Accommodation Lawson is Making Campervan Trips Even Easier Kim Bergström Jul 8, 2025 Running from July 14th, 2025, through June 30th, 2026, this pilot project... growing rapidly in Japan (campervan ownership soared to 165,000 vehicles in 2024
Culture Demon Slayer at Saimyouji Temple Lynda Hogan Dec 14, 2020 It fast became the highest-grossing film in 2020 and the second highest... The new movie Mugen Train will be released outside of Japan in early 2021
Culture Tohoku Kizuna Festival 2026 Mid Jun In 2024, the festival was held in Sendai, Miyagi.... It was announced that the festival will be temporarily suspended in 2025
Activities Inzai Illuminations 2025-2026 Nov 29th - Jan 25th The event has grown year after year, and in 2021, approximately half a million lights will decorate the area outside Chiba New Town Chuo Station.
Activities Toki no Sumika Illumination 2025-2026 Oct 11th - Mar 8th fantasy woven with 5.5 million light bulbs, the Tokinosumika Illumination 2025... –2026 “Hikari no Sumika” (Home of Light) celebrates the 30th anniversary
Planning Mount Fuji to Charge Climbing Fees Kim Bergström Feb 10, 2024 In an effort to combat overcrowding and bullet climbing concerns, Yamanashi Prefecture officials have announced that a 2000 JPY fee will be charged to
Culture The Fukui Dinosaur Museum rachel teo It was first opened in 2000, and after a brief, 7 month-long closure in... 2022-2023 for renovations and refurbishments, the Museum was reopened
Shopping SEGA Megastore Coming to Shibuya PARCO Kim Bergström May 13, 2025 In late 2024, SEGA’s Head of Global Transmedia Group hinted in an interview at Gamescom Asia that the company planned to open an official store in Tokyo