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On November 25, JR East, PASMO, and the PASMO Council announced teppay, a code payment service for Mobile Suica and Mobile PASMO. The service will be available for Mobile Suica from the fall of 2026 and for Mobile PASMO from the spring of 2027. The teppay functionality will include code payments, balance transfers, and online…

IHG Hotels & Resorts operates 20 hotel brands with more than 6,800 hotels in more than 100 countries. In Japan, the company currently operates about 60 hotels under 10 brands from Hokkaido to Okinawa (as of November 2025). For this interview, we asked Mr. Masaru Kamiyama, general manager of ANA Holiday Inn Resort Karuizawa, about…

Takarajimasya will release “moz QUILTING BACKPACK BOOK” today, November 25. The price is 3982 yen. The best-selling backpack in the history of the Scandinavian brand “moz” is now available in a soft and light “quilting fabric” version. It measures 26 x 16 x 38 cm (W x D x H) with a generous gusset and…

RNT Hotels will reopen the Richmond Hotel Nagoya Nayabashi (1-2-7 Sakae, Naka-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture) on November 25. It is located a 15-minute walk from Nagoya Station and a 4-minute walk from Fushimi Subway Station. The building had been temporarily closed since November 4 for renovation. The renovations have resulted in a total of…

Bee’s has released the Futon Rider, a human-shaped sleeping bag and snow wear in one, from the DUBSTACK horizontal riding sports brand. The price is open and sells for 29,800 yen on Amazon. In addition to the warmth of a sleeping bag, this garment also features windproof and waterproof fabric with water pressure resistance and…

NEXCO East Japan will conduct system maintenance of toll collection machines at tollgates managed by Kanto Branch Office, Niigata Branch Office, Ibaraki Prefectural Road Public Corporation, and Chiba Prefectural Road Public Corporation. The maintenance will take place from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. on November 27 (tentative). Due to this maintenance, credit card payments in the…

One Five Hotels will open a lifestyle hotel, THE KNOT UTSUNOMIYA (3-2-3 Ekimae-dori, Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture), on January 23, 2026. The former Chisun Hotel Utsunomiya, located in front of the west exit of JR Utsunomiya Station, was completely renovated and is the fifth hotel under THE KNOT brand, following Yokohama, Shinjuku, Sapporo, and Hiroshima. The…

Takarajimasya will release the January 2026 extra issue of “MonoMaster” today, November 25. The price is ¥1990. The extra issue comes with a Snoopy glowing BIG blanket. The blanket is made of “luminescence,” which is a light-storing material that makes stored light appear in the dark, and features a full-page design of Snoopy standing on…

The two restaurants introduced here are one from Japan and the other from Canada. The word “elevate” is often used in English, and I feel that they have helped to raise the value of dining in Hawaii and expand the options in the dining out scene. New restaurants opened one after another this fall, mainly…

In early October, in conjunction with a ceremony commemorating the 55th anniversary of JAL’s Guam service, the company actually stayed in the area and visited two hotels of the Premier Hotel Group, which is operated by Ken Real Estate Leasing Co. The company operates six hotels in Guam: Hilton Guam Resort & Spa, Sheraton Laguna…