On June 15, JR East View Tourism & Sales launched the “View Autumn Travel Early Bird Sale” on its travel booking website, “Travel in Japan, Travel by Train.” We are offering special prices on recommended leisure tours departing in September and October—when the heat subsides—including local free-and-easy packages that combine train travel with accommodations, as…

Takarajimasha will release the August 2026 issue of “That Wonderful Person” today, June 16. The price is 1,850 yen. It will be available at bookstores and online retailers. The special bonus item is a shopping bag featuring both “Peanuts” and “The New Yorker”—a collaboration that includes an insulated compartment and is compatible with self-checkout systems….

Takarajimasha will release the August 2026 special issue of “That Wonderful Person” today, June 16. The price is 1,850 yen. It will be available at bookstores and online retailers. The special edition supplement features a retractable fragment case created through a collaboration between “Peanuts” and “The New Yorker.” The retractable strap—handy for use at ticket…

Tokushima Prefecture has announced the planned flight path for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s “Blue Impulse” team, which will perform on July 19 as part of the “Komatsushima Port Festival 2026”—an event commemorating the 75th anniversary of Komatsushima City’s establishment—in the southeastern coastal region of Tokushima Prefecture. The flight is scheduled to last approximately 20…

The Maebashi Fireworks Festival Organizing Committee will hold the “70th Maebashi Fireworks Festival” on August 8. The venue is the banks of the Tone River (Owatari Bridge North and South River Green Spaces), and the fireworks will be launched from 7:10 p.m. to 8:19 p.m. The event will be canceled in case of inclement weather….

Oriental Land and JAL have introduced a circular economy model that utilizes waste cooking oil generated by theme park operations, such as those at Tokyo Disneyland, to produce and use Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). SAF is produced from raw materials such as used cooking oil, biomass, and municipal solid waste. By blending it with fossil-based…

The Pola Museum of Art (1285 Kozukayama, Sengokuhara, Hakone-machi, Ashigarashimo-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture) will release two types of handkerchiefs on June 17 as part of its first collaboration with the German Schniir weaving brand “FEILER.” These items feature original designs inspired by the museum’s collection of Claude Monet’s *Water Lilies* and Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s *Anemones*, and are…

NEXCO East Japan, NEXCO Central Japan, NEXCO West Japan, and the Metropolitan Expressway Company will launch the “2026 ETC On-Board Unit Purchase Subsidy Campaign” on July 8 to promote the widespread adoption of ETC. During the campaign period, customers who purchase, set up, and install a new ETC on-board unit (including ETC 2.0) at participating…

JR Central and Oriental Land will begin operating a special Tokaido Shinkansen train set called the “Sparkling Dreams Shinkansen” starting June 19. Ahead of this, a press preview of the train was held at JR Central’s Hamamatsu Factory on the 14th. The design of the train’s exterior and interior is based on the theme of…

Skypack Tours has launched a new travel package, “Sky Station: Okinawa Family Summer Vacation,” featuring flights on Skymark Airlines. This offer applies to trips departing between July 1 and October 24. Prices start at 33,800 yen for trips departing from and returning to Kobe, and 37,800 yen for trips departing from and returning to Fukuoka…