Tokyo Disneyland Hotel adding new rooms that let you stay with Alice, Belle, and Cinderella
Casey Baseel
With Japan’s love of travel and fictional characters, it was really only a matter of time before hotels started offering rooms based on popular animated franchises. You can always count on Disney to have its finger on the pulse of travelers, and sure enough the Tokyo Disneyland Hotel has a block of rooms decorated with the cast of its classic films.It’s been six years since the hotel opened, though, and management has decided it could use a little sprucing up, So next year the character rooms are being renovated, with some returning favorites getting new amenities plus the hotel debut of a few more.
Going Loopy
Officials at JR East unveiled the design of their spiffy new Yamanote line carriages, which will go into operation next fall.The new train-dubbed E235 Kei-will retain the lime green color scheme that we’ve all come to know and love.
One change will be to increase the number of courtesy-seating areas per 11-car train, from the current 20 to 29.
The redesign also includes wider doors to accommodate passengers with baby strollers or large pieces of luggage.
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Timing is everything in SDF’s recruitment drive
Oddly timed enlistment blitz spurs youth unease despite J-pop spin
BY TOMOHIRO OSAKI
STAFF WRITER
Most regard it as ironic, but some call it sinister.The Self-Defense Forces have launched an annual recruitment drive in the same week that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe handed Japan’s troops a new role.
On Tuesday, the day Abe said the Cabinet had decided to reinterpret the pacifist Constitution, the Defense Ministry launched a major campaign for new recruits, with TV commercials and online videos soliciting applications.
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