Atami Pudding, a pudding specialty store in Atami, will hold the “Mucha Matcha Fair” from April 11, featuring authentic matcha sweets in collaboration with Marushichi Seicha, a long-established Shizuoka matcha green tea manufacturer. This year, the fifth year of the collaboration, the popular annual seasonal green tea pudding is now available in a rich three-layer…
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Monorail Hamamatsucho Station, part of the new station building, opens for service on June 13. Current Central and South Exit ticket gates closed, access to Daimon Station improved.
Tokyo Monorail announced that a portion of the new station building will be put into service on June 13, 2010, as part of the reconstruction of Monorail Hamamatsucho Station, which is being undertaken as part of the Hamamatsucho Station West Exit Development Project. The current 3rd floor Central Gate and 2nd floor South Gate will…
Nankai Electric Railway prays for the safety of the new sightseeing train “GRAN Tenku” at platform 0 at Namba Station. Uniforms are also unveiled for the first time.
Nankai Electric Railway will begin operation of its new sightseeing train “GRAN Tenku” on April 24. Prior to this, on April 9, a “GRAN Tenku Safety Operation Prayer Ceremony” was held at platform 0 of Namba Station, where attendant uniforms were unveiled for the first time. GRAN Tenku “Platform No. 0” is newly built at…
Tokyo Disneyland “Vanellope’s Sweet Pop World” Event Summary. Highlights are explained with local photos!
Food souvenirs are all about Vanellope! Can’t Stop Photographing! The pastel and pop colors and the cute specifications of the new food souvenirs may make it hard to stop photographing! The reporter’s favorite item is the Souvenir Lunch Case (+1,400 yen for the menu). The wafer-like exterior features a large design of Vanellope. The mint-colored…
Seismic Isolation, Better Reconstruction…Japan’s Advanced Building Technologies and Ideas to the World through ODA [People Taking on International Challenges, Part 9
JICA’s international cooperation activities are carried out with great passion by experts in various fields, both inside and outside of JICA. In “People Tackling International Challenges,” we focus on the stories of these people and delve into their past and future aspirations. In this 9th issue, we interviewed Mr. Guo-Feng Huang, Director of the Building…
Nemophila at Hitachi-Keihin Park will soon be at its best, expected to peak until April 25.
The National Hitachi Seaside Park (605-4 Onuma, Mawata, Hitachinaka City, Ibaraki Prefecture) has updated the nemophila bloom forecast on its official website. About 5.3 million nemophilas are being planted at “Miharashi no Oka,” and as of April 9, they are in their 5th blooming stage. This year, the best time to see the flowers is…
Granbury Park, “Hawaiian Days 2026” for 8 days of GW to enjoy authentic Hawaiian shows. Gathering of sundries & food
Granbury Park (3-4-1 Tsuruma, Machida City, Tokyo) will hold “Hawaiian Days 2026,” an event to experience Hawaii, from April 29 to 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…
JAL Hometown Ambassadors, seventh term, now 23 in total, including 6 new appointees. Circle of activities expands to the J-AIR/JAC group.
On April 9, JAL unveiled the six new “JAL Hometown Ambassadors” for fiscal 2026. JAL hometown ambassadors are flight attendants who are selected through an in-house recruitment process and move to their hometowns or other areas with which they have a connection and become JAL hometown project staff to develop products and solve regional issues….
Hokkaido Gastronomic Drive Packages in early summer by Shin Nihonkai Ferry, departing from Maizuru and Tsuruga. Includes boat fare, hotel, and food experience.
Venus Travel, a member of the SHK Line Group, has launched the “Hokkaido Gastronomic Drive Pack” departing from and arriving at Maizuru and Tsuruga. The travel period is from departure on June 1 to return on June 30. This product is sold every year in June, the best season for sightseeing in Hokkaido. The package…
SOLATONIWA ATAMI IZUYAMA VILLA” Opening Commemorative Plan until June 30. All villas have sauna and open-air bath, and dogs are welcome.
Lilo Hotels & Resorts is selling plans to celebrate the opening of Soratoniwa Atami Izuyama Villa (1173-534 Izuyama, Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture), a villa with sauna and open-air bath in all buildings, until June 30. Rates per person for double occupancy start at 28,160 yen per room, including dinner and breakfast. The dog-friendly wing starts at…