Tag: Travel

Minna no Bank will launch a new service, Circle, on December 19, and begin working with partners. Circle is a service that provides new awareness to the digital native generation, the company’s core users. According to Kenichi Nagayoshi, President and CEO, the company aims to create a platform that “connects things of value” by creating…

Lifestyle brand “Afternoon Tea LIVING” (Zazaby League) will release a total of about 80 items in collaboration with PEANUTS on January 10, 2024 under the theme “PEANUTS IN AMSTERDAM. The limited edition design features Snoopy and his PEANUTS friends running through a tulip field and cycling through a row of canal houses in the motif…

The JR Group will implement a timetable revision on March 18, 2023. The main points of the revision are described here. The Hokuriku Shinkansen between Kanazawa and Tsuruga Stations will be in service, with nine round-trip “Kagayaki” and five round-trip “Hakutaka” trains to and from Tokyo Station, and the “Tsurugi” sectional train. The “Thunderbird” and…

Nishi-Nippon Railroad and 10 movie theaters in Fukuoka Prefecture have joined forces to launch a stamp rally to commemorate the release of the Disney movie “Wishes. The period is from December 15 to January 31, 2024. The stamp rally will be held at designated locations such as Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) Station and Nishitetsu Tenjin Express…

Osaka Metro, Osaka City Bus, Kinki Nippon Railway, Keihan Electric Railway, Nankai Electric Railway, Hankyu Corporation, and Hanshin Electric Railway will offer QR code ticket services from June 2024. The service is based on the QR ticket service “Slutto QRtto” by the Slutto KANSAI Council. At the time of the launch, the service is available…

KONA’S opened a Hawaiian cafe/restaurant, Kona’s Coffee Yachiyo Midorigaoka (1043-1 Owada Shinden, Yachiyo City, Chiba Prefecture). Kona’s Coffee is a coffee shop where customers can enjoy time like a holiday spent in Hawaii. The Yachiyo Midorigaoka store, the 42nd in Japan and the second in Chiba Prefecture, features a bar counter decorated with palm trees…

Tenfields Factory will open “+FINO RESORT VILLA” (1994-3 Nishi, Futami-machi, Ise City, Mie Prefecture), a fusion of a resort hotel and glamping, on December 27. The two-story maisonette type building has an entrance for each room, and in addition to providing an outdoor hot spring bath, the kitchen designed by +FINO, a fully custom-made furniture…

JAL, which has bases throughout Japan, has been continuously implementing regional revitalization initiatives (currently the “JAL Furusato Project”), and in August 2020 launched the “JAL Furusato Ambassadors,” cabin crew members selected through an in-house recruitment process who move to the area to promote initiatives in their respective regions. In December of the same year, JAL…

APA Group announced plans for APA Hotel in Sotokanda 3-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, scheduled to open in summer 2024, with Tokyo Tatemono acquiring the hotel under construction. Located along Chuo-dori Avenue, about 6 minutes on foot from Akihabara Station and about 2 minutes from Suehirocho Station, the 14-story building has a total of 205 rooms. The…

ANA NEO has launched ANA GranWhale, a virtual travel platform app (Android/iOS version). The application, which recreates various travel destinations in a virtual space, consists of two services: V-TRIP (virtual travel space) and Sky Mall (shopping space). The user becomes a world traveler (avatar) and can enjoy ANA’s recommended destinations and shopping while listening to…