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Visit Japan Travel Mart and JATA Toursim EXPO Japan 2014

Two huge international travel marts were held at Tokyo Bigsight in Tokyo. One was “Visit Japan Travel Mart 2014″(Sep.24-26)(http://www.vjtm.jp/) and the other was “JATA Toursim EXPO Japan2014″(Sep.25-28)(http://t-expo.jp/en/index.html).  

More than 310 foriegn buyers and about 390 Japanese sellers joined VJTM2014 and had passionate exchanges of information and ideas and hosted busines seccions.  Buyers from Asian countries were especially a lot and about the half of the Japanese sellers were municipalities or relating associations of such local governments.

On the other hand,  a lot of domestic and foreign sellers and buysers joined  JATA Tourism EXPO Japan 2014. Such participants were embassies, tourism bureaus, travel agents, food companies, municipalities, railroads, airlines, hotels. universities, guide associations and so forth.  The main targets were end users of travel services and a lot of  lay Japanese people visited there and the total number was 157,589.  Upon the opening of the event, an ward ceremony  of  good  services and efforts of related promotions was hosted and the Best Tourism Award was given to The Tourism Authority of Thailand and Embassy awards were for  Thailand and Mexico, the best transporatation award was for Japan Railways East, the domestic inbound award was for  the tourism department of Tokyo Metropolis, the publicity award was for a TV show of CXTV, and the chairperson special award was for Okinawa Convention Bureau. (http://t-expo.jp/en/program/cms.html)   I personally visited the two big events and collected a lot of interesting information and exchanged ideas with the participants, some of whom were my friends or those I sometimes work with. I enjoyed the delicious food provided by tourism- related restaurants and local specialities and impressed by the greatly enthusiastic atmosphere of energies of the expos as well.

Visit Japan Travel Mart 2013

Visit Japan Travel Mart 2013,  one of the most prestigious international travel  marts was held Nov.27-29 at  Pacifico Yokohama.  (http://vjtm.jp/index.html)

About 300 hundred  sellers  from Japan and  buyers from countries of Asean and other parts of the world  joined and had zealous business communication. I did the job of  interpreting and found the event so exciting and fruitful.

Mixxo opens 1st store in Yokohama

South Korean apparel products maker E.Land Co. opened its first Japanese outlet for its Mixxo women’s fashion brand on Friday at the Sogo Department Store in Yokohama.

K-pop girl band After School took part in a promotional event at the department store.

The South Korean brand, which has retail outlets in China, Europe and the United States, targets Japanese women in their 20s to 40s, competing with such brands as Uniqlo, Zara and H&M in Japan.

Mixxo is set to open a second shop in Sendai in April.

Travel Mart 2012 in Yokohama

“Travel Mart 2012” was held at Yokohama Pacifico in Minato Mirai  in Yokohama Kanagawa pref.  Nov. 20-21  hosted by  Japan Tourism Agency and JNTO(Japan National Tourism Organization).  http://www.vjtm.jp/index.html

More than 270  oversea buyers(travel agencies) from 17 countries and regions, such as China, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and so forth  and media from 11 countries and regions were invited.  They contacted or visited booths of  Japanese sellers(inbound related businesses) and exchanged information and had business negotiations with them.

In addition, 16 familiarization trips were also provided for the invited visitors. The aftermath of  the tsunami disaster and  territory disputes  with closer countries didn’t affect the event much.  I visited the event myself and found very lively and successful even compared with the same event last year. This may be a good sign of  recovering situations of Japanese inbound industry.

Japan’s fastest elevator

Trunk toward the unknown – Objet of abstractat Yokohama port

The object, called “Michi eno Hana　（未知への鼻）” ,trunk toward the unknown, was installed at Zo no Hana Park (Elephant’s Trunk Park) in a Yokohama port area in late April for a limited period.

Zo no Hana Park (Elephant’s Trunk Park) in Yokohama
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Visit Japan Travel Mart 2011

” VJTM2011″(Visit Japan Travel Mart 2011) was hosted at Pacifico Yokohama(http://www.pacifico.co.jp/english/index.html) in Yokohama, Kanagawa Pref.  by JTA(Japan Tourism Agency) ans JNTO(Japan National Tourism Organization)on this Nov.22-23. http://www.vjtm.jp/

More than 300 oversea “buyers” who are travel agencies or the Media from more than 15 international markets joined the event with more than 400 Japanese “sellers” who are travel agencies, tourist associations, hotels,bus companies,and other sorts of  tourism-related businesses. Read the rest of this entry »

Yokohama Hakkeijima Aquarium dresses its whales in time for Christmas

Visitors to the aquarium are being welcomed by beluga whales, that are getting into the Christmas spirit with these festive ensembles.

The beluga whales have been fitted out with the Santa hats to entertain the crowds at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise (横浜・八景島シーパラダイス). Read the rest of this entry »

Cup noodle museum opens in Yokohama

Nissin Foods Holdings will open a cup noodle museum in Yokohama on Sep.18, its second food entertainment spot after a similar popular theme museum in Osaka Prefecture.

The Cupnoodles Museum, which will open in Yokohama’s “Minatomirai(みなとみらい）” district, offers visitors a chance to make instant ramen noodles from flour, and arrange to eat a cup of noodles with the ingredients and soup of their liking.

Visitors can also eat at a restaurant that serves noodle dishes from around the world, while children can experience the whole cup-noodle-making process from noodle preparation to the final shipment stage at a playground that mimics a factory.

Cup noodle museum

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Hours:10:00 to 18:00（Admission until 17:00）
Admission is 500 yen for adults and free for those of senior high school age or younger.
Closed every Tuesdays

“Reptile cafe” opens in Yokohama

A “reptile cafe,” offering customers the rare experience of observing exotic creatures while sipping Chinese tea, opened in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, in July, the latest addition to a rising number of Japanese cafes featuring animals, typically cats and rabbits.

At the “Reptile Cafe/Yokohama Subtropical Teahouse (爬虫類カフェ 横浜亜熱帯茶館） ” located in the port city’s Naka Ward, customers are able to observe around a dozen different species, totaling 40 in number. Kept in tanks and cages, they include a 1-meter-long lizard and a 1.7-meter-long snake.

“Unexpectedly, we have many female customers,” said Mutsumi Nagano, the 42-year-old manager of the cafe.

The customers are also able to pet land turtles, who the manager says are friendly, in a partitioned-off area, but customers are required to wash their hands on entering and leaving the area.

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BAPE STORE Yokohama

BAPE STORE Yokohama
184-2, Yamate-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama
045-628-0140
Mens
MAP:BAPE STORE Yokohama

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Burberry Blue Label Takashimaya Yokohama

Burberry Blue Label Takashimaya Yokohama
バーバリーブルーレーベル高島屋横浜店
At Takashimaya Yokohama store, 1-6-31, Minamisaiwai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama 045-319-5789 　
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Burberry Blue Label Yokohama Sogo

Burberry Blue Label Yokohama Sogo
バーバリーブルーレーベルそごう横浜店
At Sogo Yokohama store, 2-18-1, Takashima, Nishi-ku, Yokohama
045-450-7291 　
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Landmark Plaza Yokohama

Landmark Plaza Yokohama
横浜ランドマークプラザ

2-2-1, Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama 220-8100

045-222-5015

http://www.yokohama-landmark.jp/index.html

Since1993

Mitsubishi Estate Building Management Co., Ltd.

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