KDDI and Okinawa Cellular Telephone Company will start offering “unlimited au overseas calling” on March 15, which allows unlimited use of data communications for 24 hours while traveling overseas. This service allows you to use the au smartphone you are using in Japan at your destination regardless of the plan you are currently subscribed to….

The Ueno Information Center (2F, Matsuzakaya Ueno Store, 3-29-5 Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo) will start selling new spring panda goods featuring the Ueno panda family on February 22. Each product is available in stores and at the official online store “Edo-Tokyo Ichi”, and some products are already on sale. read more © Source travel watch

JAL Brand Communication has upcycled paper en route charts (aeronautical charts) that were scheduled to be discarded due to digitization and released them as three types of bags. The bags are available at the “JAL Mall Store” shopping site. Charts are a necessity for pilots who use them to check flight routes and prepare for…

Venus Travel launched the “Kyushu Toktoku Drive Pack” to/from Yokosuka Port. This simple 4-day plan includes a round-trip ferry from Yokosuka Port to Shin Moji Port for 2 persons (including car fare) and 1 night at a hotel in Kitakyushu. You can take the large passenger ferry to Kyushu at a leisurely pace and enjoy…

Although more and more people are using SNS to gather information about their travel destinations, even in this day and age, we are still interested in the recommendations of local people. In this section, we ask people who work at lodging facilities throughout Japan to introduce points of interest at the lodging facilities where they…

Asamizu Company has begun accepting reservations for the “Series E8 Yamagata Shinkansen Pocket Watch” (8,800 yen), which will be accepted at the TOY TIME Rakuten Ichiba store and shipped sequentially from early March. This product commemorates the debut of the new Shinkansen “E8 Series Yamagata Shinkansen” and was produced in a limited edition of 200…

The Ritz-Carlton Residence, Waikiki Beach (383 Kalaimoku Street, Waikiki Beach, HI 96815) will offer amenities in collaboration with bag brand ALOHA Collection exclusively to guests from Japan. The amenities come in a mid-size pouch with an original design inspired by the three natural phenomena that have become traditional stories in Manoa: Kaukuahine (rain), Kahaucani (wind),…

KKday Japan began selling tickets to Major League Baseball (MLB) games on its optional tour reservation site, KKday. In addition to tickets to open games such as the matchup between Shohei Ohtani’s Dodgers and his old team, the Angels, tickets to Padres and Red Sox games, including the Dodgers’ home opener, will be available at…