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Tokyo Metro launches a new service to deliver baggage from a station storage locker to 500 hotels in Tokyo

Tokyo Metro launches a new service to deliver baggage from a station storage locker to 500 hotels in Tokyo

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.
Fujikyu, a private railway company in Japan, develops tourism infrastructures in Mt. Fuji area toward a world standard luxury resort

Fujikyu, a private railway company in Japan, develops tourism infrastructures in Mt. Fuji area toward a world standard luxury resort

Fujikyu group, a private railway company in Japan, has begun developing transportation infrastructures in Mt.Fuji and Five Fuji Lakes area to make the area a world standard luxury resort.
Shizuoka Prefecture launches a pre-registration and pre-payment system on its app for Mt. Fuji climbers

Shizuoka Prefecture launches a pre-registration and pre-payment system on its app for Mt. Fuji climbers

Shizuoka Prefecture started pre-registration and pre-payment on ‘Shizuoka Prefecture FUJI NAVI’ app for Mt. Fuji climbers who enter the gates in Shizuoka on May 9 2025.
Sendai City, Miyagi, offers a travel campaign to subsidize up to 4,000 yen for accommodation through this year’s summer holiday season

Sendai City, Miyagi, offers a travel campaign to subsidize up to 4,000 yen for accommodation through this year’s summer holiday season

Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, launched a travel campaign to encourage Japanese people who have suffered rise in prices to travel to Sendai.
LINE Yahoo, a Japanese communication app, adds a generative AI to summarize word-of-mouth in searching accommodations

LINE Yahoo, a Japanese communication app, adds a generative AI to summarize word-of-mouth in searching accommodations

LIINE Yahoo, a Japanese communication app, has begun offering a new function that generative AI summarize word-of-mouths for accommodations on Yahoo! search.
World Expo 2025 Opens in Osaka-Kansai, exhibiting from ‘Flying Car’ to unique pavilions to touch future society

World Expo 2025 Opens in Osaka-Kansai, exhibiting from ‘Flying Car’ to unique pavilions to touch future society

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.
Hakuba Village, Nagao, increased tourists during the 2024-2025 winter season by 14% to record-high 1.3 million

Hakuba Village, Nagao, increased tourists during the 2024-2025 winter season by 14% to record-high 1.3 million

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.
JTB forecasts that Japanese travelers will reduce by 7% during this coming Golden Week holiday period, despite a 10% increase in outbound travelers

JTB forecasts that Japanese travelers will reduce by 7% during this coming Golden Week holiday period, despite a 10% increase in outbound travelers

JTB has forecasted that Japanese travelers during this coming Golden Week holiday period (April 25 to May 7 2025) will reduce by 6.9% year on year to 23.5 million, and outbound travelers are forecasted to increase by 10%.
Travel Voice issues the ‘Over-Tourism 2025’ report to dig out what is its origin, how it is defined and what happens globally

Travel Voice issues the ‘Over-Tourism 2025’ report to dig out what is its origin, how it is defined and what happens globally

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.
Setouchi Triennale 2025 opens on April 18 2025, adding three new areas including Naoshima New Museum of Art

Setouchi Triennale 2025 opens on April 18 2025, adding three new areas including Naoshima New Museum of Art

The Setouchi Triennale 2025 will open on April 18, 2025, running for 107 days in total in spring, summer and fall separately.
Japanet, a Japan’s leading TV shopping company, signs a business partnership with MSC Cruises for another five years

Japanet, a Japan’s leading TV shopping company, signs a business partnership with MSC Cruises for another five years

Japanet Tourism, a Japanet Group, a Japan’s leading mail order company, signed a business partnership with MSC Cruises for another five years.
Japanese travel companies reduced struggled with a 28% decrease in sales in January 2025 over 2019

Japanese travel companies reduced struggled with a 28% decrease in sales in January 2025 over 2019

sales of 43 major travel companies in January 2025 were up 3.0% year on year to 230.5 billion yen, and sales in package tours in total almost halved to 48.5 billion yen In comparison with January 2019.
Tobu Railway, a Japanese private railway company, will serve a luxury bus with comfortable 18 seats in Nikko area

Tobu Railway, a Japanese private railway company, will serve a luxury bus with comfortable 18 seats in Nikko area

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.
What is ‘The Future City’ in the coming EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai? 12 exhibitors showcase their future societies

What is ‘The Future City’ in the coming EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai? 12 exhibitors showcase their future societies

The Future City Pavilion of EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai was completed. 12 Japanese leading manufacturers and organizations showcases their innovations for the future society.
Private Jet tour with pets to a remote island in Nagasaki, Japan is now on sale

Private Jet tour with pets to a remote island in Nagasaki, Japan is now on sale

Air X, a helicopter tour operator, has begun selling a private jet tour with pets to Iki Island in Nagasaki. The private jet tour takes travelers to the island for 2 hours and 5 minutes from Tokyo.
Osaka Prefecture will raise the accommodation tax rates in September 2025, expected tax revenue will increase to 8 billion yen a year

Osaka Prefecture will raise the accommodation tax rates in September 2025, expected tax revenue will increase to 8 billion yen a year

Osaka Prefecture will raise the lowest targeting accommodation price from 7,000 currently to 5,000 yen and the tax rates on September 1 2025, expected to increase tax revenue from 2.5 billion yen a year in 2023 to 8 billion yen a year.
Travel consumption in Japan by Japanese travelers was record-high in 2024 with a 25% increase in spending per traveler

Travel consumption in Japan by Japanese travelers was record-high in 2024 with a 25% increase in spending per traveler

The total amount of Japanese travel consumption in Japan was up 14.6% year on year to record-high 25.1 trillion yen in 2024, and travel spending a travel per traveler was up 5.8% year on year to record-high 46,579 yen.
An innovative tourism service for local residents to create a tour as ‘casts’ is launched in Shikoku, Japan

An innovative tourism service for local residents to create a tour as ‘casts’ is launched in Shikoku, Japan

‘Tabi wa hitomakase (Travel depends on local people in English)' was launched in Shikoku, Japan. Local residents as ‘casts’ share local lives and experiences with travelers as ‘guests,’ which is expected to provide deeper connections with people with travelers.
JR Kyushu, a railway company of Japan, and SkyDrive ally with Oita Prefecture for ‘Flying Car’ tour services

JR Kyushu, a railway company of Japan, and SkyDrive ally with Oita Prefecture for ‘Flying Car’ tour services

JR Kyushu, a railway company covering Kyushu area, and SkyDrive, a ‘Flying Car’ developer, signed a comprehensive agreement with Oita Prefecture to launch sightseeing tours by ‘Flying Car’ in Beppu Bay in 2028.
‘Disney Cruise’ in Japan will be operated by Yusen Group, an Asuka operator, offering 1250 cabins for 5,500 passengers

‘Disney Cruise’ in Japan will be operated by Yusen Group, an Asuka operator, offering 1250 cabins for 5,500 passengers

Oriental Land, a Tokyo Disney Resort operator, signed a basic agreement with Nippon Yusen and Yusen Cruise for a joint cruise business based in Japan in 2028, making ‘Family Entertainment Cruise’ come true.