Lilo Vacations opened Japan’s first hotel for sale, BLISSTIA Hakone Sengokuhara (29-1 Sengokuhara, Hakone-cho, Ashigarashita-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture), on December 15. A condominium hotel is a facility where rooms owned by each owner are offered as a hotel for the general public. The four-story building with one basement level, all rooms are suites, combining “hotel condominiums”…

JCB will conduct the “500 Million Yen Split Campaign Vol. 4” from December 15 to February 15, 2024, offering JCB cardholders a total of 500 million yen in cash back in a split-seconds campaign according to the number of units of JCB cardholders who meet the requirements. After registering to participate, “log in to MyJCB”…

JR East will change the fare structure for green cars of regular and rapid trains in the Tokyo metropolitan area from March 16, 2024. The “Weekday Fare” and “Holiday Fare” and “Advance Fare” and “In-train Fare” categories will be abolished, and all fares will be the same as the “Normal Fare” when a green ticket…

Minna no Bank will launch a new service, Circle, on December 19, and begin working with partners. Circle is a service that provides new awareness to the digital native generation, the company’s core users. According to Kenichi Nagayoshi, President and CEO, the company aims to create a platform that “connects things of value” by creating…

Lifestyle brand “Afternoon Tea LIVING” (Zazaby League) will release a total of about 80 items in collaboration with PEANUTS on January 10, 2024 under the theme “PEANUTS IN AMSTERDAM. The limited edition design features Snoopy and his PEANUTS friends running through a tulip field and cycling through a row of canal houses in the motif…

The JR Group will implement a timetable revision on March 18, 2023. The main points of the revision are described here. The Hokuriku Shinkansen between Kanazawa and Tsuruga Stations will be in service, with nine round-trip “Kagayaki” and five round-trip “Hakutaka” trains to and from Tokyo Station, and the “Tsurugi” sectional train. The “Thunderbird” and…

Nishi-Nippon Railroad and 10 movie theaters in Fukuoka Prefecture have joined forces to launch a stamp rally to commemorate the release of the Disney movie “Wishes. The period is from December 15 to January 31, 2024. The stamp rally will be held at designated locations such as Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) Station and Nishitetsu Tenjin Express…

Osaka Metro, Osaka City Bus, Kinki Nippon Railway, Keihan Electric Railway, Nankai Electric Railway, Hankyu Corporation, and Hanshin Electric Railway will offer QR code ticket services from June 2024. The service is based on the QR ticket service “Slutto QRtto” by the Slutto KANSAI Council. At the time of the launch, the service is available…

KONA’S opened a Hawaiian cafe/restaurant, Kona’s Coffee Yachiyo Midorigaoka (1043-1 Owada Shinden, Yachiyo City, Chiba Prefecture). Kona’s Coffee is a coffee shop where customers can enjoy time like a holiday spent in Hawaii. The Yachiyo Midorigaoka store, the 42nd in Japan and the second in Chiba Prefecture, features a bar counter decorated with palm trees…