Osaka
Food
Event
Miffy café tokyo’ POP UP in Umeda, a café where you can feel and experience Miffy’s art along with food.
From 25 Oct (Fri) to 8 Dec (Sun), 2024, a pop-up shop for miffy café tokyo will be held in Umeda, Osaka.
On September 28th, we released “Sightseeing MaaS (Mobility as a Service)” setowa “” that can be used on both smartphone apps and websites.
“Setouchi Sightseeing Navi setowa” introduces hot spots in the Setouchi area, creates travel schedules, makes reservations for transportation and hotels, offers advantageous tickets that can be used for travel, and navigation functions that can be used at destinations. , A convenient and advantageous integrated service that can be used from the planning to the end of the trip.
This time, in addition to the app version, a new website version that can be started more easily has appeared and has been renewed. The area of use has expanded to the Setouchi area centered on the entire area of Hiroshima, and a variety of advantageous tour passes that include unlimited rides on designated transportation and admission tickets for tourist facilities have been added, making it easier and more advantageous to travel. You can enjoy it. Service is free of charge.
In addition, actress Ayami Nakajo’s new visuals are also being released at each station in the JR West area (excluding some areas). Please also pay attention to Mr. Nakajo’s pretty smile.
“Sightseeing-type MaaS (Mobility as a Service *)” setowa “” is a secondary service such as local ships, buses, taxis, rental cars, bicycle rentals, and car sharing, in addition to railways such as the Shinkansen from the departure point to the destination. An integrated service that allows you to seamlessly search, reserve, and settle some of your access on your smartphone. By saving the route search results to the spot you want to go to, you can create a travel schedule, and you can easily make reservations and payments for transportation such as trains from the travel schedule.
In addition, you can make travel reservations and use tickets with your smartphone without cash or tickets. There is little contact with stations, travel agencies, and local staff, so you can travel with peace of mind even in the event of a corona.
In addition to the sale of tour passes and sightseeing / experience tickets, it is also equipped with a photo introduction of hot spots and a navigation function to the spots. It is a sightseeing navigation that allows you to spend more convenient and comfortable sightseeing in the Setouchi area from the planning of your trip to the end of your trip.
* Mobility as a Service: A concept of “movement” that uses ICT to cloud transportation and regards mobility by means of transportation as a single service regardless of the operating entity, and seamlessly connects them.
・From the route search results to your destination, you can link to the reservation sites or apps of each company such as railroads, taxis, rental cars, car sharing, rental bicycles, share cycles, etc., and make reservations and payments as they are on your smartphone.
・By saving multiple route search results, you can create an original travel schedule. You can also use the screenshot feature to share your schedule with your travel companions.
① Reliable and advantageous “setowa tour pass”
In addition to unlimited rides on public transportation such as JR (regular trains, regular cars, unreserved seats), designated private railways, fixed-route buses, ships, and ropeways within the free tour section, a set of admission tickets for local tourist facilities is included. You can reserve and settle items that are convenient and advantageous for traveling around the area with setowa, and you can purchase tickets without going to the counter without going to the counter.
A total of 5 types of excursion passes are on sale: “setowa Hiroshima Wide Pass”, “setowa Hiroshima West Pass”, “setowa Hiroshima East Pass”, “setowa Hiroshima Matsuyama Pass”, and “setowa Setouchi Okayama Pass”. You can use it by presenting the ticket screen when boarding or entering the building (you need to start using it before using it).
Example of tour pass
(1) setowa Hiroshima West Pass
・ Sales amount: Adults ¥ 3,800, Children ¥ 1,900 (tax included)
・ Validity period 2 days
・ Release period From October 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021 (available until April 1)
* Released from 10:00 a month ago until the day of the effective start date
(2) setowa Hiroshima East Pass
・ Sales amount: Adults ¥ 3,500, Children ¥ 1,750 (tax included)
・ Validity period 2 days
・ Release period From October 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021 (available until April 1)
* Released from 10:00 a month ago until the day of the effective start date
② “setowa ticket” to color your trip
We have set up more than 50 types of recommended tickets such as “watch, eat, and experience” so that you can enjoy your trip even more. Reservations and payments can be made with setowa. You can use it at each facility just by showing the ticket screen. (* For some facilities, you need to enter the facility code before using it. Please ask the local staff for the facility code.)
・ Setouchi Island Tabi Cruise
The Setouchi sightseeing high-speed cruiser “SEA SPICA”, which just debuted in the summer of 2020, is a luxurious cruise while enjoying the scenery of Setouchi’s beauty of Tajima.
・ Rental cycle (SHIMANAMI LEMON BIKE)
A lemon-colored bicycle rental in Setouchi made by JR West in collaboration with a bicycle manufacturer in Onomichi. Let’s go cycling to Shimanami Kaido with a “shining” bicycle!
・ Setowa gourmet coupon
We will introduce gourmet spots that you can use with confidence, find your favorite, and enjoy setowa’s original menu and local gourmet.
It will be sold in Fukuyama City, Onomichi City, Mihara City, Kure City, Hiroshima City, etc.
② Free coupons and benefits that can be used while traveling
You can use discount coupons that can be used while traveling, such as “DISCOVER WEST Passport” redemption coupons that can be presented at designated facilities and free child seat coupons that can be used with JR West Rent-A-Car & Lease. receive. In addition, if you purchase a setowa tour pass or setowa ticket with a J-WEST card, you can also use the benefits of redeeming J-WEST points equivalent to 1.5% (3 times the point magnification) (15 points for every 1000 yen including tax).
* Please check the JR Odekake Net for the redemption location and benefits of the “DISCOVER WEST Passport”. ( JR Outing Net )
・We will introduce the hot spots on SNS, the spots introduced on TV, and other setowa recommended spots along with photos and reviews. You can register the spots you want to go to as favorites and reflect them in the schedule function.
・We also provide “Area Guide” and “Model Course” that are convenient for making plans for Setouchi travel. We will introduce a lot from the standard model course for first-time users to the setowa original course.
・Displays the location of each spot you want to know while traveling, such as sightseeing and gourmet, on a map. It also has a navigation function that displays the route from your current location to the spot. Smooth movement is possible.
・We also provide weekly weather forecasts for each area of Setouchi, which is indispensable for traveling.
Setouchi area centered on Hiroshima prefecture, Okayama prefecture (Kurashiki city, Okayama city, etc.), Yamaguchi prefecture (Iwakuni city, etc.) and Ehime prefecture (Matsuyama city, Imabari city)
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Osaka
Food
Event
From 25 Oct (Fri) to 8 Dec (Sun), 2024, a pop-up shop for miffy café tokyo will be held in Umeda, Osaka.
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Travel
Culture
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Restaurant
Event
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Tradition
Event
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Travel
Food
Culture
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Event
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