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Toyoko Inn offers cardholders a chance to win Takarazuka Revue tickets/points for a single night’s stay at Toyoko Inn.

By Editor in Chief on Wed Sep 17 2025

Toyoko Inn will hold the first phase of its “40th Anniversary Appreciation Campaign” from September 19 to December 21. Only Toyoko INN Club card members who stayed at Toyoko INN hotels in Japan during the period were eligible to participate in the giveaway, which awarded a total of 1129 people (194 people for a single…

GREEN×EXPO 2027 “Tunktunku” and “Myakmyak” collaboration goods on sale. Photo session also held.

By Editor in Chief on Wed Sep 17 2025

GREEN x EXPO Association and the Master Licensing Office for the 2027 International Horticultural Exposition will release collaborative products on September 23 featuring the official character Tunku Tunku and Myakmyak, the official character of the Osaka-Kansai Expo. The “EXPO 2027 Official Pop-up Store” will open at the MARUZEN & JUNKUDO Bookstore Umeda (7-20 Chayamachi, Kita-ku,…

Appendix includes “Hello Kitty” drawstring tote & cold bottle holder! The October issue of sweet, the extra edition, is on sale today!

By Editor in Chief on Wed Sep 10 2025

Takarajimasya will release the October 2025 extra issue of “sweet” on September 11. The price is 1,720 yen. The special supplement to the extra issue is a two-piece set of a tote with a drawstring and an insulated/insulated plastic bottle holder, a collaboration between Hello Kitty and “BLUE LABEL CRESTBRIDGE. The tote with drawstring is…

Komazawa Park Quarter” to open in front of Komazawa University Station on November 11, with the opening of Starbucks, Seijo Ishii, Royal Host, and other stores.

By Editor in Chief on Wed Sep 03 2025

Imax will open KOMAZAWA Park Quarter (3-18-7 Kamiuma, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo) on November 11. Located a 1-minute walk from Komazawa Daigaku Station on the Tokyu Denentoshi Line, it has a total floor area of 6418.75m2 and 4 floors above ground and 1 basement floor. The building is lined with 17 stores, including Starbucks Coffee, Seijo Ishii,…

USJ’s horror tour into a zombie manufacturing factory was too scary. Advanced Level Haunted Mansion opens for Halloween only.

By Editor in Chief on Wed Sep 03 2025

Universal Studios Japan will hold “Halloween Event 2025” starting tomorrow, September 4. One of the attractions that will be the center of attention is the new attraction “Factory of Fear: Zombie Tour of Despair,” which will open on September 5. This is a USJ original themed on a tour of a “zombie manufacturing factory” and…

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