Author: Editor in Chief

To commemorate the 55th anniversary of the opening of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route and the 50th anniversary of the Tateyama Nature Conservation Center, Tateyama Kurobe Kanko released “Let’s learn at the Nature Conservation Center! In addition to the rides and views of the Alpine Route, participants can enjoy a guided tour of the Nature…

IHG Hotels & Resorts announced that Holiday Inn Express Sapporo Susukino (tentative name) (6-14-1, Minami Gojo Nishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan) will open in July. IHG will manage the hotel, which is being renovated jointly by Mitsubishi Corporation Urban Development, Tokyo Tatemono, and The Sankei Building, as the second Holiday Inn Express in Japan. Located…

Heso Productions will release EXPO 2025 officially licensed product “Kuro Myakmyak Choco Crunch with Plushie” in mid-April. The product includes six pieces of Choco Crunch and a plushie of Kuro Myakmyak, and is priced at 4,180 yen. Official Store for Expo 2025 Osaka-Kansai, JR Shin-Osaka Station Ekimarche Store and other stores in Kansai, souvenir stores,…

Osaka Monorail has launched the “Hokkyu-Monorail Kyoto Outing Ticket,” a special digital ticket, on the Surutto QRtto website. It includes unlimited rides on all Osaka Monorail lines, all Kita-Osaka Kyuko lines, and Hankyu Railway’s Takarazuka and Kyoto lines (including Minoh, Senri, and Arashiyama branches) for one day, as well as special offers at facilities and…

A “fast turnover” of restaurant tenants is taking place in the ticket gates of Kobe Rapid Transit Railway’s Shinkaichi Station, where four companies and four train lines converge. Since the closing in June 2021 of “Kosoku Soba,” a station buckwheat noodle store located on the transfer line between Kobe Electric Railway and other companies, another…

TokyAir is running a one-way “Spring 5,000 Trip” campaign for the Centrair (Chubu) – Okadama (Sapporo) route for a flat rate of 5,000 yen per trip. campaign for the Centrair (Chubu) – Okadama (Sapporo) route. The sales period is until 23:59 on April 30, and the boarding period is from April 14 to 30. All…

Sumitomo Mitsui Card is running a “Up to 8% reduction for touch-payment rides with your smartphone!” campaign from April 13. campaign starting April 13. Up to 8% of the fare will be redeemed in V Points when boarding a train or bus with the touch of a smart phone with an eligible card from an…

Today, JBIC has decided to take measures such as not allowing the following parties to become counterparties to contracts with JBIC or to become parties to procurement contracts for financial cooperation projects. (Subject of the measure and duration of the measure) New Jec Corporation (Japan, corporation number: 2120001086883) From April 13, 2026 to July 12,…

The launch event of the JICA Co-Creation x Innovation Program “QUEST” was held in March 2026. The event was held in Nagoya (9th/STATION Ai), Fukuoka (16th/FUKUOKA ONE BLDG.), and Tokyo (30th/Tokyo Innovation Base), with a total of over 400 people attending in person and online. At the launch event, JICA introduced the challenges of the…

Sunflower Travel is offering the “Sunflower Special Sale” for the GW period, which is available only for web reservations. One-way ferry fare with buffet dinner and breakfast is 11,000 yen per adult for the walking plan from Kobe to Oita, and 15,000 yen for the walking plan from Shibushi to Osaka. Children (elementary school students)…