Columbia Sportswear Japan’s Columbia has launched the “LB Flawless” series of backpacks, which include a dedicated compartment for lunch boxes and other useful features for student life. The square-shaped LB Flawless 30L Backpack (13,200 yen) and the LB Flawless 20L Backpack (12,100 yen), which is suitable for any style or user, are available in three…
Kokusai Kogyo’s airport connecting buses and highway buses support touch payment for five brands including JCB
Kokusai Kogyo, JCB, Reship, and QUADRAC will begin accepting JCB/American Express/Diners Club/Discover/UnionPay touch payments on Kokusai Kogyo buses on February 9. By holding a card, smartphone, or other device that is compatible with this touch-sensitive payment system over a dedicated device when boarding a train, passengers can pay for their fares without having to prepare…
New Nihonkai Ferry and Tokyo Kyushu Ferry begin online reservations for With Pet Rooms. Available for dogs/cat/rabbit/hamster/small bird.
Shin Nihonkai Ferry and Tokyo Kyushu Ferry, both of the SHK Line Group, began offering With Pet Rooms and pet cages for Internet reservations on January 22. With Pet Rooms are private (twin) rooms with shower/toilet/refrigerator that can be shared with pets, and until now, reservations were accepted only by phone. Dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters,…
JR Tokai Tours offers “Spring Travel SALE” with discount on Shinkansen and lodging. In addition, you can use a coupon for up to 5,000 yen discount!
JR Tokai Tours will hold a limited 12-day “Spring Travel SALE” from February 2, 2012, offering a discount on the Shinkansen and lodging. During the applicable period, coupons for up to 5,000 yen discount and other discount coupons for Spring Travel SALE products will be distributed, as well as discount coupons for the “EX Travel…
Limited quantity of “Suica’s Penguin Adult Cookies (Navy Tin)” with rich flavors of spices and herbs sold.
Hotel Metropolitan Edmont (3-10-8 Iidabashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) of JR East Hotels will release a limited quantity of “Suica’s Penguin Adult Cookies (Navy Tin)” rich in spice and herb flavors on February 9 at 12:00 pm on its EC site “JRE MALL. The “Suica no Penguin Adult Cookie” series, which focuses on adult-oriented flavors that go…
We took a test ride on the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line between Kanazawa and Tsuruga, which will finally open for service, and walked through the huge new station building and connecting passageway that has been added to JR Tsuruga Station!
On February 1, JR West held a press test-ride of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line extension (Kanazawa to Tsuruga), which will open this spring. The Hokuriku Shinkansen Kanazawa-Tsuruga section extends approximately 125 km, straddles two prefectures, Ishikawa and Fukui, and stops at seven stations (Kanazawa, Komatsu, Kaga Onsen, Ashihara Onsen, Fukui, Echizen Takefu, Tsuruga). Preparations in…
Tokyo Metropolitan Transportation Bureau offers web-based reservation service for purchasing PASMO commuter passes at ticket vending machines; campaign for 2000 points for ToKoPo members only
The Tokyo Metropolitan Transportation Bureau will offer the web-based reservation service “TOEI Smart Commuter Pass Reservation” from March 5. This service allows customers to purchase PASMO commuter passes (commuter/student) for Toei Subway, Nippori-Toneri Liner, Tokyo Sakura Tram (Toden Arakawa Line), and Toei Bus at ticket vending machines at stations by making a purchase reservation on…
First “Six Senses Kyoto” to open in Japan on April 23. 81 rooms including suites in Higashiyama
Wealth Management will open Six Senses Kyoto (431 Myohoin side-machi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto) on April 23. Six Senses is IHG Hotels & Resorts’ natural luxury brand hotel. Six Senses Kyoto will be the brand’s first hotel in Japan. The 81 rooms and suites, ranging in size from 42 to 238 m2, are arranged to offer views…
More reprint painting of Meitetsu Series 6000. Series 3400 “Caterpillar” color in operation on Hiromi Line.
Nagoya Railroad Co. will begin operating repainted Series 6000 trains on March 2. The repainted trains will be two one-man trains in one formation. It is inspired by the green color of the 3400 series trains, known as “caterpillars,” which Meitetsu operated until 2002. The train is scheduled to run on the Nagoya Main Line…
Hotel New Otani, “Pisuke & Usagi no Yurutte STAY 2nd season”, the second collaboration room with Kanahei’s small animals
Hotel New Otani Tokyo (4-1 Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) will sell the second collaboration room with “Kanahei’s Little Animals Pisuke & Usagi” from April 1 to March 31, 2025. YURUTTO STAY,” a collaboration room with Kanahei’s small animals “Pisuke & Usagi,” was the talk of the town as a plan that would inevitably fill up in…