Logos Corporation, which develops the outdoor brand “LOGOS,” released on March 14 the “Bamboo Fluctuation Night Lantern” (5,940 yen), a USB storage-type LED lantern made of laminated bamboo wood. The main unit measures approximately 12.7 x 13.5 x 22.5 cm and weighs approximately 450 g. It can be charged from a PC or other device…
Category: travelling
Snoopy Museum to release about 40 new goods at GW. You can also “make your own original badge” which you can decorate as you like.
Snoopy Museum (3-1-4 Tsuruma, Machida City, Tokyo) in Minami-Machida Granbury Park will release about 40 new goods at the museum store on April 26. The lineup includes “Embroidered Sheer Key Ring” (12 types/880 yen), a random product with Snoopy in a 50’s pose embroidered on sheer material, “Face Towel” (1,980 yen each), “Mug Cup” (2,200…
Yokohama Symphostage to open in the Minato Mirai 21 Central District. Keikyu EX Hotel and Yamaha e-bike hands-on showroom
Low-rise commercial zone (West Tower, East Tower 1st to 3rd floors) Ten of the 15 stores in the low-rise commercial zone opened on May 9. Four food and beverage outlets, mainly from local companies in Yokohama, will open in the zone. Service and goods stores will include a clinic, pharmacy, drugstore, and convenience store, as…
Shimojishima Airport opens a dedicated business jet terminal on April 21. Dedicated CIQ, etc.
Mitsubishi Estate has completed construction of a dedicated business jet facility at Shimojishima Airport, which will open on April 21. The Miyako Shimojishima Airport Business Jet Terminal is part of the Shimojishima Airport Area International Passenger Facility Development, Operation, and Private Aircraft Acceptance Project being promoted by Okinawa Prefecture. The terminal is equipped with CIQ…
Mother’s Day Gifts! Suica’s Penguin, Soap Flower Box, Reed Diffuser, and Other New Goods
JR East Cross Station Retail Company will release new Suica’s Penguin goods that can be used as Mother’s Day gifts, such as soap flowers, on April 19 at 12:00 pm. They will be available at NewDays JREMALL stores and GENERAL STORE RAILYARD JRE MALL stores. The “Suica no Penguin Soap Flower Box,” a box of…
Spring Airlines Launches Narita-Shijiazhuang Route. Birthplace of the Three Kingdoms Warlord Zhao Yun
Spring Airlines will launch its Narita-Shijiazhuang (Shijiazhuang) route on April 24. Shijiazhuang is the capital of Hebei Province, and this is the first scheduled flight between Shijiazhuang and the Japanese metropolitan area. Shijiazhuang is also known as the birthplace of Zhao Yun, a general of the Three Kingdoms period, as well as for its existing…
Hoshino Resort BEB5 Karuizawa launches “Guessing Room” which can be decorated as you like. Equipped with a large-screen projector and color-coded goods, the room is available for 5,000 yen (capacity for 9 people).
On April 17, Hoshino Resort BEB and the Generation Z start-up company, Guess Meter, announced that they will co-produce a new lodging experience, “Guess Meter Room,” at Hoshino Resort BEB5 Karuizawa (3364-15 Nagakura, Karuizawa-cho, Kitasaku-gun, Nagano Prefecture). In line with this, the Guess Meter has released the “Guess Map”, a Guess Katsudo teaching application that…
Hoshino Resort “Kai Okuhida” will open on September 5. Reservations begin today, April 17, for an inn immersed in mountain hot springs and Hida design.
Hoshino Resort’s nationwide brand of onsen ryokan, “Kai,” has announced the opening of “Kai Okuhida,” Hoshino Resort’s first foray into Gifu Prefecture, on September 5. Reservations for the hotel will begin today, April 17. The concept of the hotel is “to be awakened by mountain hot springs and to relax in Hida design. The hotel…
Marriott to Rebrand Seven Existing HMI Hotel Group Properties, to Open Sequentially in Fall 2025 “Growing Travel Momentum Will Take Us to Rural Areas”.
On April 17, Marriott International announced plans to rebrand seven hotels owned by HMI Hotel Group in Japan as Marriott Hotels and Courtyard by Marriott. The following seven new facilities will be created. Hamamatsu Marriott Hotel (now Grand Hotel Hamamatsu) Kyoto Marriott Hotel (now Hotel Heian no Mori Kyoto) Kobe Marriott Hotel (now Hotel Crown…
Rakuten Travel resumes sales of Toyama “Hokuriku Ouen Wari” from April 18, 10:00 a.m.
The maximum discount is 20,000 yen per person per reservation, and cannot be applied to consecutive nights (only applicable to single-day stays). The discount is only available for “Domestic Lodging” services, and is not applicable to reservations made through Rakuten Pack (airline ticket + accommodation/Shinkansen/express train + accommodation) or Rakuten Travel’s foreign language website (inbound…