Japan Domestic Travel

Lecip Holdings has begun dealing with tour bus ticket on the digital ticket system ‘QUICK TRIP Ticket’ for cruise passengers who join a tour in Ishigaki Island.

NAVITIME JAPAN has begun providing ‘‘summer retreat mode’ on its travel planning & booking service ‘NAVITIME Travel’ to propose summer retreat destinations.

Google Maps has announced the top five most popular spots by prefecture on Google Maps. The most popular spots for tourists were ‘Tokyo Skytree’ in Tokyo, ‘Universal Studio Japan’ in Osaka and ‘Fushimi Inari Shrine’ in Kyoto.

‘Poke Park KANTO’ will open in part of Yomiuri Land in Tokyo in the spring 2026. more than 600 Pokemons will show up in ‘Pokemon Forest’ and ‘Kayatsuri Town’.'

Traveloka President Caesar Indra, who attended WiT Japan 2025, talked about the strategy for the Japanese market and the OTA’s strengths.

Japanese OTA ‘jalan.net' continues encouraging users to book travels through demand-boosting to meet each region’s needs, creation of tourism contents, distribution of coupons and sales campaigns.

About 22.6 million Japanese peoples, 22% of the total population, are involved in particular regions continuously and in certain ways. Out of the total, visitors to particular regions were about 18.8 million.

The ratio of answers that ‘I want to go to the EXPO’ as of the middle of May was 33.7%, 9.7 higher points than the last survey in October 2024, according to The Mitsubishi Research Institute (MRI) survey.

Bounce, global luggage storage service provider, ties up with JOYSOUND,, Japan’s leading karaoke shops, to boost empty-handed travel. A user can find and book the nearest luggage storage place on the app at 400 yen a day.

JAL will start a test for a new program to support people living in Tokyo, Osaka or Nagoya who want to stay in Hokkaido temporarily, offering six one-way direct flight tickets for Shin-Chitose (Sapporo).

Country Farm Tokyo German Village digitized drive check-in ticket with no need to get out a car to ease traffic jam The Village aims to ease traffic jam around the gate and also to use the collected date to improve customer satisfaction.

Tokyo Metro will launch a new baggage storage locker service ‘Tokyo Metlocker PLUS' to deliver a stored baggage from the locker to a designated hotel in Tokyo.

Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, launched a travel campaign to encourage Japanese people who have suffered rise in prices to travel to Sendai.

Osaka Kansai Expo 2025 opened with a theme of ‘Designing Future Society for Our Lives’ on April 13 2025. Before the official opening, the pavilions were opened to media. The organizer expects 28.2 million visitors in total.

The number of tourists visiting the world-famous winter resort Hakuba Village, Nagano, Japan was up 14% year on year to record-high 1.3 million during the winter season.

Travel Voicer re-examined the problem of over-tourism. It defines the situation in the world, explains Japan's current situation, and has published a report to solve and curb over-tourism.

The Setouchi Triennale 2025 will open on April 18, 2025, running for 107 days in total in spring, summer and fall separately.

Japanet Tourism, a Japanet Group, a Japan’s leading mail order company, signed a business partnership with MSC Cruises for another five years.

Tobu Railway will begin serving a luxury bus ‘SPACIA X NIKKO CRUISER’ in Nikko area in October 2025, connecting with the railway’s special express train ‘SPACIA X’ from Tokyo.

The Future City Pavilion of EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai was completed. 12 Japanese leading manufacturers and organizations showcases their innovations for the future society.