the “JAL Class J Campaign” from September 10 to March 29, 2025, which allows customers to book Class J for the same price as a regular seat when using the Business Flex Fare. This campaign is available only through “JAL Online,” a domestic business trip arrangement service for corporate customers. The reservation…
JAL vehicles that you have seen at the airport at least once are now available as capsule toys! Towing tractor and happy yellow container set are also available!
BANDAI and JAL will start pre-ordering “JAPAN AIRLINES Miniature Collection” (5 types, 500 yen per set), which reproduces aircraft and GSE vehicles, on the online shopping site “Gashapon Online” from September 12. General sales will begin in December and will be available at official Gashapon Bandai stores nationwide, as well as at capsule toy vending…
Chikyu-no Arukikata Osaka” will be published. Readers are invited to fill out a survey on gourmet foods, spots, and Osaka’s specialties and boast about them.
Chikyu-no Arukikata will release “Chikyu-no Arukikata Osaka” in January 2025, in A5 size, with about 540 pages, priced at 2,420 yen. A commemorative survey and present campaign started on September 11. The program will cover all 43 cities, towns, and villages in Osaka, and will introduce not only Osaka’s food and tourist attractions, but also…
Mt. Fuji Yoshida Route, number of nighttime climbers down 95.1% from last year due to climbing restrictions; summer season ends in 2024.
Yamanashi Prefecture announced that the Mt. Fuji Yoshida-guchi climbing route closed for the summer season of 2024 on September 10, 2012. This season (July 1-September 10), the first mountaineering restrictions in Japan will be introduced to ease trail congestion and prevent bullet climbing. The following measures were implemented: an entrance fee of 2,000 yen and…