Senshukai, operator of Belle Maison, released “Suica’s Penguin” hugging pillows and pajamas (short-sleeved and long-sleeved) on March 5. They will be handled at Belle Maison JRE MALL stores. The theme of the new product line is “a good night’s sleep in spring. The “Mochihug!” (6,990 yen), a hugging pillow with softness like rice cakes, is…

UNIQLO will release a UT collection in early June in collaboration with “ONE PIECE” by Eiichiro Oda. This time, popular patterns from the past 20 years of UT sales have been carefully selected and re-released as “UT Archive Dresses. The lineup includes six types of graphic T-shirts depicting symbolic scenes from the adventures of the…

Kato Leisure Group will open “Fufu Tokyo Ginza” in the winter of 2025. Reservations are scheduled to be accepted in early summer. It will be located in the “Ginza Building Reconstruction Project (tentative name)” (Ginza 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo), directly connected to the Tokyo Metro Ginza 1-chome Station, and will consist of 9 floors, including 1-2…

CIO will open its first directly managed store, CIO STORE (Umeda Tsutaya, 9th floor, 3-1-3 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan) on March 6 at 10:30. The concept of the store is to update your sense of value and daily life every time you visit. At the store, customers can connect their own smartphones and tablets to…

Enjoy your next trip with the rewards you earned from your trip Now that you have enjoyed your entire itinerary, the fun doesn’t end there. But the fun doesn’t end there. This is equivalent to 1 point = 1 yen and can be used for all reservations that accept WALLET payments, including accommodations, activity reservations,…

Takara Tomy Arts released “Disney Character Nui Pang Very Large Sandwich Cushion Pooh” from the “Character Bakery ‘Nui Pang’” plush toy series designed with bread as a motif. It is priced at 19,800 yen. The product will be made to order by pre-order, and reservations are being accepted at Takara Tomy Arts “e-Gumi” until April…

Mitsubishi Estate opened Rosewood Miyakojima (1068-1 Kakawatori Shimobaru, Hirara, Miyakojima City, Okinawa Prefecture). Located on a cape 20 minutes by car from Miyako Airport and 30 minutes by car from Shimojijima Airport, Japan’s first Rosewood Hotels & Resorts-operated hotel. 55 villas all with ocean views, private pools and gardens. Designed by Studio Piet Boon and…

On March 5, Ito-Yokado opened the “TOYLO MART Harajuku Store” (Takeshita-kan Takamatsu Bldg. 1F, 1-16-2 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) on Takeshita-dori, Harajuku. The TOYLO brand includes TOYLO PARK, a hands-on toy store, and TOYLO SCHOOL, which offers stationery and school supplies. The TOYLO MART Harajuku store will sell character goods, toys, cards, video games, and other…

On March 4, JR East announced that it will start designing the next Tohoku Shinkansen train, which will succeed the E2 and E5 Series Shinkansen trains. The new train will have a maximum operating speed of 320 km/h and 10 cars, and is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2027. The next Tohoku…

Istyle Retail will reopen its flagship store “@cosme TOKYO” (1-14-27 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) on March 5. A preview was held on March 4 in advance of this. @cosme TOKYO is a large-scale street-level store of the beauty information site “@cosme”. Opened in January 2020 as a flagship store, it will celebrate its 5th anniversary this…