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Four Seasons Hotel Marunouchi Tokyo to Offer Glossy Ruby Red “Cherry Afternoon Tea” from April 15

By Editor in Chief on Wed Mar 26 2025

Four Seasons Hotel Marunouchi Tokyo (1-11-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) will offer “Cherry Afternoon Tea” from April 15 to May 15, featuring cherry with its fresh aroma and rich sweetness. Priced at 8,000 yen on weekdays and 9,200 yen on weekends and holidays. The restaurant is MAISON MARUNOUCHI, a French bistro on the 7th floor of…

ANA launches new airport 3-letter “Flight Tag”. 28 domestic destinations including New Chitose CTS and Fukuoka FUK

By Editor in Chief on Wed Mar 26 2025

ANA Trading is now selling the new airport 3-letter series “Destination Flight Tags” on its e-commerce site, ANA Shopping A-style. The 3-letter code is a three-letter alphabet used by IATA (International Air Transport Association) to indicate airports and their cities. It is used worldwide and is also indicated on airline tickets and airport billboards. The…

Redevelopment of Meitetsu Nagoya Station, to be fully opened in the early 2040s. Four rail lines, a dedicated platform for the Centrair area, and a bus terminal will also be constructed.

By Editor in Chief on Tue Mar 25 2025

On March 24, Nagoya Railroad announced its decision to commercialize the Nagoya Station Area Redevelopment Plan. The details of the plan will be announced after a formal agreement is reached with the joint venture partners (Meitetsu Urban Development, Nippon Life Insurance, Kinki Nippon Railway, and Kintetsu Real Estate). This project will be promoted together with…

Expo ’70 Osaka-Kansai, Japan, “Osaka Health Care Pavilion” where you can meet yourself 25 years from now! Human washing machine/robot suit/marbled meat maker at home also appeared!

By Editor in Chief on Tue Mar 25 2025

XD HALL for a special “Monster Hunter” experience The “XD HALL,” built as part of the Osaka Healthcare Pavilion, features “Monster Hunter Bridge” (reservations required), a special interactive content developed by Capcom for this Expo. Inspired by the Osaka Health Care Pavilion’s theme “REBORN,” it utilizes the “Monster Hunter” series, in which the wonder of…

Pokemon Local Acts Product Exhibition” touring around Japan will be held in Miyagi/Fukui/Miyazaki. Collaboration products, meet and greets, etc.

By Editor in Chief on Tue Mar 25 2025

Pokémon Inc. will hold the Pokémon Local Acts Product Exhibition in April, which will travel around Japan. Pokémon Local Acts is an activity in which “Pokémon of your choice” selected by each province and prefecture communicate the charms of their region to people in Japan and abroad under the concept of “The power of the…

JTB x Takarajimasya Mook Vol. 3, 3-way tote bag/7-pocket drawstring bag. Sold at bookstores and Famima stores nationwide, the series has sold over 150,000 copies.

By Editor in Chief on Tue Mar 25 2025

On March 22, Takarajimasha released a 3-way tote bag and 7-pocket drawstring bag book as the third brand mook supervised by active staff of travel professional JTB. The JTB brand mook series has sold more than 150,000 copies. The third volume, both of which come with a removable pouch (13.5 x 21.5 cm), will be…

Koji Inoue’s “Hints for Railway Travel”] Is Yumeshima Station at Expo ’70 an exhibition of ticket gates? Which ticket gate can I use for my ticket?

By Editor in Chief on Tue Mar 25 2025

The trigger was the IC-only corridor In the beginning, there used to be only a combination of “paper tickets” and “manned corridors”. With the advent of automatic ticket checkers, “paper tickets” were divided into “magnetic tickets” and “non-magnetic tickets” that were compatible with automatic ticket checkers. However, this too is still easy to understand, since…

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