Month: May 2023

Chichibu Railway will sell two types of special tickets from May 5 to 31, 2023, to commemorate the Japanese calendar and the date “5” on May 5, 2023. Both tickets will be available at Chichibu Railway’s Fukaya Hanazono, Nagatoro and Chichibu stations, the mail order “Chichitetsu e-shop” and at the “Wakuwaku Railway Festa” on May…

OKAYAMA GLAMPING SORANIA (762-2 Futsukaichi, Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture), a glamping facility operated by Doubletree, will open the Ai dome tent as a concept room from May 27. Reservations for lodging will be accepted from April 25. The project is a collaboration with Aoki Clothing, which operates a denim factory in Ibara City, and uses denim…

Flight to Saipan and Hotel Access Now it’s time to get to Saipan! With United Airlines’ nonstop service, access to Saipan is now about 3.5 hours, the same as when Delta Airlines and Skymark Airlines began service. The flights depart from Japan every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday at 9:25 p.m., and from Saipan every Monday,…

Click here to see all the spots we visited this time. We arrived in Nara by the sightseeing express “Aoniyoshi” and stayed at the Nara Hotel on the first day. After checking out of the hotel, we visited the following places in this order on the second day. Taikichi Irie Memorial Nara City Museum of…

Can we avoid crowding a little by shifting something? In general, regardless of the new Corona, it is expected that avoiding places or timing where people are likely to gather, in other words, “shifting” things around, will help avoid congestion. Avoiding crowds is an issue that cannot be ignored during busy periods such as Bon…

Wai Kai (91-1621 Keoneula Blvd., Ewa Beach), Hawaii’s first standing wave pool, water activities, signature dining, and event experiences, opened this spring in Ewa Beach, Oahu, Hawaii. Wai Kai” (91-1621 Keoneula Blvd., Ewa Beach) opened this spring. An official website in Japanese is also available. Located in the Hoakalei Resort, about a 35-minute drive from…

Gifu Prefecture, the Higashi-Mino Rekishi Kaido Council, and the Gifu branch of Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., Ltd. have produced the “Gohei-mochi Street Gacha Key Chain” and begun limited sales at eight locations in the Higashi-Mino region. Gohei-mochi is a local delicacy representative of the Higashimino-area, and about 120 stores sell gohei-mochi, each with a different…

TVer, the official commercial TV streaming service, is running a special program “Camping on TVer” during the Golden Week holidays, allowing viewers to watch over 100 camping programs from all over Japan. In addition to camping-themed programs such as “Hiroshi’s Hitori Camp no Susume” (Kumamoto Asahi Broadcasting), “Hiroshi no Botchi Camp” (BS-TBS), and “Nishimura Campsite”…

On April 30, Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo, opened a bouldering rink in Shinagawa Central Park (1-27 Nishi-Shinagawa, Tokyo). The pay area with a 4 x 12 m (height x width) wall has mats on the floor to provide a full-scale competition experience. The fee (2 hours per session) is 200 yen for individuals (100 yen for…