Seibu Railway will operate a fully wrapped train featuring the main cast of the Harry Potter movie for the “Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo Making of Harry Potter,” scheduled to open this summer. Harry, Hermione, and Ron are prominently displayed on the sides of the cars against the backdrop of the Forbidden Forest that appears…

The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, which connects Toyama and Nagano prefectures, will hold the “2023 Tateyama Kurobe Yuki-no-Otani Festival,” an event to enjoy the giant snow wall “Yuki-no-Otani” from April 15, the day the route fully opens. Snowy Otani is a huge wall of snow created by clearing snow from the area around “Otani,” the…

Sunshine Aquarium is pleased to present “Love Live! Sunshine! as a collaborative event with “Sunshine Aquarium x Love Live! Sunshine! Sunshine! will be held as a collaborative event with “Sunshine Aquarium x Sunshine! The event will run from March 18 to April 23. Visitors will be greeted by panels and photo spots featuring original illustrations,…

On March 9, Awajiya will release “Wadamisaki Line 103 Series Yuukyuu Commemorative Lunchbox,” a boxed lunch commemorating the 103 Series that will be retiring from the Wadamisaki Line on March 18. The 103 Series trains on the Wadamisaki Line (a branch line of the Sanyo Main Line) have been running on the 2.7 km route…

On March 7, Kokusai Jidosha began accepting reservations for its “Tokyo Kanko Ohanami Taxi 2023,” a cab tour of cherry blossom viewing spots in Tokyo. Minimize stress when getting on and off the bus and enjoy Tokyo’s cherry blossoms from the train window in a private space avoiding crowds. It is possible to view the…

Washington Hotel has reopened the R&B Hotel Ueno-Hirokoji (1-18-8 Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo). The hotel has a total of 176 guest rooms, and is located about a 3-minute walk from Okachimachi Station on the JR Yamanote Line and about a 1-minute walk from Ueno-Hirokoji Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line. More than 20 years have…

Peach Aviation has launched the “Bullet Round Trip Fare,” a specially priced round-trip ticket for the Centrair/Haneda-Taoyuan (Taipei) route and 17 other domestic routes at a discount price. The Taoyuan route is available from April 9 to July 13 (all weekdays and weekends), starting at 18,000 yen round-trip. Domestic flights are available from April 3…

ANA will hold its third “Let’s Go Overseas with ANA” sale to commemorate its 70th anniversary for seven days starting at midnight today, March 7. Sale prices include Honolulu-Jakarta at 90,000 yen, Los Angeles-Sydney at 120,000 yen, and New York-London at 190,000 yen. Although the number of seats available is limited, fares are available for…

As part of the “JAL Furusato Project,” JAL held a dinner event “Traveling Makers Dinner” at Ore no French Grand Maison Otemachi on February 26, 2012. This was the second event held at the restaurant, this time in collaboration with Tokushima Prefecture, and a course meal was served that used many of the prefecture’s brand-name…