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.

Partners Information: The 3-day Shoryudo Bus Pass (Matsumoto, Magome, Komagane Course) has been relaunched.The ticket gives the user unlimited travel on highway buses and route buses connecting Nagoya, Magome, Komagane, Matsumoto and other places, and includes access to Central Japan International Airport.

Partners Information: East Japan Railway Company (JR East) has added 13 new ‘Joyful Train’ services to their JR-East Train Reservation online seat reservations service to make it easier for overseas travellers to book.

In addition to the existing five services which included the Resort Shirakami, 13 new train services have been added, including the popular SL steam locomotives as well as the Koshino Shu*Kura train.