Fujieda City, in cooperation with local travel agencies, has launched a rental car and accommodation package plan for watching Fujieda MYFC’s home game on May 21. The plan offers a 20% discount on the basic vehicle fee and access to parking at the match venue. The plan also includes a Fujieda City lodging subsidy of…
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Rakuten STAY displays “Vacation STAY” private accommodations on various Google services. Rates can also be checked and reservations made.
Rakuten STAY, Inc. has begun displaying private accommodations on various Google services in conjunction with its “Vacation STAY” lodging and private accommodation reservation site being certified as a “Google Private Accommodation Partner. From now on, users will be able to view the rates and availability of private accommodations listed on Vacation STAY from various services…
Hanshin Electric Railway to begin service of the new No. 3 platform at Osaka-Umeda Station on May 27. Improvements include installation of platform doors.
Hanshin Electric Railway will discontinue the current Line 3 and put the new Line 3 into service on May 27, following the progress of the Osaka-Umeda Station improvement work that has been underway since March 2015. In conjunction with the opening of the new track 3, the platform doors on the new track 3, which…
Seibu Railway’s “Studio Tour Tokyo Express” service, which takes visitors to the world of Harry Potter, has started! Visit to the departure ceremony of the renewed Toshimaen Station Governor Koike: “I want to promote the development of a city rich in culture and greenery”.
On May 16, Seibu Railway held a “Ceremony to Commemorate the Renewal of Ikebukuro and Toshimaen Stations” at the plaza in front of Toshimaen Station, which was renovated for the opening of the “Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo Making of Harry Potter” (1-1-7 Kasuga-cho, Nerima-ku, Tokyo). Also on the same day, a departure ceremony was…
Tokyo Disneyland to redesign Space Mountain and surrounding area; full-scale preparations underway for opening in 2027
Oriental Land Co., Ltd. will launch a full-scale project to renovate “Space Mountain” and the surrounding area at Tokyo Disneyland. A groundbreaking ceremony was held on May 16 at the planned construction site. At the groundbreaking ceremony, Kenji Yoshida, President and COO of the company, performed a ground-breaking ceremony, and Toshio Kagami, Representative Director, Board…
JAL’s first attempt at a farewell flight to LA, USA, aboard a retired 777! How was this unprecedented route born?
JAL is considering future projects using such retired aircraft. The 4-day course is also available for 6 days, and if you choose this course, you can select optional tours (1 day at Disneyland Park, Annaheim baseball game, etc.) on the 4th day for an extra charge. The number of participants for this tour was 47….
Weathernews: This year’s rainy season is later and shorter than normal; watch for heavy rainfall disasters in late June and early July
On May 16, Weathernews released its 2023 “View of the Beginning and End of the Rainy Season. The rainy season is expected to begin in early June in southern Kyushu and end in mid-June in other areas, four days to one week later than normal nationwide. The end of the rainy season, on the other…
Tokyo Metro to present 100 lucky winners with advance tickets and goods for the theater version of “Sailor Moon Cosmos”.
Tokyo Metro will launch a Metopo members-only present campaign on May 26 to commemorate the release of the theater version of “Sailor Moon Cosmos. The first phase, from May 26 to June 9, will give away Mubicichet advance tickets for the first part of the theater version, and the second phase, from June 10 to…
Mobile sauna truck anywhere in Japan. Totooto with authentic stove, water bath, and self-launge with a maximum temperature of 110 degrees Celsius.
Akebono has launched the “KUDOCHI Luxury Sauna Truck” service, a large sauna truck that allows visitors to experience the fully private luxury sauna “KUDOCHI” at any desired location throughout Japan. KUDOCHI started with the Ginza store (8-8-5 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo), which opened last summer, and the Roppongi store (7-14-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo) is scheduled to…
Unveiling of Diagon Alley, where Harry Potter visited to prepare for the new school year. Wand store, wizarding bank and cobblestone alley are realistically reproduced.
Warner Bros. Studios Japan unveiled the Diagon Alley set of the “Studio Tour Tokyo Making of Harry Potter” (1-1-7 Kasuga-cho, Nerima-ku, Tokyo) to the press on May 16. The unveiling follows the unveiling of Lines 9 and 3/4, the Hogwarts Express, the Great Hall, and the recent Ministry of Magic, and the official opening on…