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Guest rooms with half-open-air baths open at TAOYA Nikko Kirifuri, a resort with a spectacular view in Oedo Onsen, and reservations will be accepted for stays starting July 10.

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GENSEN HOLDINGS will renovate some guest rooms at the hot spring resort hotel “TAOYA Nikko Kirifuri” (1535-1 Tokono, Nikko-shi, Tochigi Prefecture), opening seven new guest rooms of four types on July 10. The new rooms include the 83.03m2 “Suite Half Open-air Bath with Force” (from 36,900 yen per person for double occupancy), Superior Twin, Junior…

Western-style “Hello Kitty” lunch tote and insulated drawstring are included in the special issue! The June special issue of sweet is on sale today!

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Takarajimasya will release a special issue of “otona SWEET” for the June 2026 issue of SWEET today, May 12. The price is 2,280 yen. The supplement of the special issue is a lunch tote and insulated/warm drawstring bag collaborated by Saeko’s brand “ALLISON BROWN” and Hello Kitty. The lunch tote is an original design with…

About 500 varieties of roses are at their best at “Red Hill Heather Forest” in Tsu City, Mie Prefecture; Rose Festa to be held on 16th and 17th.

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Red Hill Heather Forest, a satoyama garden operated by Akatsuka Botanical Garden (2877 Takanoo-cho, Tsu, Mie Prefecture), will hold “Happy Rose Festa” on May 16 and 17 to coincide with the blooming of roses. The Rose Garden, with more than 1,500 roses of about 500 varieties blooming simultaneously in an area of about 2,500 m2,…

ALLISON BROWN” light-dimming sunglasses & small flower-patterned drawstring case supplement, June issue of sweet extra issue, on sale today!

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Takarajimasya will release “otona SWEET,” the June 2026 extra issue of SWEET, today, May 12. The price is 2100 yen. The supplement to the extra issue includes Saeko’s brand “ALLISON BROWN” sunglasses with light control and a drawstring case that doubles as a glasses cloth. The sunglasses have lenses that change color from clear to…

Healing programs set in Fiji are now being screened at Konica Minolta Planetaria TOKYO. Government Tourism Office has a new structure.

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On April 28, the Fiji Visitors Bureau held an event for the travel industry at Konica Minolta Planetaria TOKYO (9th floor, Yurakucho Center Building, 2-5-1 Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) to introduce its new structure in Japan and promote the healing planetarium “Fiji Healing – Southern Cross and Fiji Healing: The Southern Cross and the Island of…

Granbury Park, “Hawaiian Days 2026” to be held through May 6. Hawaiian goods & food, hula dancers gather.

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Granbury Park (3-4-1 Tsuruma, Machida City, Tokyo) is holding “Hawaiian Days 2026,” an event to experience Hawaii, through May 6. Last year, a record number of approximately 590,000 people visited the event, and this year’s event will be the fifth. With tropical music, a hula dance stage, Hawaiian gourmet kitchen cars, general merchandise and apparel…