In late July, the Hawaii Visitors Authority Japan (HTJ) and Hawaiian Airlines (HA) held a five-day, three-night “Hawaii (Oahu) Educational Tour Training Program. Educational tours are mainly for junior high and high school teachers to visit school trip destinations (or candidate destinations) in advance to study local destinations, hotels, student fees, etc. The program was…
Sumida River Fireworks Festival, closed to traffic and entrances on Metropolitan Expressway Route 6 from 6:00 p.m. today, July 29.
The Metropolitan Police Department will enforce traffic regulations in conjunction with the Sumida River Fireworks Festival to be held on July 29. On public roads, the area around the fireworks display site will be closed to vehicular traffic, with primary restrictions in place from 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. and secondary restrictions from 9:30 p.m….
Sparkling summer fingers with “Mickey & Friends” nail items from Candu
Candu will release “Disney Goods Nail Series” on July 31. The lineup includes nail polish, nail stickers, and nail polish remover with Disney characters in the designs. The simple design allows the products to be displayed in any room. Nail Polish” is a lineup of colors that match the images of the characters. From summery…
Signing of Minutes of Discussion on Technical Cooperation Project for ASEAN: Contributing to Strengthening Food Value Chain for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems in Southeast Asia ｜ News & Media
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Record of Discussions (R/D) on the technical cooperation project “ASEAN-JICA Food Value Chain Development Support Project” with the Secretariat of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Jakarta on July 28. The project is scheduled to be signed in May 2019. This project is the first…
ETC discount for unlimited rides on expressways in Kyoto, Fukui and Shiga. 5100 yen for 2 days for a standard car.
NEXCO West Japan, NEXCO Central Japan, and the prefectures of Kyoto, Fukui, Shiga, and Hyogo are conducting the “Kyoto, Wakasa Road, Lake Biwa, and Harima Road Round Trip Drive Campaign 2023. As part of the program, the “Kyoto-Wakasa Road, Lake Biwa, and Harima Road Gurutto Drive Pass 2023,” which allows unlimited expressway travel for ETC…
Full program announced! This year’s Disney on Classics will also feature a special medley of the Disney 100!
Harmony Japan has announced the full program for “Disney on Classics – Maho no Yoru no Musikkai 2023,” which will begin on September 16. Including the “Mysterious & Dark Special” limited to 10 performances and the “Christmas Special” limited to 4 performances, 51 performances will be held in 32 cities nationwide. The details of the…
Yahoo! Maps now supports “Navigation on foot,” a tabbed function that holds multiple routes you’ve looked up. Facility search and rain cloud radar can also be checked.
Maps (Android version), which is provided by Yahoo! Maps, now supports the “tab function,” which displays locations and routes looked up on a map in multiple tabs without having to open a separate app or browser, in “Walking Navigation” as well. With the “tab function,” places and routes researched on Yahoo! Tabs can be saved…
The hand-drawn animation is very cool! Join Mickey and his friends for an adventure on “Monos Island”! Nintendo Switch “Disney’s Illusion Island: The Mysterious Adventures of Mickey & Friends
On July 28, Walt Disney Japan released “Disney’s Illusion Island: The Mysterious Adventures of Mickey & Friends” exclusively for Nintendo Switch. The price is 5478 yen for the packaged version and 5400 yen for the downloadable version. Mickey & Friends are in an action-adventure game set on the island of Monos. The island is in…
Yahoo! Car Navigation is now available for Android Auto. Supports illustrations of intersections and alerts for temporary stops and Zone 30 areas.
Car navigation application “Yahoo! Car Navi” (Android version) provided by Yahoo Japan now supports “Android Auto,” which enhances the convenience of working with Android devices. The large screen supports safe and comfortable driving by displaying illustrations of intersections and alerting drivers to pause and zone 30 areas. Just by starting “Yahoo! Car Navi” on an…
Iwatani’s “OUTDOOR HEATER”, a dedicated outdoor heater directly connected to cassette gas
Iwatani Corporation will release “OUTDOOR HEATER,” an outdoor heater directly connected to cassette gas, from its outdoor brand “FORE WINDS” on August 1, and is accepting pre-orders on its online site from July 28. The price is open and the direct sales price is 12,800 yen. This direct-coupled cassette gas outdoor heater was the first…