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October 28th is “Panda Day”! This year marks the 52nd anniversary of the arrival of pandas in Japan! Celebrate in a panda-full way with a Tintin photo exhibition, 10 panda novelties, and advertising balloons! “HAPPY PANDAFUL DAYS”

October 28th is “Panda Day”! This year marks the 52nd anniversary of the arrival of pandas in Japan! Celebrate in a panda-full way with a Tintin photo exhibition, 10 panda novelties, and advertising balloons! “HAPPY PANDAFUL DAYS”

October 9th (Wed) – November 5th (Tue) / Matsuzakaya Ueno store   Matsuzakaya Ueno will be holding a store-wide event, “HAPPY PANDAFUL DAYS,” from October 9th (Wed) to November 5th (Tue) to celebrate the 52nd anniversary of the arrival of pandas in Japan. There will be a lot of events using photos of all 10 pandas, including not only the pandas currently in Japan, but also Ri Ri, Shin Shin, and Xiang Xiang, who have traveled to China, and Tin Tin from Kobe Oji Zoo, who passed away in March this year! In addition to decorations and original novelties featuring the 10 pandas, be sure to check out the “Thank

[TGI Fridays] 25th anniversary! A Halloween celebration that combines horror and fun! Authentic American! Experience something out of the ordinary with “Happy Halloween”! Held at all 12 stores from October 1st!

~ Lots of anniversary events, including special menus, an employee costume contest, and an Instagram posting campaign ~   TGI Fridays, one of the world’s largest American casual dining chains with over 850 stores in 55 countries operated by TGI Fridays Japan (headquarters: Ota-ku, Tokyo; hereinafter referred to as “TGI Fridays”), is celebrating its 25th anniversary in Japan by holding a “HAPPY 25th ANNIVERSARY! Huge Thanksgiving Festival” with a “Happy Halloween” event at all 12 stores from Tuesday, October 1st to Thursday, October 31st, 2024. TGI Fridays has been in business for 25 years since it first opened in Shibuya, Tokyo in 1999. With its American-style food, generous portions, and

The first station local fair “MEGURIP” will be held! The first fair will be the Hokuriku local support fair “Hokuriku MEGURIP”!

Explore Tokyo Station and other station areas and experience the charms of the Hokuriku region! The event will run from October 1st (Tue) to December 31st (Tue)   JR East Cross Station Co., Ltd. (Head office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo / CEO: Nishino Fuminao) will hold the Hokuriku region support fair “Hokuriku MEGURIP” at Gransta Tokyo, NewDays and other stores from October 1st (Tuesday) to December 31st (Tuesday), where they will sell limited edition products and hold events. In line with the Hokuriku Destination Campaign, which the JR Group is carrying out in cooperation with the local community, “Hokuriku MEGURIP” will promote the campaign by selling products made with ingredients from the

“Otomeshi Osechi” trial menus will be on sale for the first time, allowing you to sample some of the new Osechi dishes! “Matsuzakaya Ueno Store’s Osechi” now available for purchase in store

Wednesday, October 2, 2024 to Sunday, December 22, 2024 / Matsuzakaya Ueno Store, 6th floor New Year’s food order corner   Matsuzakaya Ueno store will start accepting orders for osechi from Wednesday, October 2nd. This year, pay attention to “luxurious osechi” that lets you enjoy the flavors of famous restaurants, “osechi supervised by culinary experts,” and “unique osechi” in the form of hors d’oeuvres! Also, for the first time, “trial osechi” will be sold in stores, developed in response to customer requests to try osechi before purchasing it. A limited number of assortments of osechi from Daimaru Matsuzakaya’s special project will be available, allowing you to enjoy small amounts of

To commemorate the opening of the National Museum of Western Art’s special exhibition “Monet: The Water Lilies,” Tokyo Metro will be selling an original 24-hour ticket!

~ On sale from Saturday, October 5, 2024! ~   Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd. will begin selling the Tokyo Metro Original 24-Hour Ticket (hereinafter referred to as the “Original 24-Hour Ticket”) from Saturday, October 5, 2024 to commemorate the National Museum of Western Art’s special exhibition “Monet: The Water Lilies.”   To commemorate the opening of “Monet: Water Lilies” at the National Museum of Western Art (nearest station: Ueno Station) from Saturday, October 5, 2024, we will be selling an original 24-hour ticket with the design of the Water Lilies, which will be exhibited in Japan for the first time from the Musee Marmottan Monet in Paris. 2024 marks 150

– Rediscover the charm of rice – Rice-based sweets “Komelantan” will be available for purchase in store and online from September 19th at Patisserie de Bonne Augur in Yushima, Bunkyo Ward.

“Komelantan” is a baked confectionery based on a Florentine confectionery, made with mochi rice cake skin and rice haze. It is a sweet created to help people rediscover the goodness of rice and enjoy it more closely in this time of what is said to be the rice turmoil of the Reiwa era.   Patisserie de Bonne Augur is a Western-style confectionery shop located between Yushima Tenjin and Kanda Myojin, which produces and sells sweets that combine Japanese and Western ingredients in a balanced way, with a theme of “lucky charms.” The newly developed “Komelantan” is a dessert that combines Florentine-based caramel, almonds, and rice crackers inside a monaka shell,

“Sa Nazo!? 2024 ~ Sorry for the wait! Get in the mood in Ueno in the fall at 8 facilities ~”

~This time, eight facilities will participate, the largest number ever! We hope that all sauna lovers will come to Ueno to enjoy sauna baths~ Event period: Friday, October 4th, 2024 to Monday, October 14th (National Holiday)   In the spring of 2021, famous facilities in the Ueno area of Tokyo gathered together to hold a 10-day facility-hopping event to revitalize the city of Ueno, which was suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was called “Samanazume!?” The response to the event was tremendous, and many people asked for it to be held again. So, in October 2024, Samanazume!? has returned with an upgraded version, with [the number of participating facilities

[Ueno de. Panda Mid-Autumn Festival 2024]

Let’s celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in Ueno for three days on September 21st (Sat), 22nd (Sun, Autumnal Equinox), and 23rd (Mon, substitute holiday) 2024.   The Uenode.Panda Mid-Autumn Festival Executive Committee (Ueno Chuo Dori Shopping Association/Chugoku Television Co., Ltd.) will be holding the 2nd Uenode.Panda Mid-Autumn Festival 2024, a local revitalization event themed around eating, drinking and playing, with the aim of supporting local recovery, developing the community and enhancing culture, at Ueno Onshi Park Fountain Square over the three-day holiday from Saturday, September 21st to Monday, September 23rd, 2023 (National Holiday). The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional harvest festival in East Asia, and is as important as the Lunar

The National Plum Wine Festival in Tokyo 2024 will be held for four days from Friday, September 20th! Enjoy tasting and comparing 129 types of plum wine from all over Japan at Yushima Tenmangu Shrine.

The event will be held for four days from Friday, September 20th to Monday, September 23rd. Advance tickets, worth ¥500 off, will be on sale until Thursday, September 19th!     ▶Seven Ticket → Go to Seven Ticket purchase site ▶We have started offering electronic tickets that allow easy entry via smartphone. → Go to the e-ticket purchase site The National Plum Wine Festival in Tokyo 2024 will be held for four days from Friday, September 20th to Monday, September 23rd at Yushima Tenmangu Shrine in Tokyo (3-30-1 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo). The main event will be a tasting of 129 types of plum wine, including those that won gold, silver,

“SHELVES COFFEE”, a coffee shop that selects coffee beans from roasters in North America, mainly in Seattle, that are making their first appearance in Japan, has opened in Okachimachi!

SHELVES COFFEE, which selects coffee beans from local roasters in Seattle and Portland [opening in Japan for the first time], has opened a SHELVES COFFEE Okachimachi store following its Minato store in Chuo Ward.   ▼ABOUT SHELVES COFFEE What is Shelves Coffee? This coffee shop offers a selection of coffee beans from local roasters based in Seattle, North America, who are opening in Japan for the first time. In North America, coffee lovers, families living nearby, business people, students, people who want to chat with familiar staff or go to work, and many other people use cafes for a variety of purposes. Specialty coffee is ingrained in our daily lives,

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