BOOK AND BED TOKYO is opening its 6th branch in Shinsaibashi, Osaka. A hostel aimed at foreign tourists coming to Japan and travellers from inside and outside the country, the interior design of the new branch is being created by INTENTIONALLIES, the book selection chosen by Shibuya Publishing & Booksellers, the cafe menu co-developed by Sour, and the graphic designs created by Soda Design.
BOOK AND BED TOKYO has been picked up by various news outlets as a new addition to Tokyo’s culture, including CNN, The Huffington Post, The Guardian, and National Geographic. They have also received attention for their collaborations with select shop “1LDK,” pajama maker “NOWHAW,” and “Traveler’s Factory.”
INTENTIONALLIES are a design label responsible for the hostel’s decor that specialise in architecture and interior, creating everything from furniture to high-rise architectural structures. Shibuya Publishing & Booksellers who are in charge of the book selection opened in Shibuya in January 2008, offering books arranged by theme. Sour, who are co-creating the menu, run a popular shop in Teramachi, Kyoto that opened in 2016 where they sell sours made using fresh fruits. Soda Design is a design studio run by art directors Yusuke Shibata and Taki Kanako. It will be exciting to see how each of these creators’ visions come together to create the new BOOK AND BED TOKYO.
Full details as to when the new branch opens have yet to be announced, so stay tuned. In the meantime you can stay at one of their other five branches located in Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, Asakusa, Kyoto, and Fukuoka.
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BOOK AND BED TOKYO – Shinsaibashi
Address: 1 Higashi Shinsaibashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka
Opening Hours: TBA
TEL: TBA
BOOK AND BED TOKYO Official Website: http://bookandbedtokyo.com
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Smart Stay SHIZUKU is a stylish capsule hotel that opened on the JR side of Kyoto Station on April 10, 2018. The hotel is a place where female guests can also feel comfortable staying.
The hotel is themed on the concept of a 'private oasis' where one can heal their mind and body. It was created to provide a new kind of space where guests can gain peace of mind. The hotel aims to charge the quality of your mind and body for an active start to the day by giving high quality support to productive trips, easing fatigue, and offering high quality sleep for the nourishment of the mind and body.
The hotel is just a 4-minute walk from the JR side of Kyoto Station and can be used for everything from tourism and sightseeing to business.
There are saunas and baths in the male section and 'silky baths' that are nice on the skin in the female section. The facility is split into male and female floors and capsule rooms are fitted with security gates, so you can rest assured you'll be safe even on your own. There are even powder rooms, amenities and changing rooms for ladies too.
The future of capsule hotels is here. Why not visit Smart Stay SHIZUKU?
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Smart Stay SHIZUKU
Address: 214 Maoyachō, Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access: 4-minutes on foot from JR Kyoto Station
TEL: 075-585-5486
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Newton Sanza Group manage a chain of “evolutionary capsule hotels” that are established nearby Tokyo’s major terminal stations. As part of their expansion, they are opening their first branch in the Kansai region of Japan. Gouka Capsule Hotel Oyado Premiere Kyoto Shijo Karasuma will open in Karasuma, Kyoto on April 18, 2018.
Anshin Oyado is a capsule hotel chain with five branches operating near terminal stations throughout Tokyo. The hotels accept many methods of payment including Bitcoin and WeChat Pay. They are defined as “evolutionary capsule hotels” that have incorporated IoT Smart which uses smartphones and tablets.
The new branch in Karasuma offers over 200 individual free services and benefits, and hails as the first capsule hotel in Japan with an AI robot concierge. It has also introduced the “healthServer” which offers made-to-order supplements in powdered form has nutritional value for the maintenance of the body.
Also, for female guests only, there’s a stone sauna, powder room, and the capsule hotel’s first female-only dormitory rooms for groups who like to chat together. The hotel has also introduced its first adult drink bar that costs \750 for 1 hour. They offer all-you-can-drink on beer, junmai-shu and more. You wouldn’t imagine a capsule hotel to offer such fantastic service!
Be sure to try out the new Anshin Oyado hotel with its new infrastructure.
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Gouka Capsule Hotel Oyado Premiere Kyoto Shijo Karasuma
Opening: April 18, 2018
Address: 239-1 Higashi Irushin Meicho, Higashi Notouin, Ayano Koji Dori, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto Prefecture
Opening Celebration Price
*Overnight: Value = \4,480 / Deluxe = \4,980 / Theater = \5,480 / Premiere = \6,480
*Day Trip Hot Spring: 60 minutes = \1,080 / 90 minutes = \1,580 / 3 hours = \2,080 / 6 hours = \2,580 / 10 hours = \3,080
*All prices include tax.
TEL: 075-354-7716
Website: https://www.anshin-oyado.jp/kyoto/
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Ryokan HOSTEL Gion will open in Higashiyama, Kyoto on Saturday July 14. The hostel will take on the style of a Japanese inn, known as a ryokan.
The hostel is like a dormitory and offers specially made wooden ‘capsule’ beds. The beds are spacious, have curtains and are much more private than regular bunk bed dormitories you will find in Japan. All of the mattresses are placed on top of tatami flooring to give that traditional Japanese feeling and functionality. The décor and appearance of the hostel as well as shared areas are all designed with the Japanese style ryokan in mind. The first floor lounge space in particular makes uses of tatami flooring. You can really feel that relaxing at-home feeling you get in a ryokan. They aren’t as strict with privacy as in capsule hotels where it’s possible not to see anyone at all while you’re there. Most of the staff are travel-lovers themselves and will hold regular events to encourage communication between guests. Several different rooms are on offer. There are private dormitories that can hold up to four people with two rooms each, as well as single rooms that can accommodate two people who are looking for privacy. These rooms have bathrooms or shower booths as well as toilets (private dormitories). Private double rooms have unit baths and toilets. Consider staying in this Japanese-style dormitory while on your trip to Kyoto! ■Information Ryokan HOSTEL Gion Address: 391-2 Motomachi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 1st Floor: Genkan, Front, Lounge (Tatami), Communal Mini Kitchen, Suitcase Storage, Vending Machines, Single Rooms (3 Rooms) 2nd Floor: Dormitory Rooms (Males = 24 People), Dormitory Rooms (Shared Male & Female = 12 People), Male Toilets, 3 Shower Booths, 1 Bathroom 3rd Floor: Dormitory Rooms (Females = 24 People), Dormitory Rooms (Shared Male & Female = 12 People), Female Toilets, Female Powder Room (5 Shower Booths) 4th Floor: Laundry (Fee Charged), Rooftop, Smoking Booth
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HARAJUKU COLLECTIVE, a Collaboration Between Hot Topic & Studio Ghibli, Gets Pop-Up Store at Shinsaibashi PARCO
Last year, the HARAJUKU COLLECTIVE collaboration appeared at AF Gallery in Harajuku from August 10 until August 28, garnering massive acclaim from fans. The collection is now being sold at Shinsaibashi PARCO until March 12, 2023.
HARAJUKU COLLECTIVE is a Studio Ghibli-inspired apparel collection by the popular American counterculture chain Hot Topic. Bringing more Japanese culture to the ongoing Studio Ghibli collaboration launched in 2014, Hot Topic stores began selling original items produced by nine Japanese creators and brands, as well as some original American items produced by Hot Topic’s executive designers.
The lineup of Japan-original items includes T-shirts, tote bags, and other items featuring exclusive artwork by up-and-coming creators. These items depict beloved characters from Studio Ghibli’s works, as well as logos created for the collaboration. Fans won’t want to miss grabbing these unique items!
Details on the Previous HARAJUKU COLLECTIVE Pop-Up Store: https://www.moshimoshi-nippon.jp/ja/625747
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HARAJUKU COLLECTIVE
Running: February 23 – March 12, 2023
Hours: 10:00-20:00
Venue: Shinsaibashi PARCO B1F Pop-Up Space (1-8-3 Shinsaibashisuji, Chuo-ku, Osaka)
Official Site: https://ghibli-harajukucollective-ec.com
Online Store (Open until March 31, 2023): https://ec.ghibli-harajukucollective-ec.com
HARAJUKU COLLECTIVE Official SNS:
Instagram: @harajuku_collective
(https://www.instagram.com/harajuku_collective）
Twitter: @harajuku_collect (https://twitter.com/harajukucollect)
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Atarashii Gakko! will hold solo concerts at Zepp venues in Tokyo and Osaka in April and May of 2023. These performances will be held almost a year after the girls held their solo concert at Zepp DiverCity in Tokyo last May. This year’s events will be held at Zepp Osaka Bayside on April 30 and Zepp Shinjuku in Tokyo on May 2. ATARASHII GAKKO! - HANAKO (Official Music Video)
ATARASHII GAKKO! - Pineapple Kryptonite (Official Music Video) Information
Atarashii Gakko! at Tokyo & Osaka Zepp
-We’re working on some amazing new songs and we’re dying for everyone to see our newest evolution (Tentative title)-
April 30, 2023 – Zepp Osaka Bayside
May 2, 2023 – Zepp Shinjuku (Tokyo)
Fan’s Presale Tickets (Starting January 1)
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Hoshinoya Tokyo, a traditional ryokan in Otemachi, has announced the New Year’s Kabuki Plan, a two-day, one-night stay from January 5 until January 7, 2023. During the Edo Period, citizens enjoyed watching Kabuki plays during the New Year’s holidays, often sipping tea at connected teahouses. This event will invite visitors to experience what this was like, complete with traditional food and decorations. Watching Kabuki was a chic way for those in Edo to ring in the new year. Theater teahouses were also a popular gathering place–along with arranging tickets, the teahouses offered plot notes, tea, sweets, boxed lunches, snacks, and other drinks.**Hiroshi Fujita, Yoshihide Tomizawa (2012) / The Updated Kabuki Dictionary, Kashiwa Shobo
Relax Before Enjoying Tea and a Play
Guests are invited to relax in the Ochanoma (Living Room) Lounge, decorated to look like a traditional teahouse with fans, ukiyo-e prints, and formal curtains. Hanabiramochi, or rice cakes with flower petals, will be served with green tea. These rice cakes are said to date back to the New Year’s tradition of eating hard foods like daikon and rice cakes in the hopes of prolonging one’s life. Characterized by its curious burdock root aroma, the cakes are sweetened with white miso bean paste. Enjoy a Post-Viewing Mont Blanc Shaped like Soba with Sweet Dessert Wine
At theater teahouses in the Edo period, sake, snacks, and desserts were served one after another. During this special event, a menu inspired by this practice and prepared by Hoshinoya Tokyo Executive Chef Noriyuki Hamada will be served! Soba noodles were often served after a play in the past. Inspired by this tradition, Mont Blanc made with chestnut paste and sponge cake will be served up to look like this popular dish. Paired with a dessert wine aged in oak barrels, the sweet will be served in a traditional lacquerware basket. In addition, the dish will be paired with Wasabi Pralines, Shichimi Meringue, and Ginger Pate de Fruits.Take a Rickshaw to the Kabuki-za Theater
Guests will be taken on an Edo-style tour on their way to the Kabuki-za Theater. Passing through the Nihonbashi area, the first stop will be the Fukutoku Shrine. It’s said that Hidetada Tokugawa paid a visit to and praised the shrine on New Year’s Day in 1614. The next shrine on the docket, Hodo Inari Jinja, was enshrined in Edo Castle during the Edo period to protect the heir to the Tokugawa family. It’s said that the shrine provides blessings for child rearing, matchmaking, and business prosperity. This tour will provide a more elegant way to explore Tokyo as guests enjoy exposition from their chauffeur. To make the rickshaw ride even more enjoyable, guests can rent kimonos for an extra charge. Would you like to take a step back in time this New Year?Information
New Year’s Kabuki Plan
Running: January 5 – January 7, 2023
Capacity: 1 couple per day (1-2 people)
Price: ¥110,000 per person, ¥180,000 for 2 people (Including Tax & Service charge, excluding accommodation charge)
Reserve/Details – Official Site: https://hoshinoya.com/tokyo
*Reservation required at least 14 days in advance
**Exclusive experience for Hoshinoya Tokyo guests
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The 13th iteration of the BT21 Cafe will open at six venues in five cities around Japan. Fans in Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, and Sapporo will want to visit this exclusive event titled ~MAGICAL TIME~. The first cafe opens in Shibuya on November 3. In celebration of BT21’s 5th anniversary, this special cafe is filled with joy and excitement and aims to give fans the best possible experience.
Cafe Menu
Magical Tea Time Set
Food Plate
Food Plate (7 varieties)
Dessert Plate
Dessert Plate (7 varieties)
Drinks
Magical Milk Tea
Black Tea
Iced Coffee / Hot Coffee
Original Goods
Acrylic Keychain (7 varieties, Random)
Acrylic Clip (7 varieties, Random)
Satin Sticker (7 varieties)
Clear Folder (2 varieties)
Handkerchief (7 varieties)
Tote Bag
Mug
Masking Tape / Balloon on a Stick
Dolomite Coaster (2 varieties) / Mirror (2 varieties)
[Online Store Exclusive] Acrylic Keychain (7 varieties, Random)
The cafe’s new menu includes afternoon tea, perfect for warming the body and soul during the cold winter months. The colorful food items and desserts are sure to be a hit on social media, and fans will enjoy the Magical Milk Tea and other dishes inspired by the popular BT21 characters. In addition to new merchandise and bonuses featuring newly-drawn art, a photo spot will welcome guests to the cafe and invite them to celebrate this five-year milestone. Why not take a break from everyday life to enjoy a magical time with these cute characters? ©BT21Information
BT21 Cafe #13 ~MAGICAL TIME~
Venue/Dates
■Shibuya, Tokyo:BOX cafe&space SHIBUYA109
Running: November 3 – December 10, 2022
Address: SHIBUYA109 B2F (2-29-1 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
■Oshiage, Tokyo:BOX cafe&space Tokyo Solamachi
Running: January 13 – February 19, 2023
Address: Tokyo Skytree Town, Solamachi 1F (1-1-2 Oshiage, Sumida-ku, Tokyo)
■Yokohama, Kanagawa:Collabo_Index Lumine Yokohama
Running: January 13 – February 5, 2023
Address: Lumine Yokohama 6F (2-16-1 Takashima, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa)
■Nagoya, Aichi:BOX cafe&space Nagoya LACHIC #1
Running: December 2, 2022 – February 5, 2023
Address: LACHIC B1F (3-6-1 Sakae, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi)
■Shinsaibashi, Osaka:
Shinsaibashi contact
Running: November 11 – December 18, 2022
Address: 1-6-24 Kitahorie, Nishi-ku, Osaka
■Sapporo, Hokkaido:
Cafe Interlude, Coach & Four Shinakawa
Running: November 3 – December 29, 2022
Address: 18-chome 3-jo, Kita-ku, Sapporo
Reservations: https://box-cafe.jp/
Online Shop
Open: November 3, 11:00 – December 4, 23:59
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The Grand Front Osaka mall has announced an incredible Christmas celebration in collaboration with the magical world of Harry Potter! Fans will want to visit the massive shopping center between November 10 and December 25 to take part in the festivities.
Standard Decorations
Showtime Decorations
Harry Potter-Inspired Decorations
The highlight of the event is the 13-meter-tall Christmas Tree, which will be set up on the first floor of the mall’s North Building. The tree will be decorated with Harry Potter-inspired ornaments like moving staircases and window frames, which will look as though they are floating in the air. At night, a light show will take place around the tree, complete with projections inspired by the four houses of Hogwarts.Decorated Ted E. Bear
Stamp Rally Card
House Flag Decorations
Tully's Coffee and Harry Potter Collaboration Goods and Menu
Special Harry Potter-themed decorations will be attached to many trees in the area around the nearby Umekita Plaza, and fans can also find a Harry Potter panel exhibition. An Instagram photo campaign will be held in which visitors can enter to win collab merch, so don’t miss out! Come make some magical memories at this Harry Potter event in Osaka this winter.Information
Grand Wish Christmas 2022
Harry Potter: An Invitation to the Wizarding World of Christmas
Running: November 10 – December 25, 2022 *Excluding certain contents
Venue: Grand Front Osaka North & South Wings, Umekita Plaza, etc.
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Today, luxury brand Montblanc launched a new collaboration collection with the popular anime and manga series Naruto. Items from the collection are available to purchase worldwide. Since its release 20 years ago, Naruto has captured the hearts of fans around the world with its inspiring story and beloved characters. The designs featured in the new collection feature illustrations of the character printed in dynamic poses. The collection features everything from leather goods to writing instruments.
The new items highlight Naruto’s relationship with his mentor Jiraiya, stressing the importance of mentors and knowledge. The brushstroke-like curves on each piece emphasize the anime style, and all bags come in a refined black color with orange accents. To celebrate the launch of this collaboration, a special short anime was created to highlight the power of writing and communication. The brief animation shows Jiraiya reflecting on Naruto’s journey and the ample advice he passed down while focusing on what’s important in life. Meanwhile, Naruto uses a fountain pen to write down what it really means to be a ninja. The collection also features a new edition of Montblanc’s iconic Meisterstück. The special-edition fountain pen features a Hidden Leaf Village motif in gold with a matching nib and a ruthenium-coated embellishment. A special pop-up store is open on the first floor of Hankyu Men’s Osaka until October 18. By snapping a photo of the collaboration products and posting it on social media with the hashtag #MontblancXNaruto, fans can snag an original Montblanc x Naruto memory card game. Additionally, those making a purchase will get an original furoshiki! Whether you’re a fan of Naruto or a fan of Montblanc’s goods, this collaboration might be impossible to pass up. Information
Montblanc x Naruto
Release Date: October 12, 2022
Pop-up Store
Venue: Hankyu Mens Osaka 1F
Running: October 12 – October 18, 2022
Details: https://bit.ly/3rtWGAn