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Tourist hotel “Hotel Resol Ueno” will expand the menu of “free light meal service” in the Living Lobby from Friday, June 20, 2025, exclusively for guests staying at the hotel.

Tourist hotel “Hotel Resol Ueno” will expand the menu of “free light meal service” in the Living Lobby from Friday, June 20, 2025, exclusively for guests staying at the hotel.

A highly popular collaboration project between "Soup Stock Tokyo," a specialty soup shop, and "Style Bread," which makes bread from homemade yeast! Hotel Risol Ueno (7-2-9 Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo), a tourist hotel under the Risol Hotels brand operated by Risol Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Mobara City, Chiba Prefecture; President and CEO: Naoto Sano), will be collaborating with Soup Stock Tokyo, a soup specialty store operated by Soup Stock Tokyo Co., Ltd., and Style Bread, which makes bread from homemade yeast, to offer an expanded menu of free snacks from Friday, June 20, 2025 in the Living Lobby, exclusively for guests staying at the hotel. This time, two new products will be

Enjoy the Tanabata atmosphere at home! Introducing “Summer-only sweets” to enjoy the season: “Tanabata & Summer Sweets”

June 27th (Friday) to July 29th (Tuesday) / Matsuzakaya Ueno store, 1st floor Hoppe Town, cafes on each floor [Special page] https://www.matsuzakaya.co.jp/ueno/topics/250627_tanabata.html *Scheduled to be released at 10:00 on Friday, June 27th Matsuzakaya Ueno store will be holding a "Tanabata & Summer Sweets" event from June 27th (Friday) to July 29th (Tuesday). Tanabata is the once-a-year event on July 7th (Monday). Want to enjoy a seasonal event at home? We have prepared adorable "Tanabata Sweets" inspired by starry skies and the Milky Way to satisfy that desire! They look gorgeous and are sure to satisfy your mood and stomach! There will also be "Summer Sweets" that can only be purchased

“2nd Hometown Tokyo Support Festival: Beer and Yukata Bon Odori in Ueno 2025”

Announcement of the 2nd Beer and Yukata Bon Odori in Ueno 2025 The 2nd Tokyo Hometown Support Beer and Yukata Bon Odori event will be held from July 4th to 6th, 2025. A beer and Bon Odori festival that colors Tokyo's summer will be held in Ueno with the theme of "JAPAN LOVE"! Set in the Fountain Square in Ueno Park, this event allows you to enjoy local gourmet food and beer from all over Japan, traditional Bon Odori dance, and the ever-popular Anime Song Bon Odori dance! Based on the concept of "Hometown Summer," this event will focus on craft beer, which is loved all over Japan, and Bon

Monster Grill Ueno Store starts serving Muslim-friendly “Kurohana Beef Steak”! ~ Using Halal-certified Wagyu beef, catering to diverse food cultures ~

In response to the increasing number of tourists visiting Japan, we want to share the deliciousness of Wagyu beef with more people. We want to create a "Japanese steakhouse" that Muslims can enjoy with peace of mind. Monster Grill Ueno (operated by Revera Co., Ltd.), popular for its hearty steaks and hand-kneaded hamburgers, has started serving Muslim-friendly Wagyu steaks, “Kurohana Beef Steaks,” from June 10, 2025. This menu is a set of steak made with halal-certified domestic Kuroge Wagyu beef "Kurohana beef," along with rice, soup, and salad. All soups and dressings are halal, so you can enjoy your meal with peace of mind. *Cooking utensils (knives, cutting boards, tongs,

The temple associated with the Tokugawa Shogunate, “Daihonzan Kan’ei-ji Temple” in Ueno, Tokyo, will start offering the summer-only “Tokugawa Papercut Goshuin”

Elternal Inc. (CEO: Takayasu Kokubo, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; hereinafter, "our company"), a venture company established at Waseda University, will start offering summer-only Tokugawa paper-cut goshuin stamps produced by our company from Saturday, June 14th at Kan'ei-ji Temple, the head temple of the Tendai sect, where we provide consulting services. The temple is known as the prayer hall and family temple of the Tokugawa Shogun family, and is an extremely prestigious temple where six of the 15 shoguns in history rest, surpassing the two at Nikko Toshogu Shrine. Since the temple started offering its first paper-cut goshuin stamps in 2023, the response has been huge, and even today many people from all

Highball x Baby Star?! Enjoy the pairing of Baby Star with alcohol at the early summer Ueno tradition “Shitamachi Highball Festival 2025 in Ueno Onshi Park”!

A must-see 4 days for alcohol lovers! Cheers with highballs and Baby Star snacks! O-Yatsu Company Ltd. (Headquarters: Tsu city, Mie Prefecture; President and CEO: Yokoyama Masashi) wants to bring back the exciting feelings of those days that we tend to forget in our daily lives. With this in mind, the company is developing fun collaboration projects in a variety of industries, locations and situations that are unique to Baby Star and go beyond the conventional wisdom of snacks, making people want to tweet, "#BabyStarEvenHere!" As the 20th installment of the "#BabyStarEvenHere" campaign to celebrate the 65th anniversary of its release, Yatsuka Company will participate in the "Shitamachi Highball Festival

Raikou Enmai Kaguzuchi [Create an “extraordinary” experience with fire. Glamping x fire performance for an unforgettable experience.]

Glamping is an outdoor luxury experience. By combining this with a fire and light show that creates an overwhelming sense of immersion, a one-night-only theme park experience has been created. Kaguzuchi Inc. / Raikou Enbu "Kaguzuchi-KAGUZUCHI-" (Head office: Fuchu City, Tokyo, CEO: Izumi Hideyuki, hereinafter referred to as "Kaguzuchi"), which develops creative performances that combine fire and light, will begin offering experiential production plans that combine glamping (a luxurious outdoor experience) with a fire performance that creates an overwhelming sense of immersion. We provide a fire and light stage show with the theme of a "one-night only theme park experience" for accommodation-type leisure facilities, helping to increase nighttime customer numbers,

Limited time only! Popular store products now available in Sakura Panda packaging! Matsuzakaya Ueno store: Latest gourmet food

June 18th (Wednesday) to June 24th (Tuesday), 2025 Matsuzakaya Ueno Store, 1st basement floor and 1st floor Hoppe Town event space Hoppe Town, the food floor of Matsuzakaya Ueno, is holding events featuring popular shops that change weekly. Starting on Wednesday, June 18th, Yushima Kagetsu and Usagiya, which are located near Matsuzakaya Ueno, will be collaborating with Sakura Panda, the official mascot of Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Store! The delicious flavors will remain the same, but with a cute limited edition design featuring Sakura Panda. In addition, there is a wide selection of department store gourmet food that is perfect for when you want to treat yourself, such as Kantaya's nigiri

Meet your favorite panda! Ecute Ueno “PANDA PARK” fair will be held from Monday, June 16th! More than 310 panda goods and Tarepanda POP-UP SHOP!

Period: Monday, June 16th, 2025 to Monday, June 30th, 2025 The panda fair "PANDA PARK" will be held from Monday, June 16th to Monday, June 30th, 2025 at Ecute Ueno, an in-station commercial facility operated by JR East Cross Station Development Company, Ltd. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Company President: Akio Sugimura) . To coincide with June being the birth month of the giant panda "Xiao Xiao Leilei," whose return deadline is in February 2026, the lineup includes over 310 items, including gourmet treats such as panda-shaped icing cookies and doughnuts with a panda's face peeking out, as well as woven towels printed with twin pandas. Of these, over 95 panda items

Let’s go! Summer fireworks festival! A travel product using the “Omagari, Nagaoka, Kashiwazaki” special group train is now on sale!

We offer round-trip group special trains and a paid viewing area for the fireworks display! JR East View Tourism & Sales Co., Ltd. has launched travel products that use special group trains departing and arriving at Ueno Station to coincide with the 97th National Fireworks Competition "Omagari Fireworks" on Saturday, August 30th, 2025, the 2025 Nagaoka Festival Grand Fireworks Display on Saturday, August 2nd, and the Gion Kashiwazaki Festival Seaside Fireworks Display on Saturday, July 26th. Our travel products include a round-trip group special train + a paid viewing area for the fireworks display (excluding some plans). You can sit back and enjoy the fireworks without having to secure a

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