The City of Kyoto will start charging an accommodation tax from 1 October, 2018. The tax will be levied on guests staying at accommodation facilities/residences, which accept accommodation fees.

This new ticket allows unlimited rides on designated highway buses throughout the six prefectures of Tohoku, the northeastern region of Japan.

Partners Information: West Japan Railway Company (JR West) will launch a service allowing overseas tourists to purchase JR Tickets online before their arrival, including tickets that are only available to overseas visitors.

Partners Information: All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan’s largest and 5-star airline for six consecutive years will begin offering direct daily services between Tokyo and Perth, Australia in September 2019.

JR Hokkaido train reservations will now be available online via the JR-East Train Reservation website as of 1 February 2017. Travellers can now make advanced seat reservations for JR Hokkaido area Shinkansen (bullet-train), Limited Express and Rapid Airport trains.