APA Group announced that it has acquired a site (1-5 Sakae-cho, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture) for its second hotel development in front of Shizuoka Station. The hotel will be named “APA Hotel ” (tentative name), with 418 guest rooms, and is scheduled to open in March 2025. The APA Hotel , which opened in…
Super Tamade x Doctor Yellow “tacky cute” tote bag filled with Osaka souvenirs
JR Tokai has released a tote bag featuring a collaboration between Doctor Yellow and Osaka’s Super Tamade as a recommended travel plan on the “EX Travel Contents Portal” for EX service members (Smart EX, Express Reservation, J-WEST). The price is 2,000 yen per person. Those who sign up for this plan will receive a “tacky…
Aeon is now offering a full lineup of affordable outdoor products, including sunshades priced in the ¥5,000 range! Visit the “easy-camping” themed special sales area!
Aeon will begin full-scale sales of its private brand “Home Cody” outdoor products at up to 350 “Aeon” and “Aeon Style” stores (in Hokkaido, Hokuriku Shinetsu, Kanto, Tokai, Kinki, Chu-Shikoku, Kyushu and Okinawa areas) and on “Aeon Style Online” from April 13. In addition, special sales areas for outdoor goods will be set up at…
Weekend Ekiben] Ofuna Station “Ajisai Chirashi -Aji Chirashi with Aji Sushi
The “Ajisai Chirashi – Aji no Oshizushi Iri” (Aji Chirashi with Aji Sushi) is a boxed lunch from Ofunaken, a long-established company that has been selling station bento at Ofuna Station since 1898, ten years after the station opened. It consists of a colorful chirashi-zushi with many ingredients on a bed of sweet vinegared rice…
Selection of Local Souvenirs] “Happy Jintaiko” and “Ashikita’s Dekopon Zeri” from Kumamoto Souvenirs
With this year’s GW (Golden Week holiday) coming up soon, Kumamoto Prefecture, which is known for its sea, mountains, and gourmet food, will be packed with events all over the prefecture. For example, the “Canegatate Onsen Carp Streamer Festival” with 3,000 carp streamers flying over the refreshing Canegatate River, and the “8th Amakusa Fresh Sea…
Rakuten Travel launches “LUXURY DAYS,” a special sale exclusively for luxury hotels, from April 19. 10,000 yen coupon distributed on the first day only.
Rakuten Travel will hold “LUXURY DAYS -Special Sale only for Luxury Inns-” from 8:00 p.m. on April 19 to 11:59 p.m. on April 30 to offer special deals on luxury hotels and inns in Japan. A coupon of up to 10,000 yen can be used on the first day only, and a coupon for up…
Chairman Tanaka meets with His Majesty King Abdullah of Jordan and Crown Prince Hussein of Jordan
On April 11, JICA President Akihiko Tanaka met with His Majesty King Abdullah II Ibn al-Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and I met with His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II in Tokyo. At the beginning of the meeting, His Majesty King Abdullah expressed his appreciation for JICA’s cooperation in…
Special Advisor Kitaoka contributes to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun’s “Keizai Kyoshitsu” (Economic Classroom)
Shinichi Kitaoka, Special Advisor to JICA, contributed an article, “The War in Ukraine and the Direction of Japanese Diplomacy: Responsibility for UN Security Council Reform,” which appeared in the April 14, 2023, edition of the Nikkei’s “Keizai Kyoshitsu” newspaper. See link below for details. (*Paying members only) read more © Source JICA
Grand Prince Hotel Osaka Bay to open in July. 480 rooms adjacent to INTEX Osaka
On April 13, Seibu Prince Hotels Worldwide announced the rebranding and opening of the Hyatt Regency Osaka, owned by Hoshino Resort REIT. The new name will be Grand Prince Hotel Osaka Bay (1-13-11 Nanko-Kita, Suminoe-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture), scheduled to open in July. With 480 guest rooms and ancillary facilities including four restaurants, a…
JR East plans to install platform doors in FY2023. 24 platforms at 12 stations, including Omiya Station on the Keihin Tohoku Line, Totto Station on the Nambu Line, and Hachioji Station on the Yokohama Line.
On April 13, JR East announced its plan to install platform doors at 12 stations and 24 tracks in FY2023. The company aims to install platform doors at 758 platforms at 330 stations on major lines in the Tokyo area by the end of FY2031. The company will proceed with the installation of platform doors…