Yamanashi’s Fuji Motosuko Resort is home to the yearly Fuji Shibazakura Festival, one of the most popular spring flower events in Jaapn. From July 16 until October 10, 2022, guests will also be able to enjoy the Rainbow Flower Festival, with over 80,000 blooms decorating the land around Mount Fuji. 

From Left: Coneflowers, Common Zinnia, Begonia, Ageratum

From Left: Scarlet Sage (Sirius), Scarlet Sage (Bonfire), Scarlet Sage (Deep Blue), Coleus

The theme for the inaugural event is ‘Seven Colors of Mount Fuji.’ Visitors will be able to take incredible pictures, with a variety of blooms springing from the Earth in seven beautiful colors. Whether you love begonias or zinnias, you won’t want to miss this one. 

The venue will also feature photo spots that will be perfect for social media, from a rainbow circle bench to the ‘Yellow Door of Happiness.’ A campaign will also be held to choose the best photos of the event posted to Instagram.

Koppe-pan (with Yamanashi Peach Butter and Whipped Cream) / Lava Fried Tofu / Bellflower Mochi Ice Cream / Jewel Soda

A unique food menu featuring everything from lava-shaped fried tofu to fluffy bread with local peach butter will appear at the event.

*Sample image.

Pictures aren’t the only thing you’ll leave with–a selection of souvenirs will be on sale, including ‘Stick Jelly’ made with five types of local fruit puree. These will only be available at the event, so come have a wonderful time visiting Mount Fuji this summer!

Tokyo’s Sunshine City Prince Hotel will hold a special collaboration cafe with the mobile game Technoroid at the Bayern restaurant. The first collaboration cafe for the multimedia project will be open from July 30 until September 11, 2022.

Ikebukuro is a part of Tokyo filled with shops, restaurants, movie theaters, and plenty of anime and game shops. Anyone visiting the area will find something fun to do, and it has also become known nationally as a mecca for girls who like BL. 

Afternoon Tea Menu

Sales Period: July 30 – August 6

Nobel / Ruma / Einsatz

Sales Period: August 7 – August 13

Silve / Auru / Lana / Zin

Sales Period: August 14 – August 20

Kite / Light / Night

Sales Period: August 21 – August 27

Bora / Xyo / Rhodi

Sales Period: August 28 – September 3

Fran / Hyd / Lim

Sales Period: September 4 – September 11

Colbalt / Chrom / Kei / Neon

Six different afternoon tea menus will be available during the event period, changing weekly. These will be inspired by different groups from the music series. 

Hot and cold drinks inspired by the game’s characters, including 20 varieties of latte art, will be available during the entire event period. The cafe will also offer collaboration food items and drinks that can be enjoyed only at the collaboration cafe, as well as exclusive goods.

©芝浦アンドロイド研究室／TECHNO-OM Project　　
©芝浦アンドロイド研究室／TECHNO-UH Project

Fujisan Product, a company that specializes in making Mount Fuji-themed food and beverages, has released a gorgeous blue beer in partnership with distributor Millex Japan and Far Yeast Brewing, an award-winning craft brewery. The refreshing product is being sold mainly through department stores. 

After plenty of trial and error, the drink now resembles a snow-capped mountain when poured into the appropriate glass. The blue color comes from Spirulina and blueberry, and the beer contains natural water from Mount Fuji.

To commemorate the release of Jujutsu Kaisen 0 in theaters on December 24, Clappers Diner in Grand Cinema Sunshine Ikebukuro has unveiled a special character-inspired menu starting December 17, 2021.

Purchase Bonus: Original Clear Coasters (6 varieties)

Clapper’s Diner is an American diner-style cafe that serves up delicious croissants and waffles baked in-store. A special waffle plate and two drinks have been added to celebrate the new film, and guests can enjoy these snacks on a first-come, first-served basis. The shop will also be decorated with characters and scenes from the film, so fans won’t want to miss out!

※Each coaster is random.
※One gift per order.
※While supplies last. 
© 2021「劇場版 呪術廻戦0」製作委員会　©芥見下々／集英社

The SKY CIRCUS Sunshine 60 Observatory in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, will hold its first ‘Diamond Skytree’ photography event on October 18, 2021, with another viewing on October 20. These events will have guests up early, beginning just after 6:00AM! This is when the sun will overlap with the very tip of Tokyo Skytree in the east, and is an extremely rare sight that can only be seen a few days each year.

From sunrise to ‘Diamond Skytree’ (Taken from the Sunshine 60 Observation Deck)

The best way to experience this once-in-a-lifetime event is to stay at the Sunshine City Prince Hotel, where you can also enjoy a night-view photo session the night before. It also means there won’t be any rushing to the observatory in the wee hours of the morning! Visitors will also be able to hear a talk from night-sky photographer Hiroyuki Narisawa on how best to photograph ‘Diamond Skytree.’

Fans of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure will now be able to experience the first five anime arcs at a limited time theme park opening in Ikebukuro Sunshine City’s Namjatown! The event, created by Bandai Namco Amusement, will be open from September 18 until October 13, 2021. JOJO WORLD has already been held in locations across Japan, starting in Yokohama in March 2021 before moving to Osaka and Fukuoka.

Original Merchandise

Acrylic Keychain (5 designs): ¥1,800 (Tax Included)

Acrylic Badge (10 designs): ¥750 (Tax Included) *Random pack

Sticker Vol.2 (21 designs): ¥350 (Tax Included) *Random pack of 2

Ribbon Scarf Vol. 2 (5 designs): ¥1,800 (Tax Included)

Round Plushie Vol. 2 (5 designs): ¥1,000 (Tax Included) *Random

Souvenir Biscuits: ¥850 (Tax Included)

Wobbly Iggy Glass: ¥1,200 (Tax Included)

Special Food Menu

Stone Mask Omurice: ¥1,300 / Giorno’s Favorite Pudding: ¥1,200 (Tax Included)

Iggy’s Donuts: ¥650 (Tax Included)

Stone Free String Lottery Minigame

Prize: Multi-purpose Cloth (1 design)

Prize: Pin (4 designs) *Random

Prize: Sticker (7 designs) *Random

Standee Panel Display

Special tarot cards from the ‘Joestar and Company World Tour’ attraction

All participants in the ‘Let’s Go to the Manga Artist’s House’ attraction will receive a Pink Dark Boy notebook

‘The Passione Team Assignment Suitability Diagnostic Test’ attraction awards a random sticker (13 designs) to each guest

‘Memeta! Ripple Roulette Minigame’ Prize A: Multi-purpose cloth (2 designs) / Prize B: Acrylic Stand (10 designs) / Prize C: Scene Photo Bromides (20 designs, 2 given at random)

DIO’s ‘You’re Watching Me, aren’t you? Minigame’ Prize A: Cushion (2 designs) / Prize B: Pin-back Button (10 designs) / Prize C: DIO Postcard (15 designs) *Random

Exhibition / Photo Spot

*There are a limited number of products and prizes. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

The original goods available at the theme park will feature illustrations of Jonathan Joestar, Joseph Joestar, Jotaro Kujo, Josuke Higashikata, and Giorno Giovanna, as well as 10 new Chimi Chara drawings of the characters by illustrator Yupon.

Seven new products will be available at the Tokyo opening, including a new collection of ribbon scarfs and round plushies. A special exhibition will look back at the anime series, and a new minigame, the ‘Stone Free Thread Lottery’ will even offer original prizes!

For those unable to make it to the event, the NAMCO PARKS Online Store will begin selling these original goods nationwide starting September 18. After the Tokyo event concludes, the theme park will move to Miyagi Prefecture from October 22 until November 28, and to Aichi Prefecture from October 29 until November 28.

©荒木飛呂彦&LUCKY LAND COMMUNICATIONS/集英社・ジョジョの奇妙な冒険THE ANIMATION PROJECT

The Nippon Genki Project will be held again this year and it will be available to watch on the event’s official website and on YouTube. The event was created by the late Japanese fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto as a way to get people energised and motivated to realise their dreams.

Past Nippon Genki Project events

Nippon Genki Project 2015 Super Energy!! at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

Nippon Genki Project 2016 Super Energy!! at Yoyogi National Stadium

Nippon Genki Project 2017 Super Energy!! at Roppongi Hills Arena

Nippon Genki Project 2018 Super Energy!! at Roppongi Hills Arena

Nippon Genki Project 2019 Super Energy!! at Roppongi Hills Arena

Nippon Genki Project 2020 Super Energy!! Online

The theme of this year’s event is ‘World Heritage Runway.’ The event will be recorded in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, at the foot of the World Heritage Site of Mt. Fuji. The footage will be released as a fashion film on August 21. Designers from across Japan have created a variety of looks for the event, and pieces by fashion schools, fashion universities both in Japan and overseas, and more will also be showcased.

HOSHINOYA Fuji, a hotel which opened as Japan’s first glamping resort, has announced the Glamping Fruits Breakfast summer plan which is set to run from June 20 to August 31.

HOSHINOYA Fuji is located in Japan’s prefecture of Yamanashi, a place that enjoys a bounty of fruit cultivation. Yamanashi has been called the “Fruit Country,” offering a variety of different fruits. In fact, it has been the biggest producer of peaches, grapes, and plums in Japan for over 10 year. The glamping masters of HOSHINOYA Fuji have had knowledge bestowed on them from the growers of these sweet gems who have advised on the safety and best ways to prepare land for fruit growing, characteristics of fruits grown throughout the year, and other means of support. Now, guests at HOSHINOYA Fuji are set to serve these fruits to guests at breakfast this summer.

Dine outdoors from a terrace with a breathtaking view

Guests will enjoy their breakfast out on a sofa on a private terrace that overlooks Mount Fuji and Lake Kawaguchi. With the support of the hotel’s Glamping Master, food will be prepared outdoors using a skillet and burner. The main dish is roasted peaches made with bacon and fresh herbs. The salty bacon and sweet peach make for a delightful combination. Best of all, ingredients and condiments are all prepared for guests in advance so they can enjoy a hands-free outdoor experience.

Indulge in high quality fruits

Eight varieties of fruit are available during the breakfast experience including peaches, Shine Muscat, pione, and more. And only the tastiest fruit is served to customers.

An optional tour is available with the plan which offers guests a chance to depart HOSHINOYA Fuji early in the morning to visit a peach farm in the city of Fuefuki. Guests are given exclusive access to the farm where they can learn all about how the peaches are grown from the farmers. At the end, they can tuck into some freshly-picked peaches with a glass of sparkling wine in hand.

Fujimoto Lake Biwa Resort is set to welcome the new Peter Rabbit™ English Garden in Spring 2022 which will be themed entirely around English writer Beatrix Potter’s fictional animal character Peter Rabbit.

The garden will open as the biggest English-style garden in Japan. Fujimoto Lake Biwa Resort is located right beside Mount Fuji and is known for the Fuji Shibazakura Festival, an annual springtime cherry blossom event. This means the garden will be opening during the perfect season at the site. It will bring to life a magical recreation of the Lake District where the Peter Rabbit stories are set. There will be lots of photo opportunities, a menu themed on the characters, a museum, a shop selling original merchandise, and more. British garden designer Mark Chapman is helping to create this English-style garden.

Not only can visitors enjoy the spring and summer flowers when the garden opens, but the gorgeous hues of autumn too, and all with Mount Fuji in the background.

FUJISAN SHOKUPAN is a sandwich bread shop located in Fujikawaguchiko―a resort town in the northern foothills of Mount Fuji―in Yamanashi Prefecture. The shop is now offering online half price deliveries in Japan on four types of its popular breads until January 2021.

FUJISAN SHOKUPAN’s website offer a range of products all of which are shipped across Japan in cooling packaging to keep everything fresh.

FUJISAN SHOKUPAN | ¥800 (Before Tax)

Perhaps the most famous item on their menu is that which goes by the same name as the shop itself. FUJI SHOKUPAN is a light blue and white sandwich bread which captures the form and appearance of Mount Fuji. Each sweet loaf is made with natural spring water from Fuji as well as Kyoho grape juice from Yamanashi before being baked with the utmost care.

If you get the chance to visit the area around Mount Fuji, or plan on climbing the mountain itself, be sure to mark the occasion by picking up a slice of FUJISAN SHOKUPAN.

Riviera Zushi Marina opened the new MALIBU HOTEL Kamakura Terrace inside MALIBU HOTEL, a hotel which just opened in March of this year. The hotel is now offering a special combination plan which includes a stay at MALIBU HOTEL as well as a glamping experience.

MALIBU HOTEL Kamakura Terrace offers a luxury glamping experience and more freedom when it comes to a hotel stay.

Luxury and freedom

Kamakura Terrace offers high quality and sophisticated interior design that allows guests to enjoy their stay however they like whether it be as a workation or a fancy stay to wine and dine. Guests can enjoy both a hotel and glamping experience at the same time.

The perfect workation

All sites at the facility are fitted with Wi-Fi so that guests can enjoy a workation while surrounded by 800 palm trees with a view of Mount Fuji and Enoshima in the back.

SKY CIRCUS Sunshine 60 Observation Deck is holding its 5th Tentai Kanshokai this year where visitors can witness the phenomenon known as Diamond Fuji, a rare occurrence that only happens several times a year where the sun looks like it is sitting on top of the mountain peak and looks like a sparkling diamond. The first session was held on October 1, 2020 and the next ones will be held from November 12 to 18.

Diamond Fuji (Photo by Bic Camera Inc)

The phenomenon occurs most often during the winter solace when the days are shorter and can do so for both the sunrise and sunset depending on the time and place. SKY CIRCUS Sunshine 60 Observation Deck offers a spectacular view for this visual wonder.

Diamond Fuji at SKY CIRCUS

Running: November 12, 2020 – November 18, 2020

Time: 16:10-16:30

Location: SKY CIRCUS Sunshine 60 Observation Deck

Price: Entry to Observation Deck only

*Depending on the weather conditions the phenomenon may not be visible

The Sunshine 60 building is also offering rooftop viewings to the 30 people between November 14 and 16, with 10 people allowed per day on a first-come, first-served basis. The 227m view offers the perfect vista for a photo and so a photographer will be on site in co-operation with Bic Camera to take photos of people on the day.

Rooftop Photos

Running: November 14, 1010 – November 16, 2020

Time: 15:30-17:00

Price: ¥5,000

How to Book: Telephone bookings only on 03-3989-3457 from October 30 at 10:00am (JST). 10 people per day, first-come, first-served.

*Check the Important Notices before visiting