On December 25, IKEA Japan launched the “Center Pickup (small item delivery only)” service at 105 Sagawa Express sales offices located in 11 prefectures. The fee is 800 yen (regular delivery of small items to home is 1,500 yen), and free for IKEA Family members with purchases of 5,000 yen or more. In addition, a…
Month: February 2026
ANA x G-SHOCK, ANA blue color scheme on a white base. Airplane silhouette on the backlight.
ANA Trading has released a wristwatch, “ANA Original G-SHOCK for ANA Original Model. The price is 19,800 yen. This product is a collaboration between Casio Computer’s G-SHOCK and ANA, and is based on the DW-5600. The entire case and belt are colored in matte white, and the belt is designed with the airplane’s shadow and…
Purchase a “hand-me-down ticket” when riding the Shinkansen with your pet. Prepare for your return trip home during winter vacation!
This year’s year-end and New Year holidays will be up to nine consecutive holidays. Many people will be traveling or returning home with their pets, and JR Group companies require a “personal effects ticket” when boarding trains with pets. This applies not only to Shinkansen trains but also to conventional lines. We asked JR about…
When I arrived in Hawaii, it was easy to get to the hotel from the airport using the HIS shuttle service, which provided directions in Japanese.
After arriving in Honolulu and exiting the airport, perhaps with a large suitcase, how would one go about getting to a hotel in downtown Waikiki? The possible options are discussed in a separate article, but here we introduce the most readily available “airport shuttle”. Honolulu’s airport shuttle service is a service that loads passengers and…
Lottery tickets will be distributed starting on the 29th. The “Aeon Cho! New Year’s Sale” to win 10,000 yen worth of shopping and dining coupons.
Aeon Mall will hold the “Aeon Super! New Year’s Sale” from January 1 to 4, 2026. In addition to the New Year’s sales and grab-bag sales during the period, a “New Year’s Grand Lottery” will be held on December 3 and 4, with a 10,000 yen shopping and dining coupon for all specialty stores to…
Fuji RV Park Fuji RV Field, an RV park in Fujinomiya City, Shizuoka, where you can stay overnight in your car while viewing Mt.
Facilities Fuji RV Field has the following facilities. Separate toilets for men and women are located in the administration building, and they are clean and brightly lit. They are equipped with motion sensors, so there is no need to look for a switch. There is a shower room at the back of the toilet room,…
APA Hotel Sapporo Odori Ekimae Nishi” opened. The first newly built hotel in Hokkaido with 218 rooms in a 7-minute walking distance from the station.
APA Hotel opened “APA Hotel ” (9-1-5 Minami 1-jo Nishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido) on December 18. This is the first project in the company’s nationwide “scrap and build” project to demolish and newly build existing hotels that have become outdated. This will be the first “new hotel” to open in Hokkaido, where APA Hotels have…
UNIQLO distributes “Year-End Festival Novelties” for 3 days from today. Fleece blanket that can be woven like a poncho
UNIQLO is holding a major sale “UNIQLO Year-End Festival” until December 31. For three days from today, the 29th to the 31st, a “fleece blanket” will be given away as a novelty. During the period, purchases of 10,000 yen or more including tax are eligible, with first-come-first-served daily at the stores and daily drawing at…
Famima x JAL “Daily Challenge Game” to win 180,000 miles worth of round-the-world trips. Starts on New Year’s Day on the app.
FamilyMart will hold its first collaboration with JAL, “Famippe and Treasure Get! Air Travel” campaign from January 1, 2026 at 0:00 to January 31, 2026 at 23:59. During the period, a “Daily Challenge Game” will be held within the Famima’s “Famipay” application, in which users can participate once a day. By lottery, participants will win…
Can I eat at restaurants without speaking any English if I buy a voucher in advance?
Several hurdle acts in unfamiliar foreign countries come to mind, one of which is “entering a restaurant to eat. Beginning with whether you have a reservation and how many people are here, when you are seated, call the person in charge of your table and order your food and drinks. If there are options for…