New Products Premium highballs Two special blends of highball are now available for a limited period at the Royal Park Hotel The Shiodome in Tokyo. Customers who visit The Bar on the 24th floor of the hotel can enjoy the night view from the bar lounge while ...
New products Tuna tea In collaboration with Ninben Co., Kachikaihatsu Co. is selling original packages of "katsuobushi odashi" (fermented and smoked skipjack tuna) for drinking at its Best Western hotels in Japan from August. The drink releases strong aromatic flavors of katsuobushi when brewed for three to ...
exhibitions International woodblock The Embassy of Canada is organizing a free exhibition of "mokuhanga" woodblock prints by three Canadian artists and one Japanese artist in conjunction with the International Mokuhanga Conference 2014. The exhibition will be held at the Prince Takamado Gallery at the embassy in Akasaka ...
EVENT Tropical resort getaway Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse is organizing its fourth annual Red Brick Resort in August. During the opening event on Saturday, Mitsuo Shimizu, a world-class ice sculptor, will carve a unicorn beetle while spectators look on. Looking to convey an image of a tropical resort, ...
event Belgian beer festival This year's Bruxellensis Beer Festival, also known as The Brussels Festival of Characterful Beers, will be held from July 29 to Aug. 3 in Tokyo's Ikebukuro West Gate Park. This will be the fifth year this festival is being held in Japan. More than ...
Seasonal Alaskan seafood fair Kakiyasu Honten Co., will be holding its second Alaska Seafood Fair in cooperation with the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute. Kakiyasu is a major Japanese food chain with a history dating back more than 140 years. The fair is an opportunity to showcase their chefs' ...
events Immortalizing Mt. Fuji To celebrate the one-year anniversary of Mount Fuji being named a UNESCO World Heritage site, a live painting event will be held June 22 from 10 a.m to 3 p.m. at the Crystal Lagoon in the Fuji-Q Highland amusement park. Mizuki Tanaka, the ...
New products Wind power generator Thanko Co. has recently launched a new product called the Portable Wind Generator 2. The Tokyo-based company developed a mini wind turbine that can be attached to bicycles and motorcycles and makes use of the power of the wind to generate electricity. It ...
new projects Out of this world sweat Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. is participating in a Lunar Dream Capsule Project with its representative beverage Pocari Sweat, to send children's dreams and messages to the moon. The project kicked off on May 15 and project staff will visit schools around ...
AnnouncementS Raising the bar The Tokyo Station Hotel, managed by Nippon Hotel Co., in March sent members of its staff to Singapore's luxurious Raffles Hotel, in an effort to improve their level of service to meet global standards. The Tokyo Station Hotel was established in 1915 and ...
exhibitions 'european design' Supported by the European Union, about 40 European interior design-related companies are visiting Japan with the goal of establishing or strengthening their presence in the market, and on March 26 and 27 an exhibition will be held for the seventh time under the ...
symposium Globalization in depth The Society of Global Business, a Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo-based organization of business and educational leaders working to foster the talent needed for success in today's global economy, will hold their second National Convention on March 22 and 23 at Kyoto University in ...
